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==Plot==
==Plot==
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[[Kevin Webster|Kevin]] starts work at [[Walker's Garage]]. [[Kimberley Taylor|Kimberley]] tells [[Curly Watts|Curly]] that the man is her cousin [[Adrian Gosthorpe]] and he is lodging with them. Curly is horrified. [[Rita Fairclough|Rita]] is annoyed
at
local
remarks about the trolley race. [[
Alma
Sedgewick
|
Alma
]]
assures
[[
Audrey
Roberts|
Audrey
]]
that
[[
Ken
Barlow
|
Ken
]]
is
just
a
mate
. [[
Phyllis
Pearce
|
Phyllis
]]
tells
[[
Reg
Holdsworth
|
Reg
]] that [[
Vera
Duckworth|Vera
]]
is
spreading
the
word
about
the
trolley
fix
.
Curly
follows
Adrian
and
finds
out
that
he
works
at a
[[Weatherfield
&
County
Building
Society|building
society]]
where
he
is
a
mortgage
manager
.
[[Terry
Seymour]]
threatens
to
take
Kevin
to
court
if
he
doesn't
pay
up
.
[[Alf
Roberts|Alf]]
refuses
to
do
any
of
the repairs.
He
trips over a rotten riser and falls down the stairs. Reg sacks Vera.
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[[Jack Duckworth|Jack]] tells [[Vera Duckworth|Vera]] to stop gossiping about the trolley race as she'll end up losing her job.
[[Kevin Webster|Kevin]] starts work at [[Walker's Garage]]. [[Kimberley Taylor|Kimberley]] tells [[Curly Watts|Curly]] that the man
he saw
is her cousin [[Adrian Gosthorpe]] and he is lodging with them. Curly is horrified. [[Rita Fairclough|Rita]] is annoyed
when
[[Phyllis Pearce|Phyllis]] makes
remarks about the trolley race
being a fix
. [[
Ken
Barlow
|
Ken
]]
leaves
[[
Alf
Roberts|
Alf
]]
the
[[
15a
Coronation Street
|
flat
]]
key
for the workmen but Alf hasn't called anyone, holding to his view that the flat doesn't need any repairs. Kevin likes Walker's and gets on with his new colleagues. Rita complains to Reg that people know the draw was
a
fiddle and tells him to back off for a while
. [[
Alma
Sedgewick
|
Alma
]]
assures
[[
Audrey
Roberts
|
Audrey
]] that
Ken is just a mate. Reg buys Phyllis a drink and tries to get to the source of the gossip. Phyllis tells him she got it from Vera.
[[
Terry
Seymour
]]
gives
[[Sally Webster|Sally]]
the
bill
for
his
motor
repairs
.
Sally
passes
on
Kevin's
offer
to
pay
£400
and the rest
at
£10
a
week.
He
won't
wait
two
years
to
get
his
money
back
and demands full payment now or he'll sue
.
Kimberley
insists
there's
nothing
going
on
between
her
and
Adrian. Curly
doesn't
believe
her and wonders if they were together while she was engaged to him
.
Ken
is
dismayed
to
learn
that
Alf isn't bothering with
the repairs
and accuses him of viewing his rent purely as profit
.
While they're arguing, Alf
trips over a rotten riser and falls down the stairs
. He escapes with some bruises. Sally worries they'll lose the [[13 Coronation Street|house]] because of Terry Seymour and cries. Curly follows Kimberley and finds out that Adrian works at a [[Weatherfield & County Building Society|building society]] where he is a mortgage manager
. Reg sacks Vera.
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==Cast==
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
===Regular cast===
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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*[[Terence Plummer]] was credited as a Stunt Double on this episode.
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*[[Terence Plummer]] was credited as a Stunt Double on this episode
for [[Alf Roberts|Alf]]'s fall down the stairs
.
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*
''
[[
TV
Times
]]
''
synopsis:
[[Reg Holdsworth
|Reg
]]
becomes
paranoid
that
everyone
is
talking
about
him.
Accusations fly
at [[Bettabuys]].
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*
The
[[
Granada
Plus
]]
repeat of this episode on [[9th December]] [[2002]] was edited down for timing reasons and omitted the first 8" of the last scene of the episode, in which
[[Reg Holdsworth]]
walks
into
a
cleaning
bucket
left
by
[[Vera
Duckworth]]
at [[Bettabuys]].
+
*''[[TV Times]]'' synopsis: Reg becomes paranoid that everyone is talking about him. Accusations fly at [[Bettabuys]].
*[[Viewing Figures]]: UK broadcast - 17,670,000 viewers (5th place).
*[[Viewing Figures]]: UK broadcast - 17,670,000 viewers (5th place).
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==Notable dialogue==
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[[Alf Roberts]] (about [[Ken Barlow]]): "Just think about it. Look, 'e's left 'is wife, 'e was always a ladies man. Well, 'e 'ad three wives for a start, didn't 'e? Now 'e's got a flat of 'is own playing soppy music, what does that tell yer? I know what it tells me, e's likely walking about up there in a smoking jacket, and 'eaven knows what 'e's smoking... Just listen to that, it's like 'avin Noel Coward up there."
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