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Coronation Street : Season 9
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Air date: 01 Jan '68 - 33 episodesCoronation Street is a British television soap opera first broadcast on Granada Television in 1960. It was soon syndicated on other ITV franchises. The programme concerns the lives of the residents of Coronation Street in Weatherfield, a fictional area of Salford, and centres around its terraced houses, cafe, corner shop, newsagents, textile factory and the Rovers Return pub. The programme was devised in 1960 by local scriptwriter Tony Warren at the recently formed Granada Television in Manchester. Warren's initial kitchen sink drama proposal was rejected by the station's founder Sidney Bernstein but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton to produce the programme for thirteen pilot episodes. It was first broadcast on 9 December 1960 and within six months had become the most-watched programme on British television. It has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on British commercial television, underpinning the success of the Granada Television franchise and the broadcaster ITV. ...
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List of Episodes (33)
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Coronation Street (1960)
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1. 1 Jan 1968
01 Jan '68Minnie feels sorry for Ena upon learning that the Mission is to be demolished. Dennis despairs as a group of hippies descends on Number 11. Hilda makes a friend in the park.
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2. 03 Jan 1968
03 Jan '68Annie begins to worry about Lucille's whereabouts. Hilda is woken up by gongs from next door. Annie guesses that Lucille is with the hippies when Hilda gossips about them, as she found hippy magazines in her bedroom. She sends Jack to drag her home. Robert Croft recites his poetry at No. 11. Dennis finds one of the hippies meditating in the bath naked. The hippies get into Elsie's things.
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3. 08 Jan 1968
08 Jan '68Hilda takes Stan's dirty woolly socks for the wash. Jerry goes to court to sort out his divorce. Annie tells Jack she's given Alfred Wormold a full report of the goings-on at No. 11. Dennis doesn't understand the hippies' lifestyle. George Greenwood entertains Hilda in his work shed. She takes a shine to his budgie Winnie. The hippies are sleeping when Wormold comes knocking so he assumes they've gone. He tells Annie that Dennis is in arrears with the rent. Annie urges him to try again. Stan
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4. 10 Jan 1968
10 Jan '68Stan is suspicious when Hilda treats him well. Hilda can't find her scarf and goes back to George's shed to look for it. Annie takes to her bed because of Lucille. Jack feels that Lucille has to decide to come back herself. Jenny Sutton joins the hippies but tells Dennis she thinks they're crazy. Dennis and Jenny learn about each other as they clean up the mess in the house. Jerry's divorce case is heard in court. He goes through all of his and Myra's marriage difficulties. Agnes Greenwood
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5. 15 Jan 1968
15 Jan '68Jack becomes very old suddenly through worrying about Lucille. She returns when she gets lonely. Dennis doesn't know if he can trust himself alone in the house with Jenny Sutton. Stan gets Hilda to buy expensive food for him. Jenny is taken on at the Hotel as bar steward Maurice Rowe fancies her. George Greenwood gets Hilda a budgie called Mabel and she decides to keep it with Winnie. Hilda tries to tell Stan she is seeing George. Rowe takes Dennis off bar work and onto waitering again so that
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6. 17 Jan 1968
17 Jan '68Dennis threatens to tell the management that Maurice Rowe is on the fiddle. Rowe pretends Dennis beat him and apologises to Jenny. Hilda writes Stan a note telling him of her unfaithfulness. He ignores it. Demolishers Jimmy Gibson and Miklos Zadic recce the factory. Lucille falls for Hungarian Miklos. Agnes Greenwood and Stan worry about the confession element. Elsie phones up and Dennis tells her about Jenny. Len tries to get her to talk about herself but she puts the phone down. Hilda
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7. 22 Jan 1968
22 Jan '68The demolishers move into the Street. Miklos promises Minnie he'll make it as painless as possible for Ena. Jenny tells Dennis she knows about him blackmailing Maurice Rowe and thinks he's clever. Ena is given the choice of a council flat or Sunshine Villas Old Folks Home. Jenny realises Dennis fancies her. Hilda investigates Stan's woman. Jerry agrees to take Irma skating to ease her boredom. Hilda tells George Greenwood she can't see him anymore. She agrees to let Mabel stay with Winnie.
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8. 24 Jan 1968
24 Jan '68Ena has spent a frozen night in the Vestry with the amenities cut off pending the demolition. She refuses to tell Mr Ironfield where she's going to live afterwards and insists he helps the removal men shift the harmonium. Jerry tells David that Irma hardly stayed on the ice at the rink but spent most of the night in the snack bar. Nevertheless she wants to go again. Dennis is depressed at Jenny's departure. Hilda questions Annie on her views about women working as she's thinking about devoting
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9. 29 Jan 1968
29 Jan '68The residents try to clean the dust away from the demolition of the Mission of Glad Tidings. Len worries that Myra could try to jeopardise the divorce. Ena settles into Minnie's and tries to get used to being retired. The Brewery plans to redecorate the Rovers. Annie wants it done in Silver Buckingham wallpaper. The residents get to know Miklos. Jerry discovers Myra has been in the Street. Myra assures Len she is not contesting the divorce but she is interested in Jerry's relationship with Irma.
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10. 31 Jan 1968
31 Jan '68Ena is curious about Minnie's habits. Myra is thrilled when Jerry calls. She assures him that she has no ulterior motives. Irma and Val chat Miklos up. They arrange a date but then want to back out. Minnie and Ena fall out about household money and sharing. Val and Irma try to set Emily up with Miklos. Len warns Jerry that Myra is up to no good. The Brewery refuse to decorate the Rovers to Annie's specifications so she tells them she'll pay for the decorating. Jack refuses. Miklos takes Emily
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11. 05 Feb 1968
05 Feb '68The Rovers is decorated. Emily tells Irma she and Miklos are getting very friendly. Myra flaunts her new friendship with Jerry. The Walkers change the old pumps. Annie is horrified to discover the factory is to be demolished when the Rovers is to be painted. Miklos worries about the demolition because the factory is so old. Myra calls on Jerry late at night and begs him to tell her that he loves her. She tells him that she is lonely and begs to stay the night.
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12. 07 Feb 1968
07 Feb '68The demolishers descend on the factory with bulldozers. Len is annoyed at Myra's presence in the house. Bobby goes missing. Minnie thinks Ena has driven him out. Annie strings onions up around the pub to get rid of the paint fumes. Len tells Jerry to get rid of Myra but he is keen to have her around. He warns him that they could be accused of collusion and goes away to leave them to it. The twins follow Bobby into the factory. Myra asks to spend the weekend with Jerry. He agrees. Minnie rescues
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13. 12 Feb 1968
12 Feb '68Ken and Val realise the twins are missing. Ken hears the twins squealing in the factory as they play in the puddles, he and Miklos carry them out, stopping the bulldozer. Myra tries to analyse where the marriage went wrong. She tries desperately to please Jerry. Ena accuses Minnie of being too interested in Bobby to see the twins. Val realises the twins are becoming more independent. Jerry visit's Myra's house and brings back some of her clothes. Annie complains about the dirt in the Rovers but
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14. 14 Feb 1968
14 Feb '68Ena fights her emotions as she prepares to leave the Street. Myra fails to persuade Jerry to give their marriage another try. Ken fears that Val feels let down when he does not send her a valentine.
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15. 19 Feb 1968
19 Feb '68Lucille takes up with art student Tim Jordan. Jerry is pleased that he feels nothing for Myra. Len and Val take care of Elsie, she gives nothing away. Tim charms the ladies in the Street. Jerry discovers Myra has told the court she's spent the night with him. Minnie advertises in the shop window for a man for companionship. The students collect for rag week. Len assures Jerry he's in the clear as no one knows Myra stayed. Annie throws the students out of the Rovers. Tim bets Lucille he can get
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16. 21 Feb 1968
21 Feb '68The students campaign for ransom money but Jack doesn't pay up as he's enjoying Annie's absence. Elsie doesn't know how to get in touch with Dennis. Jerry broods about his divorce and is bitter towards Elsie. Minnie becomes an agent for a catalogue. Hilda is annoyed as it is the same firm that she's an agent for. Annie enjoys her captivity at the University and gladly pays the students five guineas. She poses in handcuffs for the evening paper. Tim Jordan asks Lucille to appear in the rag
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17. 26 Feb 1968
26 Feb '68Jack is a bundle of nerves and hasn't told Annie about Jerry's request. He shocks Annie by telling her to shut up when she goes on at him about taking a parcel to the post office. Len tells Jerry he was out of order asking Jack to lie for him. Jerry feels he has no other choice. Elsie sets tongues wagging by coming into the Corner Shop looking a mess. Jack is afraid of lying in court but wants to help Jerry. Miklos arranges to meet Albert at the Rovers to give him his dad's collection of
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18. 28 Feb 1968
28 Feb '68Albert tells PC Conway that Miklos stole the coins. David likes the idea of living somewhere where he doesn't know anyone. The residents worry about Elsie, living in a pigsty in No. 11. Miklos accuses Albert of slandering him. He refuses to tell Albert where he spent the day. Miklos tells Emily he was visiting a friend in hospital. The police catch the thief trying to sell the coins. He's a casual worker from the building site. George Dickinson turns up and asks Jerry to take Myra back. Elsie
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19. 4 Mar 1968
04 Mar '68The residents wonder at what Elsie is doing, locked away in No.11. Len realises that it's Elsie's birthday. David tells Ken he's going to play a game of football - his first since the accident. Val gets a letter from Dennis saying he's returning. Miklos tells Emily he doesn't want to put roots down. Len bangs on Elsie's door until she lets him in. He makes her talk to him. She tells him she's left Steve. She didn't fit in in America. He makes her admit that Steve wasn't the perfect husband but
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20. 6 Mar 1968
06 Mar '68David tells Irma he played football and never had a twinge but she slaps his face in anger. He tells her that he wants to play professionally again - for a team in Australia. The Barlows worry as Dennis sends furniture from London to store with them. Irma doesn't want to go to Australia. She tells David he can go on his own. She is shocked when Hilda says they'll come as well. Emily and Miklos realise they have no ties - they can do anything they want to. Elsie ventures into the Rovers. Annie
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21. 11 Mar 1968
11 Mar '68Hilda gets on everyone's nerves about Australia. Dennis and Jenny Sutton travel up from London, needing a base. He gets her to pretend they are married to put the neighbours off. Hilda is stunned when Stan tells her that she can go to Australia - on her own. He's not leaving England. David tells Irma he realises they can't go to Australia. She tells him that she thinks she's pregnant. Dennis introduces Jenny to a surprised Elsie as "Mrs Tanner".
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22. 13 Mar 1968
13 Mar '68Elsie refuses to believe Dennis is married. Emily worries that Miklos is too passionate. Jenny tells Elsie they're not married. She tells them they can't sleep together. She locks Dennis into the parlour. David is told the Australian job is his. Irma realises they'd be stupid not to go to Australia when she sees the picture of the house that goes with the job. Dennis is annoyed that Elsie is playing Miss Morality. She dislikes Jenny and thinks it's only infatuation. Hilda breaks down when she is
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23. 18 Mar 1968
18 Mar '68Val lets Ken believe she's opening a men's barber shop. He is furious. Len thinks Jerry is running his life. Irma worries that no one is buying the shop because of the slum clearances. Ronald Wilde thinks he'll get shoddy workmanship from Jerry and Len for £180 a unit, but gives them the contract. David puts the sale in the hands of an agent. Len thinks the tender is too low. Jerry knows they'll make no money out of it but is thinking of the future. Len doesn't want to expand; he likes things
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24. 20 Mar 1968
20 Mar '68
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25. 25 Mar 1968
25 Mar '68Dennis and Jenny find it hard living with Elsie. Ken and Val plan a picnic but the car won't start. Emily is surprised at the amount of time she spends in the Rovers. She tells Val she fancies Miklos but doesn't know if she could sleep with him. Minnie amazes Ken by getting the car to work. Lucille feels Miklos is wasted on Emily. Miklos lets Emily's hair down and tries to get her into bed. He is angry when she stops him. She tells him that she tried and breaks down.
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