Plot[]
Part One: Jed tells Minnie he's come to stay and pays a month's rent in advance. Jed helps Minnie forget her problems. Skinny Williams unloads a van-full of gear into No.5 for Jed to sell. The residents react to Emily's announcement that she's emigrating to Majorca to work at a friend's souvenir shop. Emily tells them she met the man on holiday and he later wrote to her offering her the job. Emily gets drunk on Lionel's champagne to celebrate her departure. Annie thinks she's had enough when she uses the word "wacko". Dennis mourns his lost youth. Jerry joins him, grumbling about Len. Jed announces his presence in the Rovers and tries to flog the Walkers a fruit machine. Jack tells him to get rid of it as they don't have a gambling licence. Minnie doesn't care why Jed is back but Ena is interested. Jed gets the truth out of Minnie about Fred Nuttall and promises to sort him out.
Part Two: Minnie admits to Ena that she owes £17. Jed does some digging and discovers she really owes £13, with the rest being interest. Emily resigns from Gamma Garments. Nuttall threatens to have Minnie blacklisted if she doesn't pay up. Ena pays him £13 plus £2 interest and makes Nuttall accept it by threatening to tell the papers he's been badgering an old woman. Dennis and Jed rope Nuttall into paying them £20 for a load of socks which are rejects. Elsie sees Ken and Jackie kissing outside a pub.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Jed Stone - Kenneth Cope
- Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
Guest cast[]
- Skinny Williams - Leslie Southwick
- Jim Mount - Barry Keegan
- Clara Midgeley - Betty Hardy
- Fred Nuttall - Larry Noble
- Jackie Marsh - Pamela Craig
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 5 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room
- Gamma Garments
- The Trafalgar - Exterior and nearby streets
Notes[]
- First appearance of Jed Stone since 27th March 1963.
- The final scene was filmed on the corner of Manchester Old Road and Baron Street in Bury outside The Trafalgar pub on 17th January. The pub closed in 2013.
- TV Times synopsis: The lad returns with a one-armed friend and Elsie cottons on
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,100,000 homes (5th place).
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