Episode 735 (1st January 1968)

PlotEdit

The Council buys the Mission of Glad Tidings with a Compulsory Purchase Order. Minnie tells Ena she can move in with her. Out with Peter and Susan, Hilda is flattered when keeper George Greenwood shows her round his park. The residents call Len 'Judas'. He promises them the redevelopment does not include the houses in the Street. Dennis is horrified as the hippies - Robert Croft, Monica Sutton, Roy, Keith and Vanda - move themselves into No.11. Lucille is delighted. The regulars see in the New Year in the Rovers. Dennis is put out when the hippies don't party. He is horrified when Lucille tells him that she is joining the hippies and they are staying at No.11.

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

NotesEdit

• 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).