Episode 1781
Production code	P694/781
ITV transmission date	8th February 1978 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Esther Rose Peter Tonkinson
Script editor	Leslie Duxbury
Writer	John Stevenson
Designer	Roy Graham
Director	Bill Gilmour
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Hilda grabs Suzie's leg and tries to pull her down. She manages to keep hold of her shoe. She is horrified when a pigeon flies down from the hole into their bedroom. Stan weakly demands that Suzie pays for the damage to the ceiling. She puts on a limp and threatens to sue him for not having a safe ceiling. Ena is holidaying with the Lomaxes in Hartlepool. Fred offers to help Emily with any manual jobs now Ernie is dead. Hilda demands money for the ceiling but Elsie physically throws her out of the house. Emily sorts through Ernie's clothes to give to the Mission. She asks Mavis not to treat her like an invalid. She plans to return to work at the hospital. Hilda goes up into the loft and puts her broom through Elsie's ceiling to pay her back.

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

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: Despite a big row between Elsie Howard and Hilda Ogden, Elsie won't pay for the Ogden's damaged ceiling…Hilda takes revenge.
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 18,050,000 viewers (4th place).

Commercial releasesEdit

This episode was included on the 1978 disc of the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The 1970s, released on 25th July 2005.