Episode 1964 (28th January 1980)

Plot[]

Deirdre throws a party for Tracy's third birthday. Lorna Ferguson helps Stan tidy No.13 as Hilda is returning. Len tells Elsie he's angry with himself for letting Rita slip through his fingers. Hilda, Vera and Ivy return from France. Hilda is suspicious as the house is so tidy. She gives Stan a model of the Eiffel Tower as a present. Len offers Rita's job at The Kabin to Elsie. She turns it down for Rita's sake. Fred tells Hilda he wants £3 from Stan. Mrs. Bolton walks out of the cafe, leaving Gail on her own. Elsie agrees to join the staff.

Cast[]

Regular cast[]

Guest cast[]

Places[]

Coronation Street
Rovers Return Inn - Public
3 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
13 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
Jim's Cafe

Notes[]

Annie Hulley makes a pre-Gwen Loveday appearance as Lorna Ferguson.
TV Times synopsis: Will Elsie Tanner take Rita Fairclough's job at the Kabin - or will she accept an offer of work from Jim Sedgewick? The factory girls return from France, and Hilda Ogden discovers that something has been going on behind her back.
Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 17,650,000 viewers (8th place).

Notable dialogue[]

Eddie Yeats: "What's Hilda got to be upset about?"
Stan Ogden: "Nowt. But she'll find summat. She always does."

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Elsie Tanner (to Len Fairclough): "We're like a flamin' see-saw, us two. One up, one down."

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