Plot[]
To avoid paying redundancy, Mike plans to sack Suzie and Gail for unsatisfactory work before he closes the shop. Steve wants to warn the girls but Mike threatens to sack him if he does. Elsie tells Suzie to watch herself at work. Suzie tells her she'll never lose her job - she goes with the shop. Len asks Deirdre to return to the yard. Mike finds the girls have closed early again. He tells them that they're fired.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Gail Potter - Helen Worth
- Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
- Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Steve Fisher - Lawrence Mullin
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 5 Coronation Street - Living room
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- Baldwin's Casuals - Wages office and corridor
- The Kabin
- Western Front - Shop and back room
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Suzie Birchall and Gail Potter are in for a shock - how will they take it? Emily Bishop and Len Fairclough try to help Deirdre Langton.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 17,200,000 viewers (5th place).
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