Plot[]
Emily and Deirdre close the Coronation Street Secretarial Bureau. Hilda has copied eight score draws onto the factory coupon to let Vera think she's won a little bit of money. She boasts about this to Stan but he is horrified; there were only ten score draws that week and Vera would have won thousands - suddenly the joke doesn't seem so funny. Stan orders her to retrieve the coupon before the girls see it. Hilda rushes over but is too late as Vera has checked it. Ivy, Ida, Vera, Karen and the other girls celebrate, thinking they've won a fortune. Hilda leaves without saying anything. Mike is dismayed when the girls tell him the news before leaving work, fearing he'll be left without any staff in the middle of his orders. Vera buys drinks all round at the Rovers. Ivy sends a telegram to the pools company. Hilda and Stan agree to keep quiet about fixing the coupon. Emily buys bridesmaids' dresses for Deirdre and Tracy. Alf tells Deirdre he's hanging on to the shop flat as he wants a resident assistant. Hilda is forced to accept champagne from the factory girls. Vera buys a £60 fur coat, spending her mortgage, electricity and Christmas club money in the process. Hilda and Stan watch the girls celebrate and feel sick to their stomachs.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
- Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Fred Gee - Fred Feast
- Martin Cheveski - Jonathan Caplan
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 3 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- Corner Shop
- Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room, office and loading bay
Notes[]
- From dialogue in the episode, it is clear that the events shown take place on a Monday when the Baldwin's Casuals girls check their pools coupon and Karen Oldfield commences work with the job she obtained only late on the Friday afternoon. This leaves the question of exactly when Karen joins the girls' pools syndicate as Episode 2025 is set on a Sunday and is when Hilda Ogden sabotages the pools coupon copy. Karen is heard to say "We've won!" when the coupon is checked but in Episode 2024 (25th August 1980) she is quite clearly shown leaving the sewing room immediately after getting the job and just before Hilda is told that it's too late to join in the week's coupon.
- TV Times synopsis: Uproar in the factory as the girls celebrate their win on the pools…but why is Hilda Ogden so anxious?
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 13,550,000 viewers (8th place).
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