Episode 2129 (26th August 1981)

Episode 2129
Production code	P694/1129
ITV transmission date	26th August 1981 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Esther Rose George Reed
Writer	John Stevenson
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	David Carson
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Bert is upset as Ivy falls out with Vera over the driver's job. Hilda forces Stan to go for the driving job by threatening to withhold his food. John worries about his mother's operation. Eddie starts breeding rabbits. Ivy and Vera row over who deserves the driving job. Mike interviews Bert, Jack and Stan. Hilda refuses to let Eddie breed rabbits to be eaten. John's mother's operation goes well. Mike gives the driver's job to Bernard Clough, Ida's son. He tells Ivy that Bert didn't get the job as they'd have wanted to take their holidays together. He didn't give Stan the job as a favour to him and if he gave the job to Jack, he'd get even less work out of Vera. Rita is upset that Mrs Spencer will soon be out of hospital.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
• Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
• Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
• Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
• Nicholas Tilsley - Warren Jackson

Guest castEdit

• John Spencer - Jonathan Barber

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior - Ginnel
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 5 Coronation Street - Living room
• 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• 13 Coronation Street - Yard
• Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room and office
• 5 Buxton Close - Living room

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: Who's favourite for the factory van driver's job? Or will Mike choose a dark horse? High tea at the Tilsleys for Gail and Brian and baby Nick.
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 13,150,000 viewers (3rd place).