Episode 2018
Production code	P694/1018
ITV transmission date	4th August 1980 (Monday)
Stories by	Peter Tonkinson Esther Rose
Writer	H.V. Kershaw
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Stephen Butcher
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Alf blames himself for letting Renee drive. He is upset as he can't remember what she looked like when she smiled. Hilda buys a new hat for Renee's funeral and tells Stan and Eddie one of them will have to accompany her. Betty controls her grief by looking after the shop for Alf. Daisy Hibbert arrives and puts a strain on Alf by demanding all the grief for herself. Inspector Vaughn - an NSPCC official - visits Betty. She tells him about the Fletchers' neglect and her fears for the children. She is assured her name will be kept out of the investigation. Daisy discovers Alf was breathalysed and had a blood test. She believes he killed Renee.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Fred Gee - Fred Feast
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth

Guest castEdit

• Sharon Fletcher - Wendy Bacon
• Wayne Fletcher - Martyn Bacon
• Daisy Hibbert - Pearl Hackney
• George Marsden - Keith Marsh
• Councillor Chapman - Frank Crompton
• Inspector Vaughn - Tenniel Evans

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• Corner Shop - Shop, Living quarters
• 13 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• Hillside Crescent exterior

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 11,900,000 viewers (3rd place).