Episode 1561
Production code	P694/561
ITV transmission date	31st December 1975 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Esther Rose Peter Tonkinson
Script editor	Leslie Duxbury
Writer	H.V. Kershaw
Designer	Knowles Bentley
Director	Richard Stroud
Producer	Susi Hush
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Previous episode	29th December 1975
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PlotEdit

Tricia is sent chocolates by an admirer. The womenfolk hold a meeting to talk about how to catch - and keep - a man. Bet urges them to be organised for Leap Year. Mavis tells them that if historically the man turned the woman down he was fined £1. The residents prepare for a party and a sing-song to mark the New Year. A sad Concepta tells Annie she knows Sean sleeps around but he is kind to her when he comes back from his "jaunts" and he's a kind father to Christopher and Lucille. He also told Concepta himself about Bet and she knows that Bet didn't initiate anything; she's just not letting Bet know she knows. A furious Tricia is told by Ray that he sent the chocolates as a joke. Ena entertains on the piano and Ray lets the New Year in.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
• Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
• Gail Potter - Helen Worth
• Tricia Hopkins - Kathy Jones
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Concepta Regan - Doreen Keogh
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow

Guest castEdit

None

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public/Snug, back room and hallway
• Corner Shop
• The Kabin

NotesEdit

• Final appearance of Doreen Keogh as Concepta Regan.
• Concepta Regan states the date of her marriage to Harry Hewitt as taking place on 1st October 1961.
• Len Fairclough and Concepta discuss the incident in December 1961 and January 1962 when Annie Walker discovered £20 missing from the Rovers till but Len incorrectly states the amount as being £25.
• TV Times synopsis: A Leap Year plot at the Rovers' New Year Party…
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,300,000 homes (15th place).

Notable dialogueEdit

Hilda Ogden (about Ray Langton letting in the New Year): "His hair's not black, more mousey I'd say."
Tricia Hopkins: "No, but his heart is."