Plot[]
Don and Bet spend the night together. When the phone rings at 6.00am, Denise screams down it. Bet feels uncomfortable when Denise tells her that she suspects Don of making the calls because she rejected him. Joe calls on Denise, telling her that she's been reported for not declaring all her earnings. He goes through her books and finds they're in order. When the phone rings Denise blows a whistle down it. Steve is upset to see Alison with another man but he just turns out to be a friend from work. Deirdre gets upset when Ken and Craig get on, talking psychology. She tells Ken that she's desperate for someone to show an interest in her. She is touched when he tells her that she'll always have him. Denise accuses Don of making her life a misery, calling him a frustrated old man. He tells her that she's wrong and upsets Bet by saying some women find him desirable. Jeff Horton visits Terry in Strangeways and offers him a large sum of money if he'll let Tommy live in Blackpool with him and Doreen.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Denise Osbourne - Denise Black
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Tom Duckworth - Darryl Edwards
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Fiona Middleton - Angela Griffin
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Terry Duckworth - Nigel Pivaro
Guest cast[]
- Joe Broughton - John Wheatley
- Alison Rathbone - Rachel Smith
- Craig Lee - Kieran O'Brien
- Jeff Horton - Dicken Ashworth
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public and back room
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- Denise's
- 2a Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- Weatherfield General - Corridor and exterior
- Unknown pub
- Strangeways Jail - Visiting area
Notes[]
- In a conversation with Deirdre, Ken Barlow references the events of Episode 898 (4th August 1969) by recalling how Albert Tatlock asked Alice Pickins to marry him. However, Ken incorrectly states that Alice turned down the proposal, whereas in fact she readily accepted but she and Albert mutually agreed to call off the wedding on the big day itself.
- The scene in the unknown pub was recorded in Courtney's Wine Bar, Parsonage Gardens, Manchester. The Manchester Evening News in its issue of 22nd November 1993 reported that the staff on the day of filming were embarassed as only two days earlier they had refused entry to Simon Gregson as he didn't meet the dress code of the establishment.
- TV Times synopsis: Jeff Horten [sic] has a business deal to put to Terry. Denise thinks she knows who the mystery caller is.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 17,970,000 viewers (3rd place - combined figure including repeat).
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