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1978
Episode number	1772
ITV broadcast date	9th January 1978 (Monday)
Production code	P694/772
Writer	John Stevenson
Director	Alan Grint
Previous episode	4th January 1978
Next episode	11th January 1978

Plot

Tommo and Dave follow Mike and Ernie back to the factory. Emily plans a summer holiday abroad. Hilda is bitter that she hasn't got a colour TV. Eddie promises to get her one. Steve is embarrassed when the factory girls tease him about Suzie. Renee is flattered when Alf rings her from London. Ernie makes up the wages. Eddie gives Hilda a green and blue screen to put on the black and white TV. She thinks it's useless and refuses to have it. Tommo and Dave, with shotgun demand the wages from Ernie. He is in the middle of handing it over when Mike comes into the wages' office. Tommo fires the gun and Ernie hits the floor. Mike calls an ambulance as he's still breathing.

Cast

Regular cast

• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Ernie Bishop - Stephen Hancock
• Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
• Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Renee Bradshaw - Madge Hindle
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Steve Fisher - Lawrence Mullin

Guest cast

• Tommo - Dave Parke
• Dave - Tony McHale

Notes

• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 17,850,000 viewers (3rd place).

Commercial releases

This episode was included on the 1978 disc of the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The 1970s, released in 2005.