Episode 3455 (26th October 1992)

Plot
Doug starts at the garage and finds Deirdre attractive. Ivy apologises to Gail for being so awkward. Derek starts at Weatherfield Comprehensive under caretaker and Councillor Harry Potts. Potts, who wanted his nephew to get the job, expects Derek to run the place whilst he has Council meetings. Derek is set to work shovelling coal and the children soon give him the run-around. Kimberley buys a rug making kit, telling Curly they can make it together for their love nest. He is appalled at this vision of domestic bliss. Don organises a card school at his flat and tells Ivy he'll be spending the night there. Doug offers to buy Deirdre a drink but she isn't interested. Carmel is frightened by a prowler at the nurses' home. Gail insists she stays the night at No.8. With Don back at his flat, Ivy starts to drink again. Don returns to check on her and finds her passed out. He gets angry and wakes her, telling her she's a drunk.

Guest cast

 * Frank Haskins - Bryn Ellis
 * Doug Murray - Brian Hibbard
 * Harry Potts - Russell Dixon