Plot[]
Ken and Val are worn out with Peter and Susan crying all night. Albert, Stan and Charlie are booked on the midnight train to London for the match. Charlie starts his rounds at dawn so he can get some sleep in before he goes. His customers are all caught unprepared as he's calling so early. The only exception is Albert, who collects £9 from him as his policy has matured. Lucille looks forward to her 16th birthday. Annie takes to her bed with a migraine. Lucille embarrasses Dennis at Gerard's Salon until he gives her an appointment. Albert keeps giving Lucille more socks to stitch, with Ena doing the work. Dressed in football paraphernalia, the men get drunk at the Rovers before catching their train. Jack agrees to buy the last Cup Final ticket from Albert, annoying the others as they wanted to sell the ticket at the grounds. Annie refuses to get out of bed anyway so Jack can't leave the Rovers. Stan and Charlie support opposite sides so they can bet on the winner. Minnie's television packs in and she worries that she won't be able to watch the match. Ena asks the neighbours if she and Minnie can watch with them. The men set off for London after a sing-song at the Rovers. Dennis's posh clients, Caroline Critchley and Jane Maxwell, invite him to Oulton Park motor racing circuit in Cheshire for a laugh. Ken, Val, Ena, Minnie, Elsie, David, Irma and Hilda watch the match in the Barlows' parlour. Hilda looks out for Stan on the television. David and Irma hold hands as they watch.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Charlie Moffitt - Gordon Rollings
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Irma Ogden - Sandra Gough
- David Barlow - Alan Rothwell
Guest cast[]
- Caroline Critchley - Amanda Reiss
- Jane Maxwell - Bonnie Hurren
- Receptionist - Wanda Sinclair
- Alf Chadwick - Eddie King
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen, hallway and yard
- Glad Tidings Mission Hall - Vestry
- Gerard's Salon
Notes[]
- This was H.V. Kershaw's last episode in his third stint as the programme's producer.
- The scene where the residents watch the FA Cup Final on the Barlows' television uses a brief snippet of stock footage from another football match. The match depicted in this episode was held at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 1st May between Liverpool and Leeds United, with the former winning 2-1 in extra time.
- From Episode 172 (6th August 1962) to Episode 459 (5th May 1965) the programme featured a standardised cast list for the regular characters. This means that in this episode the following were credited but did not appear: Annie Walker (Doris Speed), Len Fairclough (Peter Adamson), Miss Nugent (Eileen Derbyshire) and Florrie Lindley (Betty Alberge).
- TV Times synopsis: In which Stan, Charlie and Albert go 'Up for the Cup'
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,650,000 homes (joint 1st place with 26th April 1965).
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