Coronation Street (1960)

11x30 Episode 971 (15th April 1970)

Hilda can't sleep, wondering how she is going to get £600 for the airfare to Australia. She decides to ask Ken but Stan stops her going round as it's only 6.00am. At No.14, Ken is also unable to sleep, musing on his past rows with David and regretting them. Emily takes Dave Smith to task for his unfeeling attitude to the news. Hilda asks Val for the £278 airfare but she says the Barlows need to save their money for Ken's own flight. Stan thinks of someone who can lend them the money and goes to see Dave. Dave himself offers Ray six bathroom suites cheap but Ray rejects them. He bought them himself when he worked for Dave and knows they're substandard. Val is shocked when Ken refuses to go and see David buried as he thinks it's a waste of money. Val worries what people will think, especially Stan and Hilda. Hilda is stunned when Dave calls round and hands her £600. Her passport - her first ever - is rushed through while a sympathetic Annie and Emily help her pack and get ready. Ken is p

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Jack Watson Jack Watson As: Bill Gregory
Patricia Phoenix Patricia Phoenix As: Elsie Howard
Betty Driver Betty Driver As: Betty Turpin
Eileen Derbyshire Eileen Derbyshire As: Emily Nugent / Emily Bishop
Doris Speed Doris Speed As: Annie Walker
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Hilda can't sleep, wondering how she is going to get £600 for the airfare to Australia. She decides to ask Ken but Stan stops her going round as it's only 6.00am. At No.14, Ken is also unable to sleep, musing on his past rows with David and regretting them. Emily takes Dave Smith to task for his unfeeling attitude to the news. Hilda asks Val for the £278 airfare but she says the Barlows need to save their money for Ken's own flight. Stan thinks of someone who can lend them the money and goes to see Dave. Dave himself offers Ray six bathroom suites cheap but Ray rejects them. He bought them himself when he worked for Dave and knows they're substandard. Val is shocked when Ken refuses to go and see David buried as he thinks it's a waste of money. Val worries what people will think, especially Stan and Hilda. Hilda is stunned when Dave calls round and hands her £600. Her passport - her first ever - is rushed through while a sympathetic Annie and Emily help her pack and get ready. Ken is p


Certification: TV-PG

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Aired: 15 April, 1970 at 8:00 pm

Language: English

Country: United Kingdom, Malaysia

Runtime: 25m

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Cast

Jack Watson

Jack Watson

Bill Gregory

Patricia Phoenix

Patricia Phoenix

Elsie Howard

Betty Driver

Betty Driver

Betty Turpin

Eileen Derbyshire

Eileen Derbyshire

Emily Nugent / Emily Bishop

Doris Speed

Doris Speed

Annie Walker

William Roache

William Roache

Ken Barlow

Barbara Knox

Barbara Knox

Rita Sullivan

Jean Alexander

Jean Alexander

Hilda Ogden

Julie Goodyear

Julie Goodyear

Bet Lynch / Bet Gilroy

Jennifer Moss

Jennifer Moss

Lucille Hewitt

Peter Adamson

Peter Adamson

Len Fairclough

Margot Bryant

Margot Bryant

Minnie Caldwell

Sandra Gough

Sandra Gough

Irma Barlow

Wendy Jane Walker

Wendy Jane Walker

Susan Baldwin

Jack Howarth

Jack Howarth

Albert Tatlock

Arthur Leslie

Arthur Leslie

Jack Walker

Julia Goulding

Julia Goulding

Shona Ramsey

Lorna Laidlaw

Lorna Laidlaw

Aggie Bailey

Violet Carson

Violet Carson

Ena Sharples

Bernard Youens

Bernard Youens

Stan Ogden

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