Plot[]
Stan is hung-over after a night out and refuses Charlie's offer of an afternoon out. Ena returns from Vera's. Emily calls to see Annie to invite her to play the Fairy Queen in the panto. Ena pumps Minnie for the latest gossip, especially what's happened at No.11 between Elsie and Len. Minnie deliberately doesn't tell her about the panto at the mission but Jack mentions it. Ena vows to bring a halt to the plans. Lucille can't find Annie in the Rovers but doesn't think anything of it. Ena doesn't know what to do about Sunday dinner as she doesn't have anything in and the corner shop is closed. She decides to take Annie up on the offer she made on Stan's wrestling night and join the Walkers for tea. Jack wonders where Annie could have got to as Lucille sets the table. Ena joins them but finds her hostess is absent. Ena isn't fooled when Jack says it slipped his mind that Annie was going to Joan's today. Jack realises from some of her missing clothes that she's gone away. He discovers that Annie has found out about Mrs. Nicholls when Lucille tells him that Annie had the key to his drawer. He calls Joan but gets no answer there. Elsie has gone to stay with Dot, leaving an incapable Dennis to cook for himself. Dennis agrees to play Buttons in Cinderella on the condition that he's named as a special appearance on the programme and poster, and that Emily makes his dinner. Enthused, he gets working on his singing voice and sings a duet with Emily. Jack starts to fret as to where Annie could be. Emily also cleans at No.11's back room and kitchen when she finds it in a mess. Knowing she's in the house, Ena calls to tell Emily to cancel the panto. Emily stands her ground and promises Ena that she won't be put to any inconvenience. Jack reaches Joan and finds that Annie isn't there.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Charlie Moffitt - Gordon Rollings (Credited as "Charlie Moffit")
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
Guest cast[]
None
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug, back room and hallway
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room and kitchen
Notes[]
- The end credits play over Jack Walker's phone call to Joan Davies, with the dialogue continuing as the credits roll. The theme music only takes over in the last few seconds.
- Vera Lomax is said to have three children in this episode, whereas later episodes establish that she has only the one, Colin Lomax.
- From Episode 172 (6th August 1962) to Episode 459 (5th May 1965) the programme featured a standardised cast list for the regular characters. This means that in this episode the following were credited but did not appear: Annie Walker (Doris Speed), Albert Tatlock (Jack Howarth), Valerie Barlow (Anne Reid), Kenneth Barlow (William Roache), Elsie Tanner (Patricia Phoenix), Florrie Lindley (Betty Alberge), Len Fairclough (Peter Adamson), Irma Ogden (Sandra Gough) and Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander).
- TV Times synopsis: In which Ena comes to lunch at the Rover's and finds her hostess missing.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 9,480,000 homes (joint 1st place with 2nd December 1964).
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