Coronation Street - February 1983

[@mr-yw2jb]

If today's Coronation Street want to learn a thing or two about exemplary writing and acting then they need look no further than the climax of the Barlow/Baldwin love triangle, the way it was handled and acted out. The emotion was handled excellently indeed was the whole storyline. It's always great to see the superior Annie Walker pulling rank in the Rovers and having Fred face quivering in his boots. Another great and momentous upload. Thanking you.

[@glamdolly30]

Agreed, these vintage Street episodes are a masterclass for writers and actors. These are scripts and performances of rare brilliance - perfection, in fact. That these shows haven't dated, almost 40 years later, shows just how superb they are. What a treat to watch 3 hours back to back, thanks to the hard work, dedication and generosity of this wonderful KZbinr - who does it all for free, I might add! An absolute superstar.

[@mr-yw2jb]

@@glamdolly30 Ditto! Keep 'em coming chuck!

[@lindarowe8550]

Absolutely right Adrian.

[@joannesears7019]

I just love Annie Walker, especially when she calls out "Frrrred!" lol

[@jstewart3517]

So boring storyline

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

I wish somebody could post a clip of when Jean Alexander won the BAFTA for best actress in 1988. What a standing ovation she got!

[@Kay_Watermelon]

She is the absolute best.

[@bethshields4903]

I would love to see that !

[@Orb_E]

This one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/omqXlIF4orualas

[@zanducktv2398]

There’s one up of her accepting the TV Times award for best actress from Russell Harty in 1988.

[@professionalgun6674]

1:48:51 is where the Ken & Deirdre action really starts, if you want to rush straight to it. Millions of viewers at this time, me included, stared intensely at the box with tea in one hand and ciggi in the other to see how Deirdre and Ken would argue it all out, knowing she doesn't have a leg to stand on. My advice is to watch from the start to get the pace with Ken being turned down for the job and then finding out why (I'm boring!) Followed by Deirdre spilling the Heinz beanz on Mike so it all piles on top of each other with the front door neck choke completing the first layer before round two. I edited the main episode seemlessly on both sides so as not to disrupt the flow...have fun ❤️

[@FreshlySqueezed77]

You have NO idea how excited I am to watch this!! Aaahhhh...!! Thank you so much!! 😅🤩

[@professionalgun6674]

@@FreshlySqueezed77 No idea? You are joking of course?

[@katy4779]

Thankyou sooooooooooo much!

[@francesgillotti1378]

He is very selfish pity .

[@dommidavros2211]

Appreciate that time stamp

[@ysgol3]

Thanks so much, it's so great to see Classic Corrie at its absolute best, sadly not long before so many of those marvellous characters were gone forever.

[@ohwell94]

Damn these take me back to a beautiful time of my life when my gran, my mum and me would grab our tea and biscuits and watch Corrie Ken/Mike/Deidre had my gran on the edge of her seat!!

[@ysgol3]

That's uncanny - I'm EXACTLY the same!

[@paullynton-green6570]

Happy days.

[@katy4779]

Doesn't your heart just break for Hilda at the end. Hard knocks came one after the other to her with Stan being the cause of so many... yet still she loved and stood by him.

[@mrsWELCOME008]

I cried when I saw Stan crumpling up those notes and crying - BTW, he should of been made to go on the Social , instead of doing his window round. He was entitled to this cos he had REAL illnesses, etc - and I loved the way Eddie took on that horrible money lender in the next episode.

[@elainedoe1981]

@@mrsWELCOME008 I could cry for Hilda she tries so hard with little help from Stan,

[@johncudworth2326]

Stan was a great character .

[@Kiinell]

Bill and Anne's performance was breathtaking. They really flexed those acting muscles whenever they had a row. Absolutely brilliant.

[@brucedanton3669]

Yes it was too-you are so right there of course too!

[@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485]

I think this was Bill's finest hour in Corrie

[@EM-yk1dw]

The classic Deirdre, Ken and Mike triangle, legendary, thanks for uploading these episodes.

[@brucedanton3669]

Yes it is so wonderful really too of course. I remember they were on the cover of the TV Times when their storyline was on too as well.

[@neighbourhoodwitch18]

02:35:18 - Uncle Albert, well, that did it for me 😢 thank you so much for posting this. I didn’t understand the gravity of this when watching it back in’t day as a 12 year old. The writing, acting and production are just perfect. That’s a sad wee scene with Deirdre in Mike’s arms where she takes her specs off (she is beautiful!), thinking that they’ve both gone, now. Thank you again 🥰 Edit: 02:59:09 Hilda! I’m away again 😢

[@ysgol3]

Absolutely, that Albert scene was beautiful, just beautiful.

[@SuperLisalis]

Haaaa I seem to have pulled an all nighter watching these fabulous re runs, thankyou.

[@brucedanton3669]

One of the best episodes in CS' history really of course-10 out of 10 really too. Thank you!

[@brucedanton3669]

And it made the cover of the TV Times then as well too from what I remember of course!

[@acesigma06]

Unpopular opinion, I wanted Deidre to leave Ken, and live with Mike.

[@SuzyQ334]

I reckon she should have picked Mike in the first place. Ken is a pompous prat IMHO.

[@stormhawk3319]

On the contrary a very popular opinion. Couldn’t stand Ken Barlow.

[@kelleybunny]

me too! ken is boring and self centered.

[@aflutteroffeminineconfusio1986]

Unpopular! Lord no ....wish to God she'd stayed with Mike from the start...Ken is odious

[@peteanderson4395]

I thought she should have...Mike was rich and drove a Jag

[@glamdolly30]

OMG - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, FROM ME AND MUM - THIS IS PURE GOLD!!! XXX

[@KuchiKopi179]

Best love triangle in a soap opera.

[@professionalgun6674]

58:15 our Annie can really dish it out and it's always justified when Fred's in her firing line.

[@marilynjones6111]

She is the most obnoxious woman ever, such a user…..

[@christinefougere]

thank you very much. I had never seen the Mike/Dierdre affair and now I have so thank you!

[@deborahwatson2730]

I remember as a teenager it never occurred to me just what a lovely looking woman Anne Kirkbride actually was, those glasses his her real beauty.

[@elijaprice]

I only knew her from when she was older in Corrie, she was always good looking (except for around 1991 when they had her in that perm and specs the size of a car door), I found it quite sad to see her here looking all young and lovely, now she's dead.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Loved Elsie doing (maybe unknowingly) her best Mrs Walker impression at the beginning, with Susie and Marion!

[@professionalgun6674]

Talk about pulling at your heart strings and it's uncle Albert who does it at 2:34:47

[@glamdolly30]

Oh I know, so touching - that scene always brings a tear to my eye! The Mike & Deirdre affair was an inspired storyline, and a brilliant study of infidelity, and the multi-faceted fallout from it.

[@lindarowe8550]

Yes I felt so sorry for uncle Albert. He was such a great character

[@rodkirkbride2230]

Brilliant Jack Howarth. Absolutely heart wrenching.

[@londonlady227]

A tour de force of acting by William Roache and Anne Kirkbride. There has never been a more forceful moment in Corrie. I remember watching it on the original air date.

[@elainemarnick8630]

Loved the ken deidria Mike love triangle and poor old Albert.. can feel the emotion for him.. thank you for these great long episodes just what I needed in these awful testing times of lockdown. Love Fred n bet ..how they winded each other up..love poor hilda and Stan...and how Eddie yeats played there lovable rogue lodger who you could tell how much he loved hilda..keep up the great work loving these great episodes thank you......

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

Sad to think that the actors who played Stan Ogden and Bert Tilsley died the following year, and that Anne Kirkbride, looking gorgeous as Deirdre in these episodes, died when she was 60.

[@elsiemaylarson3741]

Yes I know especially Bert tilsley he was only 48 so so sad

[@angelacribb8606]

Deirdre is looking very thin. Apparently the stress of fame and pressure.

[@EM-yk1dw]

And Len Fairclough and Annie Walker last few months

[@maggieb369]

The actor who played uncle Albert was very good.

[@gordoncampbell100]

Very good ? Most of the time I could never comprehend a word the old bastard was saying . Robbing fucking charlatan .

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

Agreed 👍 Still acting in his late 80s 👍

[@professionalgun6674]

1983 was one of Coronation Street's most tumultuous years to date. After taking over as producer at the end of 1982, Mervyn Watson's first episodes were broadcast at the beginning of the year, with his predecessor Bill Podmore assuming the role of executive producer. In February, the programme screened one of its biggest storylines in the famous Ken-Deirdre-Mike love triangle. The story arose following months of debate in the writers' room over the direction of William Roache's character. Ken Barlow had recently come under fire from The Times for being "very boring", and Granada bosses had indicated that they would support him being killed off. When Roache asked for more exciting storylines, writers decided that the best way to do so was to give Ken a rival - Mike Baldwin - and show him fighting to save his marriage. As Deirdre and Mike began their affair in late 1982, producers expected that viewers would side with Ken as the injured party. However, viewers relished the will-she-won't-she aspect of the story, and frenzied tabloid speculation over whether Deirdre would stay with Ken or go with Mike marked the beginning a more sensationalised style of reporting on the soap by the media. Famously, when Deirdre made her decision to stand by Ken in Episode 2285 on 23rd February, the scoreboard at Old Trafford flashed a message "Ken and Deirdre reunited. Ken 1 - Mike 0" during a Manchester United vs. Arsenal football match

[@brucedanton3669]

Yes you are so right there of course too-thank you for it too!

[@KuchiKopi179]

Oh wow, didn't know the show was so big back then! Thank you for the info!

[@brucedanton3669]

@@KuchiKopi179 Yes at that time in 1983 the show was at its best in a way-with the three sided love triangle so too. Interesting though too?

[@elainedoe1981]

Best episode Ever! Seeing Ken deflated like the egotistic, pompous, self satisfied balloon he is, well worth watching again!

[@jstewart3517]

Absolutely

[@steffanhoffmann]

To make you react like that tells me he's a superb actor ....it's a bloody soap opera 😂

[@marieince3239]

Ken is boring dreary is dull

[@sueferris3685]

Poor Mike Baldwin. Wish Deirdre had stayed with him. Ken's a snobbish ass. He needs a proctologist!

[@EM-yk1dw]

William Roache and Anne Kirkbride R I P were superb in this ❤

[@ghostdemon7936]

I can't stand Suzi Birchall in these latest episodes. She said to Baldwin she's grown up but that's a lie. She ponced off Fail. Flitted to Elsie's then ponded off her with her taking her lazy ways with her. She wasn't kind to Marion. Korrible and useless character. She hides behind her ego instead of being honest about why she condescemded to return to Wertherfield. That attitude is so immature and annoying. She's nothing but a user until the next best thing comes along. Weatherfield's conscience aka Emily, gronds my gears. She acts so high and mighty. She can't mind her own business. Her obsession with Tracey got her kose stuck into Deirdre's business. She gets so upset by other people's business. She needs tk get her own life.

[@ysgol3]

The thing is, Ken's such a prat.

[@7ofthem]

Absolutely

[@memoir4you]

Deidre should have left him. If she had That many issues against him , as she tells him in this episode, She should have gone. No contest.

[@KuchiKopi179]

Whatever Ken might have been, but cheating on a man when he is down on his luck, is beyond vile. There is no excuse for that at all, Deirdre was being selfish on her entire family and friends.

[@stevenhighams4190]

@@memoir4you The issues were merely convenient. Instant issues, just add water, for the purpose of justification. They're full of little tricks like that.

[@Peaceandlove13]

So what if he's a prat,?! Deidre ran off Ray when he cheated but expected Ken to keep her,she should've left, Awful she made Tracy call him "dad".

[@junesymonds8340]

Thankyou, enjoying these episodes so much Great characters and storylines, back then. Solid gold viewing 🤩😍

[@lisagriffiths4102]

Love Bet, especially her comment to Suzy “ we used to have Des O’Connor in here but we had to ban him”😂😂😂

[@waimoboi]

aw Hilda - My heart breaks for her!

[@francesgillotti1378]

Disappointed that Deirdre stayed .

[@peterraimondi9569]

You can tell that Doris Speed was feeling tired. You can tell in her face.

[@LeopardprintBet]

Yes Ken…YOU’RE BORING!!! 😂

[@bibakroll8999]

Boring could perhaps be forgiven but his attitude is completely unacceptable.

[@LeopardprintBet]

@Sodham G'morris ha ha! I’ll live with the risk. Good name btw.

[@williamf4544]

I liked Emily - a refreshing portrial of class and dignity - not much of it about these days and certainly none portrayed in todays soaps - A great actress who could have gone far if she hadnt dedicated herself to Coronation Street for which a lot of us are very grateful

[@MultiKs22]

William f Emily was of posh in the way she dressed she comported her self and knew how to speak fluently.

[@matthew71]

Ageed, i know some people find her 'boring' or a bit underpowered, but to me she is one of the best actors - and characters - in the history of the show and all soap. She was there for so very long, as a resident getting on with the minutiae of daily life for the most part, yet when called upon to be involved in something more dramatic, she was always truthful, intensely moving (remember in the late 90s when a shot rang out and reminded her of Ernest's death), and so i'd say Eileen Derbyshire ranks very near the top of the Street's all-time greats - albeit playing an understated and less colourful character than all those others who'd be high in the rankings.

[@brucedanton3669]

Thank you for this of course-so wonderful to see too! A much better series/show it was then compared to the one now then really of course alas! Well done too.

[@tinaquinn9042]

That Fred is creepy af

[@denisesiddon7241]

Little Tracy was so cute

[@stevenhighams4190]

This too shall pass...

[@davidchester-smith1074]

I love Toxic Tracey 😊

[@jasbegs1258]

Annie Walker in top form - shocking that her time in the show was so close to ending.

[@williamhicken1206]

Glad to see the back of the snobby old bag.

[@williamf4544]

@@williamhicken1206 Must be great being you - a nasty mouthed disrespectful banker

[@bethshields4903]

The show really started to change .

[@elterrifico9522]

Is Chalkie suggesting that he is not yet 60?.. 🤣🤣🤣. Poor guy looks 80

[@benseddon4644]

Hard Times in the 80s

[@elterrifico9522]

@@benseddon4644 too many fry ups

[@benseddon4644]

@@elterrifico9522 Poor old Stan. Could barely walk let alone get up a ladder. Great character and actor. Didn't last the year in real life.

[@2500mike]

Life of driving commercial trucks

[@sunnyshine2215]

Great character, he played something similar in late 80s Emmerdale

[@TheGlassman63]

Fred "She's been a big hit with the customers has Suzie, must be them baby blue eyes", camera cuts to close-up of Suzie and her Brown eyes !

[@francesgillotti1378]

Hahahahaha 😳

[@deborahwatson2730]

Fred was never the brightest though 😂

[@malimbep4298]

I remember this cracking storyline. I was 12 then.

[@bsaunders5271]

16:36 I love when Baldwin chucks interfering Emily out. Serves her right, walking around with a face like a bulldog chewing a thistle. Back off Mrs Perfect, this doesn't concern you!

[@tinaquinn9042]

Yeah good on him wish deidre stayed with him

[@edward6960]

He was a self centered A moral spiv who didnt give a damn who he hurt. Somebody has to put these people in their place.

[@nicolemclean9028]

At least emily had morals unlike derdrie loose.legs

[@Peaceandlove13]

Emily was meddling way to late,should've spoke up instead of encouraging deidre to marry ken who is Emily 's age mate,didn't need glasses to see she would call him old and boring,he could be deidre's father.😂😂

[@normasouthwood3182]

I always felt sorry for Stanley Ogden. It is obvious to see him acting that he is an ill man. The writers wanted a storyline of him climbing ladders to clean windows. Ridiculous.

[@professionalgun6674]

2:02:55 the first of a few times when Dierdre storms of crying but here it cuts and all of a sudden she and Ken are in the kitchen.

[@joannegallagher2792]

I'm pretty sure if Corry went back to twice a week the storylines would improve as it's on 5days a week there's too much pressure on the script writer's

[@anothercomment]

The quality was so much better when Corrie only screened two episodes a week. 6 episodes is far too much, it's pure trash.

[@katrinahopkins6208]

I totally agree. If they concentrated less on quantity and more on quality Coronation street would stand a better chance

[@lewisgreen2957]

Deirdre was gorgeous back in the day! Ray must have been mad to leave her..

[@bibakroll8999]

Most marriages, successful ones anyway, are based on a bit more than looks!

[@thertraumatic]

2:35:15 Never thought uncle Albert would make me cry, he really is a sweet old man under that grumpy exterior.

[@davidchester-smith1074]

I love the way Fred always calls Bet by her surname 😂

[@gilliangrant8764]

Can anyone tell me the name of the song and the artist playing in Mike's flat at 36:00?

[@gilliangrant8764]

@@benmessi7400 Yes, I did eventually. It's Only One by Joan Armatrading. Great tune! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3PIqICJeJVmZrs

[@pamib29]

Gillian Grant it’s Joan Armatrading ONLY ONE from album Walk Under Ladders ♥️

[@emmaclarke2885]

So Mike and Deirdre's affair lasted two months? December 1982 to February 1983?

[@joannamaxwell]

Every month Ivy has a different hair do 😂

[@MsArrowroot]

More like a different wig.😂

[@juleerowley9706]

The acting was superb

[@joannegallagher2792]

I've often wondered how Chris Quinton got through his audition whoever picked him for the part should've been sacked he has to be the worst actor I've ever seen

[@AdCurves]

In 1983 it was drama, today it's abuse - thank god. I was raised in Failsworth

[@itallia666]

I totally agree ! Hes vile & odious 😝😝😝😝😝 Cheers 🇬🇧👧

[@deanpipe8329]

Better tv days

[@dominewimbury2039]

Only just noticed in the scene in the Rovers after Albert cried (aww) that Bert's face seems droopy. Did the actor have a stroke?

[@MrDannyDetail]

Yes he had had a stroke. Peter Dudley was an openly gay man at a time when unfortunately it was still inadvisable to be openly gay. He had had to attend court on a charge of gross indecency for allegedly meeting a man in public toilets, though he maintained the police had set him up. The strain of the court case, and in particular the fact that it failed to reach a verdict and was to be retried at a later date, was too much for Peter and he suffered a stroke. He was determined to continue in Coronation Street, despite losing thew use of his left side, and initially his speech, and they did their best to accomodate his disability by writing in an explosion in the garage in which his character was said to have been injured, but over the course of 1983 he suffered two heart attacks and a second stroke, and passed away in October 1983 aged just 48.

[@dominewimbury2039]

@@MrDannyDetail aww. Why was being gay such a crime?! Seems inconceivable these days

[@bibakroll8999]

@@dominewimbury2039 I knew many gay men and women back in the 80s - it wasn't quite that bad.

[@edward6960]

​@@bibakroll8999They were very lucky because it was certainly that bad. If anything it got worse as the 80s went on. The Aids crisis stirred up a lot of bigotry.

[@theculturedthug6609]

I can't help of thinking of Pauline from the League of gentleman every time I look at Deirdre😂😂

[@ginagina9720]

I was crying 😢 myself when Ken was crying 😢 and when Deirdre says she doesn’t want to leave Ken…i remember this episode I was a teenager and sat with my mum watching it i love ❤️ the old ones of Corrie

[@margolenney6032]

Crying, over that boring idiot. The cast from then to this day call him ‘Cock Roach’ for very good reason.

[@Peaceandlove13]

She should've left,she didn't take no excuse from Ray,she ran him out the country!

[@lorraineydays57]

Suzi " I had to get up and do my hair " explaining to Elsie and Marion why she hadn't cooked anything.🙄 Horrid Character.

[@Chillmax]

For any younger viewers, new to old Corrie, nothing like this had ever happened before in a soap, or at the time of night, before 9pm, it was quite extraordinary, and to many shocking!

[@MultiKs22]

what a actor Len was he knew his trade in side out . he wasn't going to a doormat for anyone especially Brian who was demanding his £84.88 pence for a job Brian did for him but told him he has done his favourites in the past so that makes them even in Len's book

[@lorraineydays57]

Len held a grudge over the Brian and Sharon thing, Brian was well within his rights to demand the money, Len was the one in the wrong.

[@divinemagicwithourownspani2865]

I absolutely had a huge crush on Mike he had a lovely smile

[@PeterJPickles]

Feckin hell, they could act back in the day, Ken and Deidre, deserved oscars :)

[@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485]

Does anyone know the name of the song playing during the Deirdre/Mike scenes, please?

[@looopylooo5320]

Only One by Joan Armatrading released 1981

[@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485]

@@looopylooo5320 Thank you soo much! It was driving me mad trying to figure out what song it was.

[@antoniaburns3522]

My goodness. I can't believe she stayed with Ken. What a total, revolting, disgusting, repulsive individual. Mike was just gorgeous. She should have left with him. Let's face it, look how Ken treated her down the road.

[@joshirley2308]

Run for the hills Deidre, Run

[@collistooth8314]

And who was it that got Deirdre out of prison? The same man that died with her name on his lips outside his factory...

[@queendeirdre7436]

Mike really cared about Deirdre. He regrets screwing that up with that Sonia person. The scene where he dies in Ken's arms is so sad😢

[@niad5630]

'Birchall' is pathetic and she spoils the Show...

[@Peaceandlove13]

Deidre ran Ray out of the country when he cheated,and he cried! Now she cheated and cried and beg to stay and Ken kept her! Waw,everybody boundaries and morals are movable when it personal. 😂😂😂

[@alexanderjones9572]

25.48 So Bet watches Steptoe and Son!!

[@4oclocktimefortea794]

Emily thinks Ken can do no wrong. Why does she idolise him so much?

[@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485]

Because she would want him for herself if she could. There was less of an age gap between Ken and Emily than there was Ken and Deirdre.

[@cicerodiello1]

They had been friends for many years.

[@ghostdemon7936]

Because deep down she's jealous and bitter. She hides it with societal niceties but her holier than thou approach hides her true feelings.

[@madwatermelon1316]

​@@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485 Don't talk rubbish.

[@upncmnh11]

Why in Cornation street 1983 did the camera shoot from that high angle in Ken vs Deirdre vs Mike

[@cicerodiello1]

It gave the scenes a sense of claustrophobia and resembled an intimate theatre where we are the flies on the wall. It was very well directed. Think of similar scenes between Blanche and Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire.

[@WNP2013]

Why the closeup of Bet’s bum at @47:41?! 😂

[@bsaunders5271]

Hey, why not?

[@Susan.1958]

So sad to see stan he didn’t look very well in these episodes he wasn’t in good health Stan was a good actor one of the best ones 👍👍👍👍👍

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Alfs pratfall near the end was quality 😂

[@mattburke3457]

Ken didn't "loose" his job, he just wasn't hired for a new one, someone else was better... Can't stand his up himself attitude... Just cause u apply for something doesn't make it urs, especially in the rough job climate they were in at the time. Smh "all hail Kenneth Barlow, only He is educated and qualified enough for this job" SMH

[@stevenhighams4190]

Ken was a teacher and teachers always were pompous asses, expecting you to call them "sir" and stand up whenever they entered the room. Lording it over kids must make them feel mighty big and important. I left school 41 years ago, but I remember it well.

[@edward6960]

​@@stevenhighams4190It's called respect, which is sadly lacking nowadays.

[@stevenhighams4190]

@@edward6960 If you say so.

[@annmc8392]

Did Ken forget about his nasty affair with a married woman Poor Albert 😔 Poor Stan and Hilda 😢

[@christinefougere]

Did you notice the closed sign is on the door when Alf was leaving. LOL

[@GinaRussell-c2c]

I remember as a teenager watching the Deirdre vs Ken vs Mike episode And I remember my mum shouting at the television 📺 lol 😂 go on Ken hit Mike, I love ❤the oldies

[@marieince1479]

Poor emily saddled with tracy she sees more of the kid than her so called mother

[@SueGarden]

Poor dee it's like curly and Raquel she went Norman felt embarrassed like this story

[@elainedoe1981]

Pompous Ken and Mealy-Mouthed Emily make a perfect pair, what a fool Deirdre was , twice ditching Billy Walker, and again with Mike, she deserved Ken!

[@rbr2023]

Ken thinking he had the ‘personality’ for that job! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Peaceandlove13]

Aweee,Ken thought lieing to deidre about having babies to get her to marry him would tie her down and cut her off at the knees,would've stopped her from running the streets, big, big mistake.😂😂😂😂

[@SueGarden]

Poor Ann kirkbride would be 70 next this year 2024

[@dominewimbury2039]

Of course everything's not alright Mike! You have just tried to destroy a marriage and a family. Deirdre did as well but I found his comment crass

[@dominewimbury2039]

Bit of an exaggeration Ivy! Mike raised his voice at you. He didn't exactly shout at you 🙄

[@TheMeeja]

2:25:20 Fred refers to the Moneylender as "Sid Lomax" Yet when Stan tries to borrow from him outside his shop, and when he barges in to number 13, he is "Sid Kippax"

[@stormhawk3319]

Deluded Prat = Ken Barlow

[@steviehope7718]

Chalkie coming up to 60...wtf

[@ddrose06]

Blimey! Deidre knows when to put the boot in, and no mistake.

[@beebeelicious]

1hr37. Unfortunately Hilda's words are still true. "More to more".

[@lorraineydays57]

What does Fred see when he looks in the mirror, it baffles me.🤔

[@claredrew8039]

To go bowling

[@madwatermelon1316]

Despite his cantankerous, Albert Tatlock is such a sweet old man. Deirdre might have found Mike Baldwin attractive and fun to be around but she didn't love him like she did Ken. If she did she would've chosen him over her husband whatever the cost.

[@williamf4544]

Im quite surprised they showed the part whre Derdrie whipped her spectacles off on Mike Baldwins couch - Pure filth and before the watershed too

[@algie-t2w]

Chalky's sixty! He looks older than Uncle Albert.

[@bestdisco1979]

Filming in all weathers,,I bet they wouldn’t,,,couldn’t do it now.

[@clarea1801]

Mike is quite a dish

[@bsaunders5271]

Cuban heels and all!

[@jenniferclairrobson]

Mike gets the heart flutter.

[@MosesDeLaRoses]

Can we all agree that Mike Baldwin was the most based character to ever walk those cobbles. He boffed Deirdre, and if that wasn't based enough, he ended up boffing Ken's daughter Susan!

[@helenamcauley3135]

Poor stan 😢