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{{Infobox Episode|
 
{{Infobox Episode|
|image =[[Image:Episode2304.JPG|230px]]
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|image =[[Image:Episode2304.jpg|200px]]
 
|year=1983
 
|year=1983
 
|number=2304
 
|number=2304
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|production code=[[Production codes|P694/1304]]
 
|production code=[[Production codes|P694/1304]]
 
|writer=[[Barry Hill]]
 
|writer=[[Barry Hill]]
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|stories=[[Peter Tonkinson]]<br>[[Esther Rose]]
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|designer=[[Eric Deakins]]
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|producer=[[Mervyn Watson]]
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|executive producer=[[Bill Podmore]]
 
|director=[[Gareth Morgan]]
 
|director=[[Gareth Morgan]]
 
|previous=[[Episode 2303 (27th April 1983)|27th April 1983]]
 
|previous=[[Episode 2303 (27th April 1983)|27th April 1983]]
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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
[[Bet Gilroy|Bet]] fears a boring Bank Holiday. [[Fred Gee|Fred]] tries to get [[Brian Tilsley|Brian]] to hurry up repairing the Rover's brakes so he can take Bet out for the day. [[Hilda Ogden|Hilda]] visits Archie who is taken ill. [[Marion Yeats|Marion]] looks after [[Stan Ogden|Stan]] and [[Eddie Yeats|Eddie]]. Bet worries about being alone in the country with Fred so takes [[Betty Williams|Betty]] along for protection. [[Elsie Tanner|Elsie]] tries to bring [[Suzie Birchall|Suzie]] out of herself and takes her shopping. [[Gail Platt|Gail]] lets Fred take the Rover not realising Brian hasn't finished working on it. Fred takes Bet and Betty to [[Lyme Park]]. He tries to get Bet on her own but she sticks close to Betty. [[Terry Goodwin]] breaks into [[11 Coronation Street|No.11]] and waits for Suzie. Packing up the Rover at the end of the day, Fred slams the boot shut. The car, with Bet and Betty in rolls down a hill. Bet pulls on the handbrake but it comes off in her hand. The car ends up in a lake with the two women still in it.
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[[Bet Lynch|Bet]] fears a boring bank holiday. [[Fred Gee|Fred]] tries to get [[Brian Tilsley|Brian]] to hurry up repairing the Rover's brakes so he can take Bet out for the day. [[Hilda Ogden|Hilda]] visits [[Archie Crabtree|Archie]] who is taken ill. [[Marion Willis|Marion]] looks after [[Stan Ogden|Stan]] and [[Eddie Yeats|Eddie]]. Bet worries about being alone in the country with Fred so takes [[Betty Turpin|Betty]] along for protection. [[Elsie Tanner|Elsie]] tries to bring [[Suzie Birchall|Suzie]] out of herself and takes her shopping. [[Gail Tilsley|Gail]] lets Fred take the Rover not realising Brian hasn't finished working on it. Fred takes Bet and Betty to [[Lyme Park]]. He tries to get Bet on her own but she sticks close to Betty. [[Terry Goodwin]] breaks into [[11 Coronation Street|No.11]] and waits for Suzie. Packing up the Rover at the end of the day, Fred slams the boot shut. The car, with Bet and Betty in rolls down a hill. Bet pulls on the handbrake but it comes off in her hand. The car ends up in a lake with the two women still in it.
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==Cast==
 
==Cast==
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===Regular cast===
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*[[Fred Gee]] - [[Fred Feast]]
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*[[Annie Walker]] - [[Doris Speed]]
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*[[Bet Lynch]] - [[Julie Goodyear]]
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*[[Elsie Tanner]] - [[Patricia Phoenix]]
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*[[Suzie Birchall]] - [[Cheryl Murray]]
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*[[Eddie Yeats]] - [[Geoffrey Hughes]]
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*[[Marion Willis]] - [[Veronica Doran]]
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*[[Brian Tilsley]] - [[Christopher Quinten]]
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*[[Deirdre Barlow]] - [[Anne Kirkbride]]
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*[[Alf Roberts]] - [[Bryan Mosley]]
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*[[Vera Duckworth]] - [[Elizabeth Dawn]]
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*[[Tracy Langton]] - [[Christabel Finch]]
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*[[Betty Turpin]] - [[Betty Driver]]
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*[[Len Fairclough]] - [[Peter Adamson]]
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*[[Mavis Riley]] - [[Thelma Barlow]]
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*[[Stan Ogden]] - [[Bernard Youens]]
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*[[Gail Tilsley]] - [[Helen Worth]]
 
===Guest cast===
 
===Guest cast===
 
*[[Terry Goodwin]] - [[Terence Hillyer]]
 
*[[Terry Goodwin]] - [[Terence Hillyer]]
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==Places==
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*[[Rovers Return Inn]] - ''Public, back room and hallway''
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*[[11 Coronation Street]] - ''Back room/kitchen and hallway''
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*[[Corner Shop]]
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*[[Tilsley's Garage]]
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*[[Lyme Park]]
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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*[[Terence Hillyer]] makes a pre-[[Sean Skinner]] appearance as [[Terry Goodwin]].
*[[Viewing Figures]]: First UK broadcast - 13,700,000 viewers (2nd place).
 
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*''[[TV Times]]'' synopsis: [[Elsie Tanner]] sends [[Suzie Birchall]]'s [[Terry Goodwin|husband]] packing. [[Fred Gee]] takes [[Bet Lynch]] and [[Betty Turpin]] out in his Rover for a picnic.
 
*[[Viewing Figures]]: First UK broadcast - 13,700,000 viewers (2nd place).
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*This episode was included on the Granada and Windsong Video ''[[VHS and DVD releases of Coronation Street#30th Anniversary Set|Coronation Street 1983]]'' released on [[5th November]] [[1990]].
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==Notable dialogue==
 
==Notable dialogue==
[[Eddie Yeats]]: "You know [[Stan Ogden|Stanley]], there's three types of idle. Idle, flamin' idle and you!"
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[[Eddie Yeats]]: "Do you know [[Stan Ogden|Stanley]], there's three kinds of idle. There's idle, flamin' idle and you!"
 
{{Template:May 1983}}
 
{{Template:May 1983}}
 
[[Category:1983 episodes]]
 
[[Category:1983 episodes]]
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[[Category:Episodes released on VHS]]

Revision as of 10:41, 22 October 2019


Plot

Bet fears a boring bank holiday. Fred tries to get Brian to hurry up repairing the Rover's brakes so he can take Bet out for the day. Hilda visits Archie who is taken ill. Marion looks after Stan and Eddie. Bet worries about being alone in the country with Fred so takes Betty along for protection. Elsie tries to bring Suzie out of herself and takes her shopping. Gail lets Fred take the Rover not realising Brian hasn't finished working on it. Fred takes Bet and Betty to Lyme Park. He tries to get Bet on her own but she sticks close to Betty. Terry Goodwin breaks into No.11 and waits for Suzie. Packing up the Rover at the end of the day, Fred slams the boot shut. The car, with Bet and Betty in rolls down a hill. Bet pulls on the handbrake but it comes off in her hand. The car ends up in a lake with the two women still in it.

Cast

Regular cast

Guest cast

Places

Notes

Notable dialogue

Eddie Yeats: "Do you know Stanley, there's three kinds of idle. There's idle, flamin' idle and you!"

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