Plot[]
Steph tells Sally that she and Des have made up. Ken doesn't want to cancel his weekend with Tracy but Wendy is adamant that he must meet her mother. Tracy likes Dave Barton and is pleased when he gives her a lift to school. A skint Jack tries to borrow money from Curly, in vain. Ken gives in to Wendy but isn't happy about it. Jack steals Vera's time clock that she took from the closing Baldwin's Casuals factory. Vera notices right away and searches for him. Dave starts decorating Deirdre's kitchen and gives up his weekend to finish it. Deirdre is grateful. Rita decides that the time has come for her to move out of No.7 and tells Jenny and Flick she'll move out next week. Tracy takes the news of Ken's broken weekend well. Sally admits to Steph that she made up the story about Des. Steph doesn't mind. Jack swaps Vera's clock for a 1957 motorbike.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Stephanie Barnes - Amelia Bullmore
- Desmond Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Tina Fowler - Michelle Holmes
- Alma Sedgewick - Amanda Barrie
- Tracy Barlow - Dawn Acton
- Jenny Bradley - Sally Ann Matthews
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
- Felicity Khan - Rita Wolf
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- 7 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen, hallway and yard
- 13 Coronation Street - Hallway
- The Kabin
- 47 Church Road - Kitchen and bedroom
- Weatherfield Gazette - Office
- Unknown street in Weatherfield
Notes[]
- The scene of Jack Duckworth entering a pub with Vera's timeclock was recorded outside The Beehive Inn on Holland Street in Salford. The pub was scheduled to be demolished in 2022. The steps that Jack walks down are at the end of Holland Street, where a passenger bridge crosses the railway.
- TV Times synopsis: Why is Jack after money? And where is Vera's prized clock?
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 18,110,000 viewers (6th place - combined figure including repeat).
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