Episode 1626 (16th August 1976)

Plot[]

Rita gets Ernie a job at the Gatsby Club, two nights a week, but one of them is a stag night. Len, Ray and Terry do contract work on a building site, with Terry working full-time. Hilda tells Emily that Ernie will be playing at stag nights. Annie goes to see Joan, the residents wonder why. Ernie tells Emily he needs to feel that he's earning money. Builder Jack Barker taunts the yard men just for the sake of it. News reaches the Rovers that Annie's driving lesson ended with her crashing the car into a lamp post. To Emily's disgust, Ernie agrees to play at the Gatsby.

Cast[]

Regular cast[]

Guest cast[]

Jack Barker - Sean Lynch
Doug West - Alan Luxton
Dusty - Chris Canavan
Frank - George Panther
Cassius - Peter Lorenzelli

Places[]

Rovers Return Inn - Public
3 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
The Kabin
Fairclough and Langton - Office and yard
Building site and Portakabin

Notes[]

William Tarmey appears as an extra in scenes in the Rovers, over three years before making his debut as Jack Duckworth.
With this episode, Peter Adamson was again the most prolific actor in Coronation Street, passing Doris Speed's total episode count as Annie Walker seven weeks after she regained the lead with Episode 1612. Adamson held this title for the remainder of his time in the programme, eventually relinquishing it to William Roache with Episode 2749 on 5th August 1987.
TV Times synopsis: Emily and Ernie are in conflict over a stag night job…
Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,197,000 homes (6th place).

Notable dialogue[]

Betty Turpin (to Hilda Ogden): "Your good name went bad years ago luvvie.. and the only reputation you've ever 'ad is for yakkin', tootin' - an' generally muckrakin'."

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