These are such a joy to watch . Have been watching every night before bed . Takes me back and reminds of good times , peaceful times simple times . The memories warm me
Can 't say I recall the episode ' but I rember hearing on the news that the actor who played him had died ' I also remember ' not sure if it were Stan or Albert ' ( Think they died just a few months apart) when I heard the news my kid brother laughed about it ' he was only like ten ' shows how cruel kids can be ' think he would be ashamed of it now at pushing 50.
Jean Alexander proved herself to be the ultimate actress in the scenes regarding Stan's death. A tour de force of emotions. And there ends the most classic and lovable pairings of all time.....Stan and Hilda will never be surpassed. ❤ Sweet dreams Stan.
R I P Bernard Youeons as Stanley Ogden along with Jean Alexander as Hilda ,Tear up watching Hilda Ogden holding his Glasses 👓 38 year on ,Still a Tearjerker 🌹😔🥀💔🥺
Someone discussed that with her - i remember her being reply surprising me a little - she said there were no real tears from her in that scene - any crying was done when the actor died
It's really quite remarkable, to see how much things have changed. It doesn't seem all that long ago, 38 years isn't really a massive amount of time, yet this is something of another world. Sometimes its just little things, but they all add up. The first thing which struck me was the wooden cash drawer in the Kabin. Like I say, only little things, small details, but they collectively make a big difference. But bigger than that, just the very nature of people. They behave much differently than people do today. Mannerisms, attitudes, society is so different now. Modern times are not all bad, but it's actually somewhat heartbreaking to look into the past and be reminded of old ways of life which will never return.
The producers got the tone perfect with Stan’s passing, Bernard Youens had only died a few months prior to the airing of these episodes and it was still fresh in everyone’s hearts and minds, the final scene the contrast of Vera being critical to Hilda opening the glasses case touched and pulled at everyone’s heart strings and the way the credits rolled with just the sound of Hilda’s sobs gave Stan/Bernard the reverence and tribute he deserved.
Agreed. I’d also like to nominate Marmaduke (Betty’s cat), Billy Walker’s beard and Hilda’s curlers for that category. ( oh, and Harriet-Mavis’s budgie-and Randy-Percy’s budgie).
@@alexanderjones9572 Bet came back for a bit, however it was not for her, too much had changed since her time on the set, apparently everything was fast paced and rushed for her, maybe it would be the same for older casts who have left.
I can’t thank you enough for uploading these Coronation Street episodes. Brings back fond memories of my mum and I watching them together in the evenings.
I remember watching the last episode in 1984 when I was 13. I spent the rest of the evening wiping my eyes - the moment Hilda opened Stan’s glasses case and all by herself. Poor Hilda. Also, Bet is better off without that Tony - he used her and then expected her to get lost.
Can’t thank you enough for these uploads. Been binge-watching them. 😊 I was 14 when this was broadcast and remember Corrie being on the telly my whole childhood/teenage-hood. Watching them has led me to do some research. I was thrilled to learn that the ‘glasses case’ scene won awards and all those present whilst it was being filmed were in tears. Jean Alexander had to ask everyone if they were all right; she said she was ‘only acting’ 😊 She refused to reprise her role as she wasn’t happy with the amount of ‘sex and violence’ Corrie was including. A very private lady, her son confirmed; you’ll struggle to find any interviews with her. In the 2000s (I’ve forgotten the year, sorry) Hilda was voted the most popular soap character _ever_ by the British Public. Very well deserved. 😊 Thank you again 🥰 Edited to say that at 46:20 I started to get a lump in my throat as soon as Billy was kind to Hilda…🥺
She had a son? It was my understanding that not only did she never marry but she never had any kind of a relationship with a man. Perhaps she adopted a child?
1984 ' think I missed this episode at the time ' I do recall hearing that the actor (Bernard Yeons) had died though ' as well as Albert Tatlock earlier that year ' 2 fondly remembered legends.
Bet was practically "in love" with Betty's policeman lodger before she'd even met him, setting herself up for a big disappointment yet again. For someone who exudes her levels of confidence, she behaved surprisingly desperate a lot of the time.
I never seen any of these old episodes and started at yr 76 and for the first year or so of them I called Hilda curlers cause I cdn't remember her name,(was just learning who the old characters were),but I cdnt stand how nosy she was and didn't like her at all. Then she became one of my absolute favorites, Hilda,Stan,Eddie,Elsie,Bet, and Mike Baldwin r all so great. I also loved Bert, he was so calm and chill in a household of chaos. Hilda has me in tears, brilliant acting and I wish I cd give her a hug and buy her a port. I can't believe someone didn't drag Vera out of the pub the second she started walking towards Jack after the funeral smh she is always so disrespectful and loud, and mean to Hilda aka curlers... I haven't watched a single current episode since I found these gems, apart from it being a completely different show, they r in the Rovers hardly at all. Thank you so much professionalgun66 for introducing me to these wonderful characters and keeping my mind occupied. ❤️❤️❤️
Yes ' many thanks ' it's really soothing to relive these classics ' many of I recall growing up ' R I P to all those characters which are sadly no longer with us.
Bert used to enjoy setting pulses racing in his private moments......... flopping out and displaying his meat in Didsbury public toilets. The cops were quite outraged at the time I seem to recall and Bert ended up advertising Evaprest Trousers with the zipper deleted 😂.
The producers got the tone perfect with Stan’s passing, Bernard Youens had only died a few months prior to the airing of these episodes and it was still fresh in everyone’s hearts and minds, the final scene the contrast of Vera being critical to Hilda opening the glasses case touched and pulled at everyone’s heart strings and the way the credits rolled with just the sound of Hilda’s sobs gave Stan/Bernard the reverence and tribute he deserved.
Again the writers showed how in touch they were with the viewers and the characters with the usual touch of irony. Once we know Stan has died the Rovers Return shuts down, Jack Duckworth gives Stan's name to the police as his identity, he ends up doing Stan's window round. Best of all is Fred, being sacked by Mike Baldwin after Stan's funeral, never to be seen again.
It was an appropriate farewell to Fred. The scenes of him at the funeral were poignant. Viewers had tears for Stan and it was also goodbye to Fred and the Walker family. He was looking sombre and the final scene with Baldwin was academic. Absolute end if an era. It was appropriate for Jack to take over the windows. So obviously Stan’s successor. And what a character he became….
Billy Walker had a kind heart underneath it all. Shame the actor left the programme, but I see why. The extent to which they changed his character was extreme and unrealistic.
Bett was a friend to no woman when it came to a man,not Elsie or even a married man,she pushed then got hurt! She looked for those hurt picking rubbish men.
Watching these videos 40 years on. I was still a teenager at the time and can't remember any plot lines, but I remember the characters so well. Seeing the community pull together for Hilda is profoundly moving. So many great characters. Kind of pining for the seventies and eighties...
@@LynneHobday1 I can't believe just how quickly the world has/is changing. Am starting to feel overwhelmed and old! Have spent a week binge watching these episodes ~ pure escapism lol ♥️🇦🇺🎭
Hilda's exhaustion and breaking down in tears just shatters me to pieces. I love her so much and it's the first time we ever see her so upset. Jean Alexander was utterly incredible.
@@londonlady227The actor must have been tied up with another show and wasn’t able to get away. It was sad for Hilda that she couldn’t make contact with him.
Jean Alexander was the best soap actress. I must admit, I cried too when she cried upon opening Stan's glasses case. It was an emotionally powerful moment.
Poor Bet. She never got a break with a decent man. I only remember her with Alec Gilroy Watching these episodes for the first time, I realise that Rita was less of a friend to Bet than, Bet was to her...She always ridiculed Mavis too Rita was a clapped out chorus girl that got lucky and got her wealth through marriage Barbara Knox has been done for drink driving at least twice. Not a pleasant person either from what I've heard, and jealous of Pat Phoenix at the time And Julie Goodyear is fading away rapidly from dementia. Sad all round
I believe Olivier was supposed to make a sort of cameo appearance at one time but was cancelled at the last minute. Or am I misremembering and he did, in fact, play the part of a homeless man? No doubt someone will set me straight!
In the late 70s there was an episode where Hilda camped outside a department store to buy a colour TV in the January sales. During the night a tramp sat next to her and they had a few scenes. The role of the tramp was written for Lawrence Olivier as a cameo role which he agreed to because he wanted to act with Jean Alexander and Bernard Youens. He became sick and couldn't do it.
This year was beginning of the end of classic corrie the old regulars where gone or leaving elsie, annie, ena, stan all gone and hilda a few years later
Bad enough with the cascade of classic characters lost over the past year ,the man behind Stan was obviously gone a bit before on screen but seems pretty much the end of an era. As for Bet simpering to Rita to back out and give her and PC Pantie collector a chance? That's sheer ridiculousness both for her character and for reality. Who in their right mind thinks a person taking another out whilst supposedly in a relationship with another seems a sure fire winner!?
Can think of two others who’d have gone to the funeral in different circumstances. Percy-if Elaine hadn’t just arrived, and Elsie if she’d still been there.
1984 really just the start of when Coronation Street started to decline. Perhaps Bernard Youens' (Stan Ogden's) death was symbolic. Just a few months later, Eastenders was launched and took millions of viewers from Coronation Street. The writers of Eastenders felt that Coronation Street had got out of touch with modern Britain - outdated and nostalgic, rather than reflecting the very gritty, challenging place that Britain was in the 1980s. They felt that Coronation Street was playing to its older viewers who wanted to look back to the past, at the expense of youngers viewers who felt it was outdated. The writers of Eastenders specifically tried to create characters which reflected a wide range of people in 1980s Britain, which included a black family, an Asian couple, a gay couple, a violent racist thug, and the upwardly mobile more 'yuppy' types. Eastenders started to get higher viewing figures than Coronation Street throughout the rest of the 1980s.
Jean said that meeting her sovereign was her greatest achievement and without Hilda Ogden that wouldn’t have happened! RIP Jean and Her majesty God Save the King
Billy could be good un when he wanted to be… He looked after Hilda… His Mam Annie would’ve been proud of him for that anyway… Nice one for once Bill…. 👍
Awww poor Hilda R.I.P. stan, One of Billy’s freinds was josie who went out don Brennan I remember this episode so well I was a teenager and i cried with my mum when stan died
I was wondering who it was that played Elaine Percy Sugdens niece & how old she was etc after someone had compared her to Rita. Her name was Judy Gridley. She’d been in Some Mothers Do Ave Em ,Cabaret & a few films & in 1984 she was 38. Sadly she died in 1987 at the age of only 41 of breast cancer ♋️
Jack Duckegg was nowt a pound around this era… Fred should’ve never got involved with the small time ponce… He cost Fred dearly… Dunno why Freddy screwed up his last chance with Mike… He had his digs& a job & was able to hold his head up again around Billy… All thanks to Mike… And then he threw it away on the strength of a partnership with Jack… What a dumbass…
The Duckeggs are lower than whale muck. When they're not on the fiddle, they're on the cadge, or up in court. But, there's Vera standing at the bar, with Ivy, calling Hilda.
My friend Janice went on hoiday to Preston and she says most of the people down there are just like Jack and Vera - She couldnt get back to Scotland quick enough
Big man, that Walker, making Hilda cry. That poor woman gets treated bad enough as it is. 😢 At least he tried to redeem himself. Must have been so hard for Jean, playing these scenes as I think Bernie had already passed by this time of filming.
I didn't like how the writers portrayed Bet chasing that no good Tony fella. She's never chased a man and this wasn't right for her character. Bet would have vwrablly torn strips off thet jumped up poor excuse of a police sergeant. I'm glad Bet put Rita in her place though. Instead of asking Bet direct about Tony, she was sly and askng others behind Bet's back. Talk about a man eater and a sly back stabber at that. Who needs enemies with a friend like that.
One of the best episodes of the entire show..only matching Hilda's last episode. There is no actor or actress came close to Jean Alexander. Amazing. A true professional. The actress lived a quiet life in Southport. Interests were gardening, reading and her cats. Not scandal over the Sunday papers every other week. I have no doubt Granada paid her a fortune..and probably more when she decided to quit. And she deserved every penny..and then some.
Say what you like about Rita, but I think she did her due diligence before she went out with Tony. Bet jumped the gun again thinking things were more serious than they were 😊😊😊❤
When Len died Rita was broken. Her pain was palpable. No makeup, hair unbrushed. Same when Ernest died for Emily and the heartbreak of Hilda of over Stan. Outstanding acting and writing. I wouldn't watch it now for anything. Difference between viewing the actors as family and watching folk that will be on I'm a celebrity in a year
Feast had a bust up with Granada producers and refused to extend his contract even briefly to allow him an exit, so that’s why he just vanishes. Feast told the press he was leaving so not to be a ‘Corrie cabbage’ which annoyed the producers
He tried extorting the producers with a verbal contract then demanded much more money, so they called his bluff and sacked him on the spot. Actors should never believe their publicity and worth. As Hitchcock said, "Actors are like cattle", and are totally replaceable.
Jean Alexander was surely one of the greatest actresses the world has ever seen. A beautiful, exquisite gem of a woman.
She's lovely isn't she Roy👍👍
Absolutely
Hilda 😢😢 just love her ..she deserved the world bless her..fantastic acting
She really was a gem.
Just read her autobiography. An unassuming northern lass. Worth a read
These are such a joy to watch . Have been watching every night before bed . Takes me back and reminds of good times , peaceful times simple times . The memories warm me
Couldn't agree more
"The memories warm me".... Great comment...
@@niadavies6418 thank you
I feel exactly the same ŵay.l couldn't explain it better.nice to know someone feels the same way.
I too go to sleep with them on! Yes good times 👍
I start to cry when I see Hilda upset.
Same here. Hilda is my favourite character of all in Coronation St. followed closely by Bet Lynch. Stan and Eddie were the best for laughs.
@@gilliangrant8764 I thought Phyllis was funny.
Me too.
@@alexanderjones9572 she was!
Can 't say I recall the episode ' but I rember hearing on the news that the actor who played him had died ' I also remember ' not sure if it were Stan or Albert ' ( Think they died just a few months apart) when I heard the news my kid brother laughed about it ' he was only like ten ' shows how cruel kids can be ' think he would be ashamed of it now at pushing 50.
Jean Alexander proved herself to be the ultimate actress in the scenes regarding Stan's death. A tour de force of emotions.
And there ends the most classic and lovable pairings of all time.....Stan and Hilda will never be surpassed. ❤
Sweet dreams Stan.
❤
Jean was always great but in this episode she was exceptional, her eyes are so expressive. One of the best actors ever to grace the Street.
Totally agree!
R I P Bernard Youeons as Stanley Ogden along with Jean Alexander as Hilda ,Tear up watching Hilda Ogden holding his Glasses 👓 38 year on ,Still a Tearjerker 🌹😔🥀💔🥺
Nearing the end of my Corrie viewing days this was ' never watch it now except on rare occasions.
I'm sure Hilda's tears at the end were genuine... real tears, shed by Jean Alexander for her dear friend, Bernard Youens. Bless their hearts
😪
Hilda wasn’t the only one crying 😢
🥺💔🥀😔🌹 Heartbreaking is how I feel watching this 🥺
Someone discussed that with her - i remember her being reply surprising me a little - she said there were no real tears from her in that scene - any crying was done when the actor died
Stan😢Hilda 😢💔😭
Jean Alexander won the Royal Television Society award in 1985 for these performances, and got a BAFTA nomination in 1988.
She should have been made Dame Jean ...
She should have won the BAFTA IMO.
❤
These scenes with Hilda are a masterclass in acting. Jean Alexander is on top of her game. Every little kindness is so much appreciated by her.😊😊😊
Hilda 😪😪.. just love her.. Dont know why the writers changed Terry Duckworths character..he was lovely in these episodes
Being raised by Vera and Jack was eventually going to send him off the rails.
Hilda and Stan, the best couple on TV. so sad when Hilda cried.
I really related to the end as my father always wore his glasses
I cried with her.
God all the scenes with Hilda looking knackered, and breaking down, and the inevitable end for Stan - they're just heart-breaking.
It's really quite remarkable, to see how much things have changed. It doesn't seem all that long ago, 38 years isn't really a massive amount of time, yet this is something of another world. Sometimes its just little things, but they all add up. The first thing which struck me was the wooden cash drawer in the Kabin. Like I say, only little things, small details, but they collectively make a big difference. But bigger than that, just the very nature of people. They behave much differently than people do today. Mannerisms, attitudes, society is so different now. Modern times are not all bad, but it's actually somewhat heartbreaking to look into the past and be reminded of old ways of life which will never return.
For me, two things stand out. One is the amount of smoking going on and the second is the fact that no one has their face stuck in a phone!
Yep cosy warm golden waves of Nostalgia are building within… I truly miss these days…
@@josephbland3904 me too joseph the word just went and got itself in a right big mess and everything got faster it’s crap
@@bibakroll8999 People are more sociable ' is nice to see.
@@josephbland3904me too
The producers got the tone perfect with Stan’s passing, Bernard Youens had only died a few months prior to the airing of these episodes and it was still fresh in everyone’s hearts and minds, the final scene the contrast of Vera being critical to Hilda opening the glasses case touched and pulled at everyone’s heart strings and the way the credits rolled with just the sound of Hilda’s sobs gave Stan/Bernard the reverence and tribute he deserved.
👏♥️
Stan's glasses vs most of today's cast in terms of acting - Stan's glasses would win hands down.
Agreed. I’d also like to nominate Marmaduke (Betty’s cat), Billy Walker’s beard and Hilda’s curlers for that category. ( oh, and Harriet-Mavis’s budgie-and Randy-Percy’s budgie).
And ironically, some of today’s cast were already on it here ( Ken, Rita, Gail, Kevin, Debbie, Audrey occasionally) I guess you don’t mean them...
That’s why I think some of the ones who, as far as we know, are still alive ( Emily, Bet, Curly, Mavis) should come back-to revive it.
@@alexanderjones9572 No hence why I said most, not all.
@@alexanderjones9572 Bet came back for a bit, however it was not for her, too much had changed since her time on the set, apparently everything was fast paced and rushed for her, maybe it would be the same for older casts who have left.
Wow, the acting is phenomenal! Freaking hell, I shedded a tear or two at the end.
I can’t thank you enough for uploading these Coronation Street episodes. Brings back fond memories of my mum and I watching them together in the evenings.
Poor Hilda 😔 that son is not worth the salt you put in bread
I remember watching the last episode in 1984 when I was 13. I spent the rest of the evening wiping my eyes - the moment Hilda opened Stan’s glasses case and all by herself. Poor Hilda. Also, Bet is better off without that Tony - he used her and then expected her to get lost.
Can’t thank you enough for these uploads. Been binge-watching them. 😊 I was 14 when this was broadcast and remember Corrie being on the telly my whole childhood/teenage-hood. Watching them has led me to do some research. I was thrilled to learn that the ‘glasses case’ scene won awards and all those present whilst it was being filmed were in tears. Jean Alexander had to ask everyone if they were all right; she said she was ‘only acting’ 😊 She refused to reprise her role as she wasn’t happy with the amount of ‘sex and violence’ Corrie was including. A very private lady, her son confirmed; you’ll struggle to find any interviews with her. In the 2000s (I’ve forgotten the year, sorry) Hilda was voted the most popular soap character _ever_ by the British Public. Very well deserved. 😊
Thank you again 🥰
Edited to say that at 46:20 I started to get a lump in my throat as soon as Billy was kind to Hilda…🥺
She had a son? It was my understanding that not only did she never marry but she never had any kind of a relationship with a man. Perhaps she adopted a child?
1984 ' think I missed this episode at the time ' I do recall hearing that the actor (Bernard Yeons) had died though ' as well as Albert Tatlock earlier that year ' 2 fondly remembered legends.
Me too. I thought he was horrible for making her cry but at least he tried to then do the right thing.😢
So upset watching poor Hilda,,her suffering never ended makes me cry 😢
Not embarrassed to say I cried with Hilda at the end.
Yes so did i
My eyes are watering watching this now ' I have fond memories of Stan and Hilda ' not to mention the rest which are sadly gone but never forgotten.😥
Bet was practically "in love" with Betty's policeman lodger before she'd even met him, setting herself up for a big disappointment yet again. For someone who exudes her levels of confidence, she behaved surprisingly desperate a lot of the time.
Bet seems to wind up with losers a lot.
Bless Billy looking after Hilda! Jean Alexander..a queen of a woman and actress!🎉
I never seen any of these old episodes and started at yr 76 and for the first year or so of them I called Hilda curlers cause I cdn't remember her name,(was just learning who the old characters were),but I cdnt stand how nosy she was and didn't like her at all. Then she became one of my absolute favorites, Hilda,Stan,Eddie,Elsie,Bet, and Mike Baldwin r all so great. I also loved Bert, he was so calm and chill in a household of chaos. Hilda has me in tears, brilliant acting and I wish I cd give her a hug and buy her a port. I can't believe someone didn't drag Vera out of the pub the second she started walking towards Jack after the funeral smh she is always so disrespectful and loud, and mean to Hilda aka curlers... I haven't watched a single current episode since I found these gems, apart from it being a completely different show, they r in the Rovers hardly at all.
Thank you so much professionalgun66 for introducing me to these wonderful characters and keeping my mind occupied. ❤️❤️❤️
Loved Hilda - hated Bert. But I totally agree with you - it's great watching these old characters. :)
Yes ' many thanks ' it's really soothing to relive these classics ' many of I recall growing up ' R I P to all those characters which are sadly no longer with us.
Bert used to enjoy setting pulses racing in his private moments......... flopping out and displaying his meat in Didsbury public toilets. The cops were quite outraged at the time I seem to recall and Bert ended up advertising Evaprest Trousers with the zipper deleted 😂.
The producers got the tone perfect with Stan’s passing, Bernard Youens had only died a few months prior to the airing of these episodes and it was still fresh in everyone’s hearts and minds, the final scene the contrast of Vera being critical to Hilda opening the glasses case touched and pulled at everyone’s heart strings and the way the credits rolled with just the sound of Hilda’s sobs gave Stan/Bernard the reverence and tribute he deserved.
Again the writers showed how in touch they were with the viewers and the characters with the usual touch of irony. Once we know Stan has died the Rovers Return shuts down, Jack Duckworth gives Stan's name to the police as his identity, he ends up doing Stan's window round. Best of all is Fred, being sacked by Mike Baldwin after Stan's funeral, never to be seen again.
There was another Fred I say another Fred!
I missed Fred - enjoyed his character.
@@Wildzippy True he was a character with his dry humor ' often grumpy but funny with it.
Why did fred not get mentioned again
It was an appropriate farewell to Fred. The scenes of him at the funeral were poignant. Viewers had tears for Stan and it was also goodbye to Fred and the Walker family. He was looking sombre and the final scene with Baldwin was academic. Absolute end if an era. It was appropriate for Jack to take over the windows. So obviously Stan’s successor. And what a character he became….
Poor hilda you can tell by her face she knows Stan isn't coming back from hospital
She did, she knew. 😔
😢❤
"A poor girl from Liverpool" (as she once referred to herself) made millions of people in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand cry.
She was the only real actor on the show.
Billy Walker had a kind heart underneath it all. Shame the actor left the programme, but I see why. The extent to which they changed his character was extreme and unrealistic.
Bet was always a better friend to Rita than Rita was to her. But Bet would never beg for a man, the scriptwriters got this totally wrong.
Bett was a friend to no woman when it came to a man,not Elsie or even a married man,she pushed then got hurt! She looked for those hurt picking rubbish men.
Rita should have talked to Bet before going out with, dirty Tony.
Watching these videos 40 years on. I was still a teenager at the time and can't remember any plot lines, but I remember the characters so well. Seeing the community pull together for Hilda is profoundly moving. So many great characters. Kind of pining for the seventies and eighties...
Times were so much different than today's world. I miss those times.
@@philstrachan Same. We didn't know how lucky we were, did we?
@@LynneHobday1 I can't believe just how quickly the world has/is changing. Am starting to feel overwhelmed and old! Have spent a week binge watching these episodes ~ pure escapism lol ♥️🇦🇺🎭
Hilda's exhaustion and breaking down in tears just shatters me to pieces. I love her so much and it's the first time we ever see her so upset. Jean Alexander was utterly incredible.
Only true actor on the show. 👏♥️
Would have been beautiful if Eddie had have turned up for stans funeral
That was a huge mistake not doing that.
@@londonlady227 Too right ' they were thick as thieves those 2 ' had some great times together often comical.
@@londonlady227The actor must have been tied up with another show and wasn’t able to get away. It was sad for Hilda that she couldn’t make contact with him.
It's a shame they didn't get Geoff Hughes to return for one episode, to say farewell to Stan.
yes hilda (jean Alexandra) is Coronation Street fantastic woman rip
Poor Hilda tears running down my face too. This is so sad😢
What a waste of space Hilda's son was 🤬
Jean Alexander was the best soap actress. I must admit, I cried too when she cried upon opening Stan's glasses case. It was an emotionally powerful moment.
Powerful performance by Jean Alexander. Shedding tears here in 2024. 😢😢 God bless you Stan and Hilda 💗💗
Jean Alexander was a star ⭐️ a fantastic actress played the part of Hilda so well, RIP Hilda and also Stan ❤❤
She was the only one who really acted and crafted such a real character.
When you think back to the licensing laws how totally ridiculous they were.
They're all terrible alcoholics! Going for a drink in lunchbreak then going back to operate industrial machines!
Hilda has never been bettered as a soap character and Jean Alexander's acting talent never bettered on TV.
She was the only real actor on this show. 👏♥️🍻
These episodes are pure gold!
Poor Bet. She never got a break with a decent man. I only remember her with Alec Gilroy
Watching these episodes for the first time, I realise that Rita was less of a friend to Bet than, Bet was to her...She always ridiculed Mavis too
Rita was a clapped out chorus girl that got lucky and got her wealth through marriage
Barbara Knox has been done for drink driving at least twice. Not a pleasant person either from what I've heard, and jealous of Pat Phoenix at the time
And Julie Goodyear is fading away rapidly from dementia. Sad all round
I love these episodes, thank you so much for uploading them.
This was very sad am glad Hilda has many friends .
Laurence Olivier once fold Bernard Youens that he was sorry they had never worked together!
I believe Olivier was supposed to make a sort of cameo appearance at one time but was cancelled at the last minute. Or am I misremembering and he did, in fact, play the part of a homeless man? No doubt someone will set me straight!
@@bibakroll8999 you’re correct! He asked for a part, it was written for him but he had to cancel at the last minute due to falling unwell 🤧
In the late 70s there was an episode where Hilda camped outside a department store to buy a colour TV in the January sales. During the night a tramp sat next to her and they had a few scenes. The role of the tramp was written for Lawrence Olivier as a cameo role which he agreed to because he wanted to act with Jean Alexander and Bernard Youens. He became sick and couldn't do it.
@@joejohnson6763 Thanks for the info. I didn't know that.
Classic Corrie is great... but that's 0ne hell of a place to put a dart board in terms of the men's toilet s!
I always thought that too!
Hilda is the biggest sweetheart she is always grateful for small kindness jester
This year was beginning of the end of classic corrie the old regulars where gone or leaving elsie, annie, ena, stan all gone and hilda a few years later
Bad enough with the cascade of classic characters lost over the past year ,the man behind Stan was obviously gone a bit before on screen but seems pretty much the end of an era. As for Bet simpering to Rita to back out and give her and PC Pantie collector a chance? That's sheer ridiculousness both for her character and for reality. Who in their right mind thinks a person taking another out whilst supposedly in a relationship with another seems a sure fire winner!?
Can think of two others who’d have gone to the funeral in different circumstances. Percy-if Elaine hadn’t just arrived, and Elsie if she’d still been there.
1984 really just the start of when Coronation Street started to decline. Perhaps Bernard Youens' (Stan Ogden's) death was symbolic. Just a few months later, Eastenders was launched and took millions of viewers from Coronation Street. The writers of Eastenders felt that Coronation Street had got out of touch with modern Britain - outdated and nostalgic, rather than reflecting the very gritty, challenging place that Britain was in the 1980s. They felt that Coronation Street was playing to its older viewers who wanted to look back to the past, at the expense of youngers viewers who felt it was outdated. The writers of Eastenders specifically tried to create characters which reflected a wide range of people in 1980s Britain, which included a black family, an Asian couple, a gay couple, a violent racist thug, and the upwardly mobile more 'yuppy' types. Eastenders started to get higher viewing figures than Coronation Street throughout the rest of the 1980s.
Breaks my heart 💔 to see Hilda upset, what a wonderful character she was.
Saddest episode with Hilda 😥😥😭😭
Jean said that meeting her sovereign was her greatest achievement and without Hilda Ogden that wouldn’t have happened!
RIP Jean and Her majesty
God Save the King
Billy could be good un when he wanted to be… He looked after Hilda… His Mam Annie would’ve been proud of him for that anyway… Nice one for once Bill…. 👍
Billy's woman is Josie who was living with Don Brennan a few years later.
2:11:44 We know it's coming, but it's heart-breaking just the same.
Love hilda
Awww poor Hilda R.I.P. stan,
One of Billy’s freinds was josie who went out don Brennan
I remember this episode so well I was a teenager and i cried with my mum when stan died
I was wondering who it was that played Elaine Percy Sugdens niece & how old she was etc after someone had compared her to Rita. Her name was Judy Gridley. She’d been in Some Mothers Do Ave Em ,Cabaret & a few films & in 1984 she was 38. Sadly she died in 1987 at the age of only 41 of breast cancer ♋️
That's so sad to read 😢 x
This is like a family reunion. How I miss the banter, characters,humor and drama. Miss the days of social interactions with pleasant manners.
Jack Duckegg was nowt a pound around this era… Fred should’ve never got involved with the small time ponce… He cost Fred dearly… Dunno why Freddy screwed up his last chance with Mike… He had his digs& a job & was able to hold his head up again around Billy… All thanks to Mike… And then he threw it away on the strength of a partnership with Jack… What a dumbass…
Fred was a buffoon, he would have pulled a similar stint even without Jack.
Fred reminds me of Frank Burns on MASH--an all-around unpleasant character with no redeeming qualities.
poor Hidla got stressed looking after a poorly Stan
Hilda is a class act. Much respect. My heart broke for her.
The Duckeggs are lower than whale muck. When they're not on the fiddle, they're on the cadge, or up in court.
But, there's Vera standing at the bar, with Ivy, calling Hilda.
My friend Janice went on hoiday to Preston and she says most of the people down there are just like Jack and Vera - She couldnt get back to Scotland quick enough
Ty so much for uploading these episodes great fan from nz here 💓
Elaine looks like she could be Rita's sister
It's shame all these episodes knowing that stan died months in advanced
Yes, it must have been hard for Jean especially, knowing her true friend Bernie had really passed months before they filmed these scenes.
Fred and Jack were a good double act. Better than listening to Jack and Vera shouting at each other.
This decade of corrie for myself Is the best one, the one with the best corrie characters In It
100% 👍
Thank you for the upload, much appreciated.
Big man, that Walker, making Hilda cry. That poor woman gets treated bad enough as it is. 😢 At least he tried to redeem himself. Must have been so hard for Jean, playing these scenes as I think Bernie had already passed by this time of filming.
I kept thinking about Irma - I liked Irma
Not sorry to see Fred go never liked him but then i suppose we werent supposed to
I didn't like how the writers portrayed Bet chasing that no good Tony fella. She's never chased a man and this wasn't right for her character. Bet would have vwrablly torn strips off thet jumped up poor excuse of a police sergeant.
I'm glad Bet put Rita in her place though. Instead of asking Bet direct about Tony, she was sly and askng others behind Bet's back. Talk about a man eater and a sly back stabber at that. Who needs enemies with a friend like that.
That son of Hilda's is a piece of work!! Not a thing to recommend him😮
When the world and all within was normal!
Emely almost stuck up while in Hilda's, looking down her nose with her god bothering.
Jack and Fred seriously do my head in, can’t stand either of them
Why did hairdressers in the 80s make girls look twice their age ?🤭🙄
Is the lady drinking after hours in the bar Don Brennans girlfriend in future episodes?
Yes I think she was called josie
2:06:52 Dolly Parton came to mind. 🤔Jolene Jolene Jolene
Miss Stan 😢 poor Hilda 😢😭💔 Trevor is a twonk 😬
Best days of corrie
Bloody hated the Duckworths. Annoying family.
One of the best episodes of the entire show..only matching Hilda's last episode. There is no actor or actress came close to Jean Alexander. Amazing. A true professional. The actress lived a quiet life in Southport. Interests were gardening, reading and her cats. Not scandal over the Sunday papers every other week. I have no doubt Granada paid her a fortune..and probably more when she decided to quit. And she deserved every penny..and then some.
Looking after Hilda. Isn't kindness beautiful.
Hilda / Jean Alexander was a brilliant actress , it brought a tear to me eye when she was talking about Stan .
Say what you like about Rita, but I think she did her due diligence before she went out with Tony. Bet jumped the gun again thinking things were more serious than they were 😊😊😊❤
When Len died Rita was broken. Her pain was palpable. No makeup, hair unbrushed. Same when Ernest died for Emily and the heartbreak of Hilda of over Stan. Outstanding acting and writing. I wouldn't watch it now for anything. Difference between viewing the actors as family and watching folk that will be on I'm a celebrity in a year
Oh Jack! 🙄
That was nice of Billy (for once)
I well up every time I hear Hilda say "he's gone Alf, my Stan's gone", never mind the glasses!
Hilda's son is such a despicable creature.
No death scene will ever be as sad as Stans
Alf. The bringer of death yet again!!
What a great year this was thoroughly enjoyed it 10 out of 10
And also the end of Fred Feast - no featured exit and not even mentioned again after that scene with Mike at the wake.
Good riddance
Not the same without fredface. Back to watching 1976 for me
Feast had a bust up with Granada producers and refused to extend his contract even briefly to allow him an exit, so that’s why he just vanishes. Feast told the press he was leaving so not to be a ‘Corrie cabbage’ which annoyed the producers
He tried extorting the producers with a verbal contract then demanded much more money, so they called his bluff and sacked him on the spot. Actors should never believe their publicity and worth. As Hitchcock said, "Actors are like cattle", and are totally replaceable.
For those not keeping track. Using Stan's name, was Jack's 9th cock-up since he's been in the street. He thought he was being clever, as usual.