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Coronation Street

Season 21 · 27 episodes · Jan 2, 1980

  1. Episode 1

    2nd January 1980

    Jan 2, 1980

    The men return at 7.00am after spending the night with fifteen women at 32 Bessie Street. They go for an early morning "hair of the dog" in the Rovers and decide to tell everyone Alf tripped and fell and they all took him to hospital. As soon as they see their wives they crack and tell the truth. Ken lectures Susan about bringing Roy Stevenson back home. Elsie runs short of money. Fred tells Annie about Alf going to hospital and is annoyed that the others have confessed. Annie finds out the truth when she rings the hospital and pleases the women by presenting their husbands with a bill for their wives' drinks and refuses Fred his request for a night off. Rita is tired of living in what she considers a dump. Elsie considers asking Mike for the supervisor's job now Steve Fisher has left. Susan asks Ken if he intends to marry Deirdre. Annie tells Ivy that Elsie intends to ask for her job back at the factory. Ivy is livid.

  2. Episode 2

    7th January 1980

    Jan 7, 1980

    Rita tells Len she wants a decent home to live in. Len tells her to make a list of alterations. Jim Sedgewick tells Emily and Gail he's bought the cafe off Joe Dawson. Susan returns to Glasgow. Elsie asks Mike for her old job back, promising she'll be reliable. He tells her that he does need someone to help him at the factory. Gail fears Sedgewick will sack her. Rita gives Len her required alterations for No.9, which include knocking the two rooms into one and a fitted kitchen. She accuses him of not caring and rips the list up. She tells him that she's sick of the way they live. Ivy tells Mike she wants to be made supervisor as she's been doing the job in all but name. She warns him that the girls won't stand for Elsie being taken back on. Sedgewick tells Emily the jobs are safe. He intends to bring a jukebox in, telling her that he's turning the place into a transport cafe to take advantage of the new lorry park on Canal Street - Emily is horrified.

  3. Episode 3

    9th January 1980

    Jan 9, 1980

  4. Episode 4

    14th January 1980

    Jan 14, 1980

  5. Episode 5

    16th January 1980

    Jan 16, 1980

  6. Episode 6

    21st January 1980

    Jan 21, 1980

  7. Episode 7

    23rd January 1980

    Jan 23, 1980

  8. Episode 8

    28th January 1980

    Jan 28, 1980

  9. Episode 9

    30th January 1980

    Jan 30, 1980

  10. Episode 10

    4th February 1980

    Feb 4, 1980

  11. Episode 11

    6th February 1980

    Feb 6, 1980

  12. Episode 12

    11th February 1980

    Feb 11, 1980

  13. Episode 13

    13th February 1980

    Feb 13, 1980

  14. Episode 14

    18th February 1980

    Feb 18, 1980

  15. Episode 15

    20th February 1980

    Feb 20, 1980

  16. Episode 16

    25th February 1980

    Feb 25, 1980

  17. Episode 17

    27th February 1980

    Feb 27, 1980

  18. Episode 18

    3rd March 1980

    Mar 3, 1980

  19. Episode 19

    5th March 1980

    Mar 5, 1980

  20. Episode 20

    10th March 1980

    Mar 10, 1980

  21. Episode 21

    12th March 1980

    Mar 12, 1980

  22. Episode 22

    17th March 1980

    Mar 17, 1980

  23. Episode 23

    19th March 1980

    Mar 19, 1980

  24. Episode 24

    24th March 1980

    Mar 24, 1980

  25. Episode 61

    July 30, 1980

    Jul 30, 1980

  26. Episode 65

    Aug. 13, 1980

    Aug 13, 1980

  27. Episode 105

    Wed Dec 31 1980

    Dec 31, 1980