Episode 2451
Production code	P694/1451
ITV transmission date	26th September 1984 (Wednesday)
Stories by	Tom Elliott Peter Tonkinson
Writer	John Stevenson
Designer	Eric Deakins
Director	Brian Mills
Executive Producer	Bill Podmore
Producer	Mervyn Watson
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PlotEdit

Rita and Emily prepare Mavis for her wedding. She is nervous about everything. With ten minutes to go before the ceremony, Mavis tells Rita that she can't marry Derek. She feels it wouldn't be right; she's always known she couldn't. She always meant to turn him down but didn't want to hurt his feelings. Rita tries to talk her round but she is adamant she's not right for Derek. Rita and Alf go to the church to tell Derek only to find he's not there either. His best man, Carl Stanton, tells them that Derek can't go through with the wedding. Whilst Rita starts rowing with Edith Wilton over who jilted who, Alf has to break the news to Reverend Unsworth. Mavis disappears leaving a note saying that she's going away; she can't face anyone.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
• Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
• Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
• Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten (Uncredited)

Guest castEdit

• Carl Stanton - Martyn Read
• Sally Waterman - Vikki Chambers
• Edith Wilton - Thelma Whiteley
• Reverend Unsworth - Terry Gilligan
• Photographer - Ron Webster

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 7 Coronation Street - Living room, Kitchen
• Corner Shop
• All Saints - Interior, Exterior

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 17,000,000 viewers (2nd place).

Commercial releasesEdit

This episode was included on the Granada and Windsong Video Coronation Street 1984 released on 5th November 1990.