Plot[]
Part One: Hilda makes a protesting Stan take his dirty woolly socks off for the wash. Jerry goes to court to sort out his divorce from Myra. Annie has taken to her bed for several days. She tells Jack she's given Alfred Wormold a full report of the goings-on at No.11. Dennis doesn't understand the hippies' lifestyle after they stay up all night and sleep in the day. George Greenwood entertains Hilda in his Oakenshaw Park work shed. She takes a shine to his budgie Winnie. Wormold tells Annie that No.11 was silent when he knocked so he assumes the hippies have gone. He also mentions that Dennis is in arrears with the rent. Annie urges him to try knocking again. Stan gets frostbite when working in the Rovers due to the thin socks Hilda gave him. Wormold is appalled by the "vagrants" at No.11 when Dennis answers the door and gives him a month's notice. Lucille and Dennis determine to confront Annie.
Part Two: Wormold reports back to Annie about what he found. Annie feels sorry for the problem she's caused Dennis by her actions. Another case overruns causing Jerry's to be postponed until after lunch. Annie ventures into No.11. Lucille can't forgive her for what she did and tells her she's going to live with the hippies when they leave. Annie runs out crying. In her haste to get home, Hilda leaves her scarf in George's shed. George suggests she buys Stan a present so he doesn't feel neglected. Jerry worries about his own past being dredged up when the woman in the dock keeps crying under questioning. He's told his own case is postponed to tomorrow. George's wife Agnes finds Hilda's scarf when she visits him at work. Stan is thrilled when Hilda buys him a new pair of woolly socks. Dennis storms into the Rovers and calls Annie an interfering old cow. She breaks down and Jack bars him from the Rovers until he apologises. Dennis tells Len he's not going to fight the eviction - he's got no reason to stay in the street any more. Jenny Sutton arrives looking for her sister, Monica, who is one of the hippies. Dennis takes a fancy to her.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
Guest cast[]
- Robert Croft - Martin Shaw
- Keith - Michael Attwell
- Roy - Kenneth Cranham
- Monica Sutton - Angela Pleasence
- Vanda - Veronica Clifford
- George Greenwood - Arthur Pentelow
- Mr Wormold - Ivor Dean
- Judge - Kenneth Law
- Counsel - Edward Gardener
- Usher - Ricky Hibbs
- Mr Tabley - Noel Howlett
- Mrs Bolan - Brenda Elder
- Agnes Greenwood - Kathleen Helme
- Jenny Sutton - Mitzi Rogers
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug, Jack and Annie's bedroom and landing
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- Oakenshaw Park - Work shed
- Court - Courtroom and waiting room
Notes[]
- 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 - 8,700,000 homes (1st place - this was the highest-rated episode of the year).
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