Episode 2884 (21st November 1988)

Plot

Mike goes to London. Sandra has to attend a parent/teacher evening so has to break a date with Pete Shaw. She is pleased when he arranges to see her afterwards. The Wiltons return from Paris. Derek carries Mavis across the threshold of the flat. Terry fiddles with the Jaguar's milometer and takes Kathy Pritchard out in it. Sandra has to stand Pete up. Gloria looks after him at the Rovers and he gives her a lift home afterwards. Kathy entertains Terry at her house. He is horrified to find the Jaguar has been covered in graffiti outside, with "Stay Away From My Wife" sprayed on the side.

Cast

Regular cast

• Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Gloria Todd - Sue Jenkins
• Sandra Stubbs - Sally Watts
• Terry Duckworth - Nigel Pivaro
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
• Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
• Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
• Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
• Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
• Shirley Armitage - Lisa Lewis
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver

Guest cast

• Jason Stubbs - Paul Simpson
• Peter Shaw - Alan Hunter
• Kathy Pritchard - Andrea Marsh

Places

• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• Corner Shop
• The Kabin
• The Kabin flat - Living room/kitchen, bedroom and outside stairway
• Flat 2, 41 Ashdale Road - Living room/kitchen
• Kathy Pritchard's house - Exterior
• Unknown road
• Piccadilly Station, Manchester - Outside entrance

Notes

• TV Times synopsis: Terry takes precarious liberties in the cause of wining and dining a 'bird' but ends up in danger of being called a cuckoo. Sandra Stubbs has to accept that duty must come before pleasure, but at what cost to her personal happiness?
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 17,450,000 viewers (6th place).