Plot[]
Peter Ingram is in Intensive Care, having had a heart attack. Vera sprays "Get lost you Yupis" with shaving foam on Des's car. Tina starts thinking she's indispensable and asks Alec for a pay rise. He flatly declines. Ralph Dobson announces that Ingram is dead. Bet gives Tina the night off to go on a date. Mike starts exceeding his authority at Ingram's Textiles and handles important phone calls, telling maintenance that they now answer to him. Offering his condolences to Jackie, he tells her not to worry about the factory. Des doesn't want to drink in the Rovers because of the Duckworths but Steph won't be chased out of her local. Mike tells Alma his contract was with the firm and not Ingram so it still stands. The Wiltons settle in for a relaxing evening at home. Vera accuses Des and Steph of pulling her stone cladding off. After Steph insults her, she throws a piece of the cladding at their house but it misses and smashes the Wiltons' window.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Alma Sedgewick - Amanda Barrie
- Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Stephanie Barnes - Amelia Bullmore
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Alec Gilroy - Roy Barraclough
- Ivy Brennan - Lynne Perrie
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
- Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
- Tina Fowler - Michelle Holmes
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Jackie Ingram - Shirin Taylor
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
- Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public and back room
- 4 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 6 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- Corner Shop
- Jim's Cafe
- No. 6 Quebec House, Weatherfield Quays - Living room/kitchen
- Ingram's Textiles - Factory floor and manager's office
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: When Vera and Steph have a showdown in the street their neighbours are guaranteed a good show. But one household may live to regret having ring-side seats.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 16,240,000 viewers (4th place - combined figure including repeat).
- This episode was included in the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The Best of 1990-1999, released on 5th September 2011.
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