Episode 3357 (13th March 1992)

Episode 3357
Production code	P694/2357
ITV transmission date	13th March 1992 (Friday)
Story editor	Trevor Suthers
Story associates	Graham Carlisle Jan McVerry Elizabeth Malpas
Writer	Stephen Mallatratt
Designer	Paul Rowan
Director	Julian Jarrold
Executive Producer	David Liddiment
Producer	Carolyn Reynolds
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Plot

Raquel agrees to take Lorraine Kinsey's flat. She hopes that Des will stop her but he supports her quest for independence and even offers to help her move. Gail doesn't know how Martin is going to study with three children in the house and fears he's missing out on his youth. Reg insists that Vanessa spends her day cheese-cutting, even though she and Vera were on it all day yesterday. Curly passes on the instructions to Vanessa and tells her it was Reg's idea. Vanessa refuses as it would be a waste of time. Mavis is on her guard as it's Friday the thirteenth. Liz starts at the Legion. She finds steward Mike Maddocks a refreshing change from Alec. Reg refuses to go down to the cheese store to check on yesterday's cheese-cutting so Vanessa and Vera put all the cheese on his desk. Vanessa proves her point and is sent to clear up the frozen fish instead. Martin tells Gail that if he jumped the gun it's because she always says no to his ideas. Gail is upset that she's become so overcautious. Andy brings Paula home to watch a video. Ted takes Rita to a piano bar, where he asks her to come to Florida with him, as his wife. She is stunned. Curly delights in telling Reg that Vanessa is the chairman's daughter. He makes it clear that he didn't tell him before because of his actions over the Chesterfield job. Reg is horrified.

Cast

Regular cast

• Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
• Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
• Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
• Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Gail Platt - Helen Worth
• Alma Sedgewick - Amanda Barrie
• Reg Holdsworth - Ken Morley
• Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
• Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
• Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
• Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
• Alec Gilroy - Roy Barraclough
• Angie Freeman - Deborah McAndrew (Uncredited)

Guest cast

• Vanessa Morgan - Imogen Boorman
• Mike Maddocks - Andy Abrahams
• Paula Maxwell - Judy Brooke
• Ted Sullivan - William Russell

Places

• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 6 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
• 8 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
• The Kabin
• 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
• Jim's Cafe
• Bettabuy - Manager's office and shop floor
• British Legion - Bar
• Piano bar

Notes

• TV Times synopsis: Raquel is convinced Des is seeing other women. Meanwhile, Rita's feelings for Ted are put to the test.
• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 19,270,000 viewers (4th place - combined figure including repeat).
• The ITV3 repeat of this episode on 12th April 2019 was edited, omitting 2" from a scene in Bettabuy, where Reg Holdsworth sends Vanessa Morgan to cut cheese with the phrase, "as Chinamen say, chop chop!".