Plot[]
Alf is depressed on his last day at the shop. Jack thinks he has a winning certainty but no money to bet with. Whilst she lets the electricity man into Tanya's flat, Alma noses around the place. Reg puts his flat on the market. He gets Kevin to trade his Mini in for a van. Alma is puzzled as Tanya's flat doesn't look lived in and realises that she must be using it as a love nest. She worries she's on the game. Raquel is thrilled with Ben Cunningham's photographs. Jack sells the pot dog for £25. Vera passes the antique shop on Nightingale Street and sees it. Thinking it'll make a pair she buys it for £48. Jack is horrified when his horse falls. Vera is furious when she realises that she's bought her own dog back. Jack tries to run away but Vera hurls the dog at him and it smashes against a wall. Ivy is thrilled when Don moves back into her bed.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Alma Baldwin - Amanda Barrie
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Ivy Brennan - Lynne Perrie
- Reg Holdsworth - Ken Morley
- Maureen Holdsworth - Sherrie Hewson
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Tanya Pooley - Eva Pope
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
- Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
- Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
- David Platt - Thomas Ormson
- Rosie Webster - Emma Collinge
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- Corner Shop
- MVB Motors
- Jim's Cafe
- Jim's Cafe flat - Living room/kitchen
- Nightingale Street
- Feldman Antiques
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Don and Jack both make momentous decisions. Which one lives to regret it?
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 18,420,000 viewers (2nd place - combined figure including repeat).
- The Granada Plus repeat of this episode on 28th October 2004 was edited for timing reasons, omitting 27" from the start of a corner shop scene in Part One, where Audrey Roberts tries to persuade Alf to close the shop for lunch. The ITV3 repeat on 13th November 2019 contained the same cut.
Notable dialogue[]
Reg Holdsworth (watching Vera Duckworth chase Jack): "That, my dear, is the unenjoyable in full pursuit of the unemployable."
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