| Episode 735 | |
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| Production code | P228/735 |
| ITV transmission date | 1st January 1968 (Monday) |
| Stories by | Harry Driver Susan Pleat Leslie Duxbury |
| Writer | Susan Pleat |
| Designer | Knowles Bentley |
| Director | Richard Guinea |
| Executive Producer | Richard Everitt |
| Producer | Michael Cox |
| Navigation | |
| Previous episode | 27th December 1967 |
| Next episode | 3rd January 1968 |
Plot
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The Council has bought the mission with a Compulsory Purchase Order. Minnie finds out when she sees lay preacher Mr Bond put the notice up and realises that Ena has been putting on a brave face since she heard the news. Emily wants to take Peter and Susan out but Hilda has already arranged to take them to Oakenshaw Park. Minnie tells Ena she can live with her. Ena isn't thinking that far ahead. Lucille doesn't know where the hippies went after Union Street. Out with the twins, Hilda is flattered when keeper George Greenwood shows her round his park. The residents call Len "Judas" and accuse him of not acting in their interests. He promises them the redevelopment does not include the houses in the Street. Ena defends Len as he let her know before he should have. She surprises everyone by not fighting the demolition. Dennis is horrified as the hippies - Robert Croft, Monica Sutton, Roy, Keith and Vanda - move themselves into No.11. Hilda leaves Stan to serve his own dinner while she goes out to meet George again. They become fast friends and learn all about each other. Ena doesn't like everyone feeling sorry for her and goes to see in the New Year on her own. Dennis can't communicate with the hippies. Robert thinks Dennis is uncool. At the stroke of midnight, the regulars sing Auld Lang Syne in the Rovers while across the Street Ena plays the tune on the harmonium in the empty mission. Dennis is put out when the hippies don't party. He hopes that Lucille will lead them away but she joins them at No.11 instead.
CastEdit
Regular castEdit
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
Guest castEdit
- Mr Bond - Brian Badcoe
- Mrs Thacker - Kathy Staff (Credited as "Katherine Staff")
- Paper Boy - Kevin Walker
- George Greenwood - Arthur Pentelow
- Robert Croft - Martin Shaw
- Monica - Angela Pleasence (Credited as "Angela Pleasance")
- Keith - Michael Attwell
- Roy - Kenneth Cranham
- Vanda - Veronica Clifford
PlacesEdit
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
- Glad Tidings Mission Hall
- Oakenshaw Park
NotesEdit
- The children playing Peter and Susan Barlow are uncredited.
- Kathy Staff makes a pre-Vera Hopkins appearance as Mrs Thacker.
- TV Times: No synopsis appeared in the magazine between Episode 702 (6th September 1967) and Episode 755 (11th March 1968)
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,250,000 homes (1st place).
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