Episode 986
Production code	P228/986
ITV transmission date	6th July 1970 (Monday)
Stories by	Harry Driver Esther Rose John Temple
Script editor	Malcolm Lynch
Writer	Susan Pleat
Designer	Tim Farmer
Director	Eric Prytherch
Producer	June Howson
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PlotEdit

Susan undergoes an operation while Hilda looks after Peter. Len tells Elsie she's turning hard and bitter. Alan returns to the Street from London. The Barlows are relieved when Susan's operation goes well. Sandra, Irma and Bet spend their Sunday at Alderley Edge for a laugh. Alan is horrified to find Elsie has let herself go. She accuses him of coming back thinking she'd jump at the chance to go out with him again.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
• Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough
• Sandra Butler - Patricia Fuller
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Peter Barlow - Christopher Dormer
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Susan Barlow - Wendy Jane Walker
• Alan Howard - Alan Browning

Guest CastEdit

• Hospital Sister - Anne Rye

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public/Snug
• 11 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
• 14 Coronation Street - Living room
• Hospital - Waiting room and ward room
• Alderley Edge

NotesEdit

• First appearance of Alan Howard since 4th March 1970.
• TV Times synopsis: A young life in the balance - and there's bitterness at the Barlows.
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,650,000 homes (4th place).