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Episode 1971

Production code	P694/971
ITV transmission date	20th February 1980 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Peter Tonkinson Esther Rose
Writer	Alec Baron
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Alan Bromly
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Renee and Alf discover Bet owes over £20 for cigarettes she's taken while living in the flat. Alf tells Renee it's nothing to do with him. Bert tries to give Brian some marital advice but Brian isn't interested. Doreen Lovell treats Mavis like a junior. Ivy thinks Brian has fallen out with Gail over her overspending. Gail is outraged and gets Brian to tell Ivy it was him who was overspending, not her. Mavis puts Doreen onto a better job at a dress shop and is relieved when she's taken on. Alf fails to get the money out of Bet. Brian and Gail make up. Sam Littlewood arrives looking for Len. He tells him Rita's with him in Blackpool. She says she never wants to see Len again but he urges him to fetch her home. Len refuses.

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PlacesEdit

Rovers Return Inn - Public
5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
Corner Shop
The Kabin

NotesEdit

TV Times synopsis: Len Fairclough hears news of his wife Rita from a surprise visitor. Newly-weds [[Brian Tilsley|Brian and Gail Tilsley are still at loggerheads and sleeping apart. Attempts to reconcile them by Brian's parents don't quite work out.
Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 17,000,000 viewers (5th place).

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Episode 1971 (20th February 1980)

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