Plot[]
Annie takes Stan to task over his shoddy work on cleaning the windows in the street and stands over him while he does them again. Ray tries to get hold of someone from Weatherfield Plastics but all the management are away in Birmingham. The no-smoking syndicate starts to waiver in their resolve. Len is grumpy with everyone and Rita insists he does something about it rather than complaining. Len goes to see solicitor Stephen Rigby who tells him that he has no option but to pay the VAT. The Barlows and Janet have a day out in a park with a picnic made by Janet. The syndicate has its next meeting at No.13, but folds through lack of commitment when only Bet turns up. Janet agrees to a holiday in Scotland with the Barlows.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Deirdre Hunt - Anne Kirkbride
- Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
- Janet Reid - Judith Barker
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Alan Howard - Alan Browning
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Susan Barlow - Wendy Jane Walker
- Norma Ford - Diana Davies
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
- The Kabin
- Fairclough and Langton - Yard and office
- Park
- Golf club locker room
Notes[]
- Transmission took place at 7.00pm to allow for coverage of an England v Poland football match except in the regions covered by Scottish Television and Grampian Television where transmission was at 8.00pm
- TV Times synopsis: Who's coming to Hilda's villa party?
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,250,000 homes (2nd place). This was the most-watched episode of the year.
Notable dialogue[]
Annie Walker (to Stan Ogden): "I’ve often wondered how somebody like yourself with a natural aversion to cleanliness comes to be earning his living cleaning."
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