Episode 1780
Production code	P694/780
ITV transmission date	6th February 1978 (Monday)
Stories by	Esther Rose Peter Tonkinson
Script editor	Leslie Duxbury
Writer	Kay McManus
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Bill Gilmour
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Elsie is woken up in the night by noises in the loft. She fears it's a rat. She and the girls make so much noise they wake the Ogdens. Renee's mother is taken ill so she goes to Lancaster to look after her. Mavis looks after the shop for her. Eddie investigates the noises in Elsie's loft. He finds pigeons nesting in the loft. Emily returns home. She feels very much alone. Len tells Elsie there's slates missing in the Ogdens' roof and as there's no dividing wall the pigeons are come into her part. Hilda is astounded to hear she's got a slate missing. She tells Elsie she won't repair the roof as the pigeons aren't bothering her. Mavis arrives at Emily's with her case and tells Emily she's moving in to look after her. Suzie tries to block the hole in the roof with newspaper, she slips and her foot goes through the Ogdens' ceiling.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
• Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
• Gail Potter - Helen Worth
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
• Fred Gee - Fred Feast
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed

Guest castEdit

None

PlacesEdit

• 3 Coronation Street - Back room and kitchen
• 11 Coronation Street - Back bedroom and back room/kitchen
• 13 Coronation Street - Back bedroom, back room and kitchen
• Corner Shop

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: Birds in the roof spark off a row between Hilda Ogden and neighbour Elsie Howard. The Rovers Return regulars welcome back widow Emily Bishop.
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 18,000,000 viewers (5th place).