Plot[]
Jack prepares for the bowls final. The men are desperate to curb the smell from No.5 as the neighours are talking. The Barlows turn their front room into a playroom for the twins. Minnie is puzzled as to why tonic water is producing froth. Stan samples the merchandise and is decidedly unimpressed. Bobby won't come home because of the odour. Elsie wisens up to Dennis's party tricks. Stan and Charlie blame the smell on herbs. Stan sniffs the beer at the Rovers to compare. Annie derides Jack for thinking he stands a chance of winning as he sets off, with Albert going along to spectate. Stan and Charlie blame the bad taste on not siphoning off the beer and go back to perfect it. Jerry returns and calls in at the yard. After some strained small talk, Len makes him admit that the Blackburn job folded and Piggott has laid him off. Len wishes him well, ignoring his enquiry about coming back to work for him. Stan bottles the beer. Val thinks that Jerry's in dire straits but he's too proud to ask for help. Len doesn't see why he should offer Jerry work after Jerry stabbed him in the back. Elsie encourages him to forgive and forget. Annie assumes Jack didn't do well when he arrives home and doesn't immediately say how he got on. The regulars celebrate when Albert walks in with the cup. Jerry sleeps rough in the yard.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Charlie Moffitt - Gordon Rollings
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
- Lionel Petty - Edward Evans
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
Guest cast[]
None
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug, back room and hallway
- 5 Coronation Street - Back room
- 9 Coronation Street - Front room and hallway
- 11 Coronation Street - Front room
- 15 Mawdsley Street - Yard
- The Whalley Bowling Club
Notes[]
- The location scene at Jack Walker's bowling club was OB recorded.
- First appearance of Jerry Booth since 21st April 1965.
- Valerie Barlow quizzes Ken about the time he talked down Christine Hardman from the roof of Elliston's Raincoat Factory, referencing the events of Episode 156 (11th June 1962).
- TV Times: No synopsis appeared in the magazine between Episode 470 (14th June 1965) and Episode 499 (22nd September 1965).
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,130,000 homes (3rd place).
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