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{{Infobox Episode|
  
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|year=1979
  
|year=1979
 
|number=1881
  
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|production code=[[Production codes|P694/881]]
  
|production code=[[Production codes|P694/881]]
 
|writer=[[Adele Rose]]
  
|writer=[[Adele Rose]]
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|stories=[[Esther Rose]]<br/>[[Peter Tonkinson]]
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|script editor=[[Leslie Duxbury]]
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|designer=[[Eric Deakins]]
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|producer=[[Bill Podmore]]
 
|director=[[Terry Steel]]
  
|director=[[Terry Steel]]
 
|previous=[[Episode 1880 (24th January 1979)|24th January 1979]]
  
|previous=[[Episode 1880 (24th January 1979)|24th January 1979]]
 
|next=[[Episode 1882 (31st January 1979)|31st January 1979]]
  
|next=[[Episode 1882 (31st January 1979)|31st January 1979]]
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==Plot==
  
==Plot==
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[[Elsie Tanner|Elsie]] is shocked to discover [[Ivy Brennan|Ivy]] is interested in buying [[5 Coronation Street|No.5]]. [[Len Fairclough|Len]] rushes about trying to do the work of two. [[Deirdre Barlow|Deirdre]] shows Ivy and [[Bert Tilsley|Bert]] around No.5. Bert doesn't want to move but Ivy likes the modernised house. [[Gail Platt|Gail]] doesn't like [[Suzie Birchall|Suzie]] walking round the house in her underwear whilst [[Brian Tilsley|Brian]] is there, but he quite likes it. Ivy accuses Bert of being stubborn and awkward. He realises he's going to have to give in. They offer Deirdre £7,000 for the house and she accepts. Len installs a sink in the [[Baldwin's Casuals|factory]]. [[Vera Duckworth|Vera]] is put out that Ivy is moving from [[Inkerman Street]] where they both live. Ivy asks [[Mike Baldwin|Mike]] to lend her the deposit on the house for a lower rate of interest than a bank. He agrees to a £500 interest free loan on the condition she talks the girls into a new work rosta. Suzie thinks Gail is chucking herself away on Brian. She introduces Elsie to her new man, fifty-two year old [[Paul Stringer]]. He runs a model agency. Alone in the factory working, Len suddenly collapses.
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[[Elsie Tanner|Elsie]] is shocked to discover [[Ivy Tilsley|Ivy]] is interested in buying [[5 Coronation Street|No.5]]. [[Len Fairclough|Len]] rushes about trying to do the work of two. [[Deirdre Langton|Deirdre]] shows Ivy and her husband [[Bert Tilsley|Bert]] around No.5. Bert doesn't want to move but Ivy likes the modernised house. [[Gail Potter|Gail]] doesn't like [[Suzie Birchall|Suzie]] walking round the [[11 Coronation Street|house]] in her underwear whilst [[Brian Tilsley|Brian]] is there, but he quite likes it. Ivy accuses Bert of being stubborn and awkward. He realises he's going to have to give in. They offer Deirdre £7,000 for the house and she accepts. Len installs a sink in the [[Baldwin's Casuals|factory]]. [[Vera Duckworth|Vera]] is put out that Ivy is moving from [[Inkerman Street]] where they both live. Ivy asks [[Mike Baldwin|Mike]] to lend her the deposit on the house for a lower rate of interest than a bank. He agrees to a £500 interest free loan on the condition she talks the girls into a new work roster. Suzie thinks Gail is chucking herself away on Brian. She introduces Elsie to her new man, fifty-two year old [[Paul Stringer]]. He runs a model agency. Alone in the factory working, Len suddenly collapses.
   
 
==Cast==
  
==Cast==
 
===Regular cast===
  
===Regular cast===
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*[[Betty Williams|Betty Turpin]] - [[Betty Driver]]
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*[[Deirdre Langton]] - [[Anne Kirkbride]]
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*[[Tracy Langton]] - [[Christabel Finch]]
 
*[[Alf Roberts]] - [[Bryan Mosley]]
  
*[[Alf Roberts]] - [[Bryan Mosley]]
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*[[Deirdre Barlow|Deirdre Langton]] - [[Anne Kirkbride]]
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*[[Ivy Tilsley]] - [[Lynne Perrie]]
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*[[Vera Duckworth]] - [[Elizabeth Dawn]]
 
*[[Elsie Tanner]] - [[Patricia Phoenix]]
  
*[[Elsie Tanner]] - [[Patricia Phoenix]]
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*[[Tracy Barlow|Tracy Langton]] - [[Christabel Finch]]
  
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*[[Gail Platt|Gail Potter]] - [[Helen Worth]]
  
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*[[Emily Bishop]] - [[Eileen Derbyshire]]
  
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*[[Ivy Brennan|Ivy Tilsley]] - [[Lynne Perrie]]
  
 
*[[Len Fairclough]] - [[Peter Adamson]]
  
*[[Len Fairclough]] - [[Peter Adamson]]
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*[[Renee Roberts]] - [[Madge Hindle]]
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*[[Rita Fairclough]] - [[Barbara Knox]]
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*[[Rita Sullivan|Rita Fairclough]] - [[Barbara Knox]]
  
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*[[Steve Fisher]] - [[Lawrence Mullin]]
  
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*[[Hilda Ogden]] - [[Jean Alexander]]
  
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*[[Suzie Birchall]] - [[Cheryl Murray]]
  
 
*[[Mike Baldwin]] - [[Johnny Briggs]]
  
*[[Mike Baldwin]] - [[Johnny Briggs]]
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*[[Bet Gilroy|Bet Lynch]] - [[Julie Goodyear]]
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*[[Emily Bishop]] - [[Eileen Derbyshire]]
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*[[Betty Turpin]] - [[Betty Driver]]
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*[[Bet Lynch]] - [[Julie Goodyear]]
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*[[Hilda Ogden]] - [[Jean Alexander]]
 
*[[Bert Tilsley]] - [[Peter Dudley]]
  
*[[Bert Tilsley]] - [[Peter Dudley]]
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*[[Brian Tilsley]] - [[Christopher Quinten]]
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*[[Gail Potter]] - [[Helen Worth]]
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*[[Suzie Birchall]] - [[Cheryl Murray]]
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*[[Steve Fisher]] - [[Lawrence Mullin]]
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*[[Renee Roberts]] - [[Madge Hindle]]
 
===Guest cast===
  
===Guest cast===
 
*[[Paul Stringer]] - [[John Collin]]
  
*[[Paul Stringer]] - [[John Collin]]
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==Places==
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*[[Rovers Return Inn]] - ''Public''
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*[[5 Coronation Street]] - ''Living room''
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*[[9 Coronation Street]] - ''Back room/kitchen''
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*[[11 Coronation Street]] - ''Back room/kitchen''
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*[[Baldwin's Casuals]] - ''Sewing room and office''
 
==Notes==
  
==Notes==
 
*First appearance of [[Bert Tilsley]].
  
*First appearance of [[Bert Tilsley]].
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*''[[TV Times]]'' synopsis: What causes [[Len Fairclough]] to collapse? [[Elsie Tanner]] gets a shock when she meets [[Suzie Birchall]]'s new [[Paul Stringer|admirer]].
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*[[Viewing Figures]]: First UK broadcast - 16,500,000 viewers (3rd place).
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*[[Viewing Figures]]: First UK broadcast - 16,500,000 viewers (3rd place).
 
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{{Template:January 1979}}
 
[[Category:1979 episodes]]
  
[[Category:1979 episodes]]

Revision as of 10:17, 6 November 2017

Plot

Elsie is shocked to discover Ivy is interested in buying No.5. Len rushes about trying to do the work of two. Deirdre shows Ivy and her husband Bert around No.5. Bert doesn't want to move but Ivy likes the modernised house. Gail doesn't like Suzie walking round the house in her underwear whilst Brian is there, but he quite likes it. Ivy accuses Bert of being stubborn and awkward. He realises he's going to have to give in. They offer Deirdre £7,000 for the house and she accepts. Len installs a sink in the factory. Vera is put out that Ivy is moving from Inkerman Street where they both live. Ivy asks Mike to lend her the deposit on the house for a lower rate of interest than a bank. He agrees to a £500 interest free loan on the condition she talks the girls into a new work roster. Suzie thinks Gail is chucking herself away on Brian. She introduces Elsie to her new man, fifty-two year old Paul Stringer. He runs a model agency. Alone in the factory working, Len suddenly collapses.

Cast

Regular cast

Guest cast

Places

Notes

January 1979 episodes
← Mon 1st • Wed 3rd • Mon 8th • Wed 10th • Mon 15th
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