Plot[]
Sally Waterman resigns from the Weatherfield Recorder, the Gazette having offered her a job. The Gazette reports on Mavis's win. She grows hysterical. Henry Wakefield tells Hilda he's starting afresh away from Weatherfield. Ken realises Sally got the job at the Gazette because of Mavis's story. He tells her to leave the Recorder immediately. A reporter, Jim Lomax, from the Nationals calls on Mavis. He frightens her into giving him her side of the story.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
- Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
Guest cast[]
- Sally Waterman - Vikki Chambers
- Wilf Starkey - Jim Bywater
- Henry Wakefield - Finetime Fontayne
- Jim Lomax - James McKenna
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- The Kabin
- Weatherfield Recorder - Office
Notes[]
- Eric Priestley (Dave Dutton) is credited but does not appear.
- TV Times synopsis: The fiasco of Mavis Riley's non-wedding rears its ugly head again and becomes public knowledge. Who leaked the information? Hilda Ogden is delighted to receive a surprise visitor. But why should this upset super-sleuth Percy Sugden?
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,550,000 viewers (3rd place).
- This episode was included in the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The Best of 1980-1989, released on 31st October 2005.
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