Plot[]
Curly is certain that Elaine Fenwick has the job and worries about his future. Audrey panics when she can't find her credit cards. She is horrified when Alf admits that he's cut them so she wouldn't be tempted to use them. Reg tells Curly that, thanks to his recommendation, he has got the job. Curly celebrates. Elaine forces herself to congratulate him but tells him that Reg obviously wants him in his pocket. Jim hears that his mother has had a heart attack and he makes plans to visit her. Steve agrees to keep an eye on the house. Elaine delights in telling Curly that she's staying at Weatherfield as his full-time assistant. Colin Barnes enjoys himself on leave from the merchant navy and tries to impress the local ladies. He tells Des that he needs time to think. Liz tells Jim that she's sorry about his mother and asks him to send her love. She feels uncomfortable being with him.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride (Credited as "Deidre Barlow")
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
- Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Reg Holdsworth - Ken Morley
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
- Tommy Duckworth - Darryl Edwards
Guest cast[]
- Colin Barnes - Ian Embleton
- Brendan Scott - Milton Johns
- Elaine Fenwick - Pippa Hinchley
- Sam Owens - Freddie Earlle
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 6 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 7 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- The Kabin
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- Corner Shop
- Rosamund Street
- Bettabuy - Shop floor, manager's office, storeroom and loading bay
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Jim McDonald receives surprising news about a member of his family.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 15,610,000 viewers (1st place - combined figure including repeat).
- The Granada Plus repeat of this episode on 23rd June 2004 was edited for timing reasons, omitting 24" from the end of a street scene where Audrey Roberts drives off without Alf, and 10" from the start of the next scene in Bettabuy where Sam Owens pushes a pallet past some female workers (including one played by future Spice Girl Melanie Brown). Sam does not appear elsewhere in the episode. Finally, an entire Kabin scene was cut from Part Two, in which Des Barnes calls in for a paper and Rita Sullivan and Mavis Wilton discuss his brother's visit.
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