Coronation Street - January 1978

[@mikehudson8884]

Elsie had great hair, very glamorous even in her overalls, such a lovely looking lady.

[@irenepeddle1002]

Absolutely beautiful woman

[@maggieb369]

It’s wonderful how the folk rally round someone when tragedy strikes. Seems a rarity these days.

[@paulfrost8895]

Those days are sadly gone now ' its a different time now.

[@mattburke3457]

Ain't that the truth luv

[@glorysengo6289]

I LIKE GAIL

[@glorysengo6289]

OR GAIL PLATT LET SAY THAT WAY

[@williamf4544]

Now dont be so harsh - there are pleanty folk these days that would whip out their mobile phones the first sign of trouble - Young people arnt as bad as they are painted

[@Chillmax]

Such a fork in the road for Emily, never the same again, I wish this hadn't have happened

[@seansmith445]

She was a boring uncharismatic character before and she was the same afterwards. She only became funny much later on.

[@community647]

​@seansmith445 she was sweet and sensitive, the moral compass of the street. Not every character can be bombastic like Bet Lynch or Elsie, variety and contrast is needed and Emily was much loved.

[@bsaunders5271]

The minute that Chiropodist walked through the door I sensed the words Ken's Next Girlfriend written all over her.

[@bsaunders5271]

The days of Ivy being light hearted and fun. It doesn't last....

[@cherylgovia7573]

This British comedy series is one of my favorites. For me, it's better than any of those on the USA TV. 😊

[@beebeelicious]

It's really not a comedy. It's a soap.

[@professionalgun6674]

You think the writers would have at least let Hilda get the telly. Anyway it wouldn't of mattered if people stormed past she would have had full rights to it.

[@paulfrost8895]

Most people had color tv by the late 70s ' but this was a northern working class community.

[@aflutteroffeminineconfusio1986]

..I was surprised that Mike didn't once clock that the car was following him and Ernie...stuck out like the proverbial 🤷‍♀️

[@Alan-ss3xp]

The old gag when Ernie went down was it took two days for the Ambulance to arrive between episodes lol.

[@algie-t2w]

2024 that kind of Ambulance wait could be normal,!

[@williamf4544]

Oh my goodness no wonder he didnt survive

[@dlamiss]

The inspector was kicked out of the force in an episode of the Sweeney. Was obviously brilliant enough to get back into the force, Decent actor Norman Jones

[@paulfrost8895]

Well spotted.

[@kato2644]

The woman in the queue for the sale turns up as Hildas cleaner in a few years.

[@bsaunders5271]

Oooh well spotted!

[@adamgregory5274]

Sandra Voe. Also did work with Victoria Wood

[@kato2644]

@@adamgregory5274 Yes, I remember the McConemy sketch....useful ideas for house bricks. Buttons for a coat or earrings. 😆

[@sherylbarker9465]

Thankyou, I couldn't place where I had seen her

[@violette4841]

Watching these old episodes and Ernie was one of my favorites - so sad he is gone. Called boring, but to me he was an interesting and valuable member of the Corrie community. Darn it. Ken is called boring, but he is also a valuable member of the show and I guess you need some of these 'boring' characters. I like Mavis too. Of course, I find Elsie, Bet and is it Suzy who I find great characters too. Not boring ones though. Why didn't Rita go to the funeral? I'm working my way through all the early episodes and have no idea what the modern, latest ones are like. These early ones have good stories.

[@sherylbarker9465]

The lady outside the tv shop with Hilda becomes Hilda's cleaning lady

[@ginagina9720]

I remember this year when Ernie got killed R.I.P. Ernie and I also loved the Ogdens they both made me laugh 😂 And so did Eddie thank you for sharing these great memories

[@elterrifico9522]

Darn. 1770 is missing. I can only image the brawl in the Rovers between Len and Fred.

[@ROBDV-7-9-6-5]

If you are still looking for it.....- kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX2no5Zodql1bdE

[@elterrifico9522]

Thnx!

[@paulfrost8895]

I noticed that too ' I think you can find a single episode from that date on here.

[@seansmith445]

41:08 If he is right, a "colour" TV is cheaper now than in 1978.

[@williamf4544]

At least Emily could take some comfort in the knowledge Ernest left this world having been fed a meal fit for a king - A tin of sausage and beans

[@lucywilliamsx1002]

Why was suzie so upset about Ernest dying

[@ellenjohnson3346]

Why was Ray in Emily's house for the funeral? Didn't get that? didn't get why Bet Gilroy never looked after pub for Annie walker to go to funeral? She was alot closer than bet was,I think that was odd and yeah Mike Def fell into the back of that gunman and that's how gun went off so it was actually manslaughter charge.

[@algie-t2w]

"Welfare State encourages scrounging" Which Tory wrote this script? 1978 Thatcher just around the corner!

[@stormhawk3319]

Moaning swine Tatlock & patronising Barlow barely batted an eye over Ernie’s death. Hated the pair of them

[@georgemckoy5837]

fifty-five!!!

[@williamf4544]

She"s the wife

[@saxongreen78]

Episode 1770: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJnWe2idicetfa8 - Fred Gee gets clobbered!

[@paulfrost8895]

Payback from Len ' he'd decked Len the previous night I think at New Years Eve party after a skinfull.

[@Mrs.Beezley]

Best line ever: “ Bette: “Mrs Walker, There are times when I see you in action and I wonder how we ever lost the Empire.” Truer have never been spoken , ,

[@lindarowe8550]

Just brilliant

[@pauljefferson2107]

Plus 'The last time she had that look in her eye, Japan surrendered'. Brilliant lines. Comic writing at its very best.

[@williamf4544]

1976 until 1983 - Coronation Street peaked thereafter slowly declined never to peak again

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

12:07 Mrs O camps out all night, then misses her 1st place through the door. Simple humour but hilarious.

[@mr-yw2jb]

Just Hilda's luck, camping out all night for the colour tele and she still missed out! The best episodes from this month, indeed, the full year of 1978 were the episodes featuring the brutal murder of Ernest Bishop. I remember vividly these episodes when they were first aired and the controversy surrounding them. Great stuff, keep 'em coming chuck.

[@ysgol3]

The way the show focuses entirely on the reaction to Ernie's death - none of the chases and other drivel we get nowadays. Brilliant writing, acting and directing.

[@saxongreen78]

That's a keen observation - no pandering to those with fried attention spans who moan: 'Old TV/films are too _slow!'_

[@scottyunitedboy2925]

it’s superb writing that unfolds at a realistic pace that shows the reactions of almost all the characters in the street; all the acting is spot on but Eileen Derbyshire in particular really shines here, particularly her conversation with Ken after the funeral.

[@ysgol3]

@@scottyunitedboy2925 Absolutely - it's hard for me to pick a favourite moment, though the way Renee can't tell Emily what's happened and Emily deduces it's to do with Ernie has always stuck in my mind. Also the way Stan Ogden says 'It's right' to Eddie - so immensely powerful. Many years later, in a rare (!) moment of Modern Corrie brilliance, Emily spoke very very movingly of how her life changed forever from the moment she heard Hilda Ogden say 'She's the wife'.

[@scottyunitedboy2925]

@@ysgol3 I remember that, there was a great episode where the robber who shot Ernie asked her for forgiveness and she couldn’t bring herself to

[@peterjazz73]

@@scottyunitedboy2925 what episode is that one ? , im watching where Ernie was shot but I'd like to see the episode of where the robber asks for forgiveness.

[@stevek6432]

i liked the way mike looked after emily afterwards, giving her a job and such, he wasn't such a bad bloke

[@paulfrost8895]

He had a good heart despite his faults and often dry humor.

[@rosycandyhaven]

He was unscrupulous and unfaithful but he really did help anyone who needed it. I definitely preferred him to Ken.

[@annoldham3018]

He had a soft side. It was good to see.

[@francesgillotti1378]

He was the reason Ernie got killed barging in like that !

[@paulfrost8895]

@@francesgillotti1378 Well ' how was he to know those 2 blaggers were in the office? Thats a bit unfair to say he was to blame ' also he did feel guilty about it after ' if you watch the episode ' so I hardly think it was his fault.

[@emgee81]

I love the relationship and dynamics between Elsie and the girls (Gail & Suzie). Considering the hard times that Elsie had to go through with her own two children (Linda & Dennis) in the past - it's like she's been given a second chance at being a mother again but in better circumstances :)

[@professionalgun6674]

Bill Podmore remained producer for the third year in a row in one of Coronation Street's most drama-filled years up to this point. Writers were faced with crafting an exit storyline for Ernest Bishop following a dispute with actor Stephen Hancock over the cast contract system. Hancock objected to the fact that senior members of the cast were paid for every episode, and others only for the ones they appeared in, and threatened to resign unless Granada moved to a fairer system. When producers did not oblige him, he carried out his threat. As writers could not think of a believable way to have the Bishops split up, they agreed that Ernest had to die. In January, Ernie became the first major Coronation Street character to be murdered, shot during a bungled wages snatch at Baldwin's Casuals. The storyline, in particular the depiction of Emily's grief, drew wide acclaim, and according to writer John Stevenson elevated the critical standing of Coronation Street as a whole. Neville Buswell also left after ten years playing Ray Langton. Buswell had decided to quit acting and move abroad. Where the Langtons were concerned, Anne Kirkbride was told that Deirdre and Tracy were being written out with Ray, as writers felt there were enough young women in the cast. They changed their minds and decided to explore Deirdre's life as a single mother after Buswell pleaded for Kirkbride to keep her job. In November, Ray left the street for Holland, going alone to a country that had been supposed to a new start for the entire family following Ray's affair with waitress Janice Stubbs. Blanche Hunt was seen during Ray's departure episodes, her only appearances that year. In one year, aside from losing his business partner, Len Fairclough lost his seat on the council for being drunk and disorderly, and nearly lost his business. The Kabin was also forced to undergo changes when Dawson's Cafe opened next door, and owner Joe Dawson shopped his rival to the council for not having customer toilets. The cafe - a permanent set addition - was run by Dawson for a while until Emily Bishop took over as manager. Meanwhile, the Kabin's cafe section was closed down and transformed into a record shop. Viewers were introduced to factory loudmouth Ida Clough, who was a semi-regular for ten years appearing in factory-related stories, and, in the last episode of the year, young biker Brian Tilsley, the first sign of an increased role for Lynne Perrie's character Ivy Tilsley which would occur in 1979. Short visits were also made by Derek Wilton, Peter Barlow, again played by Joseph McKenna, and Billy Walker, the latter for a storyline in which Annie Walker risked losing the Rovers due to a takeover at Newton & Ridley which ultimately didn't happen. Both of Annie's children returned to her side for the first time since 1963, although Joan Davies was played by Dorothy White and not the original actress June Barry. (Corriepidia)

[@gilliangrant8764]

Thank you so much for this interesting info!

[@dlamiss]

The salary dispute seemed such a strange thing for Stephen Hancock to quit his lucrative role. He would still have been on a fair number

[@amyishere67]

Am I the only one who thinks Ernie was complying, and was shot only when Mike barged in?

[@francesgillotti1378]

I think Mike was the reason Erni got shot .

[@paulfrost8895]

He did cooperate ' I don 't think the thug aimed at him ' it was blind panic.

[@jerryhead5379]

Yes the reason Mike said otherwise was to be sure no one knew the real story

[@soniaclarkstewart]

That’s what I saw. I guess that’s what they call “a robbery that went wrong.”

[@Lucy0809]

He was written out after he supported union pay Rise!

[@katy4779]

As her pianist who was always there for her, Rita should have been at Ernie's funeral... an odd miss.

[@williamf4544]

Yes but remember he let her down at short notice that time he hurt his hand - Rita was fumming so...

[@bethshields4903]

I think sometimes some of the cast had time off and it was odd when some things happen and they weren’t there.

[@irenepeddle1002]

Yes, I agree. Rita and a few others mind you!

[@ysgol3]

The Mavis writing with Emily is especially brilliant - doing her kind best but unable to stop putting her foot in it.

[@annoldham3018]

Whilst serving Ken Barlow with some mint imperials. 🥰 The dialogue whilst waiting for the funeral cars is good also. I've been to 3 funerals last year and this was very accurate as to how people fill the gaps.

[@ameenyousaf2839]

Old really is gold..rip mike baldwin/johnny briggs

[@vickialner2820]

He’s going for it today aww thank you for these back to back episodes “ hilda and the homeless man looking for grub ha ha xxxxx

[@Chillmax]

At 51:07 Elsie tells Steve to take Sandra home, Steve then says "Come on Sally luv, we'll get you home". I did often feel Pat Phoenix wasn't quite sure of her lines, she would talk quickly & stumble over them a little, this is a good example.

[@dominewimbury2039]

I thought he says Sandy?

[@williamf4544]

I think it made her more natural - we all stuble over our words from time to time in real life

[@Chillmax]

@@dominewimbury2039 I think you might be right ;-).

[@williamf4544]

Betty Turnip was such a kind person

[@Alan-ss3xp]

Had a tough life as an actress in reality. I have lot of respect for who. I think she was on Desert Island Discs and spoke about her parents and sister.

[@irenepeddle1002]

Yes, I loved the character Betty Turpin

[@timmytrimble4069]

Not so much in her early years.

[@williamf4544]

Yes your right she did have a bit of a sharp tounge early on - Having said that i didnt like Hilda much early on - something seemed to happen late 70s that made some of the characters become more likeable - And when i think back i wasnt so nice in my earlier years either - Im lovely now though@@timmytrimble4069

[@mark-s]

Loved hilda with her line stop gauping all of you get home your like vultures lol pot kettle springs to mind 😅

[@annoldham3018]

The chiropodist was a charmer. Albert looked 90 back in the first episode in 1960!🤣

[@paulfrost8895]

Poor old Albert! One of the best characters ' old and wise ' he had a soft spot for Ken 's son Peter too.

[@lorraineydays57]

Ernest to Emily: " There must be more to life than just being a wages clerk for Mike Baldwin "Poor man, little did he know there wouldn't be.

[@lorraineydays57]

Another thing, Mike said to the girls when he'd given them the wages, " Why did Ernie have to be a hero " when Ernie had already slid the bag across the desk before Mike barged in. Mike didn't really have time to take in what was happening because when he entered the office he bumped into the gunman causing the gun to go off. I don't understand what the writers were thinking. @ProfessionalGun66...Thank you so much for uploading all the Corries, I have much to look forward to in my travel back in time. 👍

[@lorraineydays57]

2:51:56 Is that Bill Tarmey throwing darts in the background?

[@williamf4544]

Seeing Mike and Ernie zooming about town in Mikes car has got me thinking - They could have used those two to do a UK version of Starskey and Hutch - Maybe called Specky and Titch

[@jameskeeth4037]

Eileen Derbyshire. Fine fine actress

[@seansmith445]

And she was a fine comic actress too but we never seen that for a while to come in later years.

[@denismoynihan4996]

Was Emily's sister Nora Spider's mother ? Or was Spider Emily's grandnephew?

[@adamgregory5274]

No, Spider's surname was Nugent, indicating that Emily must have had a brother as well as a sister.

[@Wildzippy]

Never heard as much talk about wages, anyone would think it was leading up to something ....

[@williamf4544]

Eddie coming in with that electric fire brings back memories - i was on a crowded bus in Glasgow one day and guy came on the bus carrying an electric fire just like that - after struggling up the bus with this big fire he turned to a lady sitting down and said hey Mrs do you want to buy a fire

[@michellefalleur960]

No , you're not the only one who thinks that

[@YvonneSmyth-t9f]

Coronation street is the best soap 1990s to 2024

[@peterraimondi9569]

At 2:27:45, Ray asks Bet for a pint. She picks up a mug which is already filled.

[@professionalgun6674]

You see that alot...

[@williamf4544]

Slops

[@francesgillotti1378]

I didn’t realize before that Mike got Erni killed barging in like that ! 😢

[@mieka31]

I am surprised Mike did not feel more guilty. I just realized the same thing. But Mike wasn't known for his kindness.

[@irenepeddle1002]

Yes, Mike opened the door and frightened the two fellows. Mind you , Mike always walked in !

[@lindarowe8550]

Thought len and rita would have gone to ernie's funeral

[@paulfrost8895]

I remember the episode when poor Ernie was murdered in the robbery ' as a 10/11 year old ' most of the cast look so much younger to me then they did back in the day ' age catching up there.

[@annoldham3018]

Len might have started a fight again 🤔 😳.

[@spartybrearly7221]

Hilda: “Now buzz off!” 😂

[@tuppence4176]

Poor man’s Marlene Dietrich 😂 Classic 😂

[@ROBDV-7-9-6-5]

Missing Episode...2nd Jan (First of the set) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJnWe2idicetfa8

[@juliewebb1335]

It was definitely a different actor who was one of the robbers and tried to befriend Emily and plead for forgiveness a few years ago after serving his prison sentence.

[@stevek6432]

it was, and badly cast age wise given he was only 6 in 1978

[@cherylreznor181]

I noticed that too

[@williamf4544]

Brought back memories to poor Ken - his poor dead Mother ,Father ,Brother , First Wife , Second Wife , Nephew , and more to come in the years to come

[@multimill]

Ernie's murder is my first vivid memory of Corrie. Binge watching Corrie from the late 60's 70's and early 80's i realise that in my late 50's, i will eventually end up as a mixture of Annie Walker and Albert Tatlock, with a generous pinch of Bet Lynch 😂

[@davidjones6470]

Excellent upload as always 👍👍

[@adamgregory5274]

Fred was a prat, no argument from me but Annie Walker was completely in the wrong about her responsibilities re the Rover. She was the registered keeper and it was up to her to keep the car in a roadworthy state. Bet doesn't escape Scott free either, her antagonism is unforgivable.

[@timmytrimble4069]

Nice to see a realistic portrial of pepoles foibles.

[@laurajones8526]

fantastic story lines with the cream of corrie actors and acting

[@Andrew-pg6us]

A really bleak moment in the graveyard. January, weather - unkempt grave area - gravestones not maintained. Remembrance is key.

[@Susan.1958]

Didn’t like Fred gee he thought he was the big man and he thought he was the landlord good ridance to rubbish

[@michealbrett1983]

😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄 I love you coronation street ♥

[@williamf4544]

Stop this nonsense and get to your room

[@sherylbarker9465]

The guy in The Rovers, 1hr 11.ins in, looks like Gayles twin

[@MsArrowroot]

Looks like one of her coats he's wearing too.

[@connielincoln8681]

Lol

[@memoir4you]

Fabulous slanging match at the Rovers from 20:21 . Annie walker came up trumps again :)

[@jonathancheetham7683]

Ernest was hardly in what was his last episode!

[@estoforte388]

Doris Speed and Jean Alexander both ought to have been given damehoods.

[@seansmith445]

Two best characters on the show, and they made a brilliant double act when they were in scenes together.

[@algie-t2w]

My God, Rita is tedious and boring.

[@ulsdon7]

I agree

[@roderickscott7429]

say something for the viewers on Radio Weatherfield ???

[@YvonneSmyth-t9f]

Coronation street of the best soap awards at the national television awards 2024

[@algie-t2w]

Hilda desperate to go with Emily so she can stick her nose in to the full. Not Hilda at her best.

[@paullynton-green6570]

I felt so sorry for hilda.stan has no time for her infact he just lived off her back😢

[@hx7193]

Is the Lady that sees Hilda outside shop in fur coat ,the lady that cleans for her another year at Christmas ..

[@jaynehinds3339]

Miss those days

[@kevinwearing7720]

At 2.24:19 gail addresses suzy as lucy by mistake

[@Uksoapfan]

Ernie was cantankerous and whiny, but it was horrible to see the way he died. Mike Baldwin disturbing the gunmen lead to that.

[@dianewalker4633]

Ernie was a lovely character. I always thought he was horribly henpecked by Emily. I like her, but she was quite the fishwife with poor Ernie

[@ysgol3]

@@dianewalker4633 Indeed. In fact I still suspect he eagerly dived in front of the bullet to escape her.

[@annoldham3018]

@@ysgol3 😂

[@annoldham3018]

He was a great pianist too. Like Mrs Sharples. 🥰🤩

[@ysgol3]

@@annoldham3018 He was. Emily wanted him to play in his funeral but he couldn't. PS I thought Stephen Hancock, like nearly all of them in those days, was a brilliant, subtle actor. Of course the scripts were brilliant too....Oh God, Modern Corrie...

[@0flan]

I've noticed a lot of the extra characters talk posh. Even though there from Manchester.

[@cherylreznor181]

Thinking theyr sumat their not..

[@pigknickers2975]

6:54 Hilda laying down the goods 🤣🤣🤣

[@AriAdu]

Why did they bump off Ernie?

[@SunFlower-kg8yn]

He wanted to leave the show

[@williamf4544]

No he didnt want to leave - far from it - He made a complaint and caused a big fuss because the actors who had been in the show longer were getting a much better deal with regard pay and contract percs and he didnt think it was fair and this annoyed them in charge so when he threatened to leave they let him go

[@xr6lad]

Why would Mike ring the police first and not the ambulance?

[@daniellerobinson6771]

Just watched the scene. I don't think he did. He asked for an ambulance and then was put through to the police he told the police the ambulance had been ordered...unless I missed it

[@lanceshire2022]

2 months b4 i was born 1 love the old soaps so much better acting action ext ect thankyou very much for the endless hours of the best classics 👌👌✌️❤️🇬🇧

[@philforbes7467]

Barbara Knox just kept getting better looking

[@williamf4544]

Is that you Barbara ?

[@philforbes7467]

@@williamf4544 yes I’m fingering myself

[@connielincoln8681]

Brilliant episode ty

[@nicolemelnyk152]

It's mike.baldwins fault he made them shoot the gun

[@tracygrant7931]

No it's not!! It was an accident. Stop blaming Mike when the poor man had no idea two gunmen were in that room. The only person at fault is the guy holding a deadly weapon on somebody in the first place.

[@paulfrost8895]

@@tracygrant7931 Right ' it happened sudden an unexpected ' after all you or anyone would react much the same ' Mike was visibly shaken having witnessed it upfront.

[@derekreay7975]

I’m a big fan of the old episodes but find and scene involving Emily extremely boring

[@williamf4544]

Dont be disrespectfull - Emily was a great character played by a very profesional actress who devoted a huge part of her life to Coronation Street - there are people like Emily in real life you know thank and thank goodness for that

[@annoldham3018]

I liked Emily. She is a more interesting character than you think. I remember her risqué moments like photographing a stripper and her sitting in a tree with her nephew Spider 🕷 in some environmental campaign. Most of the time she came over rather beige but she had her moments. 🥰

[@mieka31]

I agree with William. She is a much-loved character and deserves more respect. At any rate, if you think she is boring, keep watching. You will definitely see more from her!

[@mieka31]

@@williamf4544 We should all appreciate the Emilys in our lives!

[@seansmith445]

@@annoldham3018 Those episodes with spider were twenty years in the future! I'm afraid she was a boring character in the 1970's. The writers did make her more comedic in the 1980's after her lodger Percy Sudden moved in with her but before that she wasn't a very likeable character at all.

[@Mrs.Beezley]

Yay. Happy day

[@mr-yw2jb]

You are missing episode 1770 from 2nd January where Len hits Fred in the Rovers.

[@professionalgun6674]

I knew I'd forgotten something...to write that an episode is missing I've been that busy it went right out of my head.

[@mr-yw2jb]

@@professionalgun6674 That's ok Sir, you're doing such a grand job with these excellent uploads that I can forgive you anything. Have a good day uploading!

[@professionalgun6674]

Thank you, but theirs no need to call me Sir... Sir ProfessionalGun 66, hmmm

[@DasTubemeister]

It’s on KZbin on another channel .I watched it the other day.

[@mr-yw2jb]

@@DasTubemeister Thanks, I've just found it.