Episode 1889
Production code	P694/889
ITV transmission date	26th February 1979 (Monday)
Stories by	Peter Tonkinson Barry Hill
Script editor	Leslie Duxbury
Writer	Barry Hill
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Brian Mills
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Suzie goes job hunting. Elsie doesn't know if she can start afresh in Torquay. Stan decides to ignore the fact that Ivy doesn't want his custom and clean her windows. Ivy refuses to let Bert pay for the windows. Stan is outraged as Ivy watched him clean them and didn't stop him. Hilda throws a bucket of dirty water over the windows. Renee tells Ivy the best way to get back at Hilda is to ignore her. Elsie goes for the housekeeper's job and is given it. The Tilsleys decide to have a house-warming party. Ron sells his taxi. Elsie tells him she will go to Torquay.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
• Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
• Gail Potter - Helen Worth
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
• Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Fred Gee - Fred Feast
• Renee Roberts - Madge Hindle

Guest castEdit

• Ron Mather - Joe Lynch

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 5 Coronation Street - Living room
• 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• 13 Coronation Street - Back room and kitchen
• The Kabin

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: Elsie Tanner is under pressure from Ron Mather to leave the Street and work with him in Torquay. Why is Hilda Ogden smearing dirt on Ivy Tilsley's windows? And what will Ivy do when she finds out?
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,250,000 viewers (3rd place).