Plot[]
Rodney Bostock, relief manager, settles into the Rovers and is very easy-going. Maureen wonders what Reg is up to when a mystery man keeps phoning and doesn't leave a message. When Rita feels down about her birthday, Alf builds her up, telling her how important to the community she is. Martin sees her giving him a kiss and makes a jokey comment. Alf is furious and shouts at him. Betty is moved when Rodney tells her that he's a recently-retired policeman and was helped in his career thirty years ago by Cyril. Jack plans a late night drinking session at the pub but changes his mind when he hears Rodney was a copper. Gail invites Alf and Audrey at the last minute for their tea. Alf is cold towards Martin when they arrive. Curly is stunned when Jamie warns him to take precautions when seeing his mother. Jack is thrilled when Rodney agrees to a lock-in after hours but all his mates are too busy. Martin is shaken when Alf tells him he saw him with the nurse on Christmas Day. Rodney admits to Jack he'd like a pub like the Rovers. Jack has a miserable after-hours session as Rodney plays his trombone to him.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Tricia Armstrong - Tracy Brabin
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Fiona Middleton - Angela Griffin
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Maureen Holdsworth - Sherrie Hewson
- Maud Grimes - Elizabeth Bradley
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Jamie Armstrong - Joseph Gilgun
- Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
- Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
- Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
- Sarah Louise Platt - Lynsay King
- David Platt - Thomas Ormson
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room and hallway
- 8 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- The Kabin
- Corner Shop - Shop and storeroom
- Jim's Cafe
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: What causes Alf to turn on son-in-law Martin?
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 18,270,000 viewers (1st place - combined figure including repeat).
- The ITV3 repeat of this episode on 20th March 2020 was edited, cutting 29" from a scene in the back room of the corner shop, where Maud Grimes shares with Maureen Holdsworth her suspicions that Reg might be conducting a gay affair.
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