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2010 was Coronation Street's fifty-first year.

Main characters[]

Ranking Character Played by Duration Number of Episodes Running total Previous year's ranking
1 Nick Tilsley Ben Price Full year 161 1015 70
2 Fiz Stape Jennie McAlpine Full year except for February 154 1263 3
3 Steve McDonald Simon Gregson Full year 146 2193 9
4 David Platt Jack P. Shepherd Full year 144 1426 11
5 Gail Platt/McIntyre Helen Worth Full year 140 3373 14
6 Leanne Battersby/Barlow Jane Danson Full year 139 1080 43
7 Audrey Roberts Sue Nicholls Full year 134 2442 46
8 Becky McDonald Katherine Kelly Full year 129 544 10
9 Peter Barlow Chris Gascoyne Full year 124 684 8
9 John Stape Graeme Hawley Full year 124 283 61
11 Tyrone Dobbs Alan Halsall Full year except for May 123 1145 14
11 Sophie Webster Brooke Vincent Full year except for February and June 123 823 25
13 Tina McIntyre Michelle Keegan Full year except for August 121 342 13
13 Kevin Webster Michael Le Vell Until April and from July 121 2405 1
15 Carla Connor Alison King Full year 115 457 64
16 Ken Barlow William Roache Full year 105 3884 21
17 Sean Tully Antony Cotton Full year 101 823 14
18 Molly Dobbs Vicky Binns Until April and July to December 100 473 6
18 Graeme Proctor Craig Gazey Full year except for August 100 201 31
20 Deirdre Barlow Anne Kirkbride Until September and from December 99 3042 24
20 Liz McDonald Beverley Callard Until November 99 1686 23
22 Michelle Connor Kym Marsh Full year 97 572 20
22 Hayley Cropper Julie Hesmondhalgh Full year except for September 97 1146 28
22 Jason Grimshaw Ryan Thomas Full year 97 999 12
22 Sally Webster Sally Whittaker/Dynevor January and from July 97 2312 3
26 Ciaran McCarthy Keith Duffy From February 96 385 -
27 Rosie Webster Helen Flanagan Full year 92 1159 22
27 Sian Powers Sacha Parkinson Full year except for February and June 92 130 59
28 Roy Cropper David Neilson Full year 91 1309 40
30 Janice Battersby Vicky Entwistle Full year except for October 90 1525 32
30 Norris Cole Malcolm Hebden Full year except for November 90 1070 18
30 Anna Windass Debbie Rush Full year except for March 90 173 34
33 Dev Alahan Jimmi Harkishin Full year 87 1007 26
34 Natasha Blakeman Rachel Leskovac Until September 83 135 55
34 Claire Peacock Julia Haworth Full year except for June 83 664 36
36 Eileen Grimshaw Sue Cleaver Full year except for January 82 1096 19
37 Sunita Alahan Shobna Gulati Full year except for June 77 547 73
37 Julie Carp Katy Cavanagh Full year 77 236 14
37 Rita Sullivan Barbara Knox From March 77 3130 41
40 Lloyd Mullaney Craig Charles Full year 76 495 26
41 Chesney Battersby-Brown/Brown Sam Aston Full year except for February and May 72 484 44
42 Ashley Peacock Steven Arnold January and April to December 70 1274 42
43 Mary Taylor Patti Clare Full year except for November 67 97 65
43 Eddie Windass Steve Huison Full year except for March 67 147 37
45 Izzy Armstrong Cherylee Houston From April 66 66 -
46 Kirk Sutherland Andrew Whyment Full year except for February 62 719 39
47 Owen Armstrong Ian Puleston-Davies From June 58 58 -
47 Simon Barlow Alex Bain Full year 58 182 32
47 Trevor Dean Steve Jackson January to July and September to October 58 58 -
50 Cheryl Gray Holly Quin-Ankrah From April 57 57 -
51 Lewis Archer Nigel Havers Until August 49 50 79
51 Emily Bishop Eileen Derbyshire Full year except for June 49 3085 34
53 Gary Windass Mikey North January to February, April to June and from September 47 131 37
54 Jack Dobbs Jaxon & Maddox Beswick and Alex & Ellis Williamson September to December 46 46 -
55 Maria Connor Samia Smith From June 41 970 2
56 Ryan Connor Ben Thompson January, March to April, June to July and September to October 36 240 48
56 Bill Webster Peter Armitage Full year except for February and October 36 550 47
58 Amy Barlow Amber Chadwick and Elle Mulvaney Full year except for March and June 35 300 66
59 Kylie Turner Paula Lane August to December 31 31 -
60 Aadi Alahan Zennon Ditchett January to May and July to September 29 41 73
60 Asha Alahan Tanisha Gorey January to May and July to September 29 43 73
60 Katy Armstrong Georgia May Foote From July 29 29 -
60 Max Turner Harry McDermott From August 29 29 -
64 Jack Duckworth William Tarmey January to February, May and August to November 28 2093 51
64 Joshua Peacock Benjamin Beresford January, March to April and from July 28 325 67
66 Freddie Peacock Lewis & Niall Beresford January to February and from July 27 141 69
67 Chris Gray Will Thorp July to August and from October 26 26 -
67 Betty Williams Betty Driver January to February, May and from August 26 2721 62
69 Kelly Crabtree Tupele Dorgu Until March 24 514 44
70 Tracy Barlow Kate Ford May to June and from December 22 1204 -
70 Joe McIntyre Reece Dinsdale Until February 22 175 7
72 Russ Gray Finton Flynn From May 21 21 -
72 Pam Hobsworth Kate Anthony January, March to April, September and November to December 21 120 49
74 Teresa Bryant Karen Henthorn January and March to May 13 105 62
75 Matt Carter Oliver Mellor August to October and from December 12 12 -
76 Jesse Chadwick John Thomson Until March 11 58 54
77 Claudia Colby Rula Lenska April, July to August and December 10 11 79
78 Brian Packham Peter Gunn April and October 9 9 -
79 Liam Connor Ollie & Elliott Barnett June to August and December 8 50 55
79 Tony Gordon Gray O'Brien May to June 8 286 5
81 Jim McDonald Charles Lawson November to December 7 1108 73
81 Hope Stape N/A From December 7 7 -
83 Jackie Dobbs Margi Clarke February to March 5 65 70
84 Ted Page Michael Byrne January only 4 73 58
85 Paul Kershaw Tony Hirst December only 3 3 -
86 Archie Shuttleworth Roy Hudd May only 2 116 -
87 Vera Duckworth Elizabeth Dawn November only 1 2275 -

Production[]

Kim Crowther goes out with a bang[]

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Kim Crowther left after two years as producer in the spring

Kim Crowther became the fourth consecutive Coronation Street producer to relinquish the role after two years. It had been announced the previous November that Crowther would be departing in the Spring, ahead of the 50th anniversary celebrations. Her replacement was named as Phil Collinson, fresh from producing the revival of Doctor Who on the BBC since 2005. Collinson was new to Coronation Street in a behind-the-scenes capacity but had appeared in it as an actor, playing Bob Wright in one episode in 1997. Kieran Roberts remained executive producer.

An eventful final few months under Crowther's watch saw a number of major storylines come to a climax. Newly married Gail McIntyre lost a third husband in February when Joe was drowned at Lake Windermere while attempting to fake his own death. The decision to kill off Joe was made after actor Reece Dinsdale quit the show after less than two years over fears of typecasting. The storyline took inspiration from the real-world insurance fraud case of John Darwin [1]. Following the discovery of Joe's body, Gail was charged with first-degree murder. The moment where Gail is found 'not guilty' was shown online on the programme's official website ahead of transmission, along with a clip in which a 'guilty' verdict is reached which was recorded as a red herring.

The trial was aired in May, during a week of post-watershed episodes scheduled at 9.00pm on successive days between two episodes of Britain's Got Talent. The move was intended by ITV as a promotional tool to boost two of its biggest properties. The other dominant storyline that week was Tony Gordon's jailbreak and factory siege, with Carla Connor and Hayley Cropper taken hostage. Tony's reign of terror came to an end when he set the factory alight and perished in the fire, with Carla escaping in the nick of time. The action-packed episodes incurred a cost of £1 million to the production, between the special effects, stuntwork and expense of rebuilding the factory [2]. On Wednesday 2nd June, due to the Cumbria shootings ITV pulled that evening's episode, which would have depicted Tony shooting dead his accomplice Robbie Sloane, played by James Fleet. Out of respect for the victims, the three remaining episodes were postponed until the following week. Four double bills were aired in order to catch up.

Aside from writing out Tony Gordon, the siege storyline re-introduced Maria Connor, with Samia Smith returning from maternity leave. Maria was accompanied by her son Liam, now played by twins Ollie and Elliott Barnett.

Despite the problems with transmission, the episodes attracted high enough ratings for ITV to repeat the pattern during the Britain's Got Talent finals in each subsequent year.

Blanche Hunt passed away off-screen in Portugal on 3rd May, five months after the death of actress Maggie Jones. Her send-off featured two returning cast members and a cameo by June Whitfield as Blanche's friend May Penn, who revealed to Ken and Deirdre that Blanche had found happiness with a new man in her last days.

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Tracy Barlow returns to cause trouble for Gail

The death of Blanche coincided with a new head for Amy Barlow. After four years in the part, Amber Chadwick was replaced by Elle Mulvaney, as producers wanted a better actress for upcoming storylines. Mulvaney would go on to play the character into adulthood. The first returnee for Blanche's funeral was undertaker Archie Shuttleworth, a former lover of Blanche's again played by Roy Hudd, making his final appearance in the programme. More significantly, Kate Ford returned as Tracy Barlow after a three-year absence. Still serving a life sentence for the murder of Charlie Stubbs, Tracy's appearance at Blanche's funeral led to her becoming embroiled in Gail's storyline, attempting to extract a confession from her former neighbour. It was planned from the outset that a full-time return would follow later in the year, however this would be implemented by Phil Collinson.

Setting the stage[]

Much like the rest of Kim Crowther's tenure, the early months of 2010 featured a high cast turnover. Michael Byrne made the last of his infrequent appearances as Ted Page in January, as the actor moved onto other projects, though the door was kept open. Jesse Chadwick left the Street in March, when it was decided that the character wasn't working, while Teresa Bryant, the last remaining member of the Morton clan, was written out in May. The main casualty of this period was Kelly Crabtree, who was sacked from the factory after helping Nick Tilsley undercut Carla. Tupele Dorgu chose to leave the programme after a six-year run, feeling that the role wasn't developing as she'd liked.

As regards returns, Mary Taylor made a comeback as a regular in January, continuing her infatuation with Norris Cole. Barbara Knox returned after a period of illness, with Rita coming back to work at The Kabin under Norris's ownership. Margi Clarke reprised the role of Jackie Dobbs again in February, making five appearances. This would be the last time she played Jackie as the character later died off-screen in 2018. Another notable returnee was Keith Duffy as Ciaran McCarthy, who made a full return after a five-year absence.

An attempt was made to build a family around Craig Charles's Lloyd Mullaney, with the introduction of lap dancer Cheryl Gray and her young son Russ. While pursuing a romantic relationship, Lloyd and Cheryl had to contend with her abusive husband Chris, who began working on the Street as a builder.

The programme's first disabled regular was cast in the role of Izzy Butterfield, renamed Izzy Armstrong by the time of filming. After Cherylee Houston was given the part, writers decided to give Izzy the same condition as the actress, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Izzy was the first of the new family to appear, followed by her father Owen in June and fifteen-year-old sister Katy in July. Owen was another attempt at a Len Fairclough-type character, who was overly protective of his daughters. Owen took over the Builder's Yard in August, buying the premises from Bill Webster. Katy was played by Georgia May Foote, who was cast on the strength of an earlier appearance in the programme in January as Jess Burrows.

Peter Armitage, who played Bill, was not expecting to be written out, but the character's retirement continued the gradual reduction of his role and at the end of the year Bill and his partner "Auntie Pam" Hobsworth disappeared entirely, making only short appearances thereafter.

Two other debuts were Steve Jackson as bin-man Trevor Dean and Peter Gunn as teacher Brian Packham. Brian was originally a bit part character who was part of John Stape's identity fraud storyline, with stints in April and October before becoming a regular the following year, while Trevor was brought in as Carla's new boyfriend only to be swiftly axed by Phil Collinson, leaving the show in October.

The Collinson revolution[]

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Cast portrait

Phil Collinson became the credited producer with Episode 7388 on 26th July. Collinson initiated stricter rules on script access in an attempt to clamp down on plot leaks, especially with regards to the upcoming anniversary. In terms of his vision for Coronation Street, Collinson favoured longer stories, with a strong sense of community [3]. During his time, writers would dip in and out of storylines in order to keep the programme fresh and eventful.

In particular, Collinson shelved plans to conclude the Kevin Webster and Molly Dobbs affair storyline, which had been dominant since the previous summer. The story had already been extended due to a six-month leave of absence by Sally Whittaker while the actress battled breast cancer. After her character Sally Webster was diagnosed with the condition, Whittaker had been inspired to have a lump checked which turned out to be cancerous [4]. Before embarking on her break at the end of 2009, Whittaker recorded scenes depicting Sally battling and eventually beating cancer. The actress's real-life struggle was not revealed to the public until Whittaker returned to filming cancer-free in the spring. With her on-screen return on 14th July, Whittaker was credited with the surname Dynevor, her married name since 1995.

The usual cast changes followed Collinson's arrival, as pieces started to be put into place for the anniversary. Ryan Connor and Natasha Blakeman were axed, while Nigel Havers left at the end of his contract, with conman Lewis Archer getting away with his crimes for the time being. Paula Lane joined the cast as Becky McDonald's estranged half-sister Kylie Turner, with Harry McDermott as her four-year-old son Max, adding another twist to Becky and Steve McDonald's adoption storyline. Meanwhile, Molly Dobbs gave birth to a son, Jack, and the medical centre was given a regular GP for the first time since 2002 when Oliver Mellor began appearing on a recurring basis as Dr Carter.

William Tarmey gave notice that he was quitting the programme, having played Jack Duckworth for 31 years. Tarmey had wanted to leave earlier to spend more time with his family after his son Carl was diagnosed with a brain tumour, but was persuaded to stay until the 50th anniversary [5]. Jack's on-screen death came just shy of the anniversary on 8th November, when he succumbed to the effects of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In a break from Coronation Street''s usual style, Elizabeth Dawn appeared as Vera Duckworth's ghost in Jack's final scene, indicating that the Duckworths were being reunited in the afterlife.

A key throughline from Kim Crowther to Phil Collinson's eras was the exploration of Sophie Webster's sexuality. In April, the programme aired its first lesbian kiss, between Sophie and her best friend Sian Powers. The teenagers began dating in secret before being outed at Roy and Hayley Cropper's wedding in August. The wedding in question was also noteworthy. Although they were already married, the Croppers' first union in 1999 wasn't recognised legally as the Gender Recognition Act was not passed until 2004, granting trans people such as Hayley full legal status in their acquired sex.

50th anniversary: Tram week and other storylines[]

The tram hits

Coronation Street celebrated its 50th anniversary with its biggest stunt to date

The viaduct collapse and tram crash that marked the 50th anniversary was announced by Phil Collinson in a live web chat on Coronation Street's official website on 7th July. Speaking with fans, Collinson teased the biggest disaster ever to hit the Street [6]. The storyline was a modern retelling of the 1967 train crash, a plot which had been limited by the lack of an outdoor set and the inability to show the actual crash. For the 2010 storyline, Collinson hired special effects company The Mill, with whom he had worked on Doctor Who, to produce the crash effects with CGI [7]. On 1st September, ITV confirmed that a live episode would be aired at some point during tram week; this was ultimately broadcast on the anniversary itself, 9th December, and like the 40th anniversary it was an hour-long episode [8].

A number of major storylines came to a head as tram week began, with Molly Dobbs revealing to Tyrone that he wasn't Jack's true father, Nick Tilsley preparing to tell Peter Barlow about his affair with Peter's fiancee Leanne Battersby, Charlotte Hoyle stalking John Stape and threatening to expose his identity fraud, and the Peacocks getting ready to make a fresh start in France. The initial explosion which triggered the crash occurred at The Joinery, Nick's new bar situated directly underneath the viaduct where Peter's stag night was taking place. The unit had previously been Turners Joinery, a part of the set unused since the closure of Jim's Bike Shop in 1992. The damage caused by the derailed tram included the destruction of The Kabin and Corner Shop, the flats above, and a fire at No.13. Due to the logistics of staging this destruction in the pre-recorded episodes and re-creating it weeks later for the live episode, the total cost of the stunt came to £4.23 million [9].

During the run-up to the anniversary, trailers bore the tagline "Four Funerals and a Wedding". Ashley Peacock was the first character to die, failing to make it out of The Joinery when the roof collapsed. Ashley had been axed along with Claire, Joshua and Freddie when Collinson arrived as producer, with the family's mooted move to the continent written in to throw viewers off. The remainder of the family continued into 2011. The next death was Molly Dobbs, who after receiving severe injuries in the tram crash was killed off in the live episode whilst making a deathbed confession of her affair with Kevin to Sally Webster. In the ruckus which followed, Sally finished with Kevin and Kevin claimed responsibility for his son Jack, whose surname was changed to Webster in December 2011. Charlotte Hoyle was also killed although her death was not a result of the tram crash, rather John Stape bludgeoned her with a hammer in order to silence her and then blamed her injuries on the tram.

Ultimately, no other named characters were killed off, and the fourth death was later revealed by Collinson as a red herring meant to keep viewers guessing. To keep the tagline accurate, the death of a passing taxi driver was mentioned in dialogue [10]. The wedding it referred to was Peter and Leanne's, which took place at the climax of the live episode as Peter lay dying in hospital.

Tram week also featured the birth of Hope Stape, daughter of Fiz and John. Although she debuted in the live episode, Hope was initially played by a prosthetic baby as she was born three months prematurely. Also notable is the first appearance of future regular Paul Kershaw, who appeared in a minor role as a firefighter before being brought back full-time in October 2011.

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50th anniversary logo

Nearly all of the contracted regulars participated in tram week. Beverley Callard was one of the few not to appear, due to the actress taking time off a month before shooting. Her disappearance at short notice resulted in a planned storyline involving Jim McDonald being dropped although as Charles Lawson had already been booked Jim did appear, briefly tangling with Owen Armstrong before departing just ahead of the anniversary.

Another notable storyline, airing in September, featured a callback to the first episode in which an old letter to Ken Barlow from his former girlfriend Susan Cunningham was unearthed having been wedged under the skirting board at No.3. From the letter, Ken learned that Susan had given birth to his illegitimate son Lawrence in 1961. The short storyline was conceived as a vehicle to have William Roache act opposite his sons Linus and James Roache, who were cast as Lawrence and Ken's grandson James respectively. Although Lawrence did not appear again, James made a longer-term return in 2011.

Tracy Barlow made her dramatic re-appearance on 24th December, released on bail due to the forensics expert from her trial being discredited. As Tracy still had twelve years left until she was eligible for parole, writers were forced to invent a plausible way for her to return to the Street.

50th anniversary: Spin-offs and beyond the screen[]

The anniversary year was replete with bonus content with the occasion being marked both on- and off-screen. For the first time in the programme's history, material was made available exclusively online. In tandem with tram week, the official website released dramatised news footage from the scene of the crash, featuring news anchor Alastair Stewart and interviews with "witnesses". The website also hosted a three-part spin-off depicting Gary Windass's experiences as a soldier in Afghanistan. Entitled Gary's Army Diaries, the five-minute shorts were designed to set up Gary's ongoing PTSD storyline. Meanwhile, five decades of Ken Barlow were marked with an online video entitled Ken: A Life on the Street, in which Ken tells Simon Barlow about past neighbours while they complete a jigsaw puzzle.

The third DVD spin-off in as many years was produced for release on 1st November. Coronation Street: A Knight's Tale was shot mostly at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire, doubling for Tatlock Towers, the setting of a medieval-themed weekend attended by Norris Cole, Mary Taylor, Rosie Webster and Jason Grimshaw, and organised by erstwhile Coronation Street characters Curly Watts and Reg Holdsworth, again played by Kevin Kennedy and Ken Morley respectively. This marked the first occasion since 1995 that the popular double-act of Curly and Reg appeared together. Following the release of this DVD, ITV began to concentrate more on online content, and so this was the last spin-off released in the format.

Two items made in 2010 were performed in-character by the actors, but exist outside the programme's canon. On 18th March, Jack P. Shepherd, Michelle Keegan, Craig Gazey and Ben Price appeared in a special of The Jeremy Kyle Show, marking the talk show's 1000th episode. The actors play their familiar Coronation Street roles as they sling insults and accusations at each other in an attempt to hash out their problems. Meanwhile, a crossover between Coronation Street and EastEnders - which had marked its 25th anniversary in February - aired on the BBC's Children in Need on 19th November. East Street was written by the programme's former archivist-turned writer Daran Little, who was now writing for EastEnders, and depicted an exchange visit between the residents of Coronation Street and Albert Square.

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Principal cast of The Road to Coronation Street

The last major part of the on-screen celebration was The Road to Coronation Street, a 75-minute TV movie dramatising Tony Warren's battle to bring Coronation Street (originally Florizel Street) to the screen in 1960, from his initial pitch through to the live transmission of the first episode. The TV movie was a passion project for Daran Little, who wrote the script after it was commissioned by ITV. It was ultimately aired on BBC Four and premiered on 4th October, starring David Dawson as Tony Warren, Jessie Wallace as Patricia Phoenix, Celia Imrie as Doris Speed, Lynda Baron as Violet Carson and James Roache as his father William. The drama was widely acclaimed and won the category of "Best Single Drama" both at the 2011 Royal Television Society and BAFTA awards.

In other media, the Corrie Nation Facebook game went live in November, allowing players on the social media platform to build their own virtual Coronation Street past and current, and to collect characters from the show's fifty years. The game ran for eight months before being taken offline in July 2011.

Corrie! was a Jonathan Harvey-penned stage play chronicling the first fifty years of Coronation Street in a condensed, and often comedic, form, with a cast of five playing many different parts. The play premiered at the Lowry, Salford, on 12th August, with performances until 28th August. The success of this initial run led to a national tour in England, Wales and Ireland in 2011.

For a list of related anniversary programmes and merchandise, see 50th anniversary.

HD and set move[]

The transition to 1080p high-definition recording began in August 2009, when upscaled test transmissions took place in the Granada region. The first episode simulcast on ITV1 HD across the country was Episode 7307 on 2nd April, although again this was an upscaling of an SD-shot episode. Episode 7351 - the beginning of siege week in May - marked Coronation Street's debut in true HD.

The change had effects both long- and short-term. In the latter category, a new HD title sequence was attached to the aforementioned episode, the programme's eighth. The sequence of moody shots taken in Manchester City Centre and the programme's outdoor set were accompanied by a re-arrangement of Eric Spear's theme music, the first time it had ever been permanently changed. The end credits and ad bumpers also used the new music, with the unique three bar 'End of Part One' tune utilised in most episodes since 1960 being dropped in favour of a shortened arrangement of the main opening title music.

The switch to HD ran concurrent with plans to transfer Coronation Street's production base from Quay Street studios to MediaCityUK in Salford. ITV had already confirmed in March 2009 that its northern operations would be moving to Salford but Coronation Street was said to be remaining at Granada Television studios. In 2010, following discussions between ITV and The Peel Group, a 7.7 acre plot alongside the Imperial War Museum North on Trafford Wharf Road was reserved for Coronation Street, with the idea that the programme's entire operation would move to MediaCity and the old site would be demolished [11].

The news of the possible move was broken on 11th January and was officially announced a week after the anniversary on 16th December [12]. In accordance with the transition to HD, the new set would be constructed to a larger scale than its predecessor, with room for a later expansion (see Victoria Street). Building work began the following September, for completion in 2013.

Viewing figures[]

2010 ratings

Ratings chart for the year

In its fiftieth anniversary year, Coronation Street grew its audience for the first time since 2003. This was also the first time in seven years where at least six months were up on the previous year, in this case January to May and, unsurprisingly, December, which featured a run of nine consecutive episodes with an audience of over 12 million viewers, including all the episodes of anniversary week. Other months experienced marginal drops of no more than 500,000 viewers in a stablising year for the programme.

Episode 7484 on 6th December - the episode of the tram crash - was the highest-rated of the year and decade with 14.1 million viewers, slightly edging out the live episode's 14.0 million viewers three days later. In a sign of the decline in viewership over the past half-decade, 27 episodes from 2004 were watched by more people than this 2010 peak according to BARB. The average for the year was 9.45 million viewers.

In the charts, Coronation Street's overall performance continued to decline, with sixteen episodes reaching number one, a drop of six from 2009.

Episodes[]

# Ep.
No.
Date Part Writer Director Viewing
Figures
Chart
Position
1 7242 Friday 1st January 1 Simon Crowther John Anderson 9,560,000 10
2 7243 Friday 1st January 2 Simon Crowther John Anderson 11,080,000 3
3 7244 Monday 4th January 1 Damon Rochefort Durno Johnston 11,780,000 1
4 7245 Monday 4th January 2 David Lane Durno Johnston 11,680,000 3
5 7246 Thursday 7th January Peter Whalley Durno Johnston 11,680,000 3
6 7247 Friday 8th January 1 Julie Jones Durno Johnston 11,620,000 6
7 7248 Friday 8th January 2 Daran Little Durno Johnston 11,710,000 2
8 7249 Monday 11th January 1 Jan McVerry Ian Bevitt 11,550,000 3
9 7250 Monday 11th January 2 Mark Wadlow Ian Bevitt 11,830,000 1
10 7251 Thursday 14th January Joe Turner Ian Bevitt 10,840,000 9
11 7252 Friday 15th January 1 Martin Allen Ian Bevitt 11,400,000 5
12 7253 Friday 15th January 2 Martin Allen Ian Bevitt 11,010,000 6
13 7254 Monday 18th January 1 Daran Little David Kester 11,290,000 1
14 7255 Monday 18th January 2 Daran Little David Kester 11,070,000 2
15 7256 Thursday 21st January Debbie Oates David Kester 10,630,000 4
16 7257 Friday 22nd January 1 Debbie Oates David Kester 10,470,000 7
17 7258 Friday 22nd January 2 Peter Whalley David Kester 10,510,000 5
18 7259 Monday 25th January 1 Mark Burt Stuart Davids 11,560,000 2
19 7260 Monday 25th January 2 John Kerr Stuart Davids 11,590,000 1
20 7261 Thursday 28th January Mark Wadlow Stuart Davids 10,780,000 4
21 7262 Friday 29th January 1 Simon Crowther Stuart Davids 10,550,000 5
22 7263 Friday 29th January 2 Simon Crowther Stuart Davids 9,510,000 9
23 7264 Monday 1st February 1 Chris Fewtrell Kay Patrick 11,310,000 2
24 7265 Monday 1st February 2 Chris Fewtrell Kay Patrick 11,400,000 1
25 7266 Thursday 4th February Julie Jones Kay Patrick 10,130,000 6
26 7267 Friday 5th February 1 Joe Turner Kay Patrick 10,290,000 4
27 7268 Friday 5th February 2 Joe Turner Kay Patrick 9,870,000 9
28 7269 Monday 8th February 1 David Lane Tony Prescott 11,320,000 1
29 7270 Monday 8th February 2 David Lane Tony Prescott 11,270,000 2
30 7271 Thursday 11th February Martin Allen Tony Prescott 10,290,000 7
31 7272 Friday 12th February 1 Jan McVerry Tony Prescott 10,640,000 4
32 7273 Friday 12th February 2 Jan McVerry Tony Prescott 10,180,000 9
33 7274 Monday 15th February 1 Damon Rochefort John Anderson 11,550,000 3
34 7275 Monday 15th February 2 Joe Turner John Anderson 11,840,000 2
35 7276 Thursday 18th February Peter Whalley John Anderson 10,010,000 8
36 7277 Friday 19th February 1 Mark Wadlow John Anderson 10,750,000 7
37 7278 Friday 19th February 2 Mark Wadlow John Anderson 9,190,000 9
38 7279 Monday 22nd February 1 Simon Crowther Durno Johnston 11,380,000 3
39 7280 Monday 22nd February 2 Jonathan Harvey Durno Johnston 12,030,000 1
40 7281 Thursday 25th February Stephen Russell Durno Johnston 10,080,000 6
41 7282 Friday 26th February 1 John Kerr Durno Johnston 9,970,000 8
42 7283 Friday 26th February 2 Mark Burt Durno Johnston 8,980,000 9
43 7284 Monday 1st March 1 Julie Jones Ian Bevitt 11,100,000 1
44 7285 Monday 1st March 2 Jan McVerry Ian Bevitt 11,070,000 2
45 7286 Thursday 4th March Jayne Hollinson Ian Bevitt 9,800,000 6
46 7287 Friday 5th March 1 David Lane Ian Bevitt 9,730,000 7
47 7288 Friday 5th March 2 Chris Fewtrell Ian Bevitt 9,210,000 9
48 7289 Monday 8th March 1 David Lane David Kester 10,810,000 1
49 7290 Monday 8th March 2 John Kerr David Kester 10,620,000 2
50 7291 Thursday 11th March Martin Allen David Kester 9,340,000 9
51 7292 Friday 12th March 1 Jayne Hollinson David Kester 9,620,000 6
52 7293 Friday 12th March 2 Joe Turner David Kester 9,860,000 5
53 7294 Monday 15th March 1 Jonathan Harvey Stuart Davids 10,860,000 2
54 7295 Monday 15th March 2 Mark Wadlow Stuart Davids 11,030,000 1
55 7296 Thursday 18th March Damon Rochefort Stuart Davids 8,990,000 6
56 7297 Friday 19th March 1 Mark Burt Stuart Davids 8,790,000 7
57 7298 Friday 19th March 2 Jan McVerry Stuart Davids 8,020,000 11
58 7299 Monday 22nd March 1 David Lane Tessa Hoffe 11,130,000 1
59 7300 Monday 22nd March 2 Peter Whalley Tessa Hoffe 10,660,000 2
60 7301 Thursday 25th March Martin Allen Tessa Hoffe 9,380,000 8
61 7302 Friday 26th March 1 Mark Burt Tessa Hoffe 9,380,000 9
62 7303 Friday 26th March 2 Chris Fewtrell Tessa Hoffe 9,430,000 6
63 7304 Monday 29th March 1 Joe Turner John Anderson 10,340,000 2
64 7305 Monday 29th March 2 Joe Turner John Anderson 10,390,000 1
65 7306 Thursday 1st April Julie Jones John Anderson 8,690,000 11
66 7307 Friday 2nd April 1 Jayne Hollinson John Anderson 9,130,000 6
67 7308 Friday 2nd April 2 Mark Wadlow John Anderson 9,250,000 5
68 7309 Sunday 4th April Simon Crowther John Anderson 7,040,000 17
69 7310 Monday 5th April 1 Jan McVerry Kay Patrick 10,210,000 2
70 7311 Monday 5th April 2 Jan McVerry Kay Patrick 10,930,000 1
71 7312 Thursday 8th April Damon Rochefort Kay Patrick 8,480,000 8
72 7313 Friday 9th April Jonathan Harvey Kay Patrick 8,780,000 6
73 7314 Sunday 11th April Debbie Oates Kay Patrick 7,520,000 13
74 7315 Monday 12th April 1 Peter Whalley Ian Bevitt 9,540,000 4
75 7316 Monday 12th April 2 Peter Whalley Ian Bevitt 9,620,000 3
76 7317 Thursday 15th April Jayne Hollinson Ian Bevitt 8,700,000 7
77 7318 Friday 16th April 1 Mark Burt Ian Bevitt 8,580,000 9
78 7319 Friday 16th April 2 Martin Allen Ian Bevitt 8,560,000 10
79 7320 Monday 19th April 1 Damon Rochefort Dominic Leclerc 9,760,000 4
80 7321 Monday 19th April 2 Jonathan Harvey Dominic Leclerc 10,420,000 2
81 7322 Thursday 22nd April Joe Turner Dominic Leclerc 8,240,000 10
82 7323 Friday 23rd April 1 Julie Jones Dominic Leclerc 8,560,000 8
83 7324 Friday 23rd April 2 Stephen Russell Dominic Leclerc 8,860,000 7
84 7325 Monday 26th April 1 Chris Fewtrell Durno Johnston 9,600,000 4
85 7326 Monday 26th April 2 Simon Crowther Durno Johnston 9,890,000 2
86 7327 Thursday 29th April David Lane Durno Johnston 7,810,000 13
87 7328 Friday 30th April 1 Jan McVerry Durno Johnston 8,510,000 10
88 7329 Friday 30th April 2 Mark Wadlow Durno Johnston 8,600,000 8
89 7330 Sunday 2nd May Debbie Oates Durno Johnston 8,000,000 12
90 7331 Monday 3rd May 1 Martin Allen Stuart Davids 10,160,000 3
91 7332 Monday 3rd May 2 Jonathan Harvey Stuart Davids 10,280,000 2
92 7333 Thursday 6th May Peter Whalley Stuart Davids 8,840,000 7
93 7334 Friday 7th May 1 Mark Wadlow Stuart Davids 8,760,000 8
94 7335 Friday 7th May 2 Jayne Hollinson Stuart Davids 8,550,000 10
95 7336 Monday 10th May 1 Damon Rochefort Duncan Foster 9,740,000 3
96 7337 Monday 10th May 2 Chris Fewtrell Duncan Foster 9,950,000 2
97 7338 Thursday 13th May Debbie Oates Duncan Foster 8,600,000 6
98 7339 Friday 14th May 1 Simon Crowther Duncan Foster 8,390,000 10
99 7340 Friday 14th May 2 John Kerr Duncan Foster 8,440,000 9
100 7341 Monday 17th May 1 Jayne Hollinson Terry Dyddgen-Jones 9,080,000 4
101 7342 Monday 17th May 2 Julie Jones Terry Dyddgen-Jones 9,540,000 2
102 7343 Thursday 20th May Jonathan Harvey Terry Dyddgen-Jones 8,100,000 7
103 7344 Friday 21st May 1 Peter Whalley Terry Dyddgen-Jones 7,740,000 10
104 7345 Friday 21st May 2 John Kerr Terry Dyddgen-Jones 7,900,000 8
105 7346 Monday 24th May Mark Burt Tessa Hoffe 7,230,000 8
106 7347 Wednesday 26th May David Lane Tessa Hoffe 8,750,000 2
107 7348 Thursday 27th May Damon Rochefort Tessa Hoffe 8,330,000 5
108 7349 Friday 28th May 1 Simon Crowther Tessa Hoffe 8,160,000 6
109 7350 Friday 28th May 2 Simon Crowther Tessa Hoffe 8,470,000 4
110 7351 Monday 31st May 1 Martin Allen David Kester
Ian Bevitt
8,170,000 14
111 7352 Monday 31st May 2 Jan McVerry David Kester
Ian Bevitt
10,730,000 3
112 7353 Tuesday 1st June Mark Wadlow David Kester
Ian Bevitt
10,380,000 7
113 7354 Monday 7th June 1 Stephen Russell David Kester
Ian Bevitt
9,760,000 3
114 7355 Monday 7th June 2 Chris Fewtrell David Kester 10,070,000 2
115 7356 Wednesday 9th June 1 Joe Turner David Kester 8,520,000 9
116 7357 Wednesday 9th June 2 Chris Fewtrell Tim Dowd
Ian Bevitt
8,830,000 7
117 7358 Thursday 10th June 1 Jan McVerry Tim Dowd
Ian Bevitt
9,340,000 6
118 7359 Thursday 10th June 2 Jayne Hollinson Tim Dowd 9,490,000 4
119 7360 Friday 11th June 1 John Kerr Tim Dowd 7,690,000 10
120 7361 Friday 11th June 2 Debbie Oates Tim Dowd 7,210,000 12
121 7362 Monday 14th June 1 Damon Rochefort Duncan Foster 8,720,000 2
122 7363 Monday 14th June 2 Julie Jones Duncan Foster 7,940,000 4
123 7364 Wednesday 16th June Peter Whalley Duncan Foster 7,540,000 6
124 7365 Thursday 17th June Jonathan Harvey Duncan Foster 7,410,000 7
125 7366 Sunday 20th June Joe Turner Duncan Foster 6,510,000 13
126 7367 Thursday 24th June Mark Wadlow Duncan Foster 7,600,000 7
127 7368 Wednesday 30th June Joe Turner Terry Dyddgen-Jones 7,780,000 4
128 7369 Thursday 1st July Simon Crowther Terry Dyddgen-Jones 7,600,000 6
129 7370 Sunday 4th July Jonathan Harvey Terry Dyddgen-Jones 7,720,000 5
130 7371 Monday 5th July 1 Jonathan Harvey Terry Dyddgen-Jones 8,840,000 6
131 7372 Monday 5th July 2 Carmel Morgan Terry Dyddgen-Jones 9,150,000 3
132 7373 Thursday 8th July John Kerr Tessa Hoffe 8,160,000 8
133 7374 Friday 9th July 1 Chris Fewtrell Tessa Hoffe 7,480,000 12
134 7375 Friday 9th July 2 Julie Jones Tessa Hoffe 7,510,000 11
135 7376 Monday 12th July 1 Jan McVerry Tessa Hoffe 8,820,000 3
136 7377 Monday 12th July 2 Jan McVerry Tessa Hoffe 9,200,000 1
137 7378 Wednesday 14th July Damon Rochefort Pip Short 8,680,000 4
138 7379 Thursday 15th July Mark Wadlow Pip Short 7,160,000 10
139 7380 Friday 16th July 1 Mark Burt Pip Short 7,900,000 7
140 7381 Friday 16th July 2 Peter Whalley Pip Short 7,640,000 8
141 7382 Sunday 18th July Peter Whalley Pip Short 6,500,000 14
142 7383 Monday 19th July 1 Martin Allen Alan Wareing 9,060,000 4
143 7384 Monday 19th July 2 Martin Allen Alan Wareing 9,140,000 3
144 7385 Thursday 22nd July David Lane Alan Wareing 8,100,000 7
145 7386 Friday 23rd July 1 Debbie Oates Alan Wareing 7,560,000 9
146 7387 Friday 23rd July 2 Jayne Hollinson Alan Wareing 7,410,000 10
147 7388 Monday 26th July 1 Damon Rochefort Tim Dowd 9,000,000 5
148 7389 Monday 26th July 2 Jonathan Harvey Tim Dowd 9,190,000 3
149 7390 Thursday 29th July John Kerr Tim Dowd 7,990,000 8
150 7391 Friday 30th July 1 Debbie Oates Tim Dowd 8,320,000 7
151 7392 Friday 30th July 2 Chris Fewtrell Tim Dowd 7,930,000 9
152 7393 Monday 2nd August 1 Peter Whalley Duncan Foster 8,960,000 3
153 7394 Monday 2nd August 2 Peter Whalley Duncan Foster 9,040,000 2
154 7395 Thursday 5th August Martin Allen Duncan Foster 7,630,000 10
155 7396 Friday 6th August 1 Julie Jones Duncan Foster 7,920,000 8
156 7397 Friday 6th August 2 Joe Turner Duncan Foster 7,630,000 9
157 7398 Monday 9th August 1 David Lane Terry Dyddgen-Jones 9,140,000 2
158 7399 Monday 9th August 2 Mark Burt Terry Dyddgen-Jones 9,160,000 1
159 7400 Thursday 12th August Jan McVerry Terry Dyddgen-Jones 8,090,000 8
160 7401 Friday 13th August 1 Carmel Morgan Terry Dyddgen-Jones 8,770,000 5
161 7402 Friday 13th August 2 Simon Crowther Terry Dyddgen-Jones 8,870,000 4
162 7403 Monday 16th August 1 John Kerr David Kester 8,830,000 3
163 7404 Monday 16th August 2 Jan McVerry David Kester 9,060,000 2
164 7405 Wednesday 18th August Jayne Hollinson David Kester 7,820,000 10
165 7406 Friday 20th August 1 Simon Crowther David Kester 8,350,000 9
166 7407 Friday 20th August 2 Jonathan Harvey David Kester 8,410,000 7
167 7408 Monday 23rd August 1 Mark Wadlow Pip Short 9,470,000 3
168 7409 Monday 23rd August 2 Joe Turner Pip Short 9,510,000 2
169 7410 Thursday 26th August Damon Rochefort Pip Short 8,040,000 9
170 7411 Friday 27th August 1 David Lane Pip Short 8,130,000 8
171 7412 Friday 27th August 2 Mark Burt Mark Babych 7,940,000 10
172 7413 Sunday 29th August Peter Whalley Pip Short 5,880,000 18
173 7414 Monday 30th August 1 Julie Jones Graeme Harper 9,120,000 3
174 7415 Monday 30th August 2 Debbie Oates Graeme Harper 10,200,000 2
175 7416 Thursday 2nd September Carmel Morgan Graeme Harper 7,830,000 7
176 7417 Sunday 5th September Martin Allen
Chris Fewtrell
Graeme Harper 7,520,000 8
177 7418 Monday 6th September 1 Jayne Hollinson Tim Dowd 9,880,000 3
178 7419 Monday 6th September 2 Jayne Hollinson Tim Dowd 9,820,000 4
179 7420 Thursday 9th September Peter Whalley Tim Dowd 8,360,000 8
180 7421 Friday 10th September 1 Joe Turner Tim Dowd 8,040,000 9
181 7422 Friday 10th September 2 Joe Turner Tim Dowd 6,050,000 19
182 7423 Monday 13th September 1 Jonathan Harvey Tony Prescott 9,560,000 5
183 7424 Monday 13th September 2 Mark Wadlow Tony Prescott 9,570,000 4
184 7425 Thursday 16th September David Lane Tony Prescott 7,740,000 11
185 7426 Friday 17th September 1 Damon Rochefort Tony Prescott 8,260,000 9
186 7427 Friday 17th September 2 John Kerr Tony Prescott 7,890,000 10
187 7428 Monday 20th September 1 Julie Jones Ian Bevitt 9,270,000 6
188 7429 Monday 20th September 2 Jan McVerry Ian Bevitt 9,680,000 4
189 7430 Thursday 23rd September Chris Fewtrell Ian Bevitt 8,540,000 12
190 7431 Friday 24th September 1 Simon Crowther Ian Bevitt 8,770,000 11
191 7432 Friday 24th September 2 Carmel Morgan Ian Bevitt 8,910,000 9
192 7433 Monday 27th September 1 Jonathan Harvey Griff Rowland 9,470,000 7
193 7434 Monday 27th September 2 Jonathan Harvey Griff Rowland 10,080,000 4
194 7435 Thursday 30th September Julie Jones Griff Rowland 7,880,000 15
195 7436 Friday 1st October 1 John Kerr Griff Rowland 8,950,000 12
196 7437 Friday 1st October 2 John Kerr Griff Rowland 8,470,000 13
197 7438 Monday 4th October 1 Chris Fewtrell Kay Patrick 9,580,000 6
198 7439 Monday 4th October 2 Chris Fewtrell Kay Patrick 9,820,000 3
199 7440 Thursday 7th October Debbie Oates Kay Patrick 8,440,000 13
200 7441 Friday 8th October 1 Peter Whalley Kay Patrick 8,570,000 11
201 7442 Friday 8th October 2 Martin Allen Kay Patrick 8,190,000 14
202 7443 Monday 11th October 1 Joe Turner Noreen Kershaw 9,350,000 9
203 7444 Monday 11th October 2 Mark Wadlow Noreen Kershaw 9,410,000 7
204 7445 Thursday 14th October Carmel Morgan Noreen Kershaw 8,620,000 14
205 7446 Friday 15th October 1 Jan McVerry Noreen Kershaw 9,370,000 8
206 7447 Friday 15th October 2 Jayne Hollinson Noreen Kershaw 9,480,000 6
207 7448 Monday 18th October 1 Mark Burt Pip Short 9,850,000 6
208 7449 Monday 18th October 2 Mark Burt Pip Short 9,610,000 7
209 7450 Thursday 21st October Damon Rochefort Pip Short 8,630,000 14
210 7451 Friday 22nd October 1 David Lane Pip Short 9,470,000 9
211 7452 Friday 22nd October 2 Simon Crowther Pip Short 8,750,000 13
212 7453 Monday 25th October 1 Chris Fewtrell Durno Johnston 9,960,000 5
213 7454 Monday 25th October 2 Damon Rochefort Durno Johnston 9,580,000 7
214 7455 Thursday 28th October John Kerr Durno Johnston 8,570,000 14
215 7456 Friday 29th October 1 David Lane Durno Johnston 9,030,000 12
216 7457 Friday 29th October 2 Debbie Oates Durno Johnston 8,790,000 13
217 7458 Monday 1st November 1 Peter Whalley Dominic Leclerc 10,470,000 5
218 7459 Monday 1st November 2 Peter Whalley Dominic Leclerc 9,870,000 9
219 7460 Thursday 4th November Mark Burt Dominic Leclerc 8,940,000 14
220 7461 Friday 5th November 1 Jayne Hollinson Dominic Leclerc 9,240,000 12
221 7462 Friday 5th November 2 Jonathan Harvey Dominic Leclerc 9,420,000 11
222 7463 Monday 8th November 1 Martin Allen Tony Prescott 11,450,000 5
223 7464 Monday 8th November 2 Simon Crowther Tony Prescott 12,090,000 3
224 7465 Thursday 11th November Julie Jones Tony Prescott 9,140,000 13
225 7466 Friday 12th November 1 Jan McVerry Tony Prescott 9,590,000 12
226 7467 Friday 12th November 2 Carmel Morgan Tony Prescott 8,900,000 14
227 7468 Monday 15th November 1 Jayne Hollinson John Anderson 10,590,000 6
228 7469 Monday 15th November 2 Mark Burt John Anderson 10,560,000 7
229 7470 Thursday 18th November Chris Fewtrell John Anderson 9,690,000 9
230 7471 Friday 19th November 1 Jonathan Harvey John Anderson 7,940,000 17
231 7472 Friday 19th November 2 Martin Allen John Anderson 6,710,000 26
232 7473 Monday 22nd November 1 Jan McVerry Kay Patrick 10,140,000 7
233 7474 Monday 22nd November 2 Julie Jones Kay Patrick 10,040,000 8
234 7475 Thursday 25th November David Lane Kay Patrick 9,350,000 14
235 7476 Friday 26th November 1 Peter Whalley Kay Patrick 9,390,000 13
236 7477 Friday 26th November 2 Peter Whalley Kay Patrick 9,050,000 17
237 7478 Monday 29th November Damon Rochefort Ian Bevitt 10,800,000 6
238 7479 Wednesday 1st December 1 Mark Wadlow Ian Bevitt 10,100,000 11
239 7480 Wednesday 1st December 2 Joe Turner Ian Bevitt 10,210,000 9
240 7481 Thursday 2nd December John Kerr Ian Bevitt 10,470,000 7
241 7482 Friday 3rd December Simon Crowther Ian Bevitt 9,780,000 16
242 7483 Monday 6th December 1 Peter Whalley Graeme Harper 12,470,000 7
243 7484 Monday 6th December 2 Joe Turner Graeme Harper 14,100,000 2
244 7485 Tuesday 7th December Chris Fewtrell Graeme Harper 12,440,000 8
245 7486 Wednesday 8th December Martin Allen Tony Prescott 12,030,000 10
246 7487 Thursday 9th December Jan McVerry Tony Prescott 14,000,000 3
247 7488 Friday 10th December 1 Carmel Morgan Tony Prescott 12,530,000 6
248 7489 Friday 10th December 2 Simon Crowther Tony Prescott 12,830,000 5
249 7490 Monday 13th December 1 Damon Rochefort David Kester 12,390,000 3
250 7491 Monday 13th December 2 Damon Rochefort David Kester 12,350,000 4
251 7492 Thursday 16th December John Kerr David Kester 10,030,000 10
252 7493 Friday 17th December 1 Julie Jones David Kester 11,030,000 6
253 7494 Friday 17th December 2 Debbie Oates David Kester 11,480,000 5
254 7495 Monday 20th December Ellen Taylor Duncan Foster 11,980,000 4
255 7496 Thursday 23rd December David Lane Duncan Foster 10,400,000 10
256 7497 Friday 24th December 1 Mark Wadlow Duncan Foster 10,420,000 9
257 7498 Friday 24th December 2 Mark Wadlow Duncan Foster 10,000,000 13
258 7499 Saturday 25th December Jonathan Harvey Duncan Foster 9,770,000 14
259 7500 Monday 27th December 1 Jayne Hollinson Ian Bevitt 10,400,000 5
260 7501 Monday 27th December 2 Julie Jones Ian Bevitt 10,710,000 3
261 7502 Thursday 30th December Mark Wadlow Ian Bevitt 9,700,000 7
262 7503 Friday 31st December 1 Damon Rochefort Ian Bevitt 9,030,000 10
263 7504 Friday 31st December 2 Jonathan Harvey Ian Bevitt 8,110,000 16

Storylines[]

January[]

  • Steve and Becky McDonald find themselves loggerheads over her refusal to have children. Hurt, he deliberately acts in a distant fashion towards her and he's unsympathetic when she attempts to tell him how she is struggling. Liz McDonald finds herself caught in the middle. Becky ignores her shifts at the Rovers to go out with Claire Peacock to the cinema while Steve gets drunk with Ashley Peacock, admitting he still loves Becky. His drunken state causes another row between them, and they spend days hardly talking. Steve does his best to provoke Becky into rowing with him by spending money on golf clubs, going on nights out in town, buying a motorbike and getting drunk with Kelly Crabtree in the pub flat. Unbeknownst to anyone, Becky has received a call to say her estranged mother has died. She organises the funeral by herself, only telling Roy and Hayley Cropper when they see that something is troubling her. On the day of the funeral, an angry Roy tells a complaining Steve what’s happened and that he ought to be supporting his wife in her hour of need. Steve desperately looks for Becky but cannot find her. Instead, he gets drunk. Returning to the pub he apologises for being a moron. Becky forgives him but stuns him with the news that she's known for a month that she's pregnant.
  • Molly Dobbs, hurt over Kevin Webster ending their relationship, sees an opportunity to get out of the area when Tyrone Dobbs is offered a job at a garage in Chester. Kevin is unhappy he's leaving until he realises that the move will get Molly out of the way.
  • Ryan Connor and Sian Powers lie to Michelle Connor that her father is fine with them sleeping together in order that she can spend more nights at the flat. Sophie Webster is upset that Sian has broken their pact of celibacy, but their friendship is soon restored. Vinnie threatens Ryan for sleeping with his daughter who decides to go and live with her mother in Southport for a few months to escape the pressure.
  • Natasha Blakeman pulls out of a stylist's dinner and, rather than go alone, Audrey Roberts hires Lewis Archer to accompany her. She almost breaks off the arrangement due to nerves, but Lewis makes her relax and she thoroughly enjoys her night out with him. She softens in her attitude towards Joe McIntyre and pays for a honeymoon in the Lake District. Joe tries to keep a low profile as Rick Neelan comes collecting his debt, demanding £4,000 before the end of the day with unspecified threats towards Tina McIntyre. The bank refuses Joe's request to extend his overdraft and a prospective sale of No.8 falls through. Rick finds out that Tina and Jason Grimshaw are trying to sell No.12 and threatens Joe that he will take his debt out of the proceeds of his daughter's sale. Joe cons the £4,000 out of Ted Page, lying that it's a deposit on a flat that he and Gail Platt want to buy. Rick tells Joe that £5,000 interest has accrued and keeps the pressure on him. Nick Tilsley comes back for the wedding. David Platt is jealous of the favouritism that Gail shows towards her first-born and is angry when he sees the spark between his brother and Tina at the reception. The two brothers almost come to blows and peace is restored only when Nick returns to Nottingham.
  • The newlyweds enjoy their short honeymoon. Upon their return, Joe makes plans to take out a life insurance policy in both their names. With the prospect of nowhere to live, David does his best to sabotage any further house viewings. Audrey refuses his request to rent a room in the salon flat, even when Gail asks her mother to change her mind. Joe tries to get work at the Turners Joinery conversion but is refused an advance on his fee supposedly to buy materials. Bill Webster catches him seemingly emptying a cancer charity collection jar in the Rovers. Joe manages to avoid Rick and one of his men when they give chase to try and beat him up. Getting desperate, he tries to sell No.8 cheaply to a property firm. When Gail finds out she blocks the sale and the two have a row which spills out onto the street. Joe's over-the-top insults provoke Gail into slapping him. On Audrey’s advice, Gail tries to find out the truth of what is troubling her new husband and he comes clean to her about Rick and his debts. Ted asks for his money back. Joe suggests to Gail they have a few days away on the boat.
  • Dev Alahan makes an effort to be more civil to Matt Davis, and Sunita Alahan thaws towards him, allowing him more time with Aadi and Asha Alahan. He realises how much he wants his family back with him and informs Sunita that he and Bernie Sayers are over. He comes to the rescue when a booking that Sunita makes for the twins’ birthday party falls through and his alternative event with Jesse Chadwick and Sean Tully providing the entertainment is a huge success. Asha falls ill with the virus and Matt is jealous when Sunita calls Dev hours before telling him. Dev can barely conceal his delight when Sunita tells him that she and Matt have called off their engagement and split up.
Episode7252

The Webster family unite around Sally.

  • Sally Webster keeps the news of her cancer diagnosis to just herself and Kevin, who refuses to let Bill confide in Pam Hobsworth. Sally prepares to go into hospital for a lumpectomy. Carla Connor refuses all requests for time off work until an order is completed but is instantly sympathetic towards Sally's need when she tells her about her diagnosis. Kevin is livid when one of Rosie Webster’s glamour shots appears on an advertising hoarding in the Rosamund Street bus stop and he and Sally are appalled when their daughter announces she's going to have a boob job. Rosie and Sophie sense something is wrong from their parents’ apparent overreaction and force them to tell them about Sally's cancer. The girls are devastated. The Underworld girls are abusive towards Sally when they discover she's been given time off and feel dreadful for their behaviour when they discover the reason why. Molly realises why Kevin broke off their affair. The lumpectomy takes place and the Websters are delighted to be told all the cancer appears to have been removed, although Sally will still need to have radiotherapy and hormone therapy treatment. The pressure getting to him, Kevin rows with Sophie when she tells him about the prayers that she said for her mother but apologises after she walks out of the house. Sally begins her treatments.
  • Trying to resurrect her feelings for Tyrone, Molly is furious when he turns down the Chester job in order to look after Webster's Autocentre for Kevin while Sally is ill and decides to end their marriage. Tyrone is devastated when she drops her bombshell. To keep her on at the corner shop, Dev allows her to live in the flat for free, leading Tyrone to think that they're having an affair and punching the shopkeeper. He’s forced to apologise. Coping with the fallout, Bill and Pam realise each of them knew about the affair. Molly tries to remain just friends with Tyrone, but she cuts him down to size when he tries to resurrect their relationship and he orders her to stay out of his life for good.
  • As Ken Barlow collects signatures for his petition against Peter Barlow’s new bar, he responds to his son's overtures to try and keep the peace between them. However, he falls out badly with George Wilson when he suggests that Simon Barlow ought to go to a private school in Cheshire that he will pay for rather than the unimpressive Bessie Street School. Work at Turners Joinery begins, even though planning permission has not yet been granted. Ken is bitterly angry when the council gives the go-ahead and is even more annoyed when George persuades Peter to take Simon to an open day at Oakhill School where the boys delighted response to the facilities persuades Peter to let him go there for a year on trial.
  • Leanne Battersby plans a hard hat party in the uncompleted Joinery.
  • Norris Cole is pleased when Freda Burgess uses her share of the competition winnings to put down a deposit on a flat and moves to Bradford. Mary Taylor is jealous to read in a magazine about their win and returns to Weatherfield. An unnerved Norris tries to avoid her attentions. She deliberately bins the picture of Norris with Freda and persuades the newsagent that he's tired and needs to take time off work, offering to help Tina run The Kabin in his absence.
  • Graeme Proctor’s love for Rosie proves to be unrequited but he refuses to be put off.
  • Gary Windass leaves for his basic army training after a send-off party in the Rovers.
  • An insensitive Rosie doesn't change her boob job plans. Sophie is appalled by her sister's attitude. Kevin is livid once more when he sees that one of Rosie's glamour shots is on the Rovers’ peanut card. Worried about his daughter's operation, he accompanies her to the clinic where she has a sudden change of heart when thinking about her mother and cancels the procedure.
  • Janice Battersby takes a fancy to binman Trevor Dean.

February[]

  • Steve and Becky are fully reconciled when she tells him about her fears that she wouldn't make a good mother because of her own poor upbringing. After he points out how good she is with Amy Barlow, Becky decides to keep the baby. They make a pact to keep the news between themselves, but cannot help quickly telling Claire, Betty Williams and a euphoric Liz. Becky makes full use off Steve's happiness to make him run round after her, though Liz grows annoyed at her laziness and unwillingness to serve her shifts behind the bar.
  • Ken is bitterly disappointed to find out that his grandson is going to be privately educated.
  • Peter and Leanne eat out at a restaurant to see how rival establishments operate. There, they find the disgruntled chef is Ciaran McCarthy. He quits on the job, and they bring him back to the street where Peter tells him that he is a recovering alcoholic. Despite that, Ciaran happily drinks in front of his friend not realising how much he is tempting him to fall off the wagon. Alone, Peter takes a single drink and convinces himself that he is capable of avoiding further temptation. Ken is persuaded to attend the hard-hat party at The Joinery where everyone is shocked to see Peter becoming drunk and abusive with friends, family and the press. Leanne closes the bar down as soon as it opens. The Wilsons take in Simon supposedly for one night to avoid him seeing his father drunk. Despite everyone being disgusted with his behaviour, Peter begins sustained drinking again. George refuses to let Simon return to him while he is intoxicated and tells the Barlows he will fund his rehab. Peter tries hard to sober up but slips again when George refuses to let Simon out of his charge. Rejecting the rehab plan, he goes to the Wilson’s house to get his son back and is devastated when he sees that Simon is afraid that the police will take him away. Breaking down, he agrees to go into rehab though he finds the process there difficult to cope with. Ken and Leanne agree that George can take Simon on a break to Spain.
  • Janice advertises for a lodger and is delighted when Trevor is an applicant. He moves in and the two settle down to domestic harmony, becoming closer in the process. Trevor mistakes Carla for the factory’s cleaner and inadvertently reveals what Janice thinks of her which results in Janice being made to clean the toilets. Trevor takes in two abandoned kittens that he names Pernod and Black. Janice pretends to like them, despite being allergic to cats.
  • The McDonald's lay on a party to celebrate Betty's 90th birthday and Liz arranges an interview in the Gazette which names her as Weatherfield’s oldest barmaid. This prompts visit during the party from 91-year-old Enid Crump who angrily claims she holds that title. She complains about the hotpot that she polishes off, but the next day falls ill. Realising the food that she was given was out of date, Betty is frantic that she has poisoned her and is later relieved to hear that Enid blames her condition on the amount she drank.
  • Kevin warns Molly to keep away from his family when she calls at No.4 with a get-well card for Sally. Connie Rathbone lets slip to Jackie Dobbs about the breakdown of his son’s marriage and she comes round, supposedly to look after him but immediately begins leeching off him. Suspecting Molly of an affair, Jackie confronts her, and a fight almost breaks out. Jack Duckworth and Connie attempt to warn Tyrone to send Jackie packing but, feeling alone in the world, he claims she's changed and tells them to leave his house.
  • A reluctant Haley joins Anna Windass at salsa classes and finds the event highly enjoyable.
Episode7270

Joe's escapes his life, but not in the way he planned.

  • Joe tells a threatening Rick that he has a plan to get him his money. Tina grows suspicious as her father brings the Lake District trip forward. A couple of days before they depart, and pressured by his daughter, Joe confesses to Tina the full trouble he’s in with Rick. He takes Gail back to their honeymoon cottage as soon as he can. Once they have gone, Rick calls on Joe and David finds out about the loan shark from a watching Tina. In Cumbria, Joe explains to his incredulous wife his plan to disappear for seven years in order that she can claim his life insurance policy, escaping Rick’s clutches in the process. The two have a bitter fight, overheard by a couple nearby. Unwilling to abandon his strategy, Joe sets off across the darkened lake in Gale Force but loses his escape dinghy and is knocked into the icy water by a strong gust of wind smacking the boom into his head. He drowns with Gail unaware what has happened in the pitch-black night. When he fails to return the next day, she summons David to Cumbria to help her, confessing everything to him but she is unwilling to contact the police as it will get Joe in trouble for fraud when he comes back. Thinking her husband has made his way to Ireland, Gail returns with David to Weatherfield where they tell everyone that Joe has got a job fitting a kitchen in an old folk’s home in Cumbria.
  • Nick returns to Weatherfield from Nottingham, saying he’s lost his job. Finding out who Carla is, he visits her at the factory and offers to invest in the business. She rejects his proposition but is intrigued as to who he is and discovers that he is Leanne's former husband. Nick becomes aware of his mother’s tense manner and also witnesses her encountering Rick and spots the bruises on her arm from her altercation with Joe. When she angrily refuses to discuss the matter with him or Audrey, he takes offence and returns to Nottingham.
  • Constantly worried about her father, Tina is thrilled when Jason’s divorce papers from Sarah Grimshaw arrive, and he proposes to her. David is unhappy at the news. On her birthday, David sends Tina a text from Joe's phone and orders flowers in his name to stop her worrying that there is something wrong. Rick pushes Tina and Jason for the unpaid money and sets fire to a newspaper through their letterbox when they refuse. The police are called in and Gail tells Tina the truth about her father's plan. Although shocked, she covers for Gail in perpetuating the fiction that he is working in the Lake District. A walker finds Joe’s body and the police break the news to Gail that her husband is dead. She and Tina are grief-stricken as they formally identify him. Although Gail is upfront and honest with the police about everything that has happened, they tell her that they are treating Joe's death as suspicious due to unexplained injuries on his body. Thinking he's destroying evidence that could paint his mother in a bad light, David throws Joe's phone in the canal which means Gail is unable to provide it to the police when they discover that Tina's birthday text and the flower order happened after the time that they think he died.
  • With Tina and Jason still trying to sell No.12, Eileen is pleased to let them move in with her at No.11 though Jesse is annoyed that his props will now have to be stored in the outhouse. When he wins £3,856.50, Eileen expects him to treat her and is gutted when he books a holiday in Egypt for himself and his parents instead. She orders him to pack his things and leave.
  • Sunita tells Dev her great aunts Grishma and Upma are coming over from India to visit, but the problem is that they still think she's married to Dev, and she doesn't want to upset them. He agrees to put up the pretence that they are still man and wife. The fortnight’s visit sees several near-misses where the truth is nearly revealed to the opinionated and complaining old ladies who expect to stay under their roof and not in a hotel, which means Dev has to sleep in Sunita’s room, albeit on an airbed. They find it all a massive strain, but the experience brings them closer together. Matt calls and sees that there are no hopes of a reconciliation. When the aunts return home, Dev packs his things, ready to move back into his flat but neither he nor Sunita are pleased to be apart, and they agree to give things another go. She lays down a stipulation the three twins are not to be told yet, but Dev cannot contain himself and goes against her wishes. When she sees that he has booked a trip to Disneyland for them all, she asks him to leave.
  • With Norris back at work, he reluctantly joins Mary for a drink.
  • Roy has to reduce Anna and John Stape’s hours at the cafe when the business takes a downturn.
  • Gary returns on a fortnight’s leave with his army mate Quinny who tries to chat up Rosie. He receives a phone call to say that his brother, also in the army, has lost his legs in an attack. Anna fears for her son as he returns to camp.
  • A lonely Audrey employs the services of Lewis once again. He engineers a meeting with her in the Rovers in front of her friends where he makes her feel wonderful about herself by pretending to be attracted to her on sight. Norris recognises him from the Christmas lunch last year and spreads gossip that Claudia Colby is his wife and Audrey is his mistress.
  • Liz replaces Becky with Ciaran behind the bar. She is attracted to him when he can't help but be charming to her, but she misinterprets his intentions and leans in for a kiss which he dodges, just as Steve and Becky walk into the room, leaving her mortified.

March[]

  • Liz and Ciaran reach an understanding when he tells her that he could never date his boss.
  • Both Dev and Sunita regret their actions. After momentarily being jealous of supposedly seeing Sunita reunited with Ciaran, the two agree to give things another go. He celebrates a happy birthday with his reunited family and Sunita accepts him into her bed. Feeling she doesn’t belong in Bramhall, she badgers him to let her and the twins move into his small flat where things go wrong almost from the start when Aadi locks himself out on the balcony and has to be rescued by Graeme. They agree to look for a house to move into.
  • Teresa Bryant gets a job as factory cleaner when Kelly snipes at her, saying she can't hold down work. She is then fired, and reinstated, in short order after Kelly tries to sabotage her efforts.
  • Becky suffers a sudden miscarriage which Steve only discovers when he sees his wife drinking. He has to help her home after seeing her ejected drunk from a Manchester bar, but she then closes off to him, thinking she's unworthy of him. Liz helps bring her round when she tells her about the loss of Katie McDonald. She and Steve agree to try for another baby. Steve is stung when Becky complains that his libido is diminishing. Trying to prove her wrong, they are caught having sex on the flat kitchen floor by an amused Ciaran.
  • The police can find no evidence against Rick. They discover that Gail is the sole beneficiary of Joe's life insurance and get her to admit that she sent the birthday text to Tina. She makes Gail feel guilt-ridden when she shouts after that her father might still be alive if she'd reported him missing earlier. She withdraws her remarks when she sees how truly grief-stricken Gail is. Taken in for questioning, Gail’s shocked to find out that Joe forged her signature on the life insurance application. Despite her being grateful for David’s support, he’s jealous when she summons Nick back home to help her. The police release Joe's body for the funeral. Mark and Jane Kenworthy, the couple who witnessed part of Joe and Gail’s final row, come forward and their evidence places Gail in a bad light. Finding out about this, Tina suspects Gail of lying to her and tells her to stay away from the funeral. Gail agrees to Audrey’s suggestion that after the funeral, she ought to go and stay for a while with Sarah in Milan. She enrages Tina when she makes a speech about Joe at the funeral. Tina then rings the police and tells them that Gail forced her to lie about her dad's whereabouts when he was missing, and that she's planning to flee the country. Gail is arrested on a murder charge and remanded in Redford Prison where she struggles at first to fit in and argues with Audrey when she questions her innocence on a visit to her daughter. Her appeal against remand is denied and David, feeling he is the only one truly supporting his mum, drives with Graeme to the Lake District to ask the Kenworthys about their evidence. They report them to the police for harassment and David is threatened with arrest for perverting the course of justice. Nick warns his brother to stay in line whilst admitting he hasn't been supportive as he could be as he wasn't able to cope with the situation but promises he will be from now onwards.
  • Trying to buy into the factory again, Nick beds Kelly in order to get him access to the company accounts and insider information. He makes Carla an offer for Tony Gordon's shares and a brought-in client list which she finds too tempting to refuse, even though she has overheard Kelly boasting about her supposed boyfriend's plans for the business. David isn't pleased when Nick moves back into No.8. Realising she's been the victim of industrial espionage, the first job Carla makes him do is to sack Kelly. After hesitating, he carries out the task. A bitter Kelly tells her workmates what she thinks of them and leaves Weatherfield.
Episode7293

Peter is distraught over his missing son.

  • Peter checks himself out of rehab early, claiming he is now back in control. He's angry when he discovers Simon is in Spain and is eager for his son's return. George delays coming back by a day, and then claims Simon is too tired to be moved when Peter goes round to collect him. George doesn’t think Peter is fit to look after his grandson and refuses to hand him over. The police are called, and Peter is arrested when George provokes him into losing his temper. George then obtains a temporary order through the courts to retain custody of his grandson. The pressure makes Peter want to drink again. George and a reluctant Eve take Simon to Blackpool for an overnight treat where the child overhears them arguing about George’s plans to move to Berkshire. Simon runs away from them and goes missing. The Barlows rush there to join with a shamefaced George in the police search. They are unsuccessful but Simon makes his own way back to Weatherfield. George admits the error of his ways and drops his legal action.
  • Sally slowly recovers. Molly is shocked to discover that she is four months’ pregnant. Realising the baby must be his, Kevin tries to push her into having an abortion, but she rejects both him and his advice. Tyrone impresses her when he discovers his mother with yet another man she's picked up in his house and angrily throws the pair of them out. Emotionally exhausted, Molly accepts Tyrone’s kind overtures. She tells him about the baby and doesn't dissuade him from his belief that it's his. She agrees to give their relationship another chance. Pam argues with her for over the deception and she slaps her auntie across the face. Unable to tell the truth to her husband, the two plan for the baby, while a tense Kevin takes his temper out on Sophie.
  • Mary's presence in The Kabin while Tina is on bereavement leave irritates Norris. He celebrates his 70th birthday but is taken aback when Mary gives him a toupee as a present.
  • Both Graham and Kirk Sutherland are conned into giving a girl £20 each who they meet at a nightclub and who claims needs taxi money.
  • John misses teaching. Further emboldened when he helps Chesney Battersby-Brown with his homework, he applies for a post at the Weatherfield Adult Education Centre and obtains the post when he lies about the gap in his CV. Fiz Stape is concerned about the deception. He immerses himself in the job and is devastated when he is sacked on the spot after a standard CRB check brings up his past record.
  • Trevor and Carla are attracted to each other. He mistakenly thinks she is the factory cleaner, and she goes along with the joke. He asks her out when he discovers the truth and the two of them get along well. He's relieved that she's not bothered that he's a binman. Unaware of these developments, Janice is stung when Trevor makes a joke with her about her constantly eating and goes on a diet.
  • Rita Sullivan returns from her cruise and, feeling at a loose end, works with Emily Bishop in her charity shop where the two friends bicker as Rita thinks she knows more about running a retail enterprise. Realising she's gone too far, she apologises. Mary forces Norris to enter another competition with her which they win with the prize being a week in Yorkshire's Bronte country. Norris desperately tries to get out of it, but he has to agree to go along when an amused Rita steps in to cover for him at The Kabin.
  • Cracks appear in Jason and Tina's relationship after she overhears him answering the police’s questions about Joe's past activities and he mentions the break-in at the medical centre. Tina starts to become withdrawn from him and prefers not to go out. The sale of No.12 falls through and the couple decide to remain in the flat, having only taken part of their possessions across the street. When Jason's decree absolute comes through, he suggests they get married next month tipping a moody Tina over the edge with him and she confesses to kissing Nick at Christmas. Jason punches his supposed rival. David also finds out about the incident and Nick enjoys provoking his brother’s jealousy, until David also hits him. Eileen worries about Tina when she locks herself in the flat.
  • Eileen tells Jesse to remove the last of his belongings from No.11. He begs for another chance and tries to charm her. Resistant at first, she caves in, however at the same time Jesse has made a clumsy pass at Julie Carp and, horrified by his betrayal of her sister, she tells Eileen what he’s done. The two women throw his belongings at him in the Rovers and drive him out of town.
  • Rosie dates Weatherfield County FC's footballer Kyle Dimitri, still spurning Graeme’s declarations of love.
  • Sophie is delighted when Sian visits for Easter. Ryan finds her third-wheel presence annoying and tries to set her up with Lee, a friend of his, telling him that Sophie is “well up for it”. The two friends row when Sophie discovers what he has said, and Sian takes her side. When she and Ryan have another row, the two girls declare they’re off men.
  • Norris captures a photo of Lewis kissing Audrey and shows it to Rita and Mary as proof of the supposed affair. Audrey comes clean to Rita about their business relationship. After some thought, Rita admires her friend for having some fun.

April[]

  • Becky has sudden stomach pains and is told she has suffered a second miscarriage and that she cannot carry a baby to full term. After talking to Hayley, she opens up to Steve’s suggestion that they should consider adoption. They attend an initial group meeting and are surprised to see Anna and Eddie Windass also there on the same mission.
  • Gail adjusts to prison life. Audrey makes her peace with her. Nick finds himself unable to cope with visiting his mother.
  • Gutted at his break-up, Jason drinks heavily and quits his job after arguing with Bill. Eileen forces him to apologise. Being sent home to sober up, he falls down the yard stairs and suffers short-term amnesia. Eileen tells Tina who goes to see Jason, only to find his memory restored and suspects Eileen of lying to play Cupid.
  • Sunita feels that she doesn’t fit in in Didsbury. Maria Connor accepts an offer for No.7 from her and Dev after it's put on the market.
Episode7325

Audrey finds love again.

  • Rita books Lewis herself. After an enjoyable trip to the theatre, she books him as her escort for the Easter Chamber of Commerce dinner dance. Claudia and Audrey do the same and he has to turn them down. Falling in love with Lewis, Audrey is outraged to see Rita on his arm at the dance and confronts her in her flat in an acrimonious conversation which ends with Audrey slapping Rita’s face. They later regret their harsh words but don’t reconcile. Lewis and Rita agree not to see each other again. Rita returns to The Kabin and Emily brokers a peace between her and Audrey. Lewis calms Audrey’s fears that she is just another client to him with a passionate kiss and he declares his love for her, stating that he wants to give up his profession and open an hotel on a Greek island. Audrey is totally smitten, but Rita warns her that she’s becoming a laughing-stock.
  • A depressed John is invited to the leaving party of old teaching colleague Colin Fishwick who is emigrating to Canada. Fiz doesn’t enjoy the cliquey event, nor the flirty attentions that teacher Charlotte Hoyle pays to her husband. At the party, John is struck by an idea and steals some identity papers of Colin’s, planning to apply for a job in his name. A shocked Fiz tells him to forget the idea, but over the coming days he wears her down. He obtains a job at a school in Rochdale after being interviewed by head of English Brian Packham and the headmistress. The neighbours are told that his work is admin in a furniture warehouse. Although his induction day goes well, he leaves his mobile phone behind, and Brian insists on bringing it round to No.5. There, lonely after separating from his wife, Brian won’t leave while John and Fiz have to keep everyone out of the house, including a hurt Julie when she calls to see how John's first day went. Fiz makes it up to Julie by inviting her for a meal.
  • Janice is pleased when Trevor supports her by joining in on her diet. They agree to have a treat with a fish and chip supper but Trevor bails on her by agreeing to go into Manchester for the night with Carla. He spends the night in her bed. The next morning, Janice is distraught when Carla hands over his left-behind phone for her to pass on to her lodger, with instructions that she is to respect her privacy.
  • Tina holes herself up in her flat, telling Norris to stick his job. Graeme fears for her and breaks her down down when he sees through her window that she has collapsed. He finds out that she hasn’t been eating and forces her to consume some soup. Breaking down over her dad, she confesses that she doesn’t want to live.
  • Rosie doesn’t listen when Kevin tells her that no one’s ever heard of Kyle. She invites him to tea at No.4 where Kevin recognises him as a burger seller outside the County ground. A humiliated Rosie throws him out.
  • Finding out that Ryan is seeing another girl, Sophie tries to engineer a reconciliation between him and Sian but fails. When she hugs Ryan to cheer him up, he misreads the signals and tries to kiss her. When she sees Ryan and Sian kissing, she tells her what her on-off boyfriend did. Ryan accuses her of lying but is caught out when Sian sees messages on Ryan’s phone between him and Sophie. Sian apologises to Sophie who gives in to her latent feelings and kisses her. Sian is horrified and flees back to Southport. Sophie follows her there where Sian breaks off their friendship, saying she objects to being experimented upon. A distraught Sophie is grounded when she returns home to an angry Kevin as she went against his expressed wishes but relents when he sees how upset his daughter is. She tells him she's in love with someone who doesn't reciprocate but doesn't expand on who she is talking about. She goes out with Lee to test her sexuality, but the date is a disaster but it's made-up for when Sian returns and declares her love for her. Sunita gives Sophie a part-time job at the corner shop.
  • Leanne’s comment that she wants Simon to regard her as his mum gives Peter the idea of proposing. He enlists Michelle’s help in purchasing a ring to present to her at Ken and Deirdre Barlow’s anniversary party. Unfortunately, the plan goes awry when Leanne suspects Peter and Michelle’s collusion as evidence of an affair. She accuses the two at the party and is mortified when the truth is told to her. To make things right, she buys an engagement ring for Peter and goes down on one knee herself in front of friends and family. Peter accepts.
  • Lloyd Mullaney is taken with Cheryl Gray, an old colleague of Leanne’s. Steve reminds Lloyd of Leanne’s former profession as a prostitute and warns him that Cheryl may not be all she seems. When he finds her lost mobile in his car, he traces her down to the La Belle strip club where he makes it clear to her that he's not bothered by her occupation. She asks for his phone number, but Teresa makes it clear that Lloyd already has a girlfriend.
  • Molly goes for a scan and an excited Tyrone shows the video to Kevin. Mistaking his strange attitude as jealousy over not having a son, Tyrone suggests to Molly that they make Kevin the godfather. She tries to talk him out of it and refuses point-blank Kevin's request that she has an abortion. Tyrone is hurt when Kevin says he wants to dissolve their partnership. He apologises for his outburst and offers to service Tyrone’s car for free, but his friend takes the vehicle before the job is finished and it has defective brakes. Driving to see Diggory Compton on his birthday, the car overturns in the countryside. With no serious injuries to her or the baby, Molly is released from hospital after a period of observation. Molly considers reporting Kevin to the police for deliberate sabotage. Although she changes her mind, she insists to Tyrone that she wants to move out of the area. He agrees after Kevin hastily offers to buy out his share of the business, hurting his feelings.
  • Still carrying a torch for Rosie, Graeme also sets his sights on Natasha, but she is more interested in Nick. She and Rosie discover that Graeme has been using the same chat-up lines on them and humiliate him in the Rovers by pouring a pint over his head. Natasha gets a semi-interested Nick in taking her out but for three nights in a row he has to let her down due to other commitments until he takes a stand against Carla’s work demands to spend an evening with the stylist.
  • Kirk fancies Izzy Armstrong, a girl he encounters on a chatroom. Nervous that she will be put off by his looks, he and Graham con Jason into posing for a picture to send to her. She's unimpressed when she arrives at the Rovers and discovers the deception. Gary is on leave and there is a spark between him and Izzy when he almost bumps into her wheelchair. David is taken aback when Gary sympathises with Gail’s plight and pronounces her innocent. He returns to camp, but Eddie and Anna are shocked when they receive a call to say that their son was never on leave and has gone AWOL. David spots him sneaking home to eat but promises to say nothing. However, when he sees how upset Anna is, he breaks his confidence. Eddie and Anna find their son and bring him home, but he refuses to say why he’s absconded. They hide their son from his enquiring warrant officer but Eddie rings the army behind his wife’s back.
  • Wanting some peace and quiet while Deirdre panics over a mouse loose in No.1, Ken suggests to her that they should invest in a loft conversion. She totally dismisses the idea.
  • A reluctant Norris sets off with Mary to an isolated cottage in Yorkshire. There, she makes him join her in filling out endless competition forms and makes it clear that she is after some form of intimacy with him. Sabotaging his efforts to contact or return home, including breaking the cottage's phone, Norris is forced to barricade himself into his bedroom at night.

May[]

  • Norris tries to escape but sprains his ankle. Mary’s talk of marriage and her strange behaviour convinces him that she’s killed her mother. He finds that she’s been concealing a mobile phone and calls the police. He is “rescued”, but the police find that Mary’s mother is alive and well when they investigate. Norris tells Mary he never wants to see her again.
  • Gary admits that a visit to Quinny’s brother traumatised him. Just after reaching the decision to return to the army, his officer calls to collect him and Gary is furious that his father alerted them. Father and son make up when Eddie apologises for doing the right thing but in the wrong way.
  • A deeply depressed Tina spends several weeks without emerging from No.12. The residents think she’s gone to stay with her mother and, at her insistence, only Graeme is in on her secret. He looks after her and fixes her door, changing the locks in the process. Tina gives him his own key leading Jason, still keen to sell, to wonder why he can’t gain entry to the flat, but Graeme can. Graeme refuses to hand over his key. He tries to encourage Tina to venture outside but each time she attempts to cross the threshold she suffers a panic attack. Losing out on a job, Rosie reluctantly agrees to go for a drink with Graham but when Tina needs his help he bails out on the furious model. Tina is touched for his solicitude when she finds out. Hearing from Dev and Sunita that they think Graeme is lodging at No.12, Jason forces his way inside and discovers the truth of Tina’s depression. Talking to her former boyfriend helps her and the two are reconciled. Tina is summoned to appear as a prosecution witness at Gail's trial and does her best to get out of it.
  • As Nick and Natasha’s romance continues, David asks Graeme to move into No.8 in an effort to drive them out. Nick is forced to accept Graeme being around.
  • Nick hopes to bring in Paul Stokes as another customer for Underworld but when Stokes visits he mistakes Trevor for an employee and flirts with Carla in front of him. He’s furious when he overhears Carla and Trevor laughing about him behind his back, but Nick manages to persuade him to continue negotiations. The factory roof leaks badly, creating a safety risk with the electrics and Carla employs Bill and Jason to fix it. The staff have to work in the haphazard conditions to satisfy an impending deadline for the last order on the books, but disaster strikes when the purchaser rejects the imperfect goods. The premises have to close for two weeks to enable the roof work to take place.
Episode7336

A sad day for Deirdre.

  • Deirdre firmly nixes a plan by Ken to convert No.1’s loft into a peaceful haven for himself. Expecting Blanche’s imminent return from Portugal, Deirdre is stunned to be told that her mother has died suddenly. May Penn, her friend in the resort, calls and tells them how Blanche was engaged the previous week to Arnold, a man she met out there. Ken and Deirdre plan the funeral which Archie Shuttleworth organises. Deirdre takes her grief out on Ken until he makes her see how much her mother meant to him. A delighted Tracy Barlow is allowed out of prison for the funeral, but she only has eyes for Amy. After the service, Tracy picks a fight with Becky when she finds out that she and Steve are planning to change Amy’s surname to McDonald and has to be hauled away. Blanche’s will leaves all her estate of £14,000, except for a few tacky bequests, to Tracy.
  • Becky dreads a visit from Dawn Coghill, a social worker, to assess her and Steve for adoption. When questions are asked about their criminal records, Becky loses her temper and throws Dawn out. Steve resolves the matter when he invites Dawn back and they listen in as Becky sympathetically consoles an upset Amy over the death of her Nana Blanche. The two are told they can proceed with their application. Anna and Eddie manage to charm their own hard-faced social worker. Lloyd ends up writing references for both couples. Tracy’s summons Becky to the prison where she offers a good reference to the couple for their other adoption plans if they leave Amy’s surname alone. Tracy’s uncaring manner provokes Becky, and the two women have another fight in the visiting room. Tracy tells Deirdre that Steve and Becky are planning to stop her seeing Amy and, taken in by her daughter’s lie, she intervenes with the couple. Becky thinks their chances of being approved are scuttled but on another prison visit Steve persuades Tracy that Becky is good with their daughter and gets an agreement for a good reference in return for which Steve will support Tracy’s move to an open prison for more contact with their daughter.
  • Steve, Peter, Ashley, Trevor and Tyrone plan to go and see the World Cup with all of them planning to keep the trip a secret from their womenfolk. Suppressing her jealousy about Carla, Janice finds out about the trip when she discovers a biscuit tin full of cash in Trevor 's room and fears that she has taken in a drug dealer. When she discovers the truth, she agrees to keep the matter to herself.
  • Kirk plucks up the courage to contact Izzy and the two enjoy a date in the Rovers. She and Fiz tutor Kirk in the art of sewing when he applies for a machinist’s job at the factory, but he is hopeless and fails the interview badly. When Izzy tries to intervene on his behalf, she finds herself taken on when her gung-ho spirit impresses Carla. Kirk is happy for her and delighted when Carla offers him a packing and driver’s job. He mistakes a comment from Ashley as an offer to move into No.13 now that No.7 is sold, and the Peacocks find themselves with an unexpected lodger.
  • Sean decides to contact Violet Wilson in order that he can see more of Dylan, but she ignores his Facebook friend requests.
  • The altercation at the funeral galvanises Tracy into wanting more contact with Amy which she would achieve by being moved to an open prison. She makes a pact with the police that they will move her if she gets evidence from fellow inmate Gail that will help convict her. She’s moved into Gail’s cell and begins to try and gain her confidence, hoping to gain some sort of admission but time is short as Gail’s trial is brought forward. Tracy listens with interest as Gail tells her that on her honeymoon, she hid a rolling pin from Joe to stop him baking more awful shortbread. Unable to find any truthful evidence, Tracy lies that Gail has confessed that she killed Joe with the rolling pin. The police find the piece of kitchenware in the holiday cottage. Tracy is moved out of the cell before Gail finds out about her treachery. When all is revealed, the Platts falls out badly with the Barlows, though Ken and Deirdre are uncertain as to whether to believe their daughter. Nick and David are united when they begin a campaign to free Gail, but David is determined to fight dirty and persuades his brother to join him in bribing the cottage’s Polish cleaner, Anka Grabowski, to testify in their mum’s favour. She agrees, and Nick has to provide the cash by taking it from Underworld’s safe. Tina is incensed when she hears that a new witness has come forward to exonerate Gail and changes her mind about testifying in court.
  • A sudden estrangement between Roy and Hayley occurs when he suggests a civil partnership to secure their joint finances. Hayley is deeply hurt that he won't have a big wedding and declare his love for her, but he will only contemplate the cheapest one possible. Things get worse when Hayley plans to buy a salsa dress and Roy is very sparing in his compliments as to how she looks in it, but the final breach happens when Hayley asks Roy if he views her as a woman and he replies, logically rather than emotionally, that he does because she has paperwork to prove it. Hayley leaves Roy and dumps herself on Anna and an annoyed Eddie.
  • Teresa sees Lloyd growing ever closer to Cheryl. Liz makes her see the writing is on the wall and she leaves the area before suffering any indignation. Cheryl tips Lloyd that La Belle is looking for a new taxi contract for its girls and he arranges for one to be signed. He dislikes how Cheryl is treated by her manager, but she assumes his concern is just a ploy to chat her up. They make headway when he offers to get her tickets to her favourite musical but is disappointed when he reveals she’s married and has a son, Russ, albeit her relationship with her husband, Chris, is going through a very difficult phase.
  • Sophie begins her GCSE’s.
  • The Alahan’s move into No.7, annoyed when they find Maria’s furniture still in place.
  • In Highfield Prison, Tony puts into place his plan to wreak revenge on Carla and Roy. He pays Robbie Sloane, a fellow inmate who’s being released, to spring him from an ambulance when he is being transported to hospital with a fake heart attack, and also to procure a gun. Carla is terrified when the news of the escape breaks out and Dev is able to confirm that Tony has been seen in the street. At the same time, Robbie poses as a buyer interested in obtaining Underworld seconds from Carla, and a fellow enthusiast of trains with Roy.
  • Gail’s trial begins with Tracy and Tina giving their evidence. Gail is convinced that matters are not entirely going her way and the Platts feel that Anka’s evidence will be crucial.

June[]

  • Hayley is touched when Roy presents her with a salsa dress, and they are reconciled.
Episode7356

Showdown for Carla and Tony.

  • Robbie persuades Roy to go to a railway gala in York, and thinking he is out of the way bounds and gags Carla at gunpoint in the empty factory. He then summons Hayley there by telling her that her friend is hurt. The two women are stunned when an insane Tony steps forward as the man behind their imprisonment. His plan is to burn the premises with Carla and Hayley inside, wanting Roy to suffer by the death of his loved one. Things go wrong when Tony finds the safe is empty of the money that he promised Robbie who then demands more money than he was originally promised, Tony shoots him dead. He is also unaware that Maria has returned from Ireland to tie up loose ends regarding Lad Rags and the sale of No.7. When she enters the factory and sees what is occurring, she pleads with Tony to give up. Still deeply in love with her, he is unable to shoot her when she calmly walks out and raises the alarm. Tony changes his mind and sets Hayley free before starting the conflagration following several hours of a police siege. Carla also manages to free herself and after a physical fight between the two of them which involves her wounding Tony by shooting him, she escapes to leave him to die alone in the gutted building. Forced by procedure, the police have to investigate Carla for shooting Tony but eventually drop their inquiry. Maria refuses to forgive Carla for her affair with Liam Connor but agrees not to bear a grudge. After the police return Carla’s confiscated passport, she and Trevor travel to South Africa to watch the World Cup after he finds out that all the other lads are also dropping out of the trip.
  • Anka gets cold feet and bolts from the court before appearing. As the case for the defence is heard, Gail's cross examination tries to make her appear as untrustworthy using the evidence of her actions after Joe's death. David's testimony is also put into doubt in the same way. Although the family fear the worst, Gail is found not guilty and released immediately. As a conviction hasn’t been secured, Tracy isn't moved as promised and instead she is beaten up by the other prisoners for grassing on an inmate. Ken and Deirdre visit their daughter in hospital who shows no remorse and confesses that she was lying about Gail. The Platts refuse to accept Deirdre’s tearful apology and Gail accuses her of knowing all along that their daughter was lying. When the police return the boat, David has it moved out of the sight to Victoria Street.
  • Tina is furious at the verdict but is taken aback when she discovers that Tracy was lying and now doesn’t know what to believe. Although she rejects Gail’s overtures at first, her stepmother gets through to her when she makes a special effort to find a toy watch that Tina gave to Joe when she was a child. Moved by her thoughtfulness. Tina admits to Gail that she knows she didn’t kill her father. Gail gets her old job at the medical centre back while Rita takes Tina back on at The Kabin, relieving Norris who wants to be rid of Mary’s help.
  • Nick desperately searches for alternatives to keep the burnt-out business going and secures an order with Paul Stokes provided he has premises in which to complete the work. Already angry with Nick for being pleased about Tracy being beaten up, Peter refuses to contact George about renting Turners to him, claiming he doesn’t want him back in Simon’s life. Knowing that Janice could otherwise be out of a job, Leanne makes the arrangement for him behind Peter’s back. He is livid when he finds out, but apologises after a bitter row, admitting he was jealous of her dealing with Nick. Underworld begins operations in somewhat ramshackle surroundings and with George’s £3,000 upfront rental demand paid for by Natasha and her parents. The happy staff complete the urgent order for Stokes on time and the impressed businessman considers placing another order. Natasha wants her and Nick to consider renting a flat for themselves, but he claims he is too occupied with trying to save the business to consider the suggestion. Dev gives them first refusal on 9 Victoria Court.
  • Gary returns on leave and has a drink with Izzy. He steps in when her father, Owen Armstrong, tracks her down asking her to return to the family after a row about his controlling nature. She sends him packing when he tries to get her old job at Freshco back but is mollified when he brings her a peace offering of a bag of her favourite things. Gary tells her that everyone deserves a second chance before returning to camp, and she agrees to see her family for lunch after gaining a promise from Owen to stop interfering.
  • A secretive Chesney and won't allow Fiz to clean his room. Depressed about his exams, he has quit school and begun selling a surplus order of dog collars and other canine accessories on Weatherfield Market behind his sister’s back. After discovering that he is not attending his exams, Fiz finds £500 cash in his bedroom and is worried that he is dealing in drugs. Haley spots him on the market and tells Fiz who demands he returns to school but he refuses point blank. Trying another tactic, she demands he contribute to the household bills now that he’s earning.
  • With the Alahans now settled in No.7, Maria arranges for Kirk to move into the salon flat.
  • After making her a romantic meal, Roy goes down on one knee and proposes to a thrilled Hayley. They celebrate their engagement and the fact a change in the law means their marriage will now be legal. Having planned her own ideal wedding for years, Mary presents the couple with her weighty wedding dossier and hands over to a delighted Haley with her own perfect wedding dress.
  • Audrey finds it impossible to cope with Lewis’s job and the occasions on which he spends a night away with other women. Seeing a breach between them coming, Lewis quits his job and instead becomes a host at a casino. Deirdre finds out what his job used to be. He brokers a peace between her and Audrey after the two fall out over Tracy’s actions towards Gail.
  • Liz reluctantly agrees to Ciaran's enthusiastic suggestion to host a speed-dating night in the Rovers. Michelle co-hosts and there is a chemistry between the two on the night, but she is hurt when she sees him snogging one of the attendees. He sweettalks her round and says she’s sure to win the brewery’s “The Fairest Barmaid in Weatherfield” competition which Liz and Becky are also entering.
  • John bumps into Charlotte Hoyle at a teacher conference. When she sees Colin Fishwick's name on the list of attendees, he is forced to tell her about his subterfuge. Already fancying him, she tells him that the deception makes him all the more exciting. John is unhappy when Charlotte makes him go for a drink with her under a false pretext and Fiz is even more unhappy to discover that someone she thinks is unbalanced now knows their secret.
  • Tina falls out of love with Jason and begins to fancy Graeme, in part for the tender care he showed her when she was depressed. She finishes with Jason and on the spur of the moment kisses a staggered but euphoric Graeme. After spending the night together, he realises he has to tell David what’s happened and chains his friend to a radiator in No.8 before breaking the news to him, knowing that he will go ballistic. David throws all of Graeme’s clothes out of the house, but not before he’s cut them up, while Jason changes the locks on No.12, making the new couple homeless.
  • Lloyd tries to avoid Cheryl. She sees him taking part in the speed-dating night and apologizes to him for not being upfront about her domestic situation. He’s pleased when she asks him to drive her and Russ to the musical but without Chris present.

To be completed

Who lives where[]

Coronation Street

Rosamund Street

Victoria Street

Victoria Court

  • 9 Victoria Court - Dev Alahan (until May). Sunita Alahan. Aadi Alahan. Asha Alahan (all from March to May). Nick Tilsley (August to September). Natasha Blakeman (August to September).

Others

Unknown residence - Kelly Crabtree, Pam Hobsworth, Bill Webster, Julie Carp, Ciaran McCarthy.

Awards and nominations[]

BAFTA
Ceremony held on 6th June 2010

BAFTA Craft Awards
Ceremony held on 23rd May 2010

  • Special Award: Coronation Street

British Soap Awards
Ceremony televised on 18th May 2010

National Television Awards
Ceremony held on 20th January 2010

  • Best Serial Drama: Coronation Street (Winner)
  • Best Serial Drama Performance: Simon Gregson, Katherine Kelly, Gray O'Brien (Nominees)
  • Best Newcomer: Craig Gazey (Winner)

Royal Television Society
Ceremony held on 16th March 2010

TV Times Awards

  • Top newcomer: Craig Gazey (Nominee)
  • Favourite Soap Star: Katherine Kelly (Nominee)
  • Editor's Programme of the Year: Coronation Street
Coronation Street in the 2010s
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