Plot[]
Albert tells Ken he's ashamed and hurt by him. Ken refuses to marry another Val to please Albert. Ken makes a date with Rita. At the pool, the residents cheer for Mavis. Albert shames Ken into going to Glasgow. Mavis nearly collapses after eighteen lengths. Albert doesn't tell Rita that Ken has gone and she is stood up.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Norma Ford - Diana Davies
- Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/Snug
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room and kitchen
- Corner Shop
- The Kabin
- Mason Street Baths
Notes[]
- Location OB recording for the scenes at the Mason Street Baths took place at the Galleon Outdoor Pool on Manchester Road in Didsbury. The pool closed in the early 1980s and is now part of the Waterside Hotel and Leisure Club.
- As Mavis Riley and the others return from the swimming, Elsie Howard is hit in the back of the head by a camera in the Rovers. Immediately afterwards, Patricia Phoenix looks daggers at the crew while carrying on the scene.
- TV Times synopsis: Mavis gets in the swim - but Rita gets stood up.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,850,000 homes (5th place).
- This episode was included in the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The Best of 1970-1979, released on 25th July 2005.
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