Plot[]
Part One: David is embarrassed by Stan's interfering. Irma calls him selfish as by not fighting back he's letting them both down. Annie picks up Emily's photographs. Hilda thinks about taking the Barlows in but Stan tells her it wouldn't work. The local paper responds to David's enquiries by running a piece on his sacking. The reporter, Clive Owen, thinks David's been treated badly and tries to make him admit that the clause in his contract was never explained to him. David tells him not to stir up trouble. Dennis intercepts the photos at the Rovers before anyone has seen them. Elsie is pleased to see Jim Mount at the pub. Irma finds the flat empty.
Part Two: The residents look through Emily's photos and are scandalised by the nude shots of Jerry. They assume Emily took them but when Jerry sees them he makes Dennis confess. He says he did it for a laugh. David calls on Sid Lambert and is offered the job on the factory floor. David refuses to go back where he started. Elsie goes out with Jim. She feels at home with him. David tells Irma about Lambert's offer and calls it a kid's job. Stan orders him to stop moping and take the offer. Elsie lets Jim know that she's a grandmother. He isn't bothered and helps her take down her Christmas decorations. Ken is picked up from Granston Technical College by reporter Jackie Marsh in a sports car.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- David Barlow - Alan Rothwell
- Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
Guest cast[]
- Jim Mount - Barry Keegan
- Sid Lambert - Graham Rigby
- Clive Owen - Leslie Lawton
- Jackie Marsh - Pamela Craig
- Old Man - Robert Wallace
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room
- Gamma Garments
- 17 Attlee Street - Living room and kitchen
- Sid Lambert's house - Living room
- Granston Technical College - Exterior
Notes[]
- The scene where Jackie Marsh picks up Ken Barlow in her car outside Granston Technical College was filmed on location in a night shoot.
- Hilda Ogden remarks that she and Stan bought No.13 for them, Irma and Trevor, making no mention of their other two children, Tony and Sylvia.
- TV Times synopsis: Dennis exposes Miss Nugent and David Barlow gets press-ganged
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,450,000 homes (3rd place).
Notable dialogue[]
Miss Nugent: "Dennis, you're never going to make anything of yourself until you grow up, you really aren't. You can't keep playing little noddy all your life."
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