Plot[]
Bert puts a bolt on Brian's door to give him and Gail some privacy. Mike rows with Suzie for coming to work late. She accuses him of being narked at her shunning him. Suzie gives Mike a week's notice. She uses his office phone to call some friends. Mike catches her and throws her out, telling her she's sacked. She calls him vindictive. Hilda sells her Christmas Club at the shop to Vera for £20 to go to France. Brian and Gail return from honeymoon to No.5. Gail tells him he's got to stick up for her against Ivy. Ron Mather arrives looking for Elsie. Suzie decides to leave the street and seek her fortune in London.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
- Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Fred Gee - Fred Feast
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
- Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 5 Coronation Street - Living room and back bedroom
- Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room and office
- The Kabin
- Unknown streets in Weatherfield
Notes[]
- Last appearance of Suzie Birchall until 24th January 1983.
- The scene of Brian and Gail Tilsley returning in their taxi was shot in Regent Square and on King Edward Street in Ordsall.
- TV Times synopsis: What's behind the sudden appearance of Elsie Tanner's boyfriend, Ron Mather, alone and worried? Suzie Birchall gets a shock from boss Mike Baldwin - and has to work out a new future.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 15,800,000 viewers (6th place).
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