Episode 3649 (21st January 1994)

Plot[]

Mark tells Mike he doesn't want to go on the skiing trip to Austria any more. Reg is upset to find no one has prepared a farewell party for him on his last day at Bettabuy but is delighted when he hears Lord Morgan is coming to the store, thinking that it's to say a special goodbye to him. Curly panics and gets the staff to set up a special garden furniture display. Kevin feels there must have been something between Sally and Joe. He tells her it's obvious she cares more about Joe's feelings than his and is upset she never told him about Joe's declaration until six months afterwards. Curly and the staff give Maureen a send-off. Lord Morgan presents Reg with a £200 Bettabuy voucher for the garden furniture they can't sell as well as a picture of head office and tells Curly that the new area manager is Elaine Fenwick. Curly is stunned. Sally swears to Kevin that she's told Joe she'll never see him again.

Cast[]

Regular cast[]

Guest cast[]

Places[]

Rovers Return Inn - Public
12 Coronation Street - Living room and hallway
13 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
MVB Motors
Jim's Cafe
Bettabuy - Manager's office, staff canteen and shop floor
Road outside Oakhill School

Notes[]

TV Times synopsis: Curly is in for a shock at work as Reg Holdsworth bids farewell to Bettabuy.
Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 18,530,000 viewers (2nd place - combined figure including repeat).
The Granada Plus repeat of this episode on 20th October 2004 was edited for timing reasons, omitting the last 57" of a Rovers' scene in Part Two, where Rita Sullivan, Mavis and Derek Wilton speculate about the reasons they were invited to Reg Holdsworth and Maureen Naylor's wedding. The ITV3 repeat on 8th November 2019 reinstated the cut material.

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