Season 19

E1. 2nd January 1980

Jan 2, 1980 · 24m

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.

E2. 4thJanuary 1978

Jan 4, 1978 · 25m

E3. 9th January 1980

Jan 9, 1980 · 25m

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.

E4. 11th January 1978

Jan 11, 1978 · 25m

Ernie is rushed to Weatherfield General. The police question Mike and force him to give accurate descriptions of the gunmen. Ernie undergoes emergency surgery. Ivy and Vera are in shock after Ernie's shooting. Emily returns from work to find the police in the Street. She realises something has happened at the factory. When Elsie breaks the news to her, she collapses. Betty takes Emily to the hospital. Mike blames himself, thinking he panicked the gunmen. A surgeon, Mr Liston, breaks the news to Emily that Ernie is dead.

E5. 16th January 1980

Jan 16, 1980 · 25m

The police question two men about the shooting. Mavis takes charge of Emily. Emily can't see any point in life going on. Reporters descend on the Street. Mike and Emily identify Ernie's body. Albert is surprised when his chiropodist is a woman, Sally Robson. Elsie lays on lunch for Emily and Ken. Emily can't eat anything but is grateful for their support. Emily's sister, Norah Seddon, arrives to sort Emily out but she isn't grateful.

E6. 18th January 1978

Jan 18, 1978 · 25m

Emily makes an effort to cope with Ernie's funeral. She is surprised by the amount of wreaths that arrive. Annie has a cold so she has to miss Ernie's funeral. As a mark of respect she doesn't open the Rovers until after the funeral. Norah Seddon, Ken, Bet, Betty, Mike, Ivy, Mavis, Ray, Elsie and Suzie help Emily bury Ernie. Suzie can't stop crying. Ernie's friend Rev Hope from the Mawdsley Street Chapel Mission conducts the service. Emily shows no emotion at the graveside. Ernie is buried in the family plot. Albert's foot keeps playing him up. Ivy breaks down at the funeral. Mike pays for the funeral and offers Emily any financial help. Bet is depressed after the funeral and tries to get the residents to get back to normal as soon as possible. Norah takes Emily home with her.

E7. 23rd January 1980

Jan 23, 1980 · 25m

E8. 25th January 1978

Jan 25, 1978 · 25m

E9. 30th January 1980

Jan 30, 1980 · 25m

E10. 1st February 1978

Feb 1, 1978 · 25m

E11. 6th February 1980

Feb 6, 1980 · 25m

E12. 8th February 1978

Feb 8, 1978 · 25m

Hilda grabs Suzie's leg and tries to pull her down. She manages to keep hold of her shoe. She is horrified when a pigeon flies down from the hole into their bedroom. Stan weakly demands that Suzie pays for the damage to the ceiling. She puts on a limp and threatens to sue him for not having a safe ceiling. Ena is holidaying with the Lomaxes in Hartlepool. Fred offers to help Emily with any manual jobs now Ernie is dead. Hilda demands money for the ceiling but Elsie physically throws her out of the house. Emily sorts through Ernie's clothes to give to the Mission. She asks Mavis not to treat her like an invalid. She plans to return to work at the hospital. Hilda goes up into the loft and puts her broom through Elsie's ceiling to pay her back.

E13. 13th February 1980

Feb 13, 1980 · 25m

E14. 15th February 1978

Feb 15, 1978 · 25m

E15. 20th February 1980

Feb 20, 1980 · 25m

E16. 22nd February 1978

Feb 22, 1978 · 25m

E17. 27th February 1980

Feb 27, 1980 · 25m

E18. 1st March 1978

Mar 1, 1978 · 25m

E19. 6th March 1978

Mar 6, 1978 · 25m

E20. 8th March 1978

Mar 8, 1978 · 25m

E21. 13th March 1978

Mar 13, 1978 · 25m

E22. 15th March 1978

Mar 15, 1978 · 25m

E23. 20th March 1978

Mar 20, 1978 · 25m

Len spends the night in a police cell. Rita regrets denying him to the police. Elsie celebrates her birthday. Ken, Mavis, Bet and Renee's mother and step-father Daisy and Joe Hibbert gather for Alf and Renee's wedding. Len tells Rita he can't believe she let the police arrest him. He has to attend court. Renee is upset that Len hasn't arrived at the Registry Office as he has the ring. Daisy offers her hers but it doesn't fit. Elsie receives a depressing letter which puts her off going to the Roberts' wedding. Len and Rita arrive just in time. Len and Bet witness the marriage of Alf and Renee by the registrar, Mr. Fearnley.

E24. 22nd March 1978

Mar 22, 1978 · 25m

E25. Coronation Street 27th March

Mar 27, 1992 · 24m

E26. 29th March 1978

Mar 29, 1978 · 25m

E27. Wednesday 3rd April 1968

Apr 3, 1968 · 25m

E28. 5th April 1978

Apr 5, 1978 · 25m

E29. Wednesday 10th April 1968

Apr 10, 1968 · 25m

E30. 12th April 1978

Apr 12, 1978 · 25m