Episode 1728
Production code	P694/728
ITV transmission date	8th August 1977 (Monday)
Stories by	Esther Rose Peter Tonkinson
Script editor	Leslie Duxbury
Writer	H.V. Kershaw
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Tristan de Vere Cole
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Hilda tells Stan to sell the tandem for £12. Mike offers Eddie a labouring job at the factory but he refuses it. Albert tells Annie that he heard her on the telephone to Nellie Harvey telling her about Betty being a thief. Suzie and Gail are interested in the tandem but ask for a test-run. Albert tells Betty he'll swear in court that Annie slandered her. The girls buy the tandem off the Ogdens for £7. Len tells the Ogdens the bike is worth £100.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Gail Potter - Helen Worth
• Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
• Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch
• Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Ena Sharples - Violet Carson

Guest castEdit

None

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public/Snug, back room and hallway
• 13 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
• Corner Shop
• The Kabin
• Unknown street in Weatherfield

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: Stan Ogden makes an expensive mistake when he sells a tandem to Suzie Birchall and Gail Potter…
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 12,738,000 viewers (2nd place).