Jean Alexander was surely one of the greatest actresses the world has ever seen. A beautiful, exquisite gem of a woman.

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.

Jean Alexander won the Royal Television Society award in 1985 for these performances, and got a BAFTA nomination in 1988.

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.

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

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.

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 🌹😔🥀💔🥺

Hilda and Stan, the best couple on TV. so sad when Hilda cried.

I start to cry when I see Hilda upset.

Stan's glasses vs most of today's cast in terms of acting - Stan's glasses would win hands down.

Hilda 😪😪.. just love her.. Dont know why the writers changed Terry Duckworths character..he was lovely in these episodes

God all the scenes with Hilda looking knackered, and breaking down, and the inevitable end for Stan - they're just heart-breaking.

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'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 😪

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…🥺

Wow, the acting is phenomenal! Freaking hell, I shedded a tear or two at the end.

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. ❤️❤️❤️

So upset watching poor Hilda,,her suffering never ended makes me cry 😢

"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.

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.

These episodes are pure gold!

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.

Not embarrassed to say I cried with Hilda at the end.

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.

Poor Hilda 😔 that son is not worth the salt you put in bread

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.

Bless Billy looking after Hilda! Jean Alexander..a queen of a woman and actress!🎉

yes hilda (jean Alexandra) is Coronation Street fantastic woman rip

Powerful performance by Jean Alexander. Shedding tears here in 2024. 😢😢 God bless you Stan and Hilda 💗💗

Poor Hilda tears running down my face too. This is so sad😢

Hilda has never been bettered as a soap character and Jean Alexander's acting talent never bettered on TV.

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.😊😊😊

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 love these episodes, thank you so much for uploading them.

Breaks my heart 💔 to see Hilda upset, what a wonderful character she was.

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

It's a shame they didn't get Geoff Hughes to return for one episode, to say farewell to Stan.

This is like a family reunion. How I miss the banter, characters,humor and drama. Miss the days of social interactions with pleasant manners.

Poor hilda you can tell by her face she knows Stan isn't coming back from hospital

This decade of corrie for myself Is the best one, the one with the best corrie characters In It

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.

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...

Rita should have talked to Bet before going out with, dirty Tony.

This was very sad am glad Hilda has many friends .

Hilda is the biggest sweetheart she is always grateful for small kindness jester

Jean Alexander was a star ⭐️ a fantastic actress played the part of Hilda so well, RIP Hilda and also Stan ❤❤

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.

What a waste of space Hilda's son was 🤬

Would have been beautiful if Eddie had have turned up for stans funeral

Hilda is a class act. Much respect. My heart broke for her.

When you think back to the licensing laws how totally ridiculous they were.

Saddest episode with Hilda 😥😥😭😭

Ty so much for uploading these episodes great fan from nz here 💓

Fred and Jack were a good double act. Better than listening to Jack and Vera shouting at each other.

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.

Laurence Olivier once fold Bernard Youens that he was sorry they had never worked together!

Billy's woman is Josie who was living with Don Brennan a few years later.

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.

Thank you for the upload, much appreciated.

Hilda / Jean Alexander was a brilliant actress , it brought a tear to me eye when she was talking about Stan .

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

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

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!

What a great year this was thoroughly enjoyed it 10 out of 10

Love hilda

poor Hidla got stressed looking after a poorly Stan

It's shame all these episodes knowing that stan died months in advanced

No death scene will ever be as sad as Stans

2:56:44 Still after all these year. I cant watch this scene without crying my eyes out. Such amazing acting from Jean Alexander.

When the world and all within was normal!

Elaine looks like she could be Rita's sister

I kept thinking about Irma - I liked Irma

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

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!?

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.

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 ♋️

Best days of corrie

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

And also the end of Fred Feast - no featured exit and not even mentioned again after that scene with Mike at the wake.

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.

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.

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!

I've never known so many characters playing two people, Josie, Gary mallet, and Richard Hilman and I'm sure there's others

Jean was a great character as was Mavis who let expressions more than lines do the job.

Jack and Fred seriously do my head in, can’t stand either of them

GPs should never have been allowed to stop making home visits. We who pay their large salaries have allowed them to make rules that entirely suit their own interests.

Emely almost stuck up while in Hilda's, looking down her nose with her god bothering.

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.

Al helps when it suits his benifits

Will you be uploading December 1984? Loving these classic episodes. Thank you.

Echoing the comments here: Jean Alexander rose to the occasion and gave a terrific performance as Hilda - who is left with the realization her Stan is gone forever and she is now alone. However, the truth is that Stan was not the "loveable layabout" he is often made out to be. The man was a failure as both a husband and father. He spent the duration of their marriage boozing and most of it out of work. He had no interest in wanting to improve himself and honestly became more and more of a burden as the years wore on. He died without a penny to his name and left his wife to struggle on with no support. He didn't deserve Hilda's love and devotion. He wasn't worthy of it.

The way they all dominate Hilda when she's ill ... as if she's not downtrodden enough the rest of the time.

2:11:44 We know it's coming, but it's heart-breaking just the same.

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.

Why did hairdressers in the 80s make girls look twice their age ?🤭🙄

Deirdre ( to Billy) “ I’ll think about that-in me’ old age.” 🥲🥲

Even if people don't leave it too late that's no guarantee, my 26 year old friend and my 32 year old mother didn't leave it too late, they still both went.

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 😊😊😊❤