Episode 2897
Production code	P694/1897
ITV transmission date	2nd January 1989 (Monday)
Story associates	Tom Elliott Diane Culverhouse
Writer	Leslie Duxbury
Designer	Stephen Graham
Director	Sarah Harding
Producer	Bill Podmore
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PlotEdit

Don doesn't know how to tell Ivy he's lost the cab. Mavis tells Derek she'd like to find a house of their own. Mike doesn't want the cab. He tells Don that he wants his £1,000 and refuses to let him pay it off on the drip. Don asks him to give him a break but Mike suggests he sells the cab. Ivy realises something is going on with Don and Mike. Don is forced to tell her about the poker game and Mike having given him a week to repay the £1,000.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Ivy Brennan - Lynne Perrie
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
• Alan Bradley - Mark Eden
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
• Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
• Shirley Armitage - Lisa Lewis
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
• Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
• Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
• Alec Gilroy - Roy Barraclough
• Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire

Guest castEdit

None

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 5 Coronation Street - Living room
• 9 Coronation Street - Yard
• Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room, Office
• The Kabin
• Bradley's Securities Limited - Office

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 15,430,000 viewers (5th place).