Plot[]
Part One: Ted thinks he's brought Albert bad luck. David puts it down to subsidence. Albert notes that the old Barton Colliery ran underneath the house and goes to check if the neighbours felt anything. He doesn't know who to report the tremors to. Annie thinks Ted bumped into the sideboard while drunk and is covering. Jerry worries that Len needs a partner as the business is in trouble and makes him draw up a legal agreement. Hilda sees a wedding in her tea leaves. Dennis uses his novelties to play pranks on Elsie. Hilda hears about the tremors from David and becomes convinced that Ted brought a poltergeist to the house with him.
Part Two: Barry asks Lucille to go to a party with him. When the other girls invite themselves, she accepts. Len discovers Albert's floorboards have cracked. David considers moving into a high rise with Irma once they're married, thinking they're the homes of the future. Ken calls it living like a factory hen. Elliston's Raincoat Factory changes into manufacturing PVC. Hilda doesn't think the floorboards explain everything as Albert's pictures fell from the walls. Elsie prepares for a holiday in Morecambe, determined to enjoy herself. Mr Charlesworth, the supervisor at the OAP home, arrives to persuade Ted to come home. Albert tells him he is home, and he's staying there for good.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Irma Ogden - Sandra Gough
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- David Barlow - Alan Rothwell
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
Guest cast[]
- Victoria - Lynda Marchal
- Babs - Judith Barker
- Josie - Janet Lees Price
- Barry - Warren Clarke
- Ted Bates - William Wymar
- Mr Charlesworth - Andrew Downie
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room
- 15 Mawdsley Street - Back room
- Mitchell's - General office
- Unknown street
Notes[]
- Judith Barker makes a pre-Janet Reid appearance as Babs.
- Playing the guest role of Victoria is actress Lynda Marchal, today better known as the major television writer and novelist Lynda La Plante.
- 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 - 8,140,000 homes (1st place).
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