Episode 282
Production code	P228/282
ITV transmission date	26th August 1963 (Monday)
Stories by	Harry Driver
Writer	Jack Rosenthal
Designer	Denis Parkin
Director	Christopher McMaster
Producer	Margaret Morris
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PlotEdit

Harry drives the darts picnic - Dennis, Walter, Frank, Jack, Alf, Jerry, Ken, Albert and Len to New Brighton. Concepta is not happy when she learns that Harry will have to work some nights. The coach keeps breaking down and the men get drunk. When a policeman tries to get the men to quieten down at 2.00am, Albert knocks his helmet off and Alf tries to hit him. He calls for a prison van.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Harry Hewitt - Ivan Beavis
• Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
• Concepta Hewitt - Doreen Keogh
• Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
• Martha Longhurst - Lynne Carol
• Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
• Frank Barlow - Frank Pemberton
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
• Leonard Swindley - Arthur Lowe
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
• Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss

Guest castEdit

• Walter Potts - Christopher Sandford
• First Policeman - Geoffrey Reed
• Second Policeman - Roy Minton
• Waiter - Ralph Broadbent

NotesEdit

• First appearance of Alf Roberts since 27th February 1963.
• TV Times synopsis: The picnic is 'off and on', and Len feels the same way.
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,147,000 homes (1st place).

Commercial releasesEdit

This episode was included on the 1963 disc of the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The 1960s, released on 31st July 2006.

Notable dialogueEdit

Valerie Barlow: "When you're courtin', one minute you're up in the air, an' the next you're sobbin' your 'eart out on your pillow. When you're married - you just go on".