Plot[]
Part One: Gordon avoids Lucille when she calls see him. Emily tells Jack she's uncertain what sort of business her office actually transacts. Jack passes on a message from Annie to Lucille that she's to find herself a job. Steve rings Elsie constantly. She lets slip that she's working again. Lucille catches Gordon when he returns from college for his lunch. He makes no effort to meet her halfway. Ken tells Maggie he's received a call at work from someone with an American accent asking if he knows where Elsie works. Len is annoyed with the bad influences that Dot is supposedly bringing into Elsie's house. Mr Gunter gives Emily the run around, asking her to call at Manchester Docks and then do household errands for him. Dot realises the block on Elsie's phone has been removed when she answers it and hears Steve. She rings Gregg, worried that Elsie knows that Steve is after her. Having found out where she works, Steve rings The Pink Posy. Elsie has to be careful what she says as Lucille is listening, as she has called in to see if there are any jobs going. Elsie orders a taxi for herself at 8.30pm to go to Steve's flat.
Part Two: Emily finds herself working late and is given letters to post on her way home and more errands for tomorrow. Lucille worries that she alienates people by being too flip. Gregg and Dot tell Dave what Steve is really like, citing him threatening to tell Walter about their friendship. Elsie arrives at Steve's flat. Len thinks Elsie has gone out with Dave, but Jack says the bookie was in only minutes before with Dot and Gregg. Gordon calls to see Lucille but needs a spot of Dutch courage first. Dot, Dave and the GIs enjoy a card school in No.11. Joe reveals that Steve blackmailed him over an old army transgression to obtain Elsie's work address. Dot and Gregg go out to avoid meeting Elsie when she returns. Lucille and Gordon apologise to each other. Their music wakes up an exhausted Emily. Elsie returns to the street in floods of tears. Len can hear her sobs through his bedroom wall.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Gordon Clegg - Bill Kenwright
- Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
Guest cast[]
- Dot Greenhalgh - Joan Francis
- Dave Smith - Reginald Marsh
- Gregg Flint - Bill Nagy
- Gary Strauss - Callen Angelo
- Joe Donelli - Shane Rimmer
- Mr Gunter - Alan Gerrard
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug and Lucille's bedroom
- 9 Coronation Street - Len's bedroom
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room
- Corner Shop
- The Pink Posy - Shop and office
- Intercontinental Export & Import Company - Mr Gunter's office
- Cobden Street
- Claydon Court - Exterior
Notes[]
- This episode carried no cast credits, just production credits.
- The two scenes on the Grape Street set were shot on film along with the location scene of Elsie Tanner's arrival at Claydon Court.
- The taxi driver who collects and returns Elsie Tanner to Coronation Street is uncredited, although he has lines of dialogue.
- TV Times synopsis: A phone call for Elsie
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,600,000 homes (2nd place).
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