Coronation Street - Season 21 - Eps 1: 2nd January 1980

1980-01-0224 min⭐ 5.4/10

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.

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About Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Title: Coronation Street

First Air Date: 1960-12-09

Last Air Date: 2025-06-18

Status: Returning Series

Rating: 5.4/10 (from 112 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 67

Total Episodes: 4058

Network: ITV1

Genres: Soap

Production Companies: ITV Studios

Synopsis

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.

Cast

William Roache

William Roache

Ken Barlow

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