Episode 1772 (9th January 1978)

Plot[]

Tommo and Dave follow Mike and Ernie back to the factory. Emily plans a summer holiday abroad. Hilda is bitter that she hasn't got a colour TV. Eddie promises to get her one. Steve is embarrassed when the factory girls tease him about Suzie. Renee is flattered when Alf rings her from London. Ernie makes up the wages. Eddie gives Hilda a green and blue screen to put on the black and white TV. She thinks it's useless and refuses to have it. Tommo and Dave, armed with the shotgun, demand the wages from Ernie. He is in the middle of handing it over when Mike comes into the wages office. Tommo fires the gun and Ernie hits the floor. Mike calls an ambulance as he's still breathing.

Cast[]

Regular cast[]

Guest cast[]

Dave - Tony McHale
Tommo - Dave Parke

Places[]

Coronation Street
13 Coronation Street - Back room and kitchen
Corner Shop
Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room and wages office
Unknown streets in Weatherfield

Notes[]

The scene where Dave and Tommo watch Mike Baldwin and Ernest Bishop come out of Barclays Bank was filmed outside a real-life branch of the company that stood on the corner of Chapel Street and Ford Street in Salford. The adjoining Church Inn, labelled the oldest pub in Salford, was demolished after 2017. The return journey back to Coronation Street was filmed on East Ordsall Lane.
TV Times synopsis: A shotgun hold-up shatters the everyday world at the denim factory - and Ernest Bishop is wounded…
Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 17,840,000 viewers (3rd place).
This episode was included in the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The Best of 1970-1979, released on 25th July 2005.

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