Episode 2381
Production code	P694/1381
ITV transmission date	25th January 1984 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Tom Elliott Peter Tonkinson
Writer	Julian Roach
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Stephen Butcher
Executive Producer	Bill Podmore
Producer	Mervyn Watson
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PlotEdit

Hilda employs a solicitor, Mr Melia, to help her sue the Council. He is confident that the Council will settle out of court. Mike wants Don Watkins to go to prison but Alec Yardley wants to find him himself and tells Mike he'll give him all he's owed. Yardley offers to buy Mike out of the club and Mike agrees to this. Rita is thankful that she has Alf to lean on.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
• Shirley Armitage - Lisa Lewis
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Fred Gee - Fred Feast
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
• Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth

Guest castEdit

• Alec Yardley - Harry Beety
• Mr Melia - Nigel Anthony

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 13 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• Corner Shop
• Baldwin's Casuals - Office, Sewing room
• Rosamund Street exterior
• 46b, St. Mary's Place - Living room/kitchen, Hallway
• Solicitor's Office

NotesEdit

• Final appearance of Jack Howarth as Albert Tatlock. His departure left William Roache as the only original cast member from Episode 1 (9th December 1960).
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,876,000 viewers (2nd place).