Plot[]
Deirdre is alarmed to find that she has to man the shop whilst Audrey spends the day in her back room salon. Ida and Ivy find the market stall hard as they are too shy. Mike takes them off and puts Vera and Elsie back on. Vera leaves Elsie to man the stall whilst she helps George Carter on his lingerie stall for a larger commission, splitting half with Elsie. She enjoys the work and is tempted when George offers her a permanent job. Audrey decides she wants a car and tells Alf that he should have one so he can have more fun. Ronnie Burgess is remanded for social reports instead of given a sentence. The Tilsleys are horrified. Deirdre is left alone as Alf takes Audrey out. Alf decides to buy a car.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
- Audrey Potter - Sue Nicholls
- Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
Guest cast[]
- George Carter - Joe Belcher
- Girl Customer - Pam Conway
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- Corner Shop - Shop and back room
- Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room
- Weatherfield Market
Notes[]
- The scenes on Weatherfield Market in this and the adjacent 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: Ida Clough and Ivy Tilsley run Mike Baldwin's stall but do badly - so he orders Elsie Tanner and Vera Duckworth to take over
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 15,600,000 viewers (5th place).
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