In our second Name That Cliffhanger session, we've headed back to 1976 and The Kabin (then based at 14 Rosamund Street). Rita Littlewood (Barbara Knox) and Mavis Riley (Thelma Barlow) may have got on each other's nerves at times, but they were the best of friends really - neither would ever do anything to hurt the other.Or would they?
Witness the scene above - Rita greeting Mavis's boyfriend, Derek Wilton (Peter Baldwin) with a passionate kiss...
Worse still, Mavis was out - having a drink at The Rovers at the time!At the double doors leading up to her flat, Rita said:
"Derek, just ask and it shall be yours!"
Derek replied nervously: "What?"
Rita smiled, saucily: "Anything!"
And the scene faded to the closing credits.
Was Rita really out to steal the boyfriend of her best pal Mavis?
Does anybody know the answer out there?
6 comments:
Had Rita been drinking? Was she not responsible for her own actions?
No, that's not it!
1976 - the year before Rita married Len - so I wonder if she was kissing Derek to make Len jealous? Mavis was probably in on it.
No, sorry, and Mavis was completely unaware of what Rita was up to!
Am I right in saying that she pretended he was her boyfrined because Fred Gee was pestering her to go out with him - she kissed him when Fred came to the shop to check up on her. What would be interesting if you could evaluate the Fred/Rita relationship in a blog post. Fred was one of many that held a torch for our Rita!
Mavis was sick of Derek and asked Rita to take him off her hands. However, Rita's overtures made Derek realise that he loved Mavis.
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