Plot[]
Jack can't afford to put the Duckworths' furniture in storage so he gets the key to No.9 off the estate agent and puts the furniture in the house. They leave 20 Inkerman Street and move in with Ivy. Don Watkins boasts in the Rovers that he can invite people to the opening night of the Graffiti Club. Fred and the factory girls decide to take him up on his offer. Mike is nervous on the opening night of the club. Hilda starts work at the cloakroom. The factory girls turn up at the club but Watkins refuses to let them in. Vera creates a scene and starts insulting the customers. Eddie raffles a ticket for the club opening. Mavis wins it. Brian finds the garage work too hard. Don has Fred forcefully evicted from the club when he tries to get in.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
- Shirley Armitage - Lisa Lewis
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
- Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
- Nicholas Tilsley - Warren Jackson
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Fred Gee - Fred Feast
- Marion Willis - Veronica Doran
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
Guest cast[]
- Don Watkins - Kevin Lloyd
- Receptionist - Gilly Coman
- Mrs Hancock - Freda Jeffries
Places[]
- Coronation Street - Main street view and ginnel
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Yard
- Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room and office
- Viaduct Street
- Rosamund Street
- Graffiti Club
- 5 Buxton Close - Living room and kitchen
Notes[]
- First appearance of Shirley Armitage.
- Nine years since she last played Susan Barlow in 1974, and two years before reprising the role in October 1985, Wendy Jane Walker appears as an extra in several scenes at the Graffiti Club, alongside future screen husband, Johnny Briggs.
- The scenes on the outdoor set were on 16mm film.
- TV Times synopsis: Two uninvited lodgers descend on Ivy Tilsley. It's the opening night at the Graffiti Club - Mike Baldwin has to face a bunch of gate-crashers.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 14,309,000 viewers (2nd place).
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