Changes: Episode 753 (4th March 1968)

Revision as of 11:02, 23 April 2019

Plot

Hilda tries to gossip with Val about what Elsie is doing, locked away in No.11, but gets nowhere. Len gets annoyed when Hilda tries the same with Annie and he realises that it's Elsie's birthday. David tells Ken he's going to play a game of football - his first since the accident. Ken tries to dissuade him but fails. Val gets a letter from Dennis saying he's returning. Emily joins Miklos for a lunch. He tells her that he feels his job is pointless and he doesn't want to put roots down. Len bangs on Elsie's door until she lets him in. She is in a dishevelled state and the house is a tip. He forces her talk to him. She tells him that she's left Steve. Everyone was right - she didn't fit in in America. He makes her admit that Steve wasn't the perfect husband but was a swine. He adapted quickly to life back home but she never could. She tells him they had nothing in common and nothing to talk about. Steve spent more and more time at the base until he was stopping out all night. He was posted to South America - he volunteered and didn't want Elsie to go with him. She tells Len that Steve had told her that he was sorry he'd married her. She sold her engagement ring and things and flew back. She breaks down crying, not knowing what's going to happen to her.

Cast

Regular cast

Guest cast

Miklos Zadic - Paul Stassino

Places

Coronation Street
Rovers Return Inn - Public/Snug and hallway
9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
11 Coronation Street - Back room
Corner Shop
Demolition site

Notes

The second half of this episode is given over totally to a two-hander between Elsie Tanner and Len Fairclough.
This was the first episode of the programme to be broadcast by the Independent Television Service for Wales and the West who carried the programme until Episode 774 (15th May 1968) after which HTV took over broadcasts in the region.
TV Times: No synopsis appeared in the magazine between Episode 702 (6th September 1967) and Episode 755 (11th March 1968)
Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,250,000 homes (1st place).
This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
- Coronation Street 1968 released by Granada and Windsong Video on 5th November 1990.
- The Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The Best of 1960-1969, released on 31st July 2006.

March 1968 episodes
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 |date=[[4th March]] [[1968]] (Monday)
 |production code=[[Production codes|P228/753]]
 |writer=[[Adele Rose]]
+|stories=[[Harry Driver]]<br/>[[Susan Pleat]]<br/>[[Leslie Duxbury]]
+|designer=[[Knowles Bentley]]
+|producer=[[Michael Cox]]
+|executive producer=[[Richard Everitt]]
 |director=[[June Howson]]
 |previous=[[Episode 752 (28th February 1968)|28th February 1968]]
 |next=[[Episode 754 (6th March 1968)|6th March 1968]]
 }}
 ==Plot==
-The residents wonder at what [[Elsie Tanner|Elsie]] is doing, locked away in [[11 Coronation Street|No.11]]. [[Len Fairclough|Len]] realises that it's Elsie's birthday. [[David Barlow|David]] tells [[Ken Barlow|Ken]] he's going to play a game of football - his first since the accident. [[Valerie Barlow|Val]] gets a letter from [[Dennis Tanner|Dennis]] saying he's returning. [[Miklos Zadic|Miklos]] tells [[Emily Bishop|Emily]] he doesn't want to put roots down. Len bangs on Elsie's door until she lets him in. He makes her talk to him. She tells him she's left [[Steve Tanner|Steve]]. She didn't fit in in America. He makes her admit that Steve wasn't the perfect husband but was a swine. She tells him they had nothing in common and nothing to talk about. Steve was posted to South America - he volunteered and didn't want Elsie to go with him. She tells Len that Steve had told her he was sorry he'd married her. She doesn't know what's going to happen to her.
+[[Hilda Ogden|Hilda]] tries to gossip with [[Valerie Barlow|Val]] about what [[Elsie Tanner|Elsie]] is doing, locked away in [[11 Coronation Street|No.11]], but gets nowhere. [[Len Fairclough|Len]] gets annoyed when Hilda tries the same with [[Annie Walker|Annie]] and he realises that it's Elsie's birthday. [[David Barlow|David]] tells [[Ken Barlow|Ken]] he's going to play a game of football - his first since the accident. Ken tries to dissuade him but fails. Val gets a letter from [[Dennis Tanner|Dennis]] saying he's returning. [[Emily Nugent|Emily]] joins [[Miklos Zadic|Miklos]] for a lunch. He tells her that he feels his job is pointless and he doesn't want to put roots down. Len bangs on Elsie's door until she lets him in. She is in a dishevelled state and the house is a tip. He forces her talk to him. She tells him that she's left [[Steve Tanner|Steve]]. Everyone was right - she didn't fit in in [[United States of America|America]]. He makes her admit that Steve wasn't the perfect husband but was a swine. He adapted quickly to life back home but she never could. She tells him they had nothing in common and nothing to talk about. Steve spent more and more time at the base until he was stopping out all night. He was posted to [[Panama|South America]] - he volunteered and didn't want Elsie to go with him. She tells Len that Steve had told her that he was sorry he'd married her. She sold her engagement ring and things and flew back. She breaks down crying, not knowing what's going to happen to her.
 ==Cast==
 ===Regular cast===
-*[[Ken Barlow|Kenneth Barlow]] - [[William Roache]]
-*[[David Barlow]] - [[Alan Rothwell]]
-*[[Annie Walker]] - [[Doris Speed]]
-*[[Jack Walker]] - [[Arthur Leslie]]
-*[[Len Fairclough]] - [[Peter Adamson]]
-*[[Emily Bishop|Miss Nugent]] - [[Eileen Derbyshire]]
-*[[Elsie Tanner]] - [[Patricia Phoenix]]
 *[[Valerie Barlow]] - [[Anne Reid]]
 *[[Hilda Ogden]] - [[Jean Alexander]]
+*[[Annie Walker]] - [[Doris Speed]]
+*[[Len Fairclough]] - [[Peter Adamson]]
+*[[Jack Walker]] - [[Arthur Leslie]]
+*[[David Barlow]] - [[Alan Rothwell]]
+*[[Miss Nugent]] - [[Eileen Derbyshire]]
 *[[Irma Barlow]] - [[Sandra Gough]]
+*[[Kenneth Barlow]] - [[William Roache]]
+*[[Elsie Tanner]] - [[Patricia Phoenix]]
 ===Guest cast===
 *[[Miklos Zadic]] - [[Paul Stassino]]
+==Places==
+*[[Coronation Street, Weatherfield|Coronation Street]]
+*[[Rovers Return Inn]] - ''Public/Snug and hallway''
+*[[9 Coronation Street]] - ''Back room/kitchen and hallway''
+*[[11 Coronation Street]] - ''Back room''
+*[[Corner Shop]]
+*Demolition site
 ==Notes==
 *The second half of this episode is given over totally to a [[two-hander]] between [[Elsie Tanner]] and [[Len Fairclough]].
 *This was the first episode of the programme to be broadcast by the [[Independent Television Service for Wales and the West]] who carried the programme until [[Episode 774 (15th May 1968)]] after which [[HTV]] took over broadcasts in the region.
+*''[[TV Times]]'': No synopsis appeared in the magazine between [[Episode 702 (6th September 1967)]] and [[Episode 755 (11th March 1968)]]
 *[[Viewing Figures]]: First UK broadcast - 8,250,000 homes (1st place).
+*This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
+**''[[VHS and DVD releases of Coronation Street#30th Anniversary Set|Coronation Street 1968]]'' released by Granada and Windsong Video on [[5th November]] [[1990]].
-==Commercial releases==
+**The Network DVD collection ''[[Coronation Street: The 1960s (DVD)|Coronation Street: The Best of 1960-1969]]'', released on [[31st July]] [[2006]].
-This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
-*''[[VHS and DVD releases of Coronation Street#30th Anniversary Set|Coronation Street 1968]]'' released by Granada and Windsong Video on [[5th November]] [[1990]].
-*The 1968 disc of the Network DVD collection ''[[Coronation Street: The 1960s (DVD)|Coronation Street: The 1960s]]'', released on [[31st July]] [[2006]].
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+[[Category:Episodes released on VHS|Episode 0753]]
+[[Category:Episodes released on DVD|Episode 0753]]