Overview | : | Jack takes the day off from the Rovers, with his back, to pallbear. Vanessa Morgan starts at Bettabuy as management trainee. Reg puts Curly in charge of her. Ted tries to bring Rita out of herself. Jack is horrified to see Alec at the funeral. He tries to hide from him but is spotted. He escapes through the graveyard. Olive Oaks thanks Martin for saving her life. Sister Walker suggests that he trains as a nurse. Jack runs home from St. Mary's, Alec follows him and sacks him when his muddy shoes prove his guilt. Jack begs for his job back and Alec, faced with having to do cellar work himself, agrees to take him back. Reg thinks Vanessa is a spy for Brendan, possibly even his girlfriend. Ted takes Rita for a meal. He tells her that he'd like a companion to spend his retirement with. |
Stars | : | Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald), , William Roache (Ken Barlow), , Barbara Knox (Rita Sullivan), , William Tarmey (Jack Duckworth), , Sue Nicholls (Audrey Roberts), , Geoff Hinsliff (Don Brennan), , Thomas Ormson (David Platt), , Sally Dynevor (Sally Metcalfe), , Helen Worth (Gail Platt), , Beverley Callard (Liz McDonald), , Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow), , Betty Driver (Betty Turpin), , Johnny Briggs (Mike Baldwin), , Philip Middlemiss (Des Barnes), , Eileen Derbyshire (Emily Nugent / Emily Bishop), , Bryan Mosley (Alf Roberts), , Dawn Acton (Tracy Barlow), , Sean Wilson (Martin Platt), , Lynne Perrie (Ivy Brennan / Ivy Tilsley), , Amanda Barrie (Alma Baldwin / Alma Sedgewick / Alma Halliwell), , Julie Goodyear (Bet Lynch / Bet Gilroy), , Roy Barraclough (Alec Gilroy), , Sarah Lancashire (Raquel Watts), |