Episode 696 (5th November 1981)

PlotEdit

There's a shock in store for Dolly when she visits her Aunt Jessie in Darlington.

CastEdit

Main castEdit

• Annie - Sheila Mercier
• Joe - Frazer Hines
• Sam - Toke Townley
• Jack - Clive Hornby
• Matt - Frederick Pyne
• Dolly - Jean Rogers
• Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
• Amos - Ronald Magill
• Richard Anstey - Carl Rigg
• Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
• Pat Merrick - Helen Weir
• Jackie Merrick - Ian Sharrock
• Sandie Merrick - Jane Hutcheson
• Jock - Drew Dawson

Guest castEdit

• David Blakemore - Louis Sheldon
• Christopher Meadows - Conrad Phillips
• Graham Jelks - Richard Tolan
• Fred Armstrong - Julian Garlick
• Aunt Jessie - Kathleen Helme

NotesEdit

• Last appearance of Jock MacDonald until 22nd February 1983.
• Due to the 1981 ITV Strike, this was the last episode to be broadcast this year. Episodes 697-702 were produced but never broadcast and when the programme returned with Episode 703 on 12th January 1982, no explanation was given to cover the happenings in the village in the episodes not broadcast.