Plot[]
Alf lets Audrey continue with her salon. Vera and Elsie start on the market. Mike puts them on 5% commission on top of their wages. Vera hopes she'll click. The regular denim seller, Jimmy, takes all the customers as his prices are much cheaper than Baldwin's. Ronnie Burgess pleads guilty to the robbery charge so Brian doesn't have to give evidence against him but still has to appear in court himself. Mike sorts out the market stall rival by threatening a price war. Audrey helps Alf to paint out Renee's name above the shop. Mike tells Ivy and Ida he's booked another stall - for them.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Audrey Potter - Sue Nicholls
- Fred Gee - Fred Feast
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
- Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
- Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
- Nicholas Tilsley - Warren Jackson
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
Guest cast[]
- Ron Sykes - Bobby Knutt
- Roger Mulholland - Brian McDermott
- Jimmy - Sam Dastor
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- Corner Shop
- Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room and office
- 5 Buxton Close - Living room
- Weatherfield Market
- Solicitor's office
Notes[]
- The scenes on Weatherfield Market in this and the next two episodes were filmed in an ambitious two-day shoot on Stockport Market. According to cameraman Brian Spencer, producer Bill Podmore felt that attempts to complete 41 pages of a shooting script in the time available using "high production-value" techniques with dollies and tracks were a waste of time and unsuited to the programme's needs.
- TV Times synopsis: Elsie Tanner and Vera Duckworth spend a cold day on the market stall
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,150,000 viewers (3rd place).
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