Episode 2172
Production code	P694/1172
ITV transmission date	25th January 1982 (Monday)
Stories by	Peter Tonkinson Esther Rose
Writer	Leslie Duxbury
Designer	Geoffrey Bentley
Director	Charles Kitchen
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Bert goes to court for non-declaration of earnings. He pleads guilty. Alec works at the factory, repairing the sewing machines. Annie buys an expensive tea-service for Gordon. She is stunned to hear that he has already married. Bert is given £90 in fines and has to repay £200 dole. Ron Sykes tells Brian that he's having to sell the garage and sack him. He's landed a contract in Qatar in the Gulf States to service government departments' motor fleet. He offers Brian a job, telling him that the money will be very good. Annie is stunned when Fred offers his services as escort to her. She tells him that she has someone else lined up. Brian tells Gail that he's going to lose his job and wants to go to Qatar for six months. She is stunned.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
• Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
• Fred Gee - Fred Feast
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
• Nicholas Tilsley - Warren Jackson
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten

Guest castEdit

• Alec Hobson - Tom Price
• Ron Sykes - Bobby Knutt

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public, Back room
• 5 Coronation Street - Living room
• Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room, Office
• The Kabin
• 5 Buxton Close - Living room/kitchen
• Viaduct Garage

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,800,000 viewers (3rd place).