Episode 1978
Production code	P694/978
ITV transmission date	17th March 1980 (Monday)
Stories by	Peter Tonkinson Esther Rose
Writer	Barry Hill
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Richard Holthouse
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Olive Taylor-Brown, a friend of Annie's, is to call on her from Derbyshire to go to a Ladies' Evening. Annie gets Hilda cleaning to await her arrival. Len installs new kitchen units at No.9 with Eddie. A lorry driver, Ernie, tell Gail that Dan Johnson has a woman in every city. She tells Elsie. Elsie tells her it's nothing to do with her and is cool towards Dan when he arrives to stay. Dan asks Ernie if he's been saying anything and he tells him of his conversation with Gail. Hilda nosies round the improvements at No. 9. Fred chauffeurs Mrs Taylor-Brown to the Rovers where she is impressed by Annie's bell. Elsie warns Dan not to take her for a fool.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Fred Gee - Fred Feast
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Renee Roberts - Madge Hindle
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley

Guest castEdit

• Dan Johnson - Richard Shaw
• Olive Taylor-Brown - Paula Tilbrook
• Ernie - Johnny Wade

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public, hallway and back room
• 9 Coronation Street - Hallway and back room
• 11 Coronation Street - Hallway, back room and kitchen
• Jim's Cafe

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 15,844,000 viewers (7th place).