Episode 561
Production code	P228/561
ITV transmission date	27th April 1966 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Harry Driver Susan Pleat
Writer	Jack Rosenthal
Designer	Alan Price
Director	Cormac Newell
Executive Producer	H.V. Kershaw
Producer	Peter Eckersley
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PlotEdit

Stan borrows Hilda's club money to back Jim in the snooker. Ena moves in with Minnie and shares her bed. David beats Jim at snooker to Stan's horror. Jack stops Jim hitting Jed. Elsie points out to Hilda that Jim is leading Stan astray. Hilda tells Stan she wants Jim out of her house. Minnie worries about Ena's sad behaviour. Jim feels he's had enough of the Street and agrees to move on. Jim is cold towards Elsie about her cattiness. He and Brenda leave together, glad to get away from the Street. Ena is stopped whilst shopping at the Pick-a-Snip Supermarket.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Jed Stone - Kenneth Cope
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
• David Barlow - Alan Rothwell
• Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant

Guest castEdit

• Brenda Riley - Eileen Kennally
• Jim Mount - Barry Keagan
• Store Manager - John Barcroft

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: Ena takes charity and gets detained
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,300,000 homes (2nd place).

Notable dialogueEdit

Annie Walker (about Jed): "One magistrate, one doctor and a statement from any one of us and we could have him committed."