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00:00The residents of Coronation Street love nothing more than a day off.
00:04Got them well drilled, hasn't they?
00:06Or chance to escape to the sunshine.
00:08We've escaped the drudgery and the world is our lobster.
00:11And whether they're partying on the cobbles.
00:14Hey, look at you!
00:15Soaking up the sun in style.
00:17Shall we go mad and have a champagne cocktail?
00:21Is it four o'clock in the afternoon?
00:23Or enjoying the great British outdoors.
00:26This is the life.
00:26No, Ken, this is the life.
00:30When our Weatherfield favourites go on their hauls.
00:32I think I want to be shit.
00:34You know, there'll be a drama or a crisis.
00:37Rosa!
00:38So pack your suitcase, smother on the sun cream.
00:41Baby!
00:43Come back, I'm here!
00:45This is Coronation Street High Days and Holidays.
00:51Good old.
00:52Good old.
00:53For he's a jolly good fellow.
00:55For he's a jolly good fellow.
00:57For he's a jolly good...
01:00Oh, for heaven's sake.
01:03After almost a decade of watching our Coronation Street favourites on the cobbles...
01:08Miss Nugent?
01:10Yes?
01:10Shall I get the beer out and pass it round?
01:12They were finally going to get to stretch their legs beyond Weatherfield.
01:16Not so early.
01:18We're not even in licensing hours yet.
01:20That doesn't affect court strips.
01:22Besides, we're outside the three-mile limit, aren't we?
01:25To celebrate the 700th episode, on August 30th, 1967, producers decided to shoot entirely
01:33on location.
01:37Breathtaking, isn't it, Mrs Sharper?
01:39I would like to have to pay a window cleaner.
01:41It was a proper outing away from the street.
01:44I say out there, mate.
01:46I like to ask you.
01:47Well, about 20 miles down the road in Tatton Park.
01:50Oh, why don't you knit one for your front parlour?
01:55Well?
01:56Oh, very nice.
01:58Oh, I say.
02:13Well, I bet there must have been a lot of numbers in that one.
02:22Oh, makes you think, doesn't it, Mrs Walker?
02:25Oh, very deeply, dear.
02:27Very.
02:28I mean, you could do wonders with a room like this.
02:33Pardon?
02:34You know, really modernise it.
02:37You could have it beautiful.
02:39Maybe a muriel would cheer the place up, Hilda.
02:44The trip went down so well that two years later, bosses pushed the boat out, literally,
02:50with a trip to Windermere in the Lake District.
02:52It's not much like Coronation Street, is it, you know?
02:57All that lovely country we've come through was Lancashire.
03:00You read about them clothheads in London that won't take jobs up here because they think
03:04we're all milled chimneys.
03:07Bosses at Granada planned for it to be the first episode produced in colour.
03:12But they couldn't get hold of the colour film in time.
03:15Fool.
03:15It didn't matter.
03:17Hilda, Stan, Ina and the like were as colourful as ever.
03:25Doesn't it make you long for a more gracious age?
03:28You what, love?
03:31How did we come to get married, Jack?
03:34If you think I'm getting in there with you, you've got another thing coming.
03:37Why not?
03:38Because you're too heavy, that's why not.
03:40What about Oxford and Cambridge?
03:42What about Oxford and Cambridge?
03:44They've got a boat this size.
03:45Eight of them getting in.
03:46Well, love, I remember it.
03:47Both of us turned up at church and then Parson turned up and within half an hour it was too
03:53late for turning back.
03:54Yes.
03:56Oh, yeah, but they're educated.
03:58What's that going to do with you, daft devil?
04:00Don't you daft devil me.
04:02It's got a lot to do with it.
04:03They, um, they know things.
04:06And so do other people.
04:08Well, are you going in there, aren't you?
04:10The residents couldn't have asked for a more perfect day.
04:13It seemed all the usual drama of the street had been left behind.
04:17Right.
04:18We're getting back on the coach, Mr Ogden.
04:20Takes half an hour to do it.
04:22Three bob down the road and put a flippin' oar in the water yet.
04:25No, but we got the movement, though, Chuck.
04:27You know, the sensation, like.
04:30Control to all cars.
04:31Only there would be a twist to this trip.
04:33Transervation request blue and white, 50-seater coach.
04:36Turns out the travel company had sent out a dodgy coach.
04:43Everyone on board was oblivious.
04:45No sign of this coach yet.
04:46When is it due past our position?
04:48That the police and emergency services were on their tail.
04:5011.45 hours.
04:54We'll be there
04:57At the end of the road
05:06All they wanted was a drama-free day out.
05:13Thankfully, our characters survived.
05:16But holiday drama
05:17Became a regular fixture.
05:21It's too late, they've gone.
05:23From runaway teenagers
05:27To a mountain rescue.
05:30Over the years, our Corrie favourites have holidayed far and wide.
05:35Although some aren't quite as well travelled.
05:38Hey, just think.
05:39Another couple of days and we'd be paddling in the Atlantic Ocean.
05:42Not unless they've moved the island without our knowledge, Mrs Ogden, because Mallorca happens to be on the Mediterranean.
05:49Is it?
05:50Now, who told me it was in the Atlantic?
05:52Mr Ogden, perhaps.
05:54Could have been, yeah.
05:55Yes.
05:57Corrie's first ever shoot abroad turned out to be a corker in Mallorca.
06:03By 1974, we were in full-blown colour, as the ladies of the street were flown to the Balearics.
06:09Don't mention it.
06:10Almost 50 years ago.
06:11No, no, no!
06:13It was incredibly exotic back then.
06:16We would prefer to keep out of the sun.
06:18Not used to it.
06:19Bette Lynch had won a spot-the-ball competition and took all the girls out with her to enjoy the
06:25sun and sangria.
06:26Ah, the heck.
06:28It beats pulling pints, this.
06:31Almost 40 years before Love Island, but the bikinis and grafting was much the same.
06:36Who is he, anyway?
06:37Well, she reigns as an international property tycoon.
06:40My guess is a brush salesman from Accrington with a wife and six kids.
06:44No sooner had they landed, Bette was picking up more than a tan.
06:48Do you like it, princess?
06:50I'm eating it, aren't I?
06:52Salud.
06:53Salud.
06:55Why do you call me princess?
06:57I mean, apart from a fantastic resemblance to Grace Kelly.
07:00Well, in all the storybooks I read when I was a little lad, all the beautiful princesses had long, blonde
07:06hair.
07:08If you think a girl like me would fall for a daft, corny line like that, you're a fantastic judge
07:15of character.
07:18Do you enjoy pedalo, si?
07:20Only with chips, love.
07:22Si.
07:22I think he's asking you to go for a ride.
07:25I know what he's asking me to go for.
07:29Come on, sailor.
07:31Saucy, senora.
07:33What's on the agenda for tonight?
07:35I'm in the mood for making myself a little bit glamorous.
07:37You make your own plans for tonight, girls, I'm booked.
07:40Hey, has anybody seen my washing?
07:42It's blown off my flaming balcony.
07:44You better not let Stan know you've been chucking your knickers all over Palmer and over, Hilda.
07:49And while Hilda was losing her knickers, Rita had lost Mavis.
07:53Have you seen Mavis?
07:54Well, is she in the room?
07:55No, unless she's under bed.
07:57Do you know, I'll leave her for half an hour on that beach.
07:59When I come back, she's vanished.
08:01Left all the gear there and all for anyone to take.
08:03Where the heck can she have got to?
08:06Well, if it's Mavis you're on about, I shouldn't be too worried if I was you.
08:14Would you, Adam and Evie?
08:16Shy old Mavis had gone and got herself a Latin lover.
08:21Who is he, this guy you so trustin' he go off into the sunset with?
08:25He works in a nightclub.
08:27He wants us all to go and see the flamenco.
08:29He picked you up on a beach.
08:31Well, why is it all right for you to be picked up, not me?
08:35Because, Cabbagehead, I can look after meself.
08:37So can I.
08:39Oh, man.
08:45Things were hotting up as the holiday got into full swing.
08:49Shall we go?
08:50Where?
08:51A little place I know.
08:52Bette's fling got serious.
08:54Do you mind?
08:55Do I look as though I'm objecting?
08:57No?
09:01This is Pedro.
09:02And Mavis was living La Vida Loca, 70s style.
09:11If he looked at me like he's looking at her, he could be the flipping pot washer.
09:21And when the time came to pack their cases, Bette and Mavis weren't ready to go home.
09:26Well, if you've got to go, you've got to go.
09:30Shame you couldn't stay, Princess.
09:32We'd have had a ball.
09:34They'll be panicking.
09:36I'll miss the coach.
09:39Well, Northampton's not a million miles from Weatherfield.
09:42Oh, right you are, Princess.
09:44I'll miss you.
09:45Me too.
09:52He did tell Mavis the coach was coming at half past three.
09:56We'll be back in time.
09:58For many men here, tomorrow is always another aeroplane, another girl.
10:04But not for me.
10:05Va-va-voom.
10:06I say, I love you.
10:10You don't believe me?
10:12Yes.
10:15I do.
10:16Are we right?
10:18You don't have to.
10:19Everything, I promise.
10:21And me.
10:24Mavis bid adios to her beloved Pedro.
10:27And as the plane prepared for take-off, Bette was nowhere to be seen.
10:32Where the heck's you got to?
10:34I think I want you to sit down.
10:37Bette had decided she was staying in Spain to start a new life with her new love.
10:42Only he was about to break her heart.
10:46Hello, Martin.
10:47What the hell are you doing here?
10:49Well, you said it was a shame I couldn't stop, so I thought about it and I decided you were
10:55right.
10:56You mean you took me seriously?
10:59Shouldn't I?
11:00There's one thing I can't stand.
11:01It's a bird that doesn't know when it's time to go home.
11:04What a rotter.
11:07Coming up.
11:08Who's that, would they?
11:09Oh, they do love to be beside the seaside.
11:13Oh, isn't it lovely?
11:15All lit up.
11:16Well, of course it's all lit up.
11:17What do you expect?
11:18It's the illumination.
11:20And a kidnapping in the Yorkshire Moors.
11:23Hot chocolate.
11:24You'll not get that at any.
11:25I know, but I would have had an X-ray.
11:30It's a funny sort of out, isn't it?
11:32You just go out your front door.
11:33You're there.
11:33Welcome back to Coronation Street High Days and Holidays.
11:38How do you get muscles like that?
11:40Practice.
11:41Chuckie, poke out the rovers.
11:44When the residents finally get a day off from the factory or the hairdressers,
11:48they love nothing better than a bit of fun and games.
11:57Oh, my God.
12:21The winner is now Mrs Hilda Ogden of the Rovers' return team.
12:26But when they fancy a change of scenery and to really let their hair down,
12:31there's only one place for it.
12:32Ah, they're going to Blackpool tonight,
12:33so you can expect to see the tower line on its side in the middle of Coronation Street
12:36for this time tomorrow.
12:37Ah, they're a right room lock and by gum.
12:39Blackpool's going to know it.
12:41Ina Sharples wasn't wrong.
12:43And it wouldn't be a quarry trip to Blackpool without a disaster or two.
12:46Who's that with her?
12:47I don't think I want to, no.
12:50If it's not missing children...
12:52Audrey!
12:53Audrey!
12:54Come on, get off.
12:55I'm going to knock your flaming head off.
12:56Is that a cabaret?
12:57Very likely if Madam gets a gin and tonic inside her.
13:01Or dodgy B&Bs...
13:03What are you doing?
13:04It's tens of ripping midnight.
13:06Or Claire Peacock stranded on a dinghy.
13:08I have prepared an itinerary.
13:10You can guarantee Bette Lynch is getting all amorous with some male admirer.
13:16That's why I'd be honoured if you'd share the rest of my days with me.
13:19Aye.
13:21And one of the most memorable Blackpool storylines came in 2000.
13:26Fresh-faced 17-year-old Maria Connor had one thing on her mind
13:30when she and her sweetheart Tyrone Dobbs got on holiday together.
13:41But love isn't exactly on the cards
13:43when you're sharing your hideaway with your boyfriend's adoptive granny.
13:47Tyrone, are you up yet?
13:49Vera.
13:50It's Vera.
13:54Tyrone, can you...
13:55What are you doing here?
13:56Nothing.
13:57I just came to talk to him.
13:59Is that not allowed?
14:00Well, as long as that's all you're doing, Tyrone...
14:03But when Jack and Vera went off to walk the Golden Mile...
14:06Yeah, of course you can.
14:07...Maria thought her luck was in.
14:10Woo!
14:11Two whole hours all to ourselves.
14:13What will we get up to?
14:15Well, we could play cards or anything, couldn't we?
14:17Yeah, right.
14:20Be good.
14:21We will.
14:24Alone at last.
14:25But no matter what moves Maria put on Tyrone...
14:30Shall we go upstairs?
14:31He wasn't playing ball.
14:33Are you okay?
14:35Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
14:37You do want to, don't you?
14:40Well, I do and I don't.
14:42Oh.
14:43I see.
14:44No, I just don't know how to say it.
14:47It's just I want to wait until I'm married.
14:51I see.
14:55Shall we see what's on teller?
15:00Fed up and rejected, Maria was ready to go to the pleasure beach alone.
15:05I've got something to show you.
15:07What is it?
15:09Well, come with me and I'll be revealed.
15:13Right.
15:14But in the nick of time...
15:16Here, have this.
15:17...Tyrone poured his heart out at the top of the Blackpool Tower.
15:20I want to try and explain about last night.
15:24Thing is, when I was a kid, I didn't get to see me dad much.
15:29And me mum, she had loads of boyfriends.
15:32So?
15:34Well, each morning, there'd be a different guy there for breakfast and then he wouldn't be there by tea time.
15:41So, you mean it's not because you don't fancy me?
15:44Of course I fancy you.
15:45Don't be daft.
15:47You're gorgeous.
15:47It's just that I don't want things to end before they get going.
15:52I want us to be together forever.
15:54Have a look in the pocket.
16:01It's two rings.
16:02They fit together.
16:03You have one and I have one.
16:06Do you like them?
16:11I love them.
16:13They're lovely.
16:14Do you know what this means?
16:17No, what does it mean?
16:20It means I want us to be engaged.
16:27Come here.
16:29From love's young dream in Blackpool to two old lovebirds in Paris.
16:34I know when I've asked you before, you've...
16:39Hiya.
16:40Sorry we're late.
16:40Whether you're in the city of romance...
16:42Oh, what's up?
16:44It's just baby, what do you think?
16:45Get him off!
16:46Or back in blustery blighty...
16:48What's that?
16:49..the course of true love very rarely runs smoothly.
16:52I think you'd better get Missy to the hospital.
16:55And one man who knows this all too well is Norris Cole.
17:00Back in 2010, Norris got more than he bargained for
17:03on a mini-break to the Yorkshire Moors with his friend, Mary.
17:08Supper's ready.
17:09Oh, no.
17:12Buen appetito!
17:14Our spicing's up with chorizo sausage.
17:17I call it Toad in the holley!
17:21With potatoes a la tela.
17:25Come on, Norris.
17:27It was only Toad in the hole.
17:29She was just being friendly.
17:35Norris's nightmares were about to come true in the morning.
17:40Norris!
17:41Oh, what?
17:42Morning!
17:44I was having a terrible dream.
17:46Don't worry.
17:47I'm here now.
17:49Yeah, but...
17:52Why?
17:53Breakfast.
17:54In bed.
17:57Why don't you take it down to the kitchen?
18:01We'll be more comfortable then.
18:10In a plot inspired by Stephen King's horror novel, Misery,
18:15Mary's obsession with Norris was about to unravel.
18:19And Norris wanted to bolt straight back to the cobbles.
18:22Holidays are meant to be fun.
18:24This just doesn't float my boat.
18:27I'll ring return and ask her to come and take me home.
18:31But Mary saw to it that he couldn't escape.
18:34The socket's broken.
18:36Where?
18:36There, in the wall.
18:38Maybe I knocked it with the hoover.
18:40Just now.
18:42You do what you like.
18:43I'm going home.
18:45Not in that you're not.
18:46The engine's conked out.
18:47So, at the first opportunity, he made a run for it.
18:52The one you love.
18:55The one you shouldn't hurt ever.
19:00Norris?
19:01Shall I keep the water in for you?
19:04Er...
19:05I can stop in it if you want.
19:07To keep the water levels up.
19:09You take your time.
19:11Norris?
19:12But Scary Mary wasn't going to let him get away.
19:28Hallelujah!
19:34Hello, cabin.
19:36Rita?
19:38Rita?
19:38Oh, Rita.
19:39I just...
19:40Er, Norris, can you just hang on one tick, please?
19:45Er, I've taken everything off it.
19:47Right.
19:48The pips are going.
19:56Hello, Norris!
20:03Hello?
20:07Wounded and weak...
20:08Oh, Norris.
20:10So...
20:11Norris was back where he started.
20:14You don't need a disinterested professional with a ward full.
20:17You need one-on-one, 24-7, 365.
20:20Me!
20:22Just as it looked like there was no escape for Norris,
20:25he found Mary's mobile phone.
20:29Nine, nine, nine.
20:31Can you hear me?
20:33Listen, I'm being held hostage.
20:36Where are you?
20:45Oh, please, please, save me.
20:48She's a mad woman.
20:49Look at her.
20:49Why don't we get you both to the station and have a little chat?
20:52Yeah, but don't let her touch me.
20:54Would you excuse me while I turn down my pie?
20:57She's making a run for it out the back, quick!
21:00Or she could just be turning her pie down.
21:05Oh, hello, boys.
21:07What's this?
21:08A welcoming party?
21:09No matter how far they go, or how long they go for...
21:12Hello, stranger.
21:14...the best part...
21:15...is always coming home.
21:17Call me, uh...
21:18Embarrassing.
21:19I only asked to be frisked.
21:20What if someone had planted some explosive on me?
21:22Look, the only thing that got planted on you was that security man's hands.
21:27Where have you been?
21:28Only Blackpool.
21:29And you.
21:30Talk about global warming.
21:32Buenos dias, amigos.
21:35Put kettle on care to fancy a cafe con leche.
21:37Where the flaming hell have you been?
21:40Oh, it's funny, isn't it?
21:42All them lovely places.
21:44And I just can't wait to get back home.
21:48Cheer up, cheer up, don't be blue
21:50Don't forget it's home time soon
21:53We'll make it through another working day
21:58I need a holiday
22:01I need a holiday with my friends
22:04I'm working every day
22:07I've been working every day
22:09For the weekend