Plot[]
Part One: Maggie tells the Ogdens that the insurance will take care of the window and the police will not be informed. After they have gone, Gordon is angry with Les for being happy to let Stan take the blame, but Maggie firmly stops Les going after Stan to tell him the truth. Seeing the maisonettes' plans in No.9, Lucille finds out about Val's thwarted ambition to move there and advises her to make Ken's comfortable life a bit less cosy. She also makes the suggestion to pass off one of Susan's scrubbed drawings on the wall as rising damp. Annie quizzes Les about the window, causing him to avoid giving straight answers. Ken is annoyed that his clothes have been moved into the twins' room when Val claims they have a shortage of wardrobe space. Wanting to correct any wrong impression made by his mother, Dennis tells Val that he's gone to a moneylender to pay for both the ring and a church wedding as he wants to do the right thing in his life for once. She promises not to say a word to anyone.
Part Two: Annie gossips about the strange atmosphere in the corner shop. Stan complains that he can no longer control Hilda. Ray tries to wind up Ken, saying that he would have thought he had no such problem with Val. Jenny asks Dennis why he is so keen on a church wedding and he tells her he wants to do the right thing. Ken finds Val ironing in the hallway, with the kitchen full of washing, no supposed room for pans and a "damp patch" on the wall. Dennis and Jenny visit the Rev. Peter Hope, who puts Dennis off when he realises he is not a churchgoer and only wants the ceremony. Gordon gets annoyed when Lucille passes on the gossip that all is not well at the shop and asks her not to visit him there. She thinks Maggie is trying to put him off her. Annie is annoyed that Jack allowed Gordon upstairs. Dennis asks Jerry to be his best man. Jerry refuses as he's off weddings but Dennis is hurt. Ken accuses Val of wrecking the wallpaper and tells her to stop being childish. Angry with her, he accuses her of fancying Ray and stalks off to the Rovers.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Gordon Clegg - Bill Kenwright
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
Guest cast[]
- Les Clegg - John Sharp
- Jenny Sutton - Mitzi Rogers
- Rev. Peter Hope - James Laurenson
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public and Lucille's bedroom
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room
- Corner Shop
- St. Mary's Church - Vicarage
Notes[]
- The action of this episode takes up immmediately after the previous one ends.
- The front of 9 Coronation Street becomes the second house to be seen on the new Grape Street set in the only OB recorded scene of the episode.
- TV Times synopsis: The Barlows in a spot of bother!
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,500,000 homes (2nd place).
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