Plot[]
Part One: Jerry is confused over the baby and doesn't know where it leaves him and Sheila. Annie tries to find out how much Lucille earns with the intention of giving her financial advice. At the factory, Bet Lynch grows annoyed at Lucille's speed. Annie is horrified to discover from Hilda that Lucille earns £13, 10 a week. The menfolk decide to press David for tickets to the World Cup match between Brazil and Portugal in Liverpool on 19th July. Lucille tries to make out she only earns £9 a week but Annie sees through the deception. Sheila tells Jerry that she had Danny fostered when her dad threw her out and she couldn't cope as a single mother. He makes her admit that the baby is Neil Crossley's.
Part Two: Lucille pretends she miscounted her wages. The Walkers make her agree to put some money aside each week. Ken starts the mission film society with a showing of three silent comedies. He leaves Dennis in charge of the second film in order to nip out to the Rovers. Ena, Minnie and Annie walk out when he shows a nudist film by mistake - the others ask for the showing to continue. David agrees to get the match tickets, but warns the men they'll be expensive. They decide to buy one extra and sell it outside the stadium for a fortune. The menfolk rush round to watch the film when the women bring their complaints to Ken. Jerry can't stand the fact that Sheila had a baby with Crossley. Sheila asks him where they stand with each other but he can't answer.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Sheila Birtles - Eileen Mayers
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- David Barlow - Alan Rothwell
Guest cast[]
- Polly Sagan - Nita Valerie
- Ruth Winter - Colette O'Neil
- Denise Bolton - Valerie Greaves
- Cilla Christie - Cleo Sylvestre
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
- Glad Tidings Mission Hall - Main hall
- PVC Factory - Staffroom
Notes[]
- Two girls from the PVC Factory are uncredited although they have lines of dialogue.
- The first film that Ken Barlow shows at the film society is a genuine silent film. Although entitled A Skating Carnival on the caption slide it is probably the Clarendon short That Skating Carnival from February 1910. The narrator of the nudist film was former Street actress Daphne Oxenford.
- This episode features no title sequence, the opening music and programme name appear over a shot of the street set.
- TV Times synopsis: Sheila tells Jerry the truth; Kenneth runs an odd show at the Mission
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,050,000 homes (9th place).
- This episode was included in the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The Best of 1960-1969, released on 31st July 2006.
Notable dialogue[]
Minnie Caldwell (watching the nudist film): "Is it a 'itchcock?"
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