Episode 2184
Production code	P694/1184
ITV transmission date	8th March 1982 (Monday)
Stories by	Peter Tonkinson Esther Rose
Writer	Cliff Gerrard
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Charles Kitchen
Producer	Bill Podmore
Navigation
Previous episode	3rd March 1982
Next episode	10th March 1982

PlotEdit

Sharon refuses to work at The Kabin again and persuades Len to take her on at the Builder's Yard. Ivy is put out that Brian has written to Gail but not her. Betty finds Fred unconscious at the bottom of the cellar steps. Eddie and Mike carry him up. He regains consciousness but suffers back pains as he fell down the stairs. Betty calls for an ambulance. Sharon surprises Len with her carpentry skills. Websters cancel their order with Mike. He realises that Dot Stockwell has put the boot in and is using her influence to damage Mike and Elsie. He lays into Elsie but she tells him to get off her back. Fred is taken to hospital for an X-ray. He is signed off work with a bad back and is told to go to bed until it's better. Mike tells the girls they could be on a three-day week soon because Websters have cancelled the order. Ivy realises Elsie has caused trouble.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Sharon Gaskell - Tracie Bennett
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Fred Gee - Fred Feast
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
• Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire

Guest castEdit

• Wilf Stockwell - Terence Longdon

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public, Snug, Fred's bedroom
• 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room, Office
• Builder's Yard

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,150,000 viewers (2nd place).