Plot[]
Part One: A hung-over Ken is hardly talking to Val. He refuses to believe her assurances that she doesn't fancy Ray and she throws back at him his affair with Jackie Marsh. Len isn't pleased to hear of Ray's interest in Val from Lucille. Jerry gets impatient with his two colleagues' lack of attention to their work on plumbing the maisonettes. Jack and Annie read the paper on Lancashire's forthcoming Royal visit. Dennis tries to get in contact with Jed Stone to be his best man and discovers he might be somewhere in Blackpool. Hilda invites the Cleggs to come round to No.13 one night to play cards. Maggie interrupts Val and Ray talking to find out when the shop window will be fixed. Maggie tries to put Lucille off Gordon by claiming he's too busy with his studies. She lies to her son when he asks her if Lucille has been in the shop.
Part Two: Dennis still can't trace Jed's supposed present whereabouts in Liverpool and realises he's friendless. Len, Jerry and Ray finish the plumbing contract on the maisonettes and go to celebrate in the Rovers. Jack invites Les to go bowling with him. Les delivers an order to No.9 and finds a frosty atmosphere between Val and Ken. She apologises to her husband for her manner, but he remains cold, kidding her on until he reveals that he's put them on the list for a maisonette. She's delighted. Dennis can't get through Walter Potts's agent to speak to his old protege. Gordon calls on Lucille and apologises for being off with her. She makes him dance with her to her records. Downstairs, Annie doesn't like the noise. Gordon talks about going to a disco with Lucille once he's past his 18th birthday next week. Stan is getting on better with Reg Barton until he spills his drink. Jerry tells Len that "Fairclough and Booth" have finished as a partnership.
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
- Reg Barton - Brian Peck
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
- Maisonettes - Bathroom and hallway
Notes[]
- This was the final episode of the programme to be broadcast the Independent Television Service for Wales and the West. HTV took over broadcasts in the region thereafter.
- Susan Barlow is heard crying but not seen on screen.
- Valerie Barlow dates Ken's affair with Jackie Marsh to three years before, whereas that storyline actually began in January 1966.
- Annie Walker and Hilda Ogden discuss the Queen's near-miss visit to Coronation Street which took place in Episode 463 (19th May 1965). Annie and Jack Walker also read a newspaper story about a forthcoming visit by the Queen to Manchester and Lancashire which subsequently took place on 16th May 1968, the day after this episode was broadcast, to review the results of "Operation Springclean" - a massive campaign launched the previous autumn for a clean-up of the north west and to eradicate its reputation for grime-covered buildings.
- The build of the Grape Street set continues to be revealed in this episode with the terrace shown from No.5 to the corner shop in two OB recorded scenes.
- TV Times synopsis: Who is the best man?
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,000,000 homes (7th place).
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