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Episode 852 ( 19th February 1969 ) Plot . Emily moves back to the Rovers . Dickie has flu , Audrey considers getting his mother to look after him . Dave agrees to drop Minnie ' s debt because of Ena ' s threat . He gives her a wad of notes to keep quiet . Ena discovers Minnie has disappeared leaving a note asking her to look after Sunny Jim . Annie approves of Gordon now he is an accountant . Ena returns the money to Dave and tells him Minnie has disappeared .
Tim Aspinall Tim Aspinall ( 6th January , 1935 - 21st August , 2000 ) was a prolific television writer , director and producer for more than three decades . He produced " Coronation Street " from Episode 357 to Episode 395 ( May to September 1964 ) , and wrote 3 episodes eleven years later , in 1975 . He remains best remembered for his controversial decision in 1964 to sack several actors from the programme and especially for his decision to " kill off " the popular character of Martha Longhurst . Several actors , Violet Carson among them , complained about Aspinall ' s move to senior Granada management and many years later figures such as H . V . Kershaw and Bill Podmore criticised the decision , saying it was one of the worst in the programme ' s history . Kershaw however went on to say that he preferred to remember Aspinall as the man who introduced the Ogdens to the show . Before his stint on " Coronation Street " he was , among other things , a features writer for " TV Times " and later worked as script editor on the Granada series " The Villains " . Episodes written by Tim Aspinall . 1970s . 1975 ( 3 episodes )
DP ' s Secretary DP ' s Secretary was a secretary at Barkers stationery firm , with a desk just outside managing director DP ' s office . In April 1989 , she coped with an irate Derek Wilton , who had just been demoted from sales to despatch due to the results of his pension medical . Derek waited outside DP ' s office nearly all day for a quick word with the boss , but DP was tied up in far more important matters due to his impending visit to Amsterdam and didn ' t have time to see him . Eventually , Derek tried to force the issue by asking the secretary to take a memo through to DP ' s office , in which he threatened to resign unless he remained in his current position . She later told Derek that DP had seen the memo but hadn ' t said much . When the secretary told him he ' d missed DP leaving the office , Derek left to continue his quest in the car park . Throughout the day , the secretary had reacted to Derek ' s situation with a quiet amusement .
Episode 2566 ( 4th November 1985 ) Plot . Jack is in hospital with a broken ankle . Ivy worries that George just wants a good time with her . Ken tells Susan she should return to Newcastle . Susan thinks that she ' s got Deirdre ' s backing and tries to convince Ken she ' d work hard on the paper . Jack finds himself in trouble when Vera almost catches him with Dulcie Froggatt . Susan feels got - at when Deirdre tells her that she thinks it would be wrong for her to work with Ken . Curly asks Susan for a drink but she tells him that she ' s returning to Newcastle .
Episode 3539 ( 10th May 1993 ) Plot . Doug removes the wheels from the dormobile , telling Derek that kids must have taken them in the night . Without wheels he can ' t move the van . Ken is amazed when a " For Sale " sign goes up outside the shop . Emily celebrates when the car tax people decide not to prosecute her , believing her explanation . Maureen goes to Bettabuy for her P45 , asking Curly for it . Reg is delighted to see her but she runs off rather than speak to him . Alf assures Ken that he ' ll be alright as he ' s a sitting tenant and offers to sell the flat furniture to him . Neil tells Denise he ' s heard from Angie that Hanif sleeps around and she ' s not the only one in his life . Hanif assures Denise that he doesn ' t mix with his workers . Reg decides to take Maureen ' s P45 to her . Notable dialogue . Betty Turpin : " Have the butchers delivered yet ? " < br > Bet Gilroy : " Oh , that smutty little devil ? Yes he did . There ' s summat right mucky about him , have you noticed ? He ' s always leering . He says ' Where d ' yer want it ? ' I said ' In the kitchen , where ' d yer think ? ' He said ' Well it ' s up to you , but most prefer it in the bedroom . ' " < br > Betty Turpin : ( laughing ) " Don ' t you like wit ? " < br > Raquel Wolstenhulme : " Well he said that to me last week . I thought . . . it ' s a funny place to keep mince . " Raquel Wolstenhulme : " See , I was always led to believe that I was equally good at most things , me . They told me that at school . Aye , they said - ' Raquel - you ' ve no particular talents ' . "
Episode 8419 ( 7th July 2014 ) Plot . Leanne is stunned to see the bistro sign being taken down . Gail drags David to Street Cars to tell Steve he warned Michael to stay away . Steve agrees to give him another chance . Carla is annoyed that she has to keep calling on Peter for factory business . Marcus is pleased when Maria agrees to let him see Liam despite his previous no - show . Maria urges him to see Todd for what he is . Maria tells Marcus that Liam has gone to a friend Tyler ' s house . Todd sees Marcus leaving the salon . Leanne searches for Nick and unknowingly blurts out more sordid details about her past to Eva when Yasmeen is standing behind her . She ' s mortified . Carla tells Peter she ' s moving out of the flat and offers to buy his half of the factory . He refuses at first but agrees when she asks him to sign if he cares about her . He refuses to give up on her and although he signs the papers , he also refuses the money . Leanne tells Yasmeen she ' s a different person now from when she was a prostitute , druggie and arsonist . Yasmeen doesn ' t trust her and advises her to finish with Kal for his own good . Luke eyes up Carla in the Rovers and buys drinks for her and Maria . Marcus feeds Todd a cover story about helping someone from work for when he ' s seeing Liam . Peter is upset at seeing Carla enjoying herself with Maria , Luke and Tim and pours drink into his orange juice . Kal tells Leanne to ignore Yasmeen . Nick re - christens the bistro Just Nick ' s . Leanne is livid to see the new sign going up and argues the bistro is still partly hers . Michael is thrilled that Steve has kept his job open and calls Gail his guardian angel . She agrees to have tea at his flat . Peter warns Carla not to humiliate herself . She invites Luke back to hers . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Tony Newall Tony Newall was a customer of the Viaduct Garage where Brian Tilsley worked . He took his car in there for work on the gearbox and Brian used it to drive home . When the evening meal there was ruined , Audrey Roberts took him and Gail Tilsley out for dinner and persuaded him to use the car for the trip . However Mr Newall was also at the same steak restaurant and saw his car being driven away . He called the police who summoned garage boss Ron Sykes to the premises where they found it , with an engine still warm . Ron span them a tale about Brian taking the wrong car home but the next day Newall told Ron that he wanted his bill reduced by £50 for the inconvenience . Ron gave him the discount and sacked Brian .
Old Man ( Episode 910 ) On 15th September 1969 , the old man approached Ken Barlow at a cemetery in Weatherfield when Ken was laying flowers for his mother Ida , who died in 1961 . The short , scruffy man asked Ken if he was good to his mother , causing Ken to reflect on his and Ida ' s relationship .
Episode 706 ( 20th September 1967 ) Plot . Minnie wants Jerry to meet and marry librarian Sally Frost . She gives him a book to take back with a letter in it for Sally , asking her to take pity on lonely Jerry . Dennis is relieved when the pipers leave . Sally and Jerry get on together at the library . The " Pinelli Brothers " - real name , the Cooks - arrive at No . 11 - Albert , Arthur and their mother . David tells the Ogdens that Irma is two months pregnant .
Reverend Sedgley Reverend Sedgley was the vicar of St . Christopher ' s Church in Weatherfield where Emily Bishop frequented as a parishioner . It was at the church in December 2005 where Emily attended the final service officiated by the Reverend Ashbourne and at the same time , befriended a churchgoer by the name of Ed Jackson . Within a few weeks , Ed confessed to Emily that he was one of the two men who had staged the robbery on Baldwin ' s Casuals in January 1978 which ultimately led to her husband Ernest suffering fatal gunshot wounds . During the time inside Strangeways Jail , Ed found religion and had turned his life around following his release . Reeling from the news and questioning her own faith , it was several weeks before she was eventually persuaded to return and Emily was accompanied to a Sunday service in March 2006 by niece Freda Burgess and Rita Sullivan , however while Reverend Sedgley was addressing the congregation , she noticed Ed sitting at the back of the church and overcome by emotion , hurriedly left . A few days later , Emily returned to St . Christopher ' s alone and spoke in length to the Reverend who tried to persuade her to find it in her heart to forgive Ed , stating that he wouldn ' t be attending the church any more and intimated that he was suicidal .
Candice Stowe Candice Marie Stowe was Sarah Louise Platt ' s smoking schoolfriend . Candice started working for Audrey Roberts as a trainee stylist and moved into the salon flat after her mother ' s boyfriend started to make unwanted advances . Her mother didn ' t believe her and Audrey took her in . Candice dated both Todd and Jason Grimshaw . She slept with Jason which caused her and Todd to break up . She dated Jason on and off over several years , in between , she always seemed to date the wrong men . She had a disastrously short fling with Nick Tilsley who dumped her for Maria Sutherland . She had an even shorter fling with married shampoo salesman Tim Marsden . She dated footballer Warren Baldwin , having dreams of celebrity in her eyes but it ended badly just before Warren moved to Spain . Luck was with Candice though , when , at Les and Cilla Battersby - Brown ' s wedding , she was asked to fix the hair of several members of Status Quo who played at the reception . They were so impressed that they offered her a job as tour stylist and she left Weatherfield in November 2005 .
Cavan Malone Cavan Malone ( born 25th November 1939 , died in 1982 ) was the son of the Irish tenor Danny Malone and his wife Hazel , who ran the Corona Stage School in London during World War II . On " Coronation Street " he appeared in February and March 1961 as Gordon Davies , husband of Joan Walker . A former child actor he had appeared in films when he was eight , having a role in the Alec Guinness classic " Kind Hearts and Coronets " in 1949 and appeared on television far back as 1951 . He appeared in series such as " No Hiding Place " and " Dixon of Dock Green " but appears to have quit acting in the mid - 1960s after appearing in " 633 Squadron " .
Episode 1097 ( 21st July 1971 ) Plot . Stan and Hilda argue over the shower . Stan asks Irma if he smells and she tells him yes . Albert cons Elsie into sewing some buttons on his best shirt and then washing and ironing it for him . Ernie shocks Betty by asking for a pint of bitter and determines to wait for Emily until she arrives back at the Rovers . She uses the back door to avoid him . Beattie calls on Albert again . Not only has Norman taken up bowling but he ’ s going to a wrestling match as well . Albert tells Beattie to take a firm stand with him , threatening to leave him if he doesn ' t do as she tells him . Stan comes to an arrangement with Len to get him to put Hilda off the idea of a shower . Betty tells Emily about the engagement ring but she isn ’ t impressed . Alan buys chocolates in the Corner Shop for Elsie for their wedding anniversary . Irma looks longingly after him . Ernie continues to drink . Ken prepares for another band practice . Len puts Hilda off a shower by telling her it would cost £250 to £300 , dependent on the model , plus a fitting charge . She claims the hot water will exacerbate Stan ’ s bad back . Irma calls round on Alan with a cream cake and chats him up . Ernie is blind drunk in the Rovers by afternoon closing time . He threatens to haunt Emily . Beattie turns up at Albert ’ s with a suitcase - she threatened to leave Norman but he went out anyway and she had to go as promised . Albert isn ' t pleased .
Peter Watts Peter Watts appeared on " Coronation Street " in November 1997 as car salesman Mr Seymour , who allowed Jon Lindsay to test - drive a Saab worth £26 , 000 when Jon led him to believe he was an airline pilot . He returned in March of the following year to give evidence of that fact at the trial of Deirdre Rachid and Jon Lindsay at Weatherfield County Court . His other credits include roles in " Bergerac , The Bill , Silent Witness , Children ' s Ward , Doctors , Casualty , New Tricks , Spooks " and the 1990 film " Dancin ' Thru the Dark " . On stage he has appeared in productions of " An Enemy of the People " and " Richard III " .
Episode 1421 ( 28th August 1974 ) Plot . Stan has dropped the cycling idea but Hilda wants to give it a try as it ' ll help him lose weight . Stan challenges her to ride a bike up and down the street without falling off . Ray jokes that Billy is a cradle snatcher and is warned by Billy about spreading rumours . Billy offers Stan a tandem for £10 . Ken meets with Peggy alone as a last ditch attempt to stop the girls from striking . He suggests a solution which she agrees to if he can clear it with Sir Julius . Ray starts jeering at Deirdre over Billy in the Rovers . Peggy agrees to resign in exchange for the girls getting a union , as per Ken ' s idea . Stan buys the tandem and wheels it over to No . 13 , to Bet and Alf ' s amusement and Hilda ' s horror . Bet goes for a ride with Stan to prove the tandem ' s worth to Hilda but Stan gets tired after one trip around the block . Pollard plans to report Ken to Sir Julius only to discover that Sir Julius knows and approved the suggestion . Hilda is livid that Stan is too tired to work after riding the tandem . She decides to return it to Billy but changes her mind when she realises she ' ll be giving in to everyone ' s expectations . Ivy and the girls are shocked to see Ken drinking with Peggy . Hilda tells Stan that they ' re going to ride the tandem if it kills them and puts them both on a keep - fit campaign . Ray ' s comments lead Bet and Betty to speculate that Billy is with Deirdre . Billy asks Deirdre to come on a business trip to a car auction with him . She isn ' t sure . Notable dialogue . Edward Pollard ( about Ken Barlow ) : “ Not so much Please Sir , as Goodbye Mr Chips . ”
Barry Letts Barry Letts ( 26th March 1925 to 9th October 2009 ) was the last adult actor cast in an episode of " Coronation Street " prior to the Equity actors ' strike of 1961 to 1962 . He appeared as Mr . Wentworth , Ken Barlow ' s first boss in his working career in two episodes broadcast in October and November 1961 , recorded just prior to the start of the strike on 1st November . Born in Leicester , his first job after leaving school was as an assistant stage manager . Following service in the Royal Navy in the Second World War , he became an actor in repertory theatre , graduating to roles in films and television in the 1940s and 1950s in productions such as " Scott of the Antarctic " , " The Cruel Sea " , " Reach for the Sky " , " The Silver Sword " , " Maigret " , " The Avengers " , " The Man in Room 17 " ( also for Granada ) , several episodes of " Z Cars " and " Public Eye " . In 1967 he had a career change when he became a television director , working on " The Newcomers " and " Doctor Who " and it was the latter programme more than any other with which his name became associated when he became its producer in 1969 , staying in that role until 1975 during the tenure of Jon Pertwee and the start of Tom Baker ' s time in the role ( Letts was himself responsible for casting the unknown Baker in the part ) . In the late 1970s he became producer of the BBC ' s Sunday evening series of classic serial adaptations . Following his retirement from the BBC in 1985 , he continued to write and direct for , among others , " Brookside " and a short series of radio productions of " Doctor Who " . His sister , Pauline Letts and son , Crispin Letts , have also appeared in " Coronation Street " . External links . Wikipedia article on Barry Letts
Stuart Golland Stuart Golland ( born 3rd August 1945 in Sheffield , died 11th September 2003 in Leeds ) played three roles on " Coronation Street " : His previous employments were as a plasterer and bar manager in the Isle of Man and Sheffield where he was bitten by the acting bug when managing a bar near the city ' s famous Crucible Theatre . He attended the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff and later worked at the National Theatre . He was best known to viewers for his role of George Ward in " Heartbeat " , a part he played between 1992 and 1996 and in a regular role in the 1991 series " Waterfront Beat " although he also appeared in " All Creatures Great and Small " , " Emmerdale " , " First Among Equals " , " The Darling Buds of May " and " Rumpole of the Bailey " . Also on stage he toured in his own play " Scrap " and regularly appeared as W . C . Fields .
Darren Maule Darren Maule appeared as a Nuisance Gambler in the 2008 spin - off DVD " " . He is best known in his native South Africa for his comedy work , first physical and then stand - up , and with stints as a host on the game shows " Out of the Box " and " Play TV " . He also appeared in the drama series " Hard Copy " and the comedy series " Uncle Max " .
Peter Wheeler Peter Wheeler was a voice artist who worked extensively for Granada Television from the 1970s onwards . He remains best known for his vocal role as the Court Reporter in the long - running daytime series " Crown Court " for twenty - two years from 1972 onwards but he was also heard in " Emmerdale " , " The Wind in the Willows " , " Dramarama " . Outside of acting roles he was heard in many editions of " What the Papers Say " ( along with Daphne Oxenford ) although he appeared on - screen in " Call My Bluff " and " The Villains " . He was heard on several occasions in " Coronation Street " as :
Episode 3913 ( 25th September 1995 ) Plot . Don intervenes when Nick rows with Rita , saying that his wage packet was short . Nick turns on Don and accuses him of robbing him as well . Raquel is subdued . Vera realises that it ' s only when they ' ve moved that they ' ll get the full benefit of the stone cladding . Billy apologises to Betty for embarrassing her but swears he meant what he said . He is thrilled when Betty agrees to marry him . Curly is uncomfortable when Leo explains his thoughts on how all women are begging for sex . He is relieved when Leo tells him that he didn ' t get anywhere with Raquel . Nick lets himself into No . 5 with his ghetto blaster . He locks himself in and plays music as loud as possible . Rita accuses Mavis of being stuck - up in not wanting Vera living next door . Emily tells Percy she was wounded to hear that he has been saying she evicted him . He feels awful and apologises . The neighbours summon Gail to stop Nick ' s music but he refuses to open the door to her . Don arrives and is furious to find Nick has dropped the latch . He feels he ' s gone too far and smashes a window . He opens the door and throws Nick out . PC Malcolm arrives and warns Don about making too much noise . Percy tells Curly that he ' ll have to return to No . 3 as Emily needs him . Curly realises something is wrong with Raquel . She tells him that she ' s cheap and that Leo tried to rape her in the storeroom . Curly is furious and swears he ' ll kill Leo so Raquel backtracks as she doesn ' t want him to be sacked . He promises her that he won ' t mention it as she doesn ' t want it talked about . She feels better for having told someone .
Episode 8028 ( 28th December 2012 ) Plot . Kylie secretly books two plane tickets for Barbados . Guilty in the knowledge that she won ' t see him again , Kylie kisses David lovingly . David ' s thrilled , convinced his marriage is now truly back on track . Fiz , Chesney and Katy wake up feeling dreadful and thinking they ' ve caught a bug . Sally calls at the hospital and pleads with Jenna to take Sophie back on her books and not to punish her for Kevin ' s stupid behaviour . Nick tells Leanne that he ' d like her to collect her stuff from his flat . Leanne ' s disappointed . Sophie goes for her physiotherapy appointment and is thrilled to find that it ' s with Jenna . She lays down some ground rules and makes it clear to Sophie that from now on their relationship is purely professional . Sophie ' s inwardly gutted . Gail arrives home to find Kylie and Max , bags packed and halfway out of the door . Gail races to the bistro to warn David that Kylie ' s leaving with Max . David begs Kylie not to leave and chases after her taxi but to no avail . David finds a letter from Kylie telling him that she ' s gone to live with Becky , as she doesn ' t deserve him . David ' s distraught whilst Nick is quietly relieved . Fiz backs out of the family holiday , feeling too ill to go . Maria suggests to Marcus that it would be nice for Liam to have a brother or sister . Tyrone lies to Kirsty and tells her that he ' s going to see Connie on Monday . Secretly he texts Fiz and arranges a date . As David lies on the sofa wallowing in self - pity , the door opens and Kylie enters . She explains how she couldn ' t go through with it and she wants them to try again . David ' s ecstatic while Nick ' s secretly gutted . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Jonathan Collins Jonathan Collins was the first actor on " Coronation Street " to play the part of Trevor Ogden , son of Stan and Hilda . He appeared on the programme from July to September 1964 in a role that was later played by Don Hawkins . A child actor for most of his career , Jonathan ' s other credits include " Theatre 625 " , " Dixon of Dock Green " , " Mrs Thursday " , " The Wednesday Play " , " The Caesars " and " Z Cars " .
Episode 6464 ( 8th January 2007 ) Plot . Peter arrives from Portsmouth . Ken and Deirdre persuade him to stay with Tracy so he can keep an eye on her . Vernon ' s trying to shirk his duties of writing quiz questions , and cons Steve and Michelle into writing him a couple of rounds . Jason continues to adapt to fatherhood , struggling with nappies . Carla gets Kelly to work her lunch and during breaks on her new dungarees . The rest of the factory girls are narked that they haven ' t been offered extra work . Becky sparks with a customer , Rob in the café . Norris tries to persuade Roy to join his quiz team , but Roy refuses somehow falling into a team with Hayley and Becky . Peter brings his stuff to Tracy ' s , and they make plans for that evening . Steve and Michelle bicker over the quiz rounds , both trying to outdo each other . Liam ' s becoming annoyed with Carla using his desk and borrowing his factory staff . Jason persuades a depressed Violet to babysit while he goes to the quiz with Sarah . Rob returns as Becky is heading to the Rovers to give her a generous tip . Jason remarks to Charlie that he saw Tracy with a bloke . Charlie flies off the handle and storms round to the house . Peter is in the shower , and Tracy lets Charlie think the worst when he sees Peter ' s shirt on the sofa . Charlie rushes upstairs .