Episode 2315
Production code	P694/1315
ITV transmission date	8th June 1983 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Peter Tonkinson Esther Rose
Writer	Leslie Duxbury
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Bill Gilmour
Executive Producer	Bill Podmore
Producer	Mervyn Watson
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PlotEdit

Mavis thinks that Victor may be thinking of marrying her as he let the neighbour believe they were married. Hilda tells Avril Carter that she knows she wasn't Archie Crabtree's fiancée and that Frank is her lover. Avril tells her she can't prove anything as she's been very discrete. Hilda threatens her with a court case causing Frank to tell Avril he can't risk a court case. He threatens to drop her unless she drops the fight. Avril realises that she is beaten and tells Hilda the shop is hers. Victor leads Mavis on to believe he's going to propose before telling her perhaps they could try the trial marriage just at weekends. He wants to be certain they're right for each other but Mavis refuses. She can't sacrifice her life for no security. The Barlows look at a house on Buxton Close.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
• Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
• Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
• Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
• Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
• Fred Gee - Fred Feast
• Marion Willis - Veronica Doran
• Nicholas Tilsley - Warren Jackson
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver

Guest castEdit

• Victor Pendlebury - Christopher Coll
• Avril Carter - Jean Rimmer
• Frank - Patrick McGuigan
• Woman in Chip Shop - Gwyneth Fleetwood
• Man in Chip Shop - Peter Robinson

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 1 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen, Hallway/stairs
• 13 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• The Kabin flat - Living room/kitchen
• 5 Buxton Close - Living room/kitchen
• Archie Crabtree's shop

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 12,150,000 viewers (1st place).

Notable dialogueEdit

Mavis Riley: "Sometimes I feel I'm at the back of a huge queue and all the women in front of me are getting good jobs, freedom of choice and equality. And it's never going to be my turn."