PlotEdit

Ken arranges a solicitor for Elsie. Elsie puts on a brave face to the outside world. Both Ken and Ena suspect Dot of not being straight. Betty warns Dickie to go on the outing to the Lake District and not to let Audrey go by herself. Elsie can't believe Dot would stand by and let her take the blame. Dickie decides to go on the outing. Ken persuades Elsie to go on the outing and forget her troubles. At the coach company it is discovered too late that the driver, Reg Ellis, has taken the wrong coach - his one has faulty brakes. Annie, Jack, Emily, Albert, Audrey, Dickie, Ray, Minnie, Ena, Ken, Val, Elsie, Stan, Hilda, Maggie, Cyril and Betty start off on the outing.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Audrey Fleming - Gillian McCann
• Dickie Fleming - Nigel Humphreys
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Cyril Turpin - William Moore
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
• Emily Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
• Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
• Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
• Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant

Guest castEdit

• Dot Greenhalgh - Joan Francis
• Mr Searle - Eric Thompson
• Mr Ormerod - Roger Heathcott

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
• 3 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
• 11 Coronation Street - Back room
• Ray Langton Contractors Limited - Office/workshop
• Searle and Ormerod Coach Company - Office
• Various roads leading from Weatherfield

NotesEdit

• Until the start of the ITV Colour Strike with Episode 1026 (18th November 1970), this was the programme's last black and white videotaped episode, the next episode being made entirely on film.
• TV Times synopsis: A happy start to a perilous journey.
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,350,000 homes (5th place).

Notable dialogueEdit

Betty Turpin: "What 'ave I got to be jealous of Elsie Tanner about? Take away her looks an' what 'as she got? Nothin'. Just nothin'."