Episode 1761
Production code	P694/761
ITV transmission date	30th November 1977 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Peter Tonkinson
Writer	Leslie Duxbury
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Colin Richards
Producer	Bill Podmore
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Previous episode	28th November 1977
Next episode	5th December 1977

PlotEdit

Elsie pays the phone bill and demands £10 off each of the girls. Mavis and Derek view a house owned by Mrs Ashbrook with a view to a joint mortgage. They fall in love with it. Suzie shows Mike she is interested in him. The building society agrees to give Mavis and Derek a 90% mortgage to buy the £6,000 house. Elsie threatens to cut the phone lead with scissors if the girls don't give her £20. They pay up. Rita tells Mavis that the joint mortgage is obviously Derek's way of proposing.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
• Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
• Steve Fisher - Lawrence Mullin
• Gail Potter - Helen Worth
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin

Guest castEdit

• Mr Irwin - John Owens
• Mrs Ashbrook - Myrtle Devenish

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public/Snug
• 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• The Kabin
• Western Front
• Unknown street in Weatherfield
• Mrs Ashbrook's house - Garden
• Building Society - Mr Irwin's Office

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: Why have Suzie Birchall and Gail Potter stopped talking to each other? Where does Mavis Riley find help after being turned down for a mortgage?
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,000,000 viewers (10th place).

Notable dialogueEdit

Rita Fairclough: (about Mavis Riley) "Mavis is the only person in the world who looks six times both ways before crossing a one way street."