Episode 26
Production code	P228/26
ITV transmission date	13th March 1961 (Monday)
Writer	Vince Powell and Harry Driver
Designer	Denis Parkin
Director	Derek Bennett
Producer	Stuart Latham
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Previous episode	6th March 1961
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PlotEdit

The womenfolk watch as Jack escorts Joan to St. Thomas' church. They are late when the car won't start. Weatherfield County FC are interested in signing David up. The Walkers entertain their family at the Rovers after the reception at The Ridgeway although the majority of the Davies family have not come back, being teetotallers. However they endure Gordon's Uncle Fred all evening before discovering he is not a relative at all but just a friend of the family.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Florrie Lindley - Betty Alberge
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Harry Hewitt - Ivan Beavis
• Ida Barlow - Noel Dyson
• Frank Barlow - Frank Pemberton
• David Barlow - Alan Rothwell
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
• Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
• Concepta Riley - Doreen Keogh
• Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
• Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
• Martha Longhurst - Lynne Carol

Guest castEdit

• Joan Walker - June Barry
• Uncle Fred - Edward Palmer
• Tom - Tom Gowling
• Mavis - Veronica Howard

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street - Outside No’s 9 and 11
• Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug, hallway and back room
• 3 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
• Rosamund Street

NotesEdit

• This episode features the first wedding in the programme, although the service itself is not seen.
• No episode was shown on Wednesday 8th March, 1961 due to a lightning strike by thirty-two electricians at Granada Television belonging to the Electrical Trades Union in support of a pay claim. The strike began at 4.00pm on the 8th and lasted just five hours, during which time viewers in the North of England received programmes from Associated Rediffusion in London and Granada programmes such as Coronation Street were postponed. This was the episode which had originally been due to be shown on the 8th and reference books such as Daran Little's 40 Years of Coronation Street still state that Joan Walker was married on 8th March, 1961. As a result of the episode being shown on a Monday instead of the scheduled Wednesday, the end credits were remade (with a rather obvious jump in the videotape) to show a caption reading "Next Episode: Wednesday 7.30pm".
• Jack Walker states that he and Annie have been married for twenty-six years. In October the following year, the Walkers celebrate their Silver anniversary, and all future references date their marriage to 1937.
• TV Times: No synopsis appeared in the magazine between Episode 3 (16th December 1960) and Episode 80 (18th September 1961) with the exception of Episode 64 (24th July 1961).
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 5,787,000 homes (chart placing unknown).

Commercial releasesEdit

This episode was included on the 1961 disc of the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The 1960s, released on 31st July 2006.