Plot[]
Stan does all the housework quite happily. Hilda is proud of him. Alan tries to make Elsie see there's nothing between him and Rita. He tells her he's scared that he's losing her. Albert tells Ken he has to sort Norma out. Emily agrees to Ena singing The White Cliffs of Dover not knowing that Ernie has told Annie she can sing it. Hilda buys a moving oil lamp, and electric tongs for the house. Stan spends his money on drink and neither of them have enough for the housekeeping. The Bishops get Ena and Annie together, hoping one of them will choose another song but they want the Bishops to decide. Alan refuses to give Hilda a sub as Rita isn't happy with her work. Hilda insinuates that Alan is seeing Rita and is sacked by Alan. Hilda reveals she signed up for a fridge on hire purchase. Ken reads a poem to Norma to make her see what he thinks of her but is interrupted halfway through, leaving Norma with the wrong impression. Maggie overhears Hilda telling Stan about Alan having a fancy piece.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
- Alan Howard - Alan Browning
- Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
- Norma Ford - Diana Davies
- Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
Guest cast[]
None
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room and kitchen
- Community Centre - Small hall
Notes[]
- The poem Ken Barlow reads to Norma Ford in this episode was hurriedly written by executive producer H.V. Kershaw after a search by the writing team for a romantic poem with a sting in the tale proved fruitless. After transmission, the programme received several letters from viewers asking about the source of the poem, and to avoid disappointing them Kershaw replied that the lines had been written by John Graham, an obscure Scottish poet who had lived in Edinburgh at the turn of the eighteenth century and who had died, tragically, at the age of twenty-three (The Street Where I Live, Panther Books, 1985).
- TV Times synopsis: The "boot" for Hilda and a present for Stan.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,068,000 homes (9th place).
Notable dialogue[]
Alan Howard: "You're a trouble maker Hilda. Mean, loose-mouthed."
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Hilda Ogden: “The way I look at it, if you're doing three jobs at once, you've got to conservate yerself, yer a long time gay.”
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