Plot[]
Part One: Hilda notices a mark on Irma's cheek. Irma covers for Stan, saying she banged it on a shelf. Val craves intelligent conversation with Ken. Dennis believes he needs to think big to succeed. Irma longs to be married to David so she can leave home. Having enlisted Sandra, Emily tries to recruit Lucille and Irma as models in the fashion show. Lucille's keen but Irma isn't. Dennis contemplates having a phone installed at No.11 after Val suggests that the firm could pay. Irma refuses to talk to Stan or eat in the same room as him. Stan preempts Irma by telling Hilda that he hit her. Hilda is ashamed and demands he apologise to Irma but he refuses and demands respect from his daughter.
Part Two: Jerry suspects wood is going missing from the yard. Val agrees to act as dresser at the parade. Irma is furious as Hilda makes excuses for Stan's behaviour. She says she'll swing for him if he raises his hand to her again. David realises Stan hit Irma when he sees his girlfriend's face. Elsie lets Dennis order a phone on the condition that she doesn't have to pay for it. Sandra assures Emily that Dennis will supply all the models she needs. Len dives into the gents when Emily comes into the Rovers to collect everyone's bonfire money. David makes a spectacle of asking Stan if his favourite pasttime is knocking young girls about. Stan walks out of the pub when everyone's eyes fall on him. Jerry catches a youngster called Alan Platt stealing wood from the yard for a bonfire. Taking pity on the lad, he agrees to give him woodwork lessons.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Irma Ogden - Sandra Gough
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- David Barlow - Alan Rothwell
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Sandra Petty - Heather Moore
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- 11 Coronation Street - Front room
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room
- Viaduct Street
- Fairclough and Booth - Yard
Notes[]
- This episode carries no cast credits, only production credits.
- Beatrice Neild, who appeared in the irregular role of Mrs Toft from 1969 to 1974, appears as an extra in this episode.
- Dennis Tanner deliberates between ordering a white or a red telephone for No.11. Elsie would famously have a red telephone set in the house in later years, with all future residents also having a red phone in tribute to the character.
- TV Times synopsis: In which David floors his Goliath and Miss Nugent lays up treasure
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 4,930,000 homes (chart placing unknown - the BBC scheduled Steptoe and Son directly opposite this episode of Coronation Street resulting in a lower than usual figure).
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