Plot[]
Vera organises a donation box towards Brian's legal fees. Bet thinks that she is responsible for getting most of the tips in the Rovers. Betty thinks she's got a cheek. Brian has to appear as a witness against Ronnie Burgess at his trial and then appear in court himself, charged with unlawful wounding. Mike gets the girls to work through their lunch hour to get an important order out to Johnson's. Bert is annoyed that Jack is so cheerful about his moonlighting. Bet sets out to prove to Betty that she gets the most tips. Fred is furious when Eunice orders £60 curtains. Ivy lets it slip to Gail and Brian that Bert is going to court as well as Brian. Bernard Clough takes the completed order to Hartlepool only to discover Johnson's has gone bust. Bet introduces separate glasses for tips to see who gets the most, hers being a pint glass, Betty's is half a pint while Fred is given a shorts glass.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
- Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Fred Gee - Fred Feast
- Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
- Nicholas Tilsley - Warren Jackson
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Audrey Potter - Sue Nicholls
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Eunice Gee - Meg Johnson
- Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- Corner Shop
- Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room, office and loading bay
- 5 Buxton Close - Living room and kitchen
- Johnson's, Hartlepool - Exterior
- Unknown street in Hartlepool
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Rovers' bar staff Bet Lynch, Fred Gee and Betty Turpin squabble over tips. How will they sort it out? The factory girls, chasing a rise, work overtime to get out an urgent order. Will it arrive on time?
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,600,000 viewers (2nd place).
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