Episode 1696
Production code	P694/696
ITV transmission date	18th April 1977 (Monday)
Stories by	Esther Rose Peter Tonkinson
Writer	Leslie Duxbury
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Stephen Butcher
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Len has a sprained ankle. Rita makes him go to see a doctor. Rita's uncle Sam arrives to give her away. Annie helps Rita organise the reception at the Greenvale Hotel. Alf gets drunk with Sam and has a hangover on the wedding day. Elsie discovers the mark on her dress. She is very upset and decides not to go to the wedding. Rita and Len leave for the church with their respective attendants.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
• Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
• Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
• Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
• Gail Potter - Helen Worth
• Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin

Guest castEdit

• Sam Littlewood - Harry Littlewood
• Ted Brownlow - Barrie Cookson

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public/Snug
• 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
• 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• The Kabin flat - Living room/kitchen
• Greenvale Hotel - Function room

NotesEdit

• First appearance of Derek Wilton since 25th August 1976.
• TV Times synopsis: What happens to Len Fairclough at his stag party makes bride-to-be Rita Littlewood wonder whether he'll make it to the wedding.
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,731,000 homes (4th place).