1572 9th February 1976

[@seansmith445]

The golden rule. Never let the TV licence man over your threshold and never admit to owning a TV. (the TV detector van is fake too)

[@amandajstar]

They pestered us a great deal, with threatening letters, when we lived in England 20 years ago. I told them to sod off and respect our rights. We had no broadcast TV--then or since--and I was mightily fed up with the presumption of guilt and harrassment!

[@alexanderjones9572]

Deirdre talking about a ‘Mr Duckworth’. An early reference to Jack?

[@malcolmclements9254]

BBC demanding money, something's never change.

[@michellefalleur960]

Too true 😢

[@Uksoapfan]

Everyone terrified of the TV license van in the area. Hilarious.

[@stevenhighams4190]

True to life, though. Same with the man who went round on a bicycle looking for kids playing truant.

[@DasTubemeister]

Gail to Terry , “how about Christmas Eve 1979” By then she was married to Brian.

[@connielincoln8681]

Ty so much for uploading these episodes great fan from nz here ❤

[@malcolmclements9254]

Did Len Fairclough ever walk into a bar and not buy everyone a drink? Those days are gone!

[@bsaunders5271]

At 17 pence a go.

[@malcolmclements9254]

Absolutely...

[@cn4936]

I haven't owned a TV licence in years. I only stream, no live TV for me.

[@bethshields4903]

We don’t have tv licences in Australia , and if we did. I wouldn’t pay it, free to air tv is truly woeful.

[@Uksoapfan]

At 15:06 Corrie does it's Crossroads impression. Stan unplugs the TV and the wall shakes.

[@kevinoldham8421]

🤣🤣🤣

[@iangraham9988]

I wondering the dude who run the milk bar was Jack’s dad

[@kevanhubbard9673]

Ah the old myth of the TV detector van!

[@JohnJohnson-tw8qk]

17:17 Jack duckworth, Bill tarmey in the background

[@murphy9039]

Thanks for the upload, what are the scenes in the closing credits?

[@carolineg1872]

No idea but I can deduce they eere talking about a proposed prison to be built? Looks like a model of one and ties in with Annie Walker being nicked for not having a licence. Don't know where specifically though.

[@cn4936]

Back in those days not paying a TV licence was considered very serious and jail time was a possibility. Society, as it was then, relied on television for their main entertainment, nowadays we see important messages on Facebook, X or TikTok, but in those days it was a reminder to pay your TV licence. Coronation Street being very popular in those days used their platform; the viewers would rush out and get a TV licence.

[@bsaunders5271]

Terry's not Jacky from Emmerdale Farm is he? (Jed Maxwell from Alan Partridge)

[@carolineg1872]

Rita's voice wasn't that inspiring but she was a stunner.

[@bsaunders5271]

She really was

[@juliewebb1335]

I think Elsie was the more attractive one.

[@williamf4544]

@@juliewebb1335 For sure - and Elsie was never a bitch which Rita could be

[@drssexy2142]

@@juliewebb1335 caroline, u a lezzer?

[@igolfjtweetler4097]

A bit shoddy how Granada treated Peter Adamson. 22 years of service as Len Fairclough.

[@theresapierce3934]

TV detector van, what a joke.

[@amandajstar]

Not when they threaten to invade your house, it isn't!

[@glamdolly30]

So - what happened in this episode that got it blocked by the ITV copyright police??? I guess its on a dvd sold to the public?

[@janetsymonds1541]

ChilliJonCarne has a yt channel, specifically to cover the tv licence. It's not true that you need a licence because you own a tv.

[@Frank-ww5qq]

It funny how Deirdre said about Gail when I was young when she younger then gail

[@victorobanye6024]

In Corrie Deidre was 21 at this time, Gail was only 18! Hard to imagine Gail was ever a teenager haha

[@seansmith445]

It's an odd thing but Deirdre and Gail had no shared storylines together in more than three decades of being on the show and despite them being around the same age and they rarely even spoke to each other.

[@peter0010]

​@@seansmith445apart from when Deirdre got pied by Gail in 2011, over Lewis Archer.

[@johnbroadhead6813]

​@@seansmith445they did in the early 80s

[@amandajstar]

@@victorobanye6024 Gail never had a really young look. Not one of the Street's prettier women, let's face it.

[@edwarddowds1014]

1:37- 1:52 is as subtle as a sledge hammer

[@brianmcneill1972]

do you have 1573?

[@chicagogyrl4846]

You need a license to have a color t.v.??!

[@darganx]

In the U.K., yes.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

@@darganx I did end up looking it up. I have never heard of that. The States is one of only a few countries where you don’t need to buy a license to watch t.v.

[@josephlenehan4461]

Joseph and today TV

[@wayneroper3675]

😊😊G