Plot[]
Alma is excited as The Wheatsheaf starts her new menu but she realises that she's needed at the cafe so can't go and check up on it. Audrey goes instead, with Alf. Steve doesn't trust Alec but Vicky tells him that she can handle Alec and make him pay for a big do. Andy finishes his first year at university and is annoyed when all his parents want to talk about is Steve. Ken tells Denise that he'd like to buy No.1 but she isn't keen as he's already lived with another woman there. He gets angry and tells her that all he's doing is offering her a home. Audrey passes Alf off as a client come to sample the food. Gareth Jenkins is impressed with everything and recommends Alma to Jeff Bryant. Vicky and Steve set the date - 18th August. Alec is delighted when she agrees to go to Southampton with him to "talk weddings". Tricia refuses to let Denise look round No.1. Alec offers Steve a job as entertainments officer on a cruise, promising him that he'd soon catch a millionairess. Steve tells him that he doesn't trust him and would never work for him. Denise tells Ken that she is interested in living at No.1 but has to see inside it first. Vicky goes to Southampton after making sure that whatever happens Bet will remain her friend. Fiona publicly gives Steve's unpaid bills to Vicky, telling her they're her responsibility now.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Alma Baldwin - Amanda Barrie
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Fiona Middleton - Angela Griffin
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Denise Osbourne - Denise Black
- Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Vicky Arden - Chloe Newsome
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Alec Gilroy - Roy Barraclough
- Maureen Holdsworth - Sherrie Hewson
- Maud Grimes - Elizabeth Bradley
- Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
- Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
- Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Tricia Armstrong - Tracy Brabin
- Jamie Armstrong - Joseph Gilgun
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
Guest cast[]
- Gareth Jenkins - Michael Wardle
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room and yard
- 1 Coronation Street - Hallway
- Denise's
- Corner Shop
- Jim's Cafe
- The Wheatsheaf, Ramsden - Interior and exterior
Notes[]
- Location scenes for The Wheatsheaf were recorded at what is now The Parrswood on Parrs Wood Road in Didsbury, with the real road sign visible in front of the building.
- TV Times synopsis: What will Denise say when Ken invites her to set up home at number one - Deirdre's old house?
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 13,630,000 viewers (4th place - combined figure including repeat).
- The ITV3 repeat of this episode on 1st May 2020 was transmitted without any cuts.
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