The Magistrate fined Ken Barlow £5 for taking part in an anti-Vietnam student demonstration. Ken refused to pay the fine and was sent to prison for seven days.
- The character was played by S. Keith James - one of eight people who both wrote for and appeared in the programme (the others being Alick Hayes, Bob Mason, Ray H. Dunbobbin, Stephen Mallatratt, Martyn Hesford, Jim Cartwright and Ian Kershaw).