Plot[]
Derek goes for an interview at an office furniture company. He doesn't expect to get it due to his age. Bet thinks Raquel should go instead of Betty but Alec doesn't agree as Raquel brings in trade. He suggests that Bet be the one to tell Betty as it'll soften the blow but Bet refuses to have any part of it. Vanessa Morgan is moved to Walsall, to the first-ever Bettabuy store. Percy is annoyed that he can't get food at the Rovers. Bet sends Betty through to the back where Alec tells her she has to leave as they can't afford so many bar staff. She is distraught, especially when she realises that Bet knew and didn't warn her. Alec has Jack clean the kitchen in case the health department comes calling. Jack takes it without complaint, worried that he's next in the firing line. After his interview, Derek thinks he's as good as got the job. Curly is annoyed that Lord Morgan complimented Reg on the way he treated Vanessa, thereby not showing her favouritism. Kevin tells Mike that they've now made over £1,000 from adding onto the Halliwell bills. He feels they ought to stop now but Mike refuses - he's in business to make money. Kevin is annoyed and sends a joke invoice to Halliwells: £500 for mending mink-lined brakes and gold-plated spark plugs. Rita tells Ted that she will marry him.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- David Platt - Thomas Ormson
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
- Sarah Louise Platt - Lynsay King
- Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
- Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Alec Gilroy - Roy Barraclough
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Reg Holdsworth - Ken Morley
- Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
- Alma Sedgewick - Amanda Barrie
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Nicky Platt - Warren Jackson
- Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public and back room
- 4 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 8 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- The Kabin
- 10a Coronation Street - Living room
- MVB Motors
- Jim's Cafe
- 37 Hillside Crescent - Living room
- Bettabuy - Shop floor
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Has Betty really pulled her very last pint and served her last hotpot?
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 19,800,000 viewers (2nd place - combined figure including repeat).
- The Granada Plus repeat of this episode on 27th August 2003 was edited for timing reasons, omitting an entire scene in The Kabin of length 1'12" in which Mavis Wilton, Emily Bishop and Rita Fairclough discuss Betty Turpin's sacking from the Rovers and Derek Wilton comes in to tell them that his job interview went well. The ITV3 repeat on 16th April 2019 contained the same edit.
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