Plot[]
Hilda tells Bet that she doesn't want her job back. She knows nobody needs her any more and is no use to anyone. Mrs Lowther's sister calls on Hilda and asks her to visit Doctor Lowther with her as he wants to see her. Audrey doesn't like the way Ivy is going to have the grandchildren for Christmas. Mavis is outraged when Derek suggests that as they're being cast as lovers they may as well be. She refuses to lose her self-respect, although Rita is impressed. Hilda visits Doctor Lowther in Hartington. He asks her to keep house for him there and live in a flat attached to the cottage. She agrees. She tells Sally that she'll be taking good memories with her and leaving bad ones behind.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Alec Gilroy - Roy Barraclough
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
- Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Gloria Todd - Sue Jenkins
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
- Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
Guest cast[]
- Amy Burton - Fanny Carby
- Helen Ashcroft - Jean Fergusson
- Postman - Nev Goodwyn (Credited as "Nev Goodwin")
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public and back room
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- The Kabin
- Countryside location in Hartington
Notes[]
- Alan Bradley (Mark Eden) and Jenny Bradley (Sally Ann Matthews) are both credited but do not appear.
- All location work between this episode and Episode 2796 (13th January 1988) is on videotape, switching back to film between Episode 2797 (18th January 1988) and Episode 2806 (17th February 1988), switching to videotape permanently from Episode 2807 (22nd February 1988)
- TV Times synopsis: While Mavis is fighting to save her reputation as a good, upstanding spinster, Hilda is losing touch with reality. But, as they say, every cloud has a silver lining, and today could be the start of Hilda’s future.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,600,000 viewers (8th place).
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