Episode 2973
Production code	P694/1973
ITV transmission date	25th September 1989 (Monday)
Story editor	Tom Elliott
Story associates	Diane Culverhouse Paul Abbott
Writer	Ken Blakeson
Designer	Stephen Graham
Director	Spencer Campbell
Executive Producer	David Liddiment
Producer	Mervyn Watson
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PlotEdit

Vera urges Ken to do a story on Mike selling his workers. Gail is furious to hear that Ivy hit Martin. Jenny starts at Manchester Polytechnic studying Environmental Studies and meets fellow students Kate Winterton and Stuart Haley. Ken enjoys working with Wendy Crozier. Gail tells Ivy to keep away from her and the children. Ken interviews Mike over the factory sell-off. Mike is happy to pose for a photo, sucking a cigar. Vera and the factory girls go to the Department of Employment Office looking for compensation. They are told that Maurice Jones is responsible for their redundancy payments. Jenny is too worried about Alan's trial to make new friends. Emily strikes up a plan of action to fight for redundancies.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
• Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
• Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
• Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
• Ivy Brennan - Lynne Perrie
• Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
• Jenny Bradley - Sally Ann Matthews
• Alma Sedgewick - Amanda Barrie
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
• Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
• Tina Fowler - Michelle Holmes
• Nicky Tilsley - Warren Jackson
• Sarah Louise Tilsley - Lynsay King
• Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs

Guest castEdit

• Wendy Crozier - Roberta Kerr
• Josie Phillips - Siobhan Finneran (Credited as "Josie Philips")
• Marge Butler - Sherry Ormerod (Credited as "Marg Butler")
• Site Foreman - Rod Arthur
• Kate Winterton - Diane Louise Jordan
• Stuart Haley - Stuart Andrews
• Mrs Barber - Liz Stooke
• Lorry Driver - James Culshaw

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 5 Coronation Street - Living room
• 7 Coronation Street - Living room, Kitchen
• The Kabin
• 33 Hammond Road - Living room, Kitchen, Hallway/stairs
• Weatherfield Quays
• Weatherfield Recorder - Office
• Department of Employment Office
• Manchester Polytechnic - Exterior, Hall

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 19,410,000 viewers (2nd place – combined figure including repeat).