Episode 799
Production code	P228/799
ITV transmission date	19th August 1968 (Monday)
Stories by	Harry Driver Esther Rose
Writer	Peter Eckersley
Designer	Peter Beard
Director	Richard Guinea
Executive Producer	H.V. Kershaw
Producer	Richard Doubleday
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PlotEdit

Annie prepares for her speech. Ken demands to know what happened between Val and Frank Riley but she just wants to be left alone. She realises that everyone thinks she was raped and that Ken would never forgive her if she had been. Albert visits the Street and the residents are interested to hear him talk about the Fusiliers. Mr Ironfield tells Len someone has complained about Ena playing the harmonium. Ken tries to convice Val that he loves her. Len tells Ena she can't play her harmonium early in the morning.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
• Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
• Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
• Audrey Fleming - Gillian McCann
• Dickie Fleming - Nigel Humphreys
• Gordon Clegg - Bill Kenwright
• Effie Spicer - Anne Dyson
• Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth

Guest castEdit

• Mr Ironfield - Anthony Dutton

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: Ena receives a warning
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,000,000 homes (1st place).

Notable dialogueEdit

Valerie Barlow (to Ken Barlow) "I'm just a thing now; a thing you've got. And all you're interested in is keeping it polished. And if anything happened to me you wouldn't lift a finger to help me. Because you don't love me. You love yourself."