Episode 1633
Production code	P694/633
ITV transmission date	8th September 1976 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Esther Rose Peter Tonkinson
Script editor	Leslie Duxbury
Writer	H.V. Kershaw
Designer	Geoff Bentley
Director	Laurence Moody
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Gail refuses to work her notice. Fred, Terry and Alf plan another night with the dogs as the track wasn't open the night before. Albert is in profit as he sells his vegetables to the old folk. Elsie forces Gail to work at the shop. Ray buys a second-hand pram. Deirdre thinks Gail could take Sylvia Matthews to the Industrial Tribunal for unfair dismissal. Elsie threatens to take Sylvia to a tribunal on Gail's behalf. Fred, Alf and Terry buy a greyhound, Fred's Folly from Joe Mooney.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Gail Potter - Helen Worth
• Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
• Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Terry Bradshaw - Bob Mason
• Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
• Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Fred Gee - Fred Feast
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes (Credited as "Eddie Yates")

Guest castEdit

• Sylvia Matthews - Rosemarie Dunham
• Joe Mooney - Oliver Maguire
• Girl in Shop - Christine Prentice

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public/Snug
• 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
• The Kabin
• Builder's Yard - Office, Yard
• Sylvia's Separates - Shop floor and stockroom
• Regent Greyhound Stadium

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: Fred, Alf and Terry go to the dogs, and come back with a surprise.
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,233,000 homes (16th place).