Plot[]
Emily thanks everyone for their support - the food and clothes distribution went well. Vera tries to contact the Hortons in vain. Raquel and Bet do battle at the sales. Raquel is pleased to find a homeless girl wearing one of her cast-off coats. Gail supports Ivy as she reports Don as a missing person to the police. When they can't find a taxi, Raquel gets lorry driver Charlie Whelan to give them a lift. Jack snaps and shouts at Vera, telling her to stop fooling herself about Terry's motives. Raquel is pleased when Charlie drinks at the Rovers. Steve is stunned when Vicky calls round to No.11 unexpectedly and introduces herself to Alison as Steve's girlfriend.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Ivy Brennan - Lynne Perrie
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
- Sarah Louise Platt - Lynsay King
- David Platt - Thomas Ormson
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Tanya Pooley - Eva Pope
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Denise Osbourne - Denise Black
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Charlie Whelan - John St. Ryan
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
- Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
- Vicky Arden - Chloe Newsome
- Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn (Uncredited)
Guest cast[]
- Alison Rathbone - Rachel Smith
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room and hallway
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- Corner Shop
- MVB Motors
- Rosamund Street
- Unknown shop, precinct and street in Manchester
Notes[]
- First appearance of Charlie Whelan.
- Last appearance of Phyllis Pearce until 25th December 1994 as actress Jill Summers was hospitalised with an abdominal abscess.
- The police officers (DC Sheddon and WPC Davies) who call on Ivy Brennan are uncredited.
- TV Times synopsis: A chance meeting looks promising to Bet as she battles at the sales.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 17,300,000 viewers (1st place - combined figure including repeat).
- The Granada Plus repeat of this episode on 5th October 2004 was edited for timing reasons, omitting an entire scene lasting 1'25" in Part One, in which Bet Gilroy calls at No.9 to speak to Jack Duckworth, while Vera frantically tries to track down the Hortons by phone. The ITV3 repeat on 1st November 2019 reinstated the cut scene.
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