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2018 was Coronation Street's fifty-ninth year.

Main characters[]

Ranking Character Played by Duration Number of Episodes Running total Previous year's ranking
1 Carla Connor Alison King Full year 169 1345 87
2 Johnny Connor Richard Hawley Full year 156 373 25
3 Peter Barlow Chris Gascoyne Full year 152 1473 17
4 Leanne Battersby Jane Danson Full year 146 2076 7
5 Toyah Battersby Georgia Taylor Full year 143 894 3
5 Michelle Connor Kym Marsh Full year 143 1539 1
7 Tim Metcalfe Joe Duttine Full year 141 652 27
8 Jenny Connor Sally Ann Matthews Full year 139 611 36
9 Liz McDonald Beverley Callard Full year 136 2340 17
10 Kate Connor Faye Brookes Full year 134 383 12
10 Shona Ramsey Julia Goulding Full year 134 231 25
12 Tyrone Dobbs Alan Halsall Full year 133 1974 43
13 Eileen Phelan/Grimshaw Sue Cleaver Full year except for November 132 2018 33
14 Daniel Osbourne Rob Mallard Full year 130 393 2
14 David Platt Jack P. Shepherd Full year 130 2406 21
16 Steve McDonald Simon Gregson Full year 129 3172 12
17 Sally Metcalfe Sally Dynevor Full year except for October 125 3224 23
18 Sarah Platt Tina O'Brien Full year 120 1896 5
19 Sinead Tinker Katie McGlynn Full year 112 504 9
19 Sophie Webster Brooke Vincent Full year except for August 112 1517 52
21 Tracy Barlow/McDonald Kate Ford Full year 111 2131 15
22 Robert Preston Tristan Gemmill Full year 110 410 12
23 Adam Barlow Samuel Robertson Full year 109 479 3
24 Imran Habeeb Charlie De Melo Full year 106 109 90
25 Rana Nazir Bhavna Limbachia Full year except for September and October 104 223 47
26 Eva Price Catherine Tyldesley Until August 103 785 10
26 Gemma Winter Dolly-Rose Campbell Full year except for April 103 292 28
28 Roy Cropper David Neilson Full year 102 2130 39
29 Gina Seddon Connie Hyde Full year 100 185 58
30 Alya Nazir Sair Khan Full year 99 397 31
30 Beth Sutherland Lisa George Full year 99 659 40
32 Bethany Platt Lucy Fallon Full year except for August 98 752 16
32 Audrey Roberts Sue Nicholls Full year 98 3119 64
34 Kevin Webster Michael Le Vell Full year 94 3029 36
35 Maria Connor Samia Longchambon Full year except for October 91 1612 44
36 Kirk Sutherland Andrew Whyment Full year 89 1304 47
37 Fiz Stape Jennie McAlpine Full year except for February 88 2016 28
38 Billy Mayhew Daniel Brocklebank Full year except for November 87 355 20
39 Ali Neeson James Burrows February to July and September to November 86 118 -
40 Mary Cole Patti Clare Full year 84 695 22
40 Gary Windass Mikey North Full year 84 875 24
42 Abi Franklin Sally Carman January and from April 83 91 87
43 Dev Alahan Jimmi Harkishin Full year 81 1594 46
43 Seb Franklin Harry Visinoni Full year except for September 81 158 50
45 Craig Tinker Colson Smith Full year except for September 79 351 59
46 Ken Barlow William Roache Full year 78 4520 30
46 Brian Packham Peter Gunn Full year 78 314 49
48 Gail Rodwell Helen Worth Full year 77 4266 55
49 Chesney Brown Sam Aston Full year except for May and June 75 1105 31
50 Cathy Matthews Melanie Hill Full year 72 299 55
51 Pat Phelan Connor McIntyre Until June 71 359 6
52 Yasmeen Nazir Shelley King Full year 70 300 55
53 Ryan Connor Ryan Prescott May to July and from September 68 436 -
54 Rita Tanner Barbara Knox Full year except for January and February 67 3745 42
55 Sean Tully Antony Cotton Full year 66 1606 35
56 Simon Barlow Alex Bain Full year except for February 65 638 65
56 Summer Spellman Matilda Freeman January to September 65 114 63
58 Angie Appleton Victoria Ekanoye Full year except for June and December 60 90 71
58 Ruby Dobbs Macy Alabi Full year 60 199 77
58 Zeedan Nazir Qasim Akhtar Until May 60 317 50
61 Hope Stape Isabella Flanagan Full year 58 254 77
62 Aidan Connor Shayne Ward January to May and August 57 370 8
63 Jude Appleton Paddy Wallace January to May and July to October 52 89 68
64 Emma Brooker Alexandra Mardell From April 50 50 -
65 Faye Windass Ellie Leach Full year except for September and October 47 514 44
66 Jack Webster Kyran Bowes Full year except for April and August 46 182 82
67 Izzy Armstrong Cherylee Houston Full year 44 675 52
67 Nick Tilsley Ben Price From October 44 1853 52
69 Geoff Metcalfe Ian Bartholomew From March 43 43 -
70 Amy Barlow Elle Mulvaney Full year 39 659 62
70 Nicola Rubinstein Nicola Thorp January to February and April to June 39 93 61
72 Max Turner Harry McDermott Full year except for January, June and November 38 431 70
73 Rosie Webster Helen Flanagan Until June 36 1365 34
74 Oliver Battersby Emmanuel & Jeremiah Cheetham Full year except for February and May 34 89 60
74 Evelyn Plummer Maureen Lipman From September 34 34 -
76 Lily Platt Brooke Malonie February to May, July to September and December 32 185 69
77 Paula Martin Stirling Gallacher From August 30 30 -
78 George Appleton Romeo Cheetham-Karcz Full year except for February, June and December 29 47 76
79 Moira Pollock Louiza Patikas February to June, September and from November 27 57 71
80 Lewis Archer Nigel Havers June, August to October and December 25 184 -
80 Jim McDonald Charles Lawson September to October 25 1168 -
82 Alex Warner Liam Bairstow Full year except for February and March 23 91 82
83 Claudia Colby Rula Lenska July to November 22 56 -
84 Joseph Brown William Flanagan January, March and August to October 19 144 82
84 Liam Connor Charlie Wrenshall February, May, July, September and December 19 186 82
86 Asha Alahan Tanisha Gorey February to April, August to September and from November 15 195 74
87 Anna Windass Debbie Rush January and May to June 14 1059 19
88 Harry Platt Freddie & Isaac Rhodes January to April and December 13 88 67
89 Aadi Alahan Zennon Ditchett August to September and from November 9 185 79
90 Luke Britton Dean Fagan Until January 7 293 38
91 Steph Britton Tisha Merry January to February 4 319 79
92 Paul Foreman Peter Ash May only 3 3 -
92 Martin Platt Sean Wilson March only 3 1645 -
94 Jake Windass Seth & Theo Wild and Bobby Bradshaw March, August and December 3 96 86

Production[]

Victoria Street expands[]

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Victoria Street was expanded to include Weatherfield North Tram Station

The last block of episodes of Kieran Roberts's tenure were broadcast in January and February, bringing his twelve-year run as executive producer to an end. Roberts had left ITV the previous year and was not immediately replaced, leaving producer Kate Oates in sole charge of Coronation Street after Episode 9372.

Victoria Street doubled in size as the thoroughfare was expanded past the Victoria Court flats. The addition to the outdoor set, announced the previous May, had been planned since the move to MediaCityUK in 2014 [1]. The new street was introduced to viewers in a guided tour released on Coronation Street's social media accounts on 12th March, presented by Dolly-Rose Campbell [2], before it was officially unveiled to the press two days later. The extension was meant to represent an older part of Victoria Street, incorporating three-storey apartment buildings, warehouses, a fire escape, a new ginnel, and cobbles reclaimed from the Quay Street site [3]. For ease of filming, the road turned northwards at the far end, blocking off the top end of the set. Two new studios, numbered five and six, were opened behind the façade.

The centrepiece of the set extension was Victoria Gardens, a small urban natural space containing benches, a kids corner and an allotment area. A special mosaic-covered memorial bench sported a plaque paying tribute to Coronation Street super-fan Martyn Hett and all other victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing. Victoria Gardens was the first part of the expansion to be seen, appearing in Episode 9436 on 20th April, with the rest appearing in the coming days.

Of the businesses operating in the area, the only one to feature within storylines was Speed Daal, Zeedan Nazir's new Pakistani street food restaurant situated in the basement of an old warehouse. The rest were simply frontages and were intended more as scenery than active workplaces. These included Weatherfield Snooker Hall, Tattoo'll Do Nicely, the Weatherfield Council Advice Centre, and the real-world establishments of Costa Coffee and the Co-Op. This was the first time that entire shopfronts had appeared on an ITV show as product placements [4]. Adjacent to them was the Weatherfield North Tram Station, which was used more frequently but still only a frontage. The platforms were not a part of the set, but were supposed to lie atop a viaduct next to the station entrance with only the perimeter built.

The entrance to Weatherfield Police Station, with a full reception area inside, was also constructed behind the Victoria Court flats. Despite its on-set location, this was meant as a separate hub, located an indeterminate distance away from Coronation Street.

Following the expansion, a new set tour was launched by Continuum Attractions, operator of the Quay Street tours in 2014 and 2015. Starting on 26th May, the guided tours took place on selected weekends when filming was not taking place and consisted of only the exterior set [5].

Resignation of Kate Oates[]

Under Kate Oates, Coronation Street's run of hard-hitting storylines continued. Two in particular tackled the subject of male mental health. In April, David Platt was sexually assaulted by fitness trainer Josh Tucker. Subsequent episodes saw David suffer in silence, before the suicide of neighbour Aidan Connor compelled him to speak up and confide in his family. Aidan's mental state had been subtly hinted at for months before he took his own life off-screen, having kept his torment private. The storylines were woven together in this way in order to stress the importance of seeking help [6]. The episode in which Johnny Connor found his son's body won writer Jonathan Harvey the Writers' Guild Award for Best Long Running TV series [7]. With the suicide storyline, Shayne Ward left the programme after three years, though he returned to record a video interview with Aidan ostensibly shot while the character was in hospital to donate a kidney to Carla Connor. The interview was played back in scenes shown in August.

In January, Pat Phelan claimed another two victims as Anna Windass was convicted of causing GBH based on evidence planted by Phelan, and Luke Britton was burned alive when Phelan shot his car's petrol tank in order to silence him. Dean Fagan had quit after four years playing Luke, but his exit was kept out of the papers in order to make Luke's death a shock to viewers [8]. Tisha Merry made a short return as Steph Britton to tie in with Luke's funeral.

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Pat Phelan meets his end when Anna Windass ploughs a knife into his chest

Phelan's past finally caught up with him in March as the builder fell to his apparent death from a harbour in Whitehaven after a showdown with Eileen. Two episodes later, Phelan was revealed to be alive and recuperating at a bed and breakfast. His story reached a final end on Britain's Got Talent finals week, where Phelan attempted to snatch his grandson Zack Rubinstein at gunpoint and was ultimately stabbed to death by Anna Windass, newly released from prison. Debbie Rush had already left the programme by this point when the actress decided to move on having played Anna for ten years, but returned for two episodes to round off Anna's story and see her off to Durham [9]. Nicola Thorp, who played Phelan's daughter Nicola Rubinstein, also asked to be written out at the end of her one-year contract with the character leaving for Bristol with Zack [10].

Amid the praise the programme received for raising awareness of male mental health issues, the recent backlash over the dark subject matter intensified. In addition to the above-mentioned storylines, scenes highlighted include vicar Billy Mayhew taking heroin in St. Mary's Church [11], and Bethany Platt - working as a lap dancer at Tassels strip club - glassing a man in the face with a broken bottle [12], both of which aired on 28th February. In particular, celebrity fans Michael Parkinson [13], Fern Britton [14] and Martina Cole [15] complained that the show was too violent and called for a return to more light-hearted plots. Kate Oates addressed the criticisms while appearing on daytime TV promoting the suicide and rape storylines, arguing that, as a drama, the programme had to have something to say [16]. In a separate interview with the Radio Times, Oates accepted that the programme had become darker and stated her preference for comedy "within the darkness" rather than slapstick [17].

On 19th March, Oates confirmed that she was staying with Coronation Street until 2019 [18]. Just over a month later, ITV announced that the producer had quit the soap and would be standing down in June, to be replaced by Emmerdale producer Iain MacLeod [19]. Due to the timing of the announcement, the tabloids speculated that her departure was linked to the backlash over her dark storylines, but Oates confirmed that this was not the case [20].

Loose ends[]

The whereabouts of Norris Cole and Todd Grimshaw were addressed as it became clear that neither character would be returning to the programme in the near future. In April, Norris was revealed to be staying with Emily Bishop in Edinburgh, leaving Mary Taylor to run The Kabin in his stead. Malcolm Hebden was recovering from a heart attack and spent three months in an induced coma, though by December the actor had signed a new contract to return [21]. Todd, currently in hiding with Summer Spellman due to the sacking of actor Bruno Langley, was revealed to have punched a police officer and run off, thus enabling Summer to return without him.

Peter Barlow and Toyah Battersby's tenure as landlords of the Rovers Return ended after just one year in August. They had split up when Toyah attempted to pass off Eva Price and Aidan Connor's baby daughter Susie as their own, supposedly birthed by surrogate Jacqui Ainsworth, who had in fact miscarried. The storyline built up to Eva's exit as the character and her daughter reunited with Stella in France. Catherine Tyldesley had quit the programme after seven years in order to spend more time with her family [22].

Connors rovers

Jenny and Johnny Connor become licensees of the Rovers Return

Meanwhile, Johnny and Jenny Connor bought the Rovers and introduced a bed and breakfast service, opening up new story opportunities there. This was followed by Carla Connor's successful bid to regain control of Underworld from Alya Nazir, solidyfing the Connors' central role in the programme. Carla ran the factory in a 50/50 partnership with Peter Barlow. Also on the Connor front, Michelle's 2008 baby swap storyline was revisited as her biological son Alex Neeson, in training to become a doctor, started work at the medical centre. The character was recast with James Burrows in the role and was generally known as "Ali" in order to distinguish him from Alex Warner. Ryan Connor also returned, now played Ryan Prescott.

Sean Wilson appeared in three episodes as Martin Platt as part of the male rape storyline, reprising his role after a 13 year absence. The opportunity came as the executives involved in his dismissal in 2005 had since moved on [23]. Still with Robyn, Martin was in the process of leaving the country to emigrate to New Zealand.

In June, Rosie Webster, Craig Tinker and Gemma Winter "appeared" on ITV lifestyle show This Morning where they were interviewed by hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, guest-starring as themselves, about their roles in busting a drug-smuggling operation. Rosie then left Weatherfield to work in Japan as an assistant on a TV game show. The character was being written out for six months to cover Helen Flanagan's maternity leave, though the actress stated that she was "unsure" when she would be back [24]. In October, Flanagan confirmed that she had no immediate plans to return [25].

Qasim Akhtar departed at the end of his contract, having played Zeedan Nazir for a year longer than the three he originally envisioned [26]. Zeedan's wife Rana had recently left him for a woman, Kate Connor. The storyline explored the effects of Rana coming out on her strict Muslim family.

A storyline aired in July saw Jack Webster contract sepsis after grazing his knee and Kevin make the difficult decision to have part of his son's leg amputated. Able-bodied actor Kyran Bowes wore a green bandage on his leg which was edited out in post-production by the VFX team on occasions where Jack's leg was seen [27].

August also saw Jake Windass gain a new head as Seth and Theo Wild were replaced by Bobby Bradshaw.

Death and new life[]

Iain MacLeod was the third producer in a row who worked on Emmerdale and Coronation Street back-to-back. MacLeod had also been story editor on Coronation Street from 2009 to 2014. Although the handover from Kate Oates occurred in June, MacLeod was not credited as producer until Episode 9636 on 12th December, making it difficult to attribute particular storylines or casting decisions to either one. However, there was a marked change in the programme's tone in the latter months of the year.

Evelyn plummer publicity

Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street's new "outspoken battleaxe"

Two characters who last appeared in 2010 received off-screen deaths. The first was Jackie Dobbs, whose passing led Tyrone to the discovery that she and Darren Dobbs weren't his true parents, and that his only surviving real family was his maternal grandmother Evelyn Plummer. Maureen Lipman joined the programme as Evelyn when producers sought an "outspoken battleaxe" character for the show [28]. Three months later, Roy Hudd's Archie Shuttleworth passed away leaving £80,000 to Audrey Roberts. This was part of a storyline involving con-man Lewis Archer, who had re-surfaced in June and rekindled his relationship with Audrey. Nigel Havers reprised Lewis for his third and final stint in the programme. Audrey's friend Claudia Colby, last seen in 2011, returned a month later, with Rula Lenska joining the main cast for the first time.

A bigger retconning of Coronation Street history was teased when Charles Lawson came back for another short stint as Jim McDonald, who was now out of prison. Returning to the street, Jim was accompanied by a young woman he claimed was his and Liz's dead daughter Katie, supposedly mixed up at birth with the baby they buried. However, "Katie" was quickly revealed to be Jim's girlfriend Hannah Gilmore, who was helping him scam Liz in a revenge plot. Lawson was originally meant to appear for a year, but the controversial storyline was altered in order to tie in with the actor's theatre commitments [29].

Two Barlow weddings took place a month apart, Daniel Osbourne and Sinead Tinker in September and Tracy Barlow and Steve McDonald in October. Daniel and Sinead's Pagan ceremony took place on the day Sinead was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Daniel's discovery of his wife's illness, and her decision not to undergo chemotherapy due to her pregnancy, was followed by a four-hander featuring only Daniel, Sinead, Peter, and Ken Barlow, plus two guest cast.

Other newcomers included Alexandra Mardell as dizzy hairdresser Emma Brooker, Ian Bartholomew as hospital DJ Geoff Metcalfe, father of Tim, and Stirling Gallacher as solicitor Paula Martin, who became Sophie Webster's first significantly older girlfriend. Peter Ash appeared in three episodes as David Platt's cellmate Paul Foreman, while Ben Price made a return as Nick Tilsley in October after a year away from the soap. By the end of the year, Nick had replaced Peter Barlow as Carla's partner at Underworld. Lastly, Fiz Stape was written out temporarily when Jennie McAlpine went on maternity leave. She was explained as going away to Birmingham when misbehaving Hope Stape was referred to a specialist school there.

The episodes broadcast on 14th November featured a piano solo re-arrangement of Eric Spear's theme music as part of a promotion campaign for ITV's broadcast of the John Lewis 2018 Christmas advert starring Sir Elton John the following evening. Similar changes were made on other ITV mainstays airing on 14th and 15th November [30].

Viewing figures[]

2018 ratings

Ratings chart for the year

From the figures for the week of 17th to 23rd September BARB introduced "four-screen viewing" which gave combined figures for TV, PC/laptop, tablet and smartphone. This change, made to reflect modern technologies, resulted in overall figures that were not as "rounded up" as in the past but in the case of the latter three methods of viewing, were far more precise.

Averaging 7.60 million viewers across the year, Coronation Streets ratings were down by 55k on 2017, a drop of only 0.7%, and still well up on 2014 to 2016. However, individual months saw greater shifts, with January to May up year-on-year and the later months down from between 100k-600k apiece, with the overall result being a negligible net loss.

Transmitting more episodes than in any previous year, Coronation Street equalled 2017's total of 11 number one chart placings, while no episodes fell outside the top twenty for the second year in a row. The most-watched episode of the year was Episode 9418, in which Eileen Phelan discovered the true extent of Pat's crimes. At 9.38m viewers, this was the programme's biggest audience since Hayley Cropper's death in 2014.

Episodes[]

# Ep.
No.
Date Part Writer Director Viewing
Figures
Chart
Position
1 9341 Monday 1st January David Isaac Brett Fallis 8,070,000 7
2 9342 Wednesday 3rd January 1 Jonathan Harvey Brett Fallis 8,430,000 4
3 9343 Wednesday 3rd January 2 Cameron McAllister Brett Fallis 7,850,000 8
4 9344 Thursday 4th January Cameron McAllister Brett Fallis 7,810,000 9
5 9345 Friday 5th January 1 Joe Turner Alan Grint 8,120,000 6
6 9346 Friday 5th January 2 Joe Turner Alan Grint 7,460,000 11
7 9347 Monday 8th January 1 Debbie Oates Alan Grint 8,655,000 2
8 9348 Monday 8th January 2 Debbie Oates Alan Grint 8,592,000 3
9 9349 Wednesday 10th January 1 Perrie Balthazar Neil Alderton 8,552,000 5
10 9350 Wednesday 10th January 2 Martin Allen Neil Alderton 7,810,000 10
11 9351 Friday 12th January 1 Simon Crowther Neil Alderton 8,390,000 6
12 9352 Friday 12th January 2 Simon Crowther Neil Alderton 8,370,000 7
13 9353 Monday 15th January 1 Julie Jones Durno Johnston 8,559,000 4
14 9354 Monday 15th January 2 Julie Jones Durno Johnston 8,340,000 6
15 9355 Wednesday 17th January 1 Ben Tagoe Durno Johnston 8,565,000 3
16 9356 Wednesday 17th January 2 John Kerr Durno Johnston 7,810,000 10
17 9357 Friday 19th January 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Matt Hilton 8,529,000 5
18 9358 Friday 19th January 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Matt Hilton 8,578,000 2
19 9359 Monday 22nd January 1 Chris Fewtrell Matt Hilton 8,681,000 2
20 9360 Monday 22nd January 2 Jan McVerry Matt Hilton 8,283,000 4
21 9361 Wednesday 24th January 1 Susan Oudot Judith Dine 8,468,000 3
22 9362 Wednesday 24th January 2 Susan Oudot Judith Dine 7,910,000 8
23 9363 Friday 26th January 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Judith Dine 8,097,000 5
24 9364 Friday 26th January 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Judith Dine 7,770,000 9
25 9365 Monday 29th January 1 Chris Fewtrell Audrey Cooke 8,589,000 2
26 9366 Monday 29th January 2 Chris Fewtrell Audrey Cooke 8,458,000 3
27 9367 Wednesday 31st January 1 Ella Greenhill Audrey Cooke 8,395,000 4
28 9368 Wednesday 31st January 2 John Kerr Audrey Cooke 7,800,000 9
29 9369 Friday 2nd February 1 Simon Crowther Tim Dowd 8,218,000 6
30 9370 Friday 2nd February 2 Simon Crowther Tim Dowd 8,281,000 5
31 9371 Monday 5th February 1 David Isaac Tim Dowd 8,620,000 2
32 9372 Monday 5th February 2 Perrie Balthazar Tim Dowd 8,350,000 4
33 9373 Wednesday 7th February 1 Jayne Hollinson Nickie Lister 8,305,000 5
34 9374 Wednesday 7th February 2 Martin Allen Nickie Lister 7,090,000 16
35 9375 Friday 9th February 1 Joe Turner Nickie Lister 8,235,000 6
36 9376 Friday 9th February 2 Joe Turner Nickie Lister 8,419,000 3
37 9377 Monday 12th February 1 Cameron McAllister Diana Patrick 8,388,000 2
38 9378 Monday 12th February 2 Mark Wadlow Diana Patrick 8,361,000 3
39 9379 Wednesday 14th February 1 Julie Jones Diana Patrick 8,041,000 5
40 9380 Wednesday 14th February 2 Julie Jones Diana Patrick 7,830,000 7
41 9381 Friday 16th February 1 Owen Lloyd-Fox Sean Healy 8,115,000 4
42 9382 Friday 16th February 2 Owen Lloyd-Fox Sean Healy 8,008,000 6
43 9383 Monday 19th February 1 Carmel Morgan Sean Healy 8,360,000 3
44 9384 Monday 19th February 2 Mark Burt Sean Healy 7,800,000 6
45 9385 Wednesday 21st February Mark Burt Gill Wilkinson 8,290,000 4
46 9386 Thursday 22nd February David Isaac Gill Wilkinson 7,010,000 12
47 9387 Friday 23rd February 1 John Kerr Gill Wilkinson 7,920,000 5
48 9388 Friday 23rd February 2 Mark Wadlow Gill Wilkinson 7,510,000 7
49 9389 Monday 26th February 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Brett Fallis 8,531,000 5
50 9390 Monday 26th February 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Brett Fallis 8,150,000 7
51 9391 Wednesday 28th February 1 Ellen Taylor Brett Fallis 8,664,000 3
52 9392 Wednesday 28th February 2 Ellen Taylor Brett Fallis 7,180,000 14
53 9393 Friday 2nd March 1 Susan Oudot David Kester 8,608,000 4
54 9394 Friday 2nd March 2 Julie Jones David Kester 8,179,000 6
55 9395 Monday 5th March 1 Cameron McAllister David Kester 8,090,000 4
56 9396 Monday 5th March 2 Owen Lloyd-Fox David Kester 8,200,000 3
57 9397 Wednesday 7th March 1 Simon Crowther Jordan Hogg 8,210,000 2
58 9398 Wednesday 7th March 2 Simon Crowther Jordan Hogg 7,670,000 6
59 9399 Friday 9th March 1 Martin Allen Jordan Hogg 7,430,000 8
60 9400 Friday 9th March 2 Carmel Morgan Jordan Hogg 7,470,000 7
61 9401 Monday 12th March 1 Chris Fewtrell David Moor 8,032,000 3
62 9402 Monday 12th March 2 Chris Fewtrell David Moor 7,881,000 5
63 9403 Wednesday 14th March 1 Joe Turner David Moor 8,073,000 2
64 9404 Wednesday 14th March 2 Joe Turner David Moor 7,010,000 7
65 9405 Friday 16th March 1 Jonathan Harvey Vicky Thomas 7,730,000 6
66 9406 Friday 16th March 2 Jonathan Harvey Vicky Thomas 7,905,000 4
67 9407 Monday 19th March 1 Jan McVerry Vicky Thomas 8,459,000 2
68 9408 Monday 19th March 2 Jan McVerry Vicky Thomas 8,466,000 1
69 9409 Wednesday 21st March 1 Susan Oudot Judith Dine 8,150,000 3
70 9410 Wednesday 21st March 2 Carmel Morgan Judith Dine 7,486,000 5
71 9411 Thursday 22nd March David Isaac Judith Dine 7,891,000 4
72 9412 Monday 26th March 1 Chris Fewtrell Judith Dine 8,490,000 5
73 9413 Monday 26th March 2 Chris Fewtrell Judith Dine 8,790,000 3
74 9414 Wednesday 28th March 1 John Kerr Tony Prescott 8,120,000 7
75 9415 Wednesday 28th March 2 Mark Wadlow Tony Prescott 7,900,000 8
76 9416 Thursday 29th March Cameron McAllister Tony Prescott 8,160,000 6
77 9417 Friday 30th March 1 Owen Lloyd-Fox Tony Prescott 8,520,000 4
78 9418 Friday 30th March 2 Owen Lloyd-Fox Tony Prescott 9,380,000 1
79 9419 Monday 2nd April 1 Perrie Balthazar Audrey Cooke 8,808,000 2
80 9420 Monday 2nd April 2 Ella Greenhill Audrey Cooke 8,859,000 1
81 9421 Wednesday 4th April 1 Joe Turner Audrey Cooke 8,678,000 3
82 9422 Wednesday 4th April 2 Joe Turner Audrey Cooke 8,164,000 4
83 9423 Friday 6th April 1 Simon Crowther Alan Grint 8,061,000 5
84 9424 Friday 6th April 2 Simon Crowther Alan Grint 7,920,000 7
85 9425 Monday 9th April 1 Jan McVerry Alan Grint 8,455,000 3
86 9426 Monday 9th April 2 Jonathan Harvey Alan Grint 8,489,000 2
87 9427 Wednesday 11th April 1 Jayne Hollinson Tessa Hoffe 8,022,000 4
88 9428 Wednesday 11th April 2 Mark Burt Tessa Hoffe 7,770,000 6
89 9429 Friday 13th April 1 Julie Jones Tessa Hoffe 7,740,000 7
90 9430 Friday 13th April 2 Martin Allen Tessa Hoffe 7,808,000 5
91 9431 Monday 16th April 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Simon Ferguson 8,074,000 2
92 9432 Monday 16th April 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Simon Ferguson 7,710,000 3
93 9433 Wednesday 18th April 1 Debbie Oates Simon Ferguson 7,728,000 5
94 9434 Wednesday 18th April 2 Debbie Oates Simon Ferguson 7,110,000 7
95 9435 Friday 20th April 1 Cameron McAlister Abe Juckes 7,430,000 6
96 9436 Friday 20th April 2 Ella Greenhill Abe Juckes 7,751,000 4
97 9437 Monday 23rd April 1 Chris Fewtrell Abe Juckes 8,089,000 2
98 9438 Monday 23rd April 2 Jan McVerry Abe Juckes 7,831,000 4
99 9439 Wednesday 25th April 1 Mark Burt Abe Juckes 8,016,000 3
100 9440 Wednesday 25th April 2 Mark Burt Abe Juckes 7,280,000 7
101 9441 Friday 27th April 1 David Isaac Suri Krishnamma 7,600,000 6
102 9442 Friday 27th April 2 David Isaac Suri Krishnamma 7,710,000 5
103 9443 Monday 30th April 1 Ellen Taylor Suri Krishnamma 8,059,000 2
104 9444 Monday 30th April 2 Ellen Taylor Suri Krishnamma 8,014,000 3
105 9445 Wednesday 2nd May 1 Simon Crowther Peter Rose 7,512,000 4
106 9446 Wednesday 2nd May 2 Simon Crowther Peter Rose 7,010,000 7
107 9447 Friday 4th May 1 Susan Oudot Peter Rose 7,414,000 5
108 9448 Friday 4th May 2 Susan Oudot Peter Rose 7,260,000 6
109 9449 Monday 7th May 1 Owen Lloyd-Fox Peter Rose 7,620,000 6
110 9450 Monday 7th May 2 Owen Lloyd-Fox Peter Rose 7,769,000 5
111 9451/2 Wednesday 9th May Jonathan Harvey David Kester 8,555,000 2
112 9453 Friday 11th May 1 Carmel Morgan David Kester 8,010,000 3
113 9454 Friday 11th May 2 Jayne Hollinson David Kester 7,907,000 4
114 9455 Monday 14th May 1 Joe Turner Jordan Hogg 7,781,000 5
115 9456 Monday 14th May 2 Joe Turner Jordan Hogg 7,896,000 3
116 9457 Wednesday 16th May 1 Julie Jones Jordan Hogg 7,804,000 4
117 9458 Wednesday 16th May 2 Julie Jones Jordan Hogg 7,260,000 8
118 9459 Friday 18th May 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort David Moor 7,170,000 9
119 9460 Friday 18th May 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort David Moor 7,510,000 6
120 9461/2 Monday 21st May Martin Allen
Mark Wadlow
David Moor 8,177,000 1
121 9463 Wednesday 23rd May 1 Jonathan Harvey Tony Prescott 7,895,000 3
122 9464 Wednesday 23rd May 2 Jonathan Harvey Tony Prescott 7,900,000 2
123 9465 Friday 25th May 1 David Isaac Tony Prescott 7,540,000 6
124 9466 Friday 25th May 2 Ella Greenhill Tony Prescott 7,762,000 5
125 9467 Monday 28th May Debbie Oates Audrey Cooke 8,750,000 3
126 9468 Tuesday 29th May Debbie Oates Audrey Cooke 8,672,000 5
127 9469 Wednesday 30th May Cameron McAllister Audrey Cooke 8,570,000 6
128 9470 Thursday 31st May Owen Lloyd-Fox Audrey Cooke 8,689,000 4
129 9471 Friday 1st June Owen Lloyd-Fox Audrey Cooke 9,159,000 2
130 9472 Monday 4th June 1 Simon Crowther John Anderson 8,389,000 1
131 9473 Monday 4th June 2 Mark Wadlow John Anderson 8,276,000 2
132 9474 Wednesday 6th June 1 Chris Fewtrell John Anderson 7,848,000 3
133 9475 Wednesday 6th June 2 Chris Fewtrell John Anderson 7,530,000 6
134 9476 Friday 8th June 1 Susan Oudot Ian Bevitt 7,695,000 5
135 9477 Friday 8th June 2 Susan Oudot Ian Bevitt 7,743,000 4
136 9478 Monday 11th June 1 Martin Allen Ian Bevitt 7,745,000 3
137 9479 Monday 11th June 2 Carmel Morgan Ian Bevitt 7,665,000 4
138 9480 Wednesday 13th June 1 Jayne Hollinson Michael Lacey 7,440,000 7
139 9481 Wednesday 13th June 2 Mark Burt Michael Lacey 7,470,000 6
140 9482/3 Friday 15th June Ellen Taylor Michael Lacey 7,120,000 9
141 9484/5 Tuesday 19th June Ian Kershaw
Damon Alexis-Rochefort
Alan Grint 7,600,000 7
142 9486/7 Thursday 21st June David Isaac Alan Grint 6,920,000 11
143 9488/9 Friday 22nd June Mark Burt Peter Rose 6,820,000 12
144 9490/1 Monday 25th June Susan Oudot Peter Rose 7,050,000 8
145 9492/3 Tuesday 26th June David Isaac Suri Krishnamma 6,780,000 11
146 9494 Friday 29th June 1 Joe Turner Suri Krishnamma 6,900,000 10
147 9495 Friday 29th June 2 Joe Turner Suri Krishnamma 6,960,000 9
148 9496/7 Monday 2nd July Ian Kershaw Duncan Foster 6,850,000 11
149 9498 Wednesday 4th July 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Duncan Foster 7,080,000 10
150 9499 Wednesday 4th July 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Duncan Foster 6,630,000 12
151 9500 Friday 6th July 1 Chris Fewtrell Abe Juckes 6,170,000 13
152 9501 Friday 6th July 2 Mark Wadlow Abe Juckes 5,890,000 14
153 9502 Monday 9th July 1 Jan McVerry Abe Juckes 7,670,000 6
154 9503 Monday 9th July 2 Owen Lloyd-Fox Abe Juckes 7,390,000 7
155 9504/5 Tuesday 10th July Ella Greenhill
Martin Allen
Gill Wilkinson 6,520,000 10
156 9506 Friday 13th July 1 Julie Jones Gill Wilkinson 7,040,000 8
157 9507 Friday 13th July 2 Julie Jones Gill Wilkinson 7,030,000 9
158 9508 Monday 16th July 1 Simon Crowther Sasha Ransome 7,944,000 1
159 9509 Monday 16th July 2 Cameron McAllister Sasha Ransome 6,542,000 4
160 9510 Wednesday 18th July 1 Debbie Oates Sasha Ransome 7,407,000 3
161 9511 Wednesday 18th July 2 Debbie Oates Sasha Ransome 6,270,000 8
162 9512 Friday 20th July 1 Chris Fewtrell Tim Royle 7,529,000 2
163 9513 Friday 20th July 2 Julie Jones Tim Royle 6,489,000 5
164 9514 Monday 23rd July 1 David Isaac Tim Royle 7,638,000 2
165 9515 Monday 23rd July 2 Mark Burt Tim Royle 7,756,000 1
166 9516 Wednesday 25th July 1 Owen Lloyd-Fox John Anderson 7,141,000 4
167 9517 Wednesday 25th July 2 Owen Lloyd-Fox John Anderson 7,040,000 6
168 9518 Friday 27th July 1 Cameron McAllister John Anderson 7,371,000 3
169 9519 Friday 27th July 2 Ella Greenhill John Anderson 7,098,000 5
170 9520 Monday 30th July 1 Carmel Morgan Durno Johnston 7,253,000 2
171 9521 Monday 30th July 2 David Isaac Durno Johnston 7,447,000 1
172 9522 Wednesday 1st August 1 Jonathan Harvey Durno Johnston 7,124,000 3
173 9523 Wednesday 1st August 2 Simon Crowther Durno Johnston 6,948,000 4
174 9524 Friday 3rd August 1 Jan McVerry Ian Bevitt 6,862,000 5
175 9525 Friday 3rd August 2 Jayne Hollinson Ian Bevitt 6,730,000 6
176 9526 Monday 6th August 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Ian Bevitt 7,334,000 1
177 9527 Monday 6th August 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Ian Bevitt 7,177,000 3
178 9528 Wednesday 8th August 1 Susan Oudot Alan Wareing 7,288,000 2
179 9529 Wednesday 8th August 2 Ian Kershaw Alan Wareing 6,480,000 6
180 9530 Friday 10th August 1 Debbie Oates Alan Wareing 6,843,000 4
181 9531 Friday 10th August 2 Martin Allen Alan Wareing 6,684,000 5
182 9532 Monday 13th August 1 Joe Turner Sarah Kendell 7,122,000 3
183 9533 Monday 13th August 2 Joe Turner Sarah Kendell 7,196,000 2
184 9534 Wednesday 15th August 1 Ellen Taylor Sarah Kendell 7,236,000 1
185 9535 Wednesday 15th August 2 Ellen Taylor Sarah Kendell 6,730,000 7
186 9536 Friday 17th August 1 Debbie Oates Becky Wild 6,992,000 4
187 9537 Friday 17th August 2 Susan Oudot Suri Krishnamma 6,780,000 6
188 9538 Monday 20th August 1 Owen Lloyd-Fox Suri Krishnamma 7,276,000 2
189 9539 Monday 20th August 2 Mark Wadlow Suri Krishnamma 6,890,000 7
190 9540 Wednesday 22nd August 1 David Isaac Tim O'Mara 7,112,000 4
191 9541 Wednesday 22nd August 2 Jonathan Harvey Tim O'Mara 6,990,000 6
192 9542 Friday 24th August 1 Ellen Taylor Tim O'Mara 7,181,000 3
193 9543 Friday 24th August 2 Owen Lloyd-Fox Tim O'Mara 7,060,000 5
194 9544/5 Monday 27th August Simon Crowther Duncan Foster 7,094,000 5
195 9546 Wednesday 29th August 1 Ella Greenhill Duncan Foster 7,090,000 6
196 9547 Wednesday 29th August 2 Sam Holdsworth Duncan Foster 6,820,000 8
197 9548 Friday 31st August 1 Martin Allen Gill Wilkinson 7,080,000 7
198 9549 Friday 31st August 2 Cameron McAllister Gill Wilkinson 6,770,000 9
199 9550 Monday 3rd September 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Gill Wilkinson 7,674,517 4
200 9551 Monday 3rd September 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Gill Wilkinson 7,432,545 6
201 9552 Wednesday 5th September 1 Jayne Hollinson Tim Finn 7,634,536 5
202 9553 Wednesday 5th September 2 Alasdair Morrison Tim Finn 7,046,746 9
203 9554 Friday 7th September 1 Julie Jones Tim Finn 7,190,464 7
204 9555 Friday 7th September 2 Mark Burt Tim Finn 7,058,639 8
205 9556 Monday 10th September 1 Joe Turner Mickey Jones 7,143,000 4
206 9557 Monday 10th September 2 Joe Turner Mickey Jones 6,958,000 5
207 9558 Wednesday 12th September 1 Chris Fewtrell Mickey Jones 7,226,000 3
208 9559 Wednesday 12th September 2 Chris Fewtrell Mickey Jones 6,860,000 7
209 9560 Friday 14th September 1 Sam Holdsworth Vicky Thomas 6,880,000 6
210 9561 Friday 14th September 2 Cameron McAllister Vicky Thomas 6,690,000 9
211 9562 Monday 17th September 1 Simon Crowther Vicky Thomas 7,536,429 4
212 9563 Monday 17th September 2 Simon Crowther Vicky Thomas 7,433,471 5
213 9564 Wednesday 19th September 1 Susan Oudot John Anderson 7,194,088 6
214 9565 Wednesday 19th September 2 Ian Kershaw John Anderson 6,527,171 12
215 9566 Friday 21st September 1 David Isaac John Anderson 7,144,655 7
216 9567 Friday 21st September 2 Mark Wadlow John Anderson 6,855,407 8
217 9568 Monday 24th September 1 Alasdair Morrison Ian Barber 7,665,849 4
218 9569 Monday 24th September 2 Mark Burt Ian Barber 7,372,644 8
219 9570 Wednesday 26th September 1 Chris Fewtrell Ian Barber 7,493,213 6
220 9571 Wednesday 26th September 2 Chris Fewtrell Ian Barber 6,631,143 11
221 9572 Friday 28th September 1 Owen Lloyd-Fox Ian Bevitt 7,445,504 7
222 9573 Friday 28th September 2 Owen Lloyd-Fox Ian Bevitt 6,906,465 9
223 9574 Monday 1st October 1 Carmel Morgan Ian Bevitt 7,798,436 5
224 9575 Monday 1st October 2 Jonathan Harvey Ian Bevitt 7,502,953 7
225 9576 Wednesday 3rd October 1 Ellen Taylor Alan Grint 7,509,123 6
226 9577 Wednesday 3rd October 2 Ella Greenhill Alan Grint 6,483,507 15
227 9578 Friday 5th October 1 Julie Jones Alan Grint 7,288,618 8
228 9579 Friday 5th October 2 Martin Allen Alan Grint 6,987,291 10
229 9580 Monday 8th October 1 Jayne Hollinson Peter Rose 7,885,276 7
230 9581 Monday 8th October 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Peter Rose 7,995,419 5
231 9582 Wednesday 10th October 1 Joe Turner Peter Rose 7,955,877 6
232 9583 Wednesday 10th October 2 Joe Turner Peter Rose 7,397,920 11
233 9584 Friday 12th October 1 Owen Lloyd-Fox Tim O'Mara 7,821,037 8
234 9585 Friday 12th October 2 Owen Lloyd-Fox Tim O'Mara 7,641,167 9
235 9586 Monday 15th October 1 Carmel Morgan Tim O'Mara 8,230,576 5
236 9587 Monday 15th October 2 Sam Holdsworth Tim O'Mara 7,874,656 6
237 9588 Wednesday 17th October 1 David Isaac Duncan Foster 7,827,394 7
238 9589 Wednesday 17th October 2 David Isaac Duncan Foster 7,122,773 12
239 9590 Friday 19th October 1 Susan Oudot Duncan Foster 7,715,749 8
240 9591 Friday 19th October 2 Ian Kershaw Duncan Foster 7,384,893 9
241 9592 Monday 22nd October 1 Julie Jones Michael Lacey 7,859,913 5
242 9593 Monday 22nd October 2 Mark Wadlow Michael Lacey 7,620,997 8
243 9594 Wednesday 24th October 1 Simon Crowther Michael Lacey 7,631,867 7
244 9595 Wednesday 24th October 2 Simon Crowther Michael Lacey 7,089,841 11
245 9596 Friday 26th October 1 Cameron McAllister Mickey Jones 7,677,418 6
246 9597 Friday 26th October 2 Alasdair Morrison Mickey Jones 7,450,632 9
247 9598 Monday 29th October 1 Chris Fewtrell Mickey Jones 7,967,736 4
248 9599 Monday 29th October 2 Chris Fewtrell Mickey Jones 7,609,977 8
249 9600 Wednesday 31st October 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Gill Wilkinson 7,912,571 5
250 9601 Wednesday 31st October 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Gill Wilkinson 7,357,314 9
251 9602 Friday 2nd November 1 Joe Turner Gill Wilkinson 7,691,138 7
252 9603 Friday 2nd November 2 Joe Turner Gill Wilkinson 7,286,508 10
253 9604 Monday 5th November 1 Mark Burt Tim Finn 7,926,375 3
254 9605 Monday 5th November 2 Mark Burt Tim Finn 7,616,044 7
255 9606 Wednesday 7th November 1 Jan McVerry Tim Finn 7,645,921 5
256 9607 Wednesday 7th November 2 Jan McVerry Tim Finn 6,874,214 12
257 9608 Friday 9th November 1 Sam Holdsworth Nic Phillips 7,778,119 4
258 9609 Friday 9th November 2 Sam Holdsworth Nic Phillips 7,389,903 9
259 9610 Monday 12th November 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Nic Phillips 7,683,267 5
260 9611 Monday 12th November 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Nic Phillips 7,553,701 7
261 9612 Wednesday 14th November 1 Jan McVerry John Anderson 7,641,934 6
262 9613 Wednesday 14th November 2 Carmel Morgan John Anderson 7,136,491 11
263 9614 Friday 16th November 1 Ella Greenhill John Anderson 6,983,463 12
264 9615 Friday 16th November 2 Ella Greenhill John Anderson 6,245,000 18
265 9616 Monday 19th November 1 Cameron McAllister John Anderson 7,871,315 11
266 9617 Monday 19th November 2 Cameron McAllister John Anderson 7,514,052 13
267 9618 Wednesday 21st November 1 Ian Kershaw Sean Healy 7,337,966 14
268 9619 Wednesday 21st November 2 Ian Kershaw Sean Healy 7,238,075 15
269 9620 Friday 23rd November 1 Chris Fewtrell Sean Healy 7,092,000 16
270 9621 Friday 23rd November 2 Chris Fewtrell Sean Healy 7,004,000 18
271 9622 Monday 26th November 1 David Isaac Abe Juckes 7,786,095 11
272 9623 Monday 26th November 2 Martin Allen Abe Juckes 8,021,526 10
273 9624 Wednesday 28th November 1 Susan Oudot Abe Juckes 7,643,543 12
274 9625 Wednesday 28th November 2 Susan Oudot Abe Juckes 7,006,000 17
275 9626 Friday 30th November 1 Joe Turner Matt Hilton 7,254,043 15
276 9627 Friday 30th November 2 Mark Wadlow Matt Hilton 7,069,000 16
277 9628 Monday 3rd December 1 Alasdair Morrison Matt Hilton 7,559,103 10
278 9629 Monday 3rd December 2 Alasdair Morrison Matt Hilton 7,491,706 11
279 9630 Wednesday 5th December 1 Julie Jones Matt Hilton 7,163,781 14
280 9631 Wednesday 5th December 2 Julie Jones Matt Hilton 6,508,000 18
281 9632 Friday 7th December 1 Ellen Taylor Karl Neilson 7,270,327 13
282 9633 Friday 7th December 2 Ellen Taylor Karl Neilson 6,953,000 16
283 9634 Monday 10th December 1 Jayne Hollinson Karl Neilson 7,494,957 7
284 9635 Monday 10th December 2 Steven Fay Karl Neilson 7,345,333 8
285 9636 Wednesday 12th December 1 Owen Lloyd-Fox Tim Royle 7,173,196 10
286 9637 Wednesday 12th December 2 Mark Wadlow Tim Royle 6,736,411 13
287 9638 Friday 14th December 1 Sam Holdsworth Tim Royle 7,314,928 9
288 9639 Friday 14th December 2 Alasdair Morrison Tim Royle 7,119,839 12
289 9640 Monday 17th December 1 Susan Oudot Michael Lacey 7,752,027 1
290 9641 Monday 17th December 2 Susan Oudot Michael Lacey 7,414,193 3
291 9642 Wednesday 19th December 1 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Michael Lacey 7,258,701 4
292 9643 Wednesday 19th December 2 Damon Alexis-Rochefort Michael Lacey 6,791,489 6
293 9644 Friday 21st December 1 Mark Burt Tessa Hoffe 7,430,621 2
294 9645 Friday 21st December 2 Jayne Hollinson Tessa Hoffe 7,005,321 5
295 9646/7 Monday 24th December David Isaac Tessa Hoffe 7,101,122 7
296 9648/9 Tuesday 25th December Julie Jones Neil Alderton 6,819,130 11
297 9650 Wednesday 26th December Martin Allen Neil Alderton 7,026,982 8
298 9651 Friday 28th December 1 Ella Greenhill Neil Alderton 7,630,331 4
299 9652 Friday 28th December 2 Chris Fewtrell Neil Alderton 7,578,879 5
300 9653 Monday 31st December Ellen Taylor Tony Prescott 7,402,606 11

Storylines[]

January[]

  • Daniel Osbourne ruins Chesney Brown’s stag night by tricking him into thinking CCTV footage of him hitting himself with a brick is going to be shown. Chesney confesses to Sinead Tinker that there was no attack. Tyrone Dobbs points out to Daniel that Chesney is doing his best bring up Joseph Brown alone. Feeling guilty, Daniel lies to a hesitating Sinead that he never really loved her in order that she carries on with the wedding. Cilla Battersby-Brown is still ill so Fiz Stape can't make the wedding. Daniel considers declaring his love but can't bring himself to do it. Chesney himself calls the whole thing off, not trusting Sinead to stay with him and Joseph in the future. Daniel tries to woo Sinead, but she says it's too soon.
  • Henry Newton is thrown when Gemma Winter declares her love for him. He contacts a friend to say their £5,000 bet that he can remain in a relationship with someone he finds unattractive is still on. Gemma wins a night in a hotel and plans to take Henry. He claims he can't make it as he has a close family dinner, so instead Gemma holds a special themed party for him in the Rovers.
  • Roy Cropper organises a family birthday lunch to try and get Carla Connor to stay in Weatherfield. He visits a clinic to discuss a donating kidney to her. Roy grows concerned about her lethargic state. Carla collapses and is finally forced to tell her siblings about her condition.
  • Trying to get closer to Seb Franklin to change his story about Anna Windass, Gary Windass gives him a job. Pat Phelan throws the lad out of No.11 but Seb refuses to move into No.4 when he realises Faye Windass is only making the offer for her mother’s sake. A worried Phelan finds out Gary has a contract converting the same paper mill where he killed Andy Carver and Vinny Ashford.
  • Luke Britton let's slip to Zeedan Nazir that Rana Nazir is pregnant. He is puzzled when his wife denies it. Robert Preston finds out about Rana and Kate Connor when he catches them together in his flat.
Episode 9346

Luke faces death.

  • Luke is arrested after fighting with the Parker brothers who then vandalise Webster's Autocentre. Luke is thrown when he sees a little wire house such as Andy used to make sat on Eileen Phelan’s desk at Street Cars which he learns came from the remains of Phelan's burnt-out house. He contacts Matt Luscombe who admits he has no idea about Andy's true whereabouts and that Phelan asked him to lie. Luke finds Phelan at the paper mill and demands answers. Using a handgun that he briefly tricked Seb into holding, Phelan shoots Luke and then fires at his car’s petrol tank, burning the mechanic alive inside the conflagration. Seb panics when he hears that the victim was shot. Seb finds out that Abi Franklin has failed her latest attempt at rehab and his plan to flee somewhere with her and the twins won’t work. Phelan as good as admits the murder to Seb, pointing out that his fingerprints are on the gun. The terrified lad flees the area after telling Eileen everything, including his suspicions that Phelan framed Anna. Steph Britton returns for the funeral, telling Phelan he's evil. Alya Nazir falls apart with her grief. Phelan gets the Underworld refurbishment contract off Aidan Connor. Carla stumps up the extra money that's needed for the work.
  • Eileen visits Anna in jail to try and make sense of Seb’s allegations, and afterwards searches unsuccessfully for the handgun at No.11. Anna is unable to convince Eileen that she is in danger. Gary tracks Seb and his mother down and hears Seb’s accusation. He passes it on to the police who question Phelan. On the eve of the trial, Gary and Tim Metcalfe force Seb into a cab, desperate to get the terrified lad to testify on Anna's behalf. Their movements are caught on Street Cars’ CCTV. Seb gives truthful evidence at the trial, making Eileen’s doubts about her husband resurface. Phelan thinks the game is up, but Eileen sees the CCTV footage and hands it over to the police. It is used in Anna's trial to discredit the defence witnesses. She is found guilty and sentenced to five years. Faye is badly affected by the result and rows with Eileen. Scared for his daughter, Tim sacks his telephonist and takes Faye to live with him and his father. Steve McDonald overrules Tim on the dismissal.
  • Zeedan returns to working for Robert after he fails to get alone to set up his own business. Sophie Webster can't understand why Kate rejects her when she tries to kiss her. Upon learning of Luke's death, Kate goes to stay at Carla’s place in Devon, saying if she stays Rana will become too dependent upon her during the period of the family’s grief. When she returns for Luke’s funeral, Rana cannot stand the strain anymore and confesses to Zeedan that she is in love with someone else. He thinks it's Robert and is staggered to discover she means Kate. He finishes with his wife. A downcast Aidan posts a letter and apologises to a puzzled Kate for not being a better brother to her.
  • Steve lies to Michelle Connor that he still owes her £10,000 pounds from their split. She is grateful for the cash, but Tracy Barlow grows jealous. Steve treats Tracy to a trip to Paris for her birthday. Amy Barlow demands a new mobile phone for her upcoming birthday. She and her father challenge each other to go without their phones for two weeks but she finds him cheating on the deal.
  • Imran Habeeb begins working with Adam Barlow. His parents are cold towards him because of his split from Sabeen Habeeb.
  • Sean Tully grows annoyed with Jude and Angie Appleton when they grow over-protective of George. Sean is sacked from the medical centre for gossiping about a patient’s case and in the Rovers accuses Jude and Angie of reporting him. A listening Dr Gaddas tells him it was another patient. Peter Barlow also sacks him for causing a scene in the pub. Sean types up his CV on Jude’s laptop but accidentally resets it, wiping off all of George’s baby photographs. They kick him out of No.3 and he moves into No.9 while Fiz is away. Aidan gives him work producing samples for a client, but they are mysteriously cut up in No.9. Hope Stape blames Ruby Dobbs for the damage.
  • Trying to integrate herself with the factory girls, Eva Price organises a manicure evening in the Rovers’ back room, but it clashes with vegetarian society meeting that Toyah Battersby has organised. They combine events, but Eva doesn't check that the nail polish is vegan friendly. Eva discovers she is pregnant and realises that Aidan must be the father. She considers telling Adam that the baby is his.
  • Billy Mayhew is discharged, and Eileen takes him in at No.11 to convalesce. Adam volunteers to help take care of him, making Peter and Ken Barlow suspicious. On the quiet, Adam swaps Billy's strong pain killers for paracetamol, and when the vicar complaints that his pills seem to be having no effect, Adam volunteers to swap them for something far stronger. Geraldine Spellman reports Todd Grimshaw for abducting Summer Spellman. Todd rings to say he and Summer are lying low to avoid the police. Later on, he calls Billy to meet him and Summer in a park. Eileen goes with him but only Summer is there. She tells them that Todd is now on the run from the police. Billy and Summer move back into the flower shop flat. Adam alerts Geraldine who is unable to persuade her granddaughter to return to her.
  • Craig Tinker’s OCD worsens but everyone assumes it is due to problems in his relationship with Bethany Platt. She gets a job at Tassels, a lap dancing club, but hides her new occupation from everyone. Craig and Jess Heywood are called to a disturbance there, and he realises where his girlfriend is working. Bethany threatens to finish with him if he doesn't support her. Sarah Platt discovers that Bethany is actively stopping her and Gary from getting back together. Sam Bryce, a fellow dancer, helps Bethany when Sarah and Gary plan to meet for a drink by draping herself over him in the Rovers just before Sarah walks in. Utterly puzzled as to who she is, Gary sees her in a car with Bethany and follows them to Tassels. When he tries to drag Bethany out, she sets the bouncers on him and he is badly beaten up. Everyone is appalled by her cold manner and her refusal to give up her new job. The incident has the effect of reuniting Gary and Sarah. Bethany is mortified when Sarah, Gail Rodwell and Audrey Roberts turn up at the club to see her act. Sarah thinks she is safer working there than elsewhere.
  • Simon Barlow cons Toyah and Eva out of money and steals vodka from the pub. He's caught selling it at school and is expelled. Peter grounds him, admitting to Toyah he too stole a bottle at Christmas, though he still hides the revelation about Susan Barlow’s death from her. She thinks his strange manner is connected with Carla’s return and the two women, along with Michelle and Leanne row, but Carla’s vocal disdain for Peter convinces Toyah that there is nothing going on between them. Jacqui Ainsworth loses her baby. A devastated Toyah hides the news from Peter, sensing that he seems fragile, but she also learns about Eva’s pregnancy and that she doesn't want the baby girl. Desperate for a child, she offers to take the unborn baby off Eva’s hands. Eva agrees and Toyah spreads the word that Jacqui is moving abroad where her baby will be born.
  • Josh Tucker is employed at the garage to replace Luke. Hearing that Kevin and Tyrone want to organise a fundraiser in Luke’s memory, he suggests a charity boxing match. David Platt makes snide comments about the idea, but Josh goads David into signing up for it.
  • Seb disappears after the trial, worrying Gary, Tim and Faye. Nicola Rubinstein reveals she is secretly looking after him while the two of them plot to bring Phelan down. She integrates herself with her father, claiming that she now sees Anna in her true colours. Phelan gets the job of foreman on the paper mill conversion, planning to sack Gary, but Nicola is suspicious of his reluctance to discuss the place with Eileen and persuades her father to keep Gary on, wanting him to find out what Phelan is trying to hide there.
  • Gina Seddon gets a flurry of orders for her clothes business and forgets to take her medication, getting into a flurry when she asks Brian Packham to model for her.

February[]

  • Bethany sets Sarah up on a date with Aidan to get her mind off Gary but the two don’t click.
Episode 9369

An ill Carla casts caution to the wind.

  • Aidan intercepts the letter he sent to Johnny Connor. He and Kate are tested and to see if they are compatible to donate a kidney to Carla. She begins to act recklessly and sleeps with Daniel. The news spreads when a hurt Sinead sees them kissing after they leave Daniel’s flat, but they are unconcerned. When Carla collapses in the Rovers, Johnny and the Barlows shocked to find out about her condition. Aidan passes all the compatibility tests. Awaiting her transplant in Weatherfield General with a low kidney function, Carla gains an admission from Daniel that he still has feelings for Sinead and she engineers a reconciliation between the two of them. The transplant is successful, but Aidan is tearful afterwards. Carla decides to sell her house in Devon.
  • The residents who have signed up for the boxing tournament begin their training. Maria Connor is unnerved to find that a determined Shona Ramsey will be her opponent. Josh flatters David on his boxing techniques when they spar, and David begins a fitness regime which bores Shona. She tries to matchmake between Josh and Maria.
  • Ken has doubts about Steve and Tracy being together again. The two find that Amy has deceived them when she goes to a party to meet a lad who she fancies rather than being at the cinema as claimed.
  • Sally Metcalfe realises that Gina hasn't been taken her medication. Her sister is arrested for shoplifting. Dev Alahan stands by her. Sally is upset that Tim is making no effort to contact her and making plans to move away permanently, but Kevin Webster makes her see that he is doing his duty as a father. She tells him she is going to resign as mayor and move away with him. Rosie Webster and Sophie decline to go with them.
  • Zeedan shocks everyone by drinking for the first time in his life. He tells Rana's parents what their daughter has done. To protect his family’s honour, Hassan Habeeb offers to fund Zeedan's new restaurant business in Victoria Street if they stay married for another year. Zeedan is happy to accept and, feeling intensely pressured from all sides, Rana gives in. Yasmeen Nazir feels the deal is grubby and demands her grandson treats his wife with respect. On the rebound, Kate goes out with Sophie. Alya remains unaware of her brother’s situation. Zeedan tries to hurt his wife by pushing Sophie to move into the builder’s yard flat to be near Kate and Alya. Holding a candle for Rana, Kate tells Sophie they're moving too fast and asks her to return to No.4.
  • Sean struggles to find a job. Tyrone finds his domestic skills a blessing at No.9. Ruby gets the blame when texts are deleted from Sean’s phone. Tyrone takes Sean out to dinner to thank him for his help.
  • Gemma finds out about Henry’s bet when Chesney Brown overhears him and his friend Hugo talking. She very publicly dumps him. To his own surprise, Henry finds that he has fallen for her after all and tries to see her. Chesney physically ejects him from the kebab shop. Cathy Matthews tells Gemma about Chesney’s act of chivalry.
  • Phelan throws off Steph's suspicions by asking her to pass on a message to Andy when she gets back to Portugal. She returns there herself, disappointing Gary who hoped to use what she knows about the builder. Visiting Gary, Faye discovers that Seb is living with Nicola when she spots a box of his HIV medication that Gary has just collected for him. Phelan follows her when he overhears her ordering a cab to take her to Nicola’s flat. Going into the premises, any discussion is forestalled when Nicola suddenly starts to bleed and has to be taken to hospital. She agrees to move into No.11 to be looked after, telling Gary that she will get more opportunities there if Phelan lets his guard down, but the builder has seen a jacket of Seb's in her flat and grows suspicious. Gary sees Phelan's consternation when he is told by the mill project manager that the pond where the bodies are dumped is being drained to provide land for more flats. Phelan steals Nicola’s keys to let himself into her flat where, unseen, he finds Seb in residence. Realising he’s being set up, he feels betrayed by his daughter. He sacks Gary from the building site and tells Nicola he never wants to see her again, even though she has just undergone surgery for a ruptured appendix. She moves to be with her sister in Leeds after warning Eileen that she is being manipulated by her husband. Gary and Sarah agree to give things another chance.
  • Eva finds it hard hiding her pregnancy and has to pretend to be drinking when Adam throws a 30th birthday party for her. Eva invents a four month stay in America on a beauty course as an excuse to be away from the area at the time of the baby’s birth and is thrown when Adam thanks arrangements to come with her. He moves on quickly to another girl when she hurts him by refusing his offer. Toyah looks for places for her to stay later on in the year. Eva lies to Shona that she has had a termination.
  • Billy thanks Adam for more of the stronger pain killers but he refuses. Dr Gaddas refuses to increase his prescription strength. Adam begins to feel guilty when Peter praises him for moving on, and he sees Summer struggling with housework and money. A desperate Billy steals Izzy Armstrong’s painkillers as he grows more dependent, but they end up in the wash by accident. An appalled Eva spots a reluctant Adam giving Billy a further supply and checks on the vicar, only to find him comatose. She and Eileen look after him. Phelan saves Summer from a predatory man outside the school when she misses the bus home. Her schoolwork begins to suffer. Peter overhears Eva accusing Adam of being a drug peddler and realises what his nephew has been doing. He tears a strip off him, and Adam realises he has gone too far. He tells Geraldine he can't help her anymore and goes away to Tenerife to get away from things. Billy suffers terrible withdrawal symptoms as Eva and Eileen watch over him while Summer stays at No.11, unaware of what is going on until she sees the dreadful state of her guardian. Billy buys methadone from Lee Mayhew, the effect of which makes everyone think he’s recovering. Billy finds out how Summer’s schoolwork has suffered and her teacher involves Geraldine in discussions about the problem. Sinking further into addiction, Billy agrees that she can take care of the girl. He and Lee move on to heroin. An appalled Summer finds solace in the unlikely form of Phelan.
  • The residents take part in a "Run for your Wife" couples' charity race during which Michelle accepts Robert’s proposal. Liz gets her job back at the medical centre where she finds that the new doctor is Ali Neeson. He's bitter at the lack of contact from his mother over the past few years. Michelle finds out he is back when she goes into the centre with a cut hand, but she is hurt by the dismissive coldness he demonstrates towards her. Ali catches up with Steve but returns a present of a curry that Michelle sends to him as a gift.
  • As Craig's condition grows worse, he causes a scene at Tassels when he tries to get Bethany to leave, causing her to be sacked and for him to be investigated for not reporting that he knew that a teenage girl was working there. After slamming the door in his face, she agrees to meet him for lunch, but he cannot even leave the flat until everything is in order. She dumps him when he cannot offer an explanation for his actions. Liam sees Craig going through his OCD routines with lights and plugs and starts to mimic him. Beth Sutherland also witnesses his OCD and is startled when he pushes her away when she tries to talk to him about it.
  • Bethany starts work at Audrey's but resigns on the spot when Audrey remonstrates with her for giving Brian cheek. She returns to Tassels where she attacks a customer who provokes a flashback in her mind that he is Nathan Curtis. Facing a charge of GBH, she worries that she is having a breakdown.
  • Sarah is freaked out to see Lee back in the street. David attacks him but the drug addict flees. Growing friendlier with David, Josh offers to help him out. They trap Lee in the garage and try to frighten him with violence into leaving the area for good.
  • Roy has to go to Hastings when Sylvia Goodwin slips a disc in her back. Johnny promises to look after both Carla and the allotments while he’s away. He puts off his move to Spain to do so and also help Aidan when the factory reopens. Jenny Connor gets annoyed when he gets drunk with Liz and feels left out when the Connors celebrate the homecoming of Aidan and Carla. Kevin sees that she is upset and lets her cry on his shoulder.
  • Liz McDonald plans a holiday in Spain to see Andy McDonald and decides to ask Eileen to accompany her, but Phelan rudely puts her off. Liz tells Eileen what she thinks of her husband. The two row and Liz ends up barring Eileen from the Rovers. The two make up when Eileen helps Liz to try and avoid Moira Pollock who returns having won a disciplinary hearing and reinstated in her job. Moira mistakenly thinks Liz helped her in her case. Eileen admits she’s losing friends because of Phelan and Liz suggests she holds a party to enable people to get to know him better.
  • Tyrone is annoyed when a busy Chesney dumps the girls on Gemma. He apologises when he sees how well she gets on with them.

March[]

  • Billy goes missing on a “lost weekend”. Geraldine tries to take charge of Summer and is sent packing by Eileen. Peter confesses to Toyah about his part in the vicar’s downfall, telling her that their forthcoming baby is what keeps him going. Peter attempts to help Phelan, Eva and Eileen to trace Billy but they brusquely rebuff his offer. After a week, Eva finds Lee dosing alone in Billy's flat. He tells her that his brother disappeared two days ago. Eva sends him packing. Peter finds a starving Billy sneaking back into No.11 to steal money, but he flees while Peter fetches Eileen. Summer enlists Amy's help in searching for her guardian but only find themselves at the mercy of a predatory homeless man who demands their money and phones. They are rescued by Peter. Billy is arrested by the police and a remorseful Adam acts as his solicitor and gets him released. He is put in the hands of a Christian rehabilitation centre. Aware of what he's done, Eva tells Adam that there is no future for them.
  • The Tassels’ customer refuses to press charges against Bethany who returns to working at the salon and agrees to give counselling another go.
  • Phelan is told that the mill pond draining is ahead of schedule. On the night of the party, he goes to the site and puts the bodies in a hole to be filled with concrete pillars but falls into the shaft himself where he starts to succumb to hypothermia. Having tired of waiting for him, Eileen calls an end to the event, and at Gina’s drunken suggestion, the guests descend on a horrified Sally. Eileen goes with Tim to find her husband and they end up rescuing him. Tim rebuffs Phelan’s attempts at gratitude, and in his cab, the builder gloats to him about the Calcutta Street scam which Eileen overhears on the radio. Phelan persuades her not to report him to the police. She agrees on the condition that they move away. The building site management decide that Phelan's work on the concrete pillars needs redoing. Thinking the game is up, he prepares to flee the country. Hiding his intentions from everyone, he makes preparations to go to Whitehaven for a break, intending to leave Eileen there whilst he sails away abroad. In the meantime, Seb finds out that Phelan is in a panic about the pillars and theorises that the missing gun was put there. He and Gary break into the site at night where they are arrested when found chipping away at the concrete in the morning, but they have unearthed one of the bodies. The police set up a search for Phelan. Tim rings Eileen and warns her of the danger. She confronts her husband who admits to his many crimes. In a tussle, Phelan falls into the water and is swept away.
  • Fiz returns. She sees how much Chesney is missing Sinead and tries to match make between him and Gemma, but she isn’t interested. The girls find themselves locked in the empty factory and the key is found in Ruby's pocket, although she has no explanation as to what happened. Tyrone has to admit to Fiz that his daughter has been out of control and Fiz takes Hope to live with her and Chesney, afraid for Hope’s safety. Concerned that Ruby is going to grow up like Kirsty Soames, Tyrone takes solace from Gemma, and after some drinks they sleep together, though the next day they regret their actions. Fiz finds an empty condom packet and Tyrone confesses to his fling. When he recoils with fear after she throws the packet at him, she realises how little he has got over Kirsty. Out of loyalty to his sister, Chesney sacks Gemma who ends up fighting with Fiz in the street. Dev reinstates her. Roy brings Fiz and Tyrone back together, but in the meantime Fiz has discovered that it was Hope, not Ruby, who was responsible for all the malicious actions. An oblivious Tyrone puts Ruby into counselling. Hope’s cancer is given the all-clear. Fiz is horrified when Tyrone smacks Ruby for another misdemeanour which Hope caused. After Fiz confesses all she knows about Hope, an angry Tyrone moves himself and his daughter into No.13, though Ruby is now scared of her father. Fiz and Tyrone are reconciled when they think the girls have gone missing and find out they disappeared on purpose to avoid their rows.
  • Leanne is shocked when Zeedan makes a move on her. Having witnessed Leanne running out of No.6, Kate informs Rana, who then confesses to her about the financial arrangement that they are living under. The two girls re-declare their love for one another, and Rana makes it clear to Zeedan that there is nothing he can do about it if he wants to buy his restaurant. He gives in. Kate gently makes it clear to a crushed Sophie that it is over between them. Sophie sells her window-cleaning round as she wants to make a fresh start.
  • Craig moves into the builder’s yard flat at Kate’s suggestion as they need his rent money. His OCD continues.
  • No.4 is put up for sale. Carla and Michelle have a viewing for a laugh. Hearing about their sneers, Sally refuses Carla another viewing after she changes her mind considers making an offer. The Metcalfes are delighted to take the house off the market when they hear that the Phelans are planning to move away. Sally also withdraws her resignation as mayor. Sally's further humiliated when she proudly shows off her new Italian fresco wallpaper only for Gina to recognise it as the same pattern used in Freshco’s cafe.
  • Jude is short of money. Mary Taylor and Angie push him to successfully obtain a job at the Weatherfield Marine Life Centre even though he considers the advertised biologist position to be beneath him. Angie does the books for local businesses including the solicitor's.
  • Josh and David perform a citizen’s arrest on a man driving the car that was involved in the attack on the garage after Alya recognises the vehicle.
Episode 9407

David tries to wash away the horror of his ordeal.

  • Josh sets up a temporary gym in the Viaduct Street arches. Gail tells David that Martin Platt and Robyn are emigrating to New Zealand next month. Upset, he starts to snap at Shona. David is told by Ali that he mustn’t box because of his epilepsy. David and Josh become closer as David offloads his personal history to the mechanic. He doesn't realise that Josh is an abuser and agrees to the night on the town during which his drink is spiked by Josh who then takes him back to his flat and rapes him. David is utterly unable to deal with what has happened to him and is physically sick when he sees a totally unremorseful Josh. Distant with his family, he finds excuses not to have sex with Shona and is barely able to contain himself when taunting Josh attends Harry Platt’s birthday party. He visits Martin but is unable to open up to him, however he is taken with the idea of emigrating to New Zealand with him and announces to his family he’s going. After a few days, he changes his mind and says goodbye to his father. David grows concerned that he may have contracted HIV.
  • Audrey does the hair of clairvoyant Rosemary Piper who begins to pass messages on from Alf Roberts, Brian Tilsley and Ivy Brennan. Audrey is convinced she is real while the family think she is a charlatan. Gail also becomes convinced of her psychic powers when she passes on messages from Richard Hillman who says he's put a curse on her family. In the meantime, Audrey finds evidence on the web that Rosemary is a fraud and with Roy's help successfully exposes her.
  • Leanne spots how much Eva is eating with her cravings and Toyah has to cover for her. She tries to find a way to get Eva to maternity classes without Leanne finding out and comes up with the idea of claiming that they are tending language classes as it was a subject that Leanne hated at school. Leanne feels frozen out and arranges a teaching session in the Rovers' backroom with Ken which she enjoys but Eva and Toyah find boring.
  • After a row with Wendy Neeson, Ali admits to Steve the revelation of his parentage destroyed his relationship with her. Michelle books her wedding but gives up any hope of Ali agreeing to be there. Robert enlists the help of Steve and Carla to mediate between mother and son. Carla gets Ali to her flat to talk where the two of them end up sleeping together after he admits that he’s always had a crush on her.
  • Simon falls in with a gang led by teenage tearaway Tyler Jefferies who mug Audrey and hospitalise her. Peter and Ken make him apologise to their friend. Recovering in Weatherfield General with a fractured ankle, Audrey meets Tim's DJ dad Geoff Metcalfe, when she complains about the records he plays over the hospital radio. She makes a record request, but he instead plays Shaddap You Face. Nevertheless, she helps him with his next radio show, but has to struggle on alone when he accidentally locks himself out of the studio. Simon continues to see the gang, even though Carla gives him work at the newly reopened factory as a distraction. Alya is given a month’s probation as the factory manager.
  • The brewery tries change the Rovers into a family pub and Henry turns up with a photographer as part of a launch promo. When it isn't a success, the brewery decides to try the idea on a country pub instead.
  • Jenny tries to force Johnny’s hand about the move to Spain by taking money from the business account to put down as a deposit on a villa.
  • Steve isn't pleased when Liz starts going out with Mike Thornberry, one of his retired teachers who gave him a hard time at school. Nevertheless, he takes him on as a cab driver in order to exact a revenge by making his life difficult.
  • Eva has a scare when she thinks she has lost the baby, but the hospital detects a heartbeat.

April[]

  • The residents find out about the full scope of Phelan's crimes. Eileen has to admit to the police that she recently discovered the truth about the Calcutta Street flats and didn’t report the matter. The police question her as Phelan's accomplice, but she is released without charge. Andy's body is positively identified. A broken Eileen returns home and shuts herself in No.11, unwilling to see anyone while Summer looks after her. She is persuaded to leave the house when Nicola tells her that she still wants her to be a part of her baby's life. She invites her and Seb to move into No.11 and rents out the yard to Gary on the condition that he employs Seb.
  • Discovering that Vinny was one of Phelan's victims, Daniel goes to see Flora McArdle and finds she has moved into a council care home as the payments for the Summer Forest Nursing Home from Vinny had ceased. He also sets up an action group to get Anna freed. Unbeknownst to anyone, Phelan has survived. He sees a campaign video on the television and checks out of the B&B where he has been recuperating. Eileen starts to suffer abuse and intimidation from persons unknown. Finding Abi breaking into No.11, she thinks it is her but lets her stay overnight to be with Seb. She proves to be an able mechanic. During the night somebody else lets themselves into the house.
  • Having overheard a conversation at the station, Craig warns Bethany that Neil Clifton has won the right to appeal his sentence. When the situation is clarified that he has only applied to make an appeal, Craig is told to take time off work or face suspension for acting improperly. Investigating Andy's death, the police call at Craig's flat to search it, but he is unable to let them enter until he has completed his OCD rituals. The police try and break the door down as Beth and Bethany watch on with concern. Bethany gets in through the builders’ yard balcony. Craig is referred to a specialist. Neil is granted leave to appeal. Craig's application to join the police passes the first stage.
  • Rosie and Sophie make a bet that Rosie cannot go a day without taking a selfie of herself, but Rosie loses. She is offered a promotion deal for a cosmetics company.
  • David avoids all forms of intimacy with Shona and goes to an STI clinic to be checked out, but he cannot bring himself to go through the procedure. He manages to have sex with Shona but there is no passion involved and he tells her it is over between them. Devastated, she moves out and Roy takes her in. David steps in when he sees Josh being friendly with Chesney and threatens to tell the police if he doesn't leave his neighbour alone. He has a meltdown when alone in the salon after trying to self-harm.
  • When Tyrone has to drop out of the boxing tournament at the last minute, David takes his place against medical advice. Taunted before the bout by Josh, David comes out enraged and batters Gary into unconsciousness. David is arrested while Gary recovers in hospital from swelling on the brain. Zeedan finds a steroid needle and people suspect that David’s on the drug. David pleads not guilty at his hearing and is released on bail. Josh quits the garage. No one can get through to David to find out what’s troubling him. He bans Gail from having anything to do with the children when she lets them see Shona. Josh starts to go out with Alya.
  • Robert changes the name of the bistro to the Viaduct Bistro. He easily beats Zeedan in their boxing match and is flattered to be asked to take part in a calendar shoot until he finds out it's for a cancer charity and refuses. Carla finds out that it is actually Robert who is hooked on the steroids and witnesses him eagerly snatching a new supply from his dealer. He admits to the habit, claiming stress, and agrees to stop taking them. Michelle organises a family meal, during which she discovers Carla and Ali kissing. Carla finishes with Ali. She has suspicions that Robert is continuing to use steroids, but such is her anger at Carla’s actions with her son that Michelle has trouble believing her warnings. Not convinced that her fiancé is being honest with her when he claims he has finished with the steroids, Michelle leaves him briefly, but then decides to stick with him.
  • Appalled by her brother’s violent action, Sarah moves out of No.8 and into 8 Victoria Court. When Gary is released, she asks him to move in with her and he proposes.
  • Norris Cole is away from the street visiting Emily Bishop.
  • Tracy becomes suspicious about Jude’s lack of marine knowledge. She and Mary visit his workplace where they find that he is manning the gift shop. Horrified, he admits that he's always lied about his qualifications, even to Angie who is due to join them at any moment. Mary and Tracy successfully cover for him when his wife arrives, but Mary tells him to get a job that he can be honest about. She helps him concoct a cover story that he is being bullied at work and finds out that it is in fact the truth. Angie suggests the culprits are killed with kindness and be invited round for tea. When she won't drop the matter, Mary enlists two friends from the Weatherfield Dramatic Society to pose as the colleagues.
  • Mike complains to Liz that Steve is giving him all the worst jobs at Street Cars. She warns her son off and refuses his demand that she finishes with his old teacher.
  • Carla gives Aidan a formal transfer certificate of title to the factory for his birthday. He seems underwhelmed by the gift. Toyah realises that Eva still loves him and frees her from their arrangement so that he can know his daughter. Eva tells Aidan that she is expecting his baby, but she's hurt when he asks for a DNA test. She tells Toyah that the deal is back on and lies to Aidan that the baby is Adam’s. Eva leaves for a cottage near Lymm, making out that America is her destination. Simon steals money from Toyah. She notices the missing money and gets Leanne and Peter to speak to the boy. Behind their backs, Simon tells Toyah he knows she is hiding something from Peter, and blackmails her to keep quiet about the money. Stealing, playing truant and being rude to Toyah at every opportunity, he continues to see Tyler and finds a direct debit form for the cottage in Lymm. Isolated there, Eva's waters break suddenly, and a visiting Toyah has to deliver the baby following phoned instructions from the 999 operator.
  • Hope has her first assessment.
  • Audrey ends up back at hospital after interjecting in a tussle between Sally and Yasmeen over a bird feeder. She meets Geoff again, but he is more taken with Yasmeen and the two start to see each other.
Episode 9442

Speed Daal opens for business.

  • Zeedan prepares to open his new restaurant – Speed Daal. Rana’s parents make a surprise visit and Alya lets them into No.6, only to find Rana and Kate being intimate on the sofa. The Habeebs are furious that their trust has been betrayed. They try to lure Rana to Pakistan on a one-way ticket to see a supposed dying aunt, but Imran discovers she is in the best of health and he and the Nazirs prevent the kidnap. Rana and Imran disown their parents. Sophie is crushed to discover that the two girls are back together. Alya doesn't want Kate in her flat, but she stands her ground and tells her to move out and let Rana move in instead. Hassan cancels the cheque for Zeedan's money so Imran steps in to invest in the restaurant instead. Saira is reported to the police and Rana blames Zeedan, thinking it was him. When Kate confesses, Rana apologises by helping out at the restaurant and a kiss, giving him false hope that they can reconcile. The restaurant opens with an enthusiastic Kayla Westbrook employed as a waitress.
  • Jenny gets impatient when Johnny prevaricates over the move to Spain.
  • Maria takes on apprentice Emma Brooker at the salon. David is irritated by her ditzy manner. When she laughs at a social media picture of Josh and David together, he boils over and tries to pick a fight with Gary. He tries it on with Maria, who rejects him, and he then sleeps with Emma, astounding his family when he lets her move into No.8 as his new girlfriend.
  • Underworld reopens for business. Aidan allows Summer to shadow Alya at the factory as work experience and she impresses the management. The young girl develops a crush on Aidan.
  • Billy returns from rehab. With three months’ rent owing on the flat, Tracy tries to evict him and Summer, but Shona moves in to help with the bills and Adam threatens Tracy, knowing that she isn't declaring her rental income for tax. Summer tells Billy she's tired of him messing up her life. Shona persuades her to give the vicar another chance.
  • By a ruse concocted by Beth, Kirk Sutherland is paid by Ken to walk Eccles rather than Amy when Ken hurts his knee and is unable to do so himself.

May[]

  • Eva begins to bond with her baby. Toyah tells Peter that the child has been born in hospital in Tamworth. She is named Susie Barlow. Complete with a false birth certificate, Toyah returns to Weatherfield with the baby to be greeted by a delighted Peter who asks her to marry him. Having misconstrued the Lymm cottage arrangement, Simon tells Leanne that Toyah is having an affair, but she manages to cover with a story of it being a refuge for an abused client.
  • Threatened with the sack, Jude quits his job. The two actors, Nigel Kipling and Selina James, struggle manfully at the meal at No.3, but Jude cannot keep up the pretence anymore and confesses all to Angie. Struggling with the revelation, she seeks solace with Adam and after several whiskeys kisses him. Agreeing to come clean to each other, Jude is stunned to find out about the kiss. With Norris's permission, Mary gives a reluctant Jude a job at The Kabin.
  • Sally and Yasmeen make up when Yasmeen agrees to pay halves on a new bird feeder. Adam represents Yasmeen in her divorce and discovers that Sharif Nazir has met someone else he wants to marry. Geoff and Yasmeen continue socialising.
  • Johnny suspects that Jenny is up to something behind his back but then discovers it's the anniversary of her son's death and she didn't want to burden him with her grief.
  • Kirk expands his dog-walking empire. He’s asked to train a badly behaved dog belonging to Sharon Butterley, but lies to Beth that the lady is in her sixties to avoid her being jealous.
  • Desperate to find a man, Moira tries to hook onto Ali, but he still fancies Carla. Liz discovers that Ali fought for a placement at the medical centre, contradicting what he had told Michelle. He leaves the medical centre and gets a job at the General.
  • Having stayed with Julie Carp for a while, Eileen is given a warm welcome when she returns to work at Street Cars.
Episode 9453

A shattered family.

  • The arrangements concluded at last, Johnny and Jenny have a leaving party in the Rovers prior to departing for Spain. There, Aidan suddenly realises from Toyah's behaviour that Susie is Eva’s daughter and that he is the father. He traces Eva to Lymm and visits her, wishing her and the baby all the best in the future. They confess they love each other. Returning home, and after suffering silently with depression for many months, he commits suicide. Johnny finds the body. His death shatters his family and stuns his neighbours and the factory staff. The shock reconciles Carla and Michelle. Johnny takes his grief out on everyone, but especially Jenny as he desperately seeks answers as to why his son died. They find the intercepted letter from February which was a previous suicide note and realise how long Aidan had been suffering. Johnny feels even worse as a result. Losing his temper with Jenny, he spends the night on Liz’s sofa. Eileen makes him talk about his feelings and he reconciles with Jenny. The move to Spain is cancelled.
  • Eva is especially devastated by Aidan’s death and panics Toyah when she contemplates coming clean to the Connors about Susie. Making out that she's back from America, Eva returns to the street. She finds it difficult seeing Susie in Toyah and Peter's care.
  • Emma is upset as David freezes rather than touch her again. Hearing about Aidan’s death, David runs away from court. Shona finds him, reacting with shock when he suddenly blurts out that Josh raped him, and how close he's come to suicide himself. He refuses to go to the police, not wanting to be labelled a rape victim. He is arrested for fleeing his court appearance and remanded in Highfield Prison. Desperate to have a cell to himself, he is forced to share with genial Paul Foreman. Gail and Audrey remained non-plussed about David’s behaviour. Shona makes it clear to Josh that his secret is out and vows to bring him to justice. Emma realises she and David are over but Gail's hints that she should move out of No.8 go over her head. David refuses to consider claiming the rape as extenuating circumstances. Shona conducts her own investigations about Josh and finds mechanic Dec Lonsdale, who was also raped by him. David pleads guilty but Gary speaks up on his behalf and he is only given an eighteen-month suspended sentence and community service. Josh is shocked to see him walking free and tries to provoke David by dripping poison in Max Turner's ear about his dad. Shona moves back into No.8 and Emma moves out. Alya finishes with Josh, tired of the drama he brings into her life. A meeting with Dec persuades David to report Josh who is arrested but released due to lack of evidence. Shona tells Alya what her boyfriend did whilst David comes clean to a sympathetic Gail and Audrey.
  • Summer becomes withdrawn from Billy Following Aidan’s suicide until he makes her see that men are not good at talking about their personal problems. With Carla’s support she organises a fundraiser in Roy's Rolls for a helpline.
  • Craig passes his police assessment exam with flying colours. Kayla shows an interest in him and leaves her number with him after ascertaining that he and Bethany are just friends.
  • Daniel takes Flora out of her care home and brings her to live with him and an extremely disgruntled Adam in their flat. However, he warms to the old lady and confesses to her that he feels guilty for his part in Aidan's suicide. Flora takes an instant dislike to Sinead who decides to move back in with Daniel once the old lady is rehoused, however the Gazette refuses to publish Daniel's article about her plight meaning she has to stay for the foreseeable future. flora pretends that she herself has died when she intercepts a phone call to Daniel from a care home offering her a place,
  • Aidan’s will pre-dates the transfer of Carla’s factory shares to him and leaves the business to Alya. Keeping the matter to themselves, the Connor women instruct Adam to find a way out of meeting the bequest.
  • Supposedly to comfort Kate with her grief, Rana moves into the flat with her. Sophie feels guilty that she never answered a text from Aidan on the night that he died, and she feels even worse when Johnny finds out and blames her. Kate apologises on her father's behalf and organises a girls’ night out with Rana and Gemma. Zeedan follows, certain that Kate and Sophie are having an affair, but Rana sees him watching them and angrily demands a divorce. On the night out, they are harassed by pub-goer Phil Warriner who follows Kate and Rana back to Victoria Street and assaults them. Zeedan comes to their rescue and hospitalises the man with a hard punch. Phil can only give vague description of his attacker to the police. Zeedan has had enough of the constant pressures and moves to London, leaving Sophie as manager of Speed Daal.
  • Tyrone instals a large inflatable dancing man outside the garage as an advert which Rita Tanner sabotages with a pair of scissors as it bangs against her flat window. Abi applies for the mechanic's job and is taken on when Tyrone is told of the difficulty that she has finding work. Finding out Abi is an ex-heroin addict, Fiz warns Tyrone to keep her away from the girls. Tyrone misunderstands the situation when Fiz lets Kim Vaughan sleep on the sofa after a night out, and Hope reports to him that her mummy had a man staying the night. The confusion is cleared up.
  • Rosie discovers that Antoine Reese is taking part in an Underworld fashion shoot. She and Gemma also discover that one of the models, Olivia Radfield, is being used by Antoine as a drugs mule and work with her to swap his cocaine for sugar.
  • Sally has to find a charity in order to distribute a rich man's dying bequest to.
  • Robert and Michelle decide on an earlier smaller wedding than they had originally planned in view of Aidan’s death and invite both Ryan Connor and Ali. Robert collapses with a heart attack, brought on by the steroids. Ryan returns from Ibiza and immediately organises Robert’s stag night. Ryan and Ali find each other immensely irritating. Ryan thinks Robert is not as interesting as Steve and tells his mother she is marrying him on the rebound. After the stag night, Robert and Daniel have to save Ryan from a furious husband after the lad spends the night with his wife. On the day of the wedding, Steve thinks Michelle is having second thoughts and leans in for a kiss. Robert sees them and leaves. Michelle has to put out a radio message to get him to come back to the event at the bistro.
  • Alya moves out of the flat, demanding her deposit back from Eileen, who refuses the demand. In the meantime, Eileen suffers a harassment campaign. She blames Alya, who is given an alibi by her grandmother. She reports the matter to the police, wondering if it is Phelan. They have had several false leads to his whereabouts including Abergele. The real culprit is Faye who wants revenge for Anna. She plants firecrackers in the loft causing Nicola to fall down the stairs and go into an early labour. She gives birth to a son, Zack Rubinstein. Tim makes a guilt-ridden Faye apologise. Gary discovers that Nicola has made an online friend in a mum's chat group who supposedly lives in Abergele. Struck by the coincidence, he makes enquiries and finds Phelan living on a caravan site there. He and Joe Haslam go to Wales intent on bringing Phelan to justice. After a fight he is brought back to the yard where Sarah is shocked to find what her fiancé is up to. Thinking he intends to kill Phelan, she confesses her part in the death of Callum Logan to try and make him see how badly such things turn out. Phelan frees himself from his bonds just before Gary's co-conspirator arrives - Anna. Hearing about Zack, Phelan goes to No.11 where at gunpoint he demands to see his grandson. A fight breaks out between him, Eileen, Nicola and Seb. A shot rings out.

June[]

  • Nicola has been shot. Phelan carries her to the bistro and interrupts the wedding at gunpoint, demanding they help his daughter. He takes Michelle into the kitchen as a hostage when he hears the approaching police sirens. She manages to break free and is also shot. Anna is there, and coldly stabs him in the chest, watching him die. Both Michelle and Nicola undergo surgery and recover. Anna moves to Durham, taking Faye with her. Nicola is furious that he brought Phelan back to the. She decides to make a fresh start in Bristol, giving Gary visiting rights, and asks Eileen to go with her. She agrees, leaving Seb to house-sit No.11. After sleeping rough at the garage, Abi dumps herself on her son as soon as they're gone. He agrees to let her stay one night but orders her out when she tries to sabotage Eileen’s letting agent make arrangements to rent the property. Abi asks Tyrone out, wanting a stable man in her life in order to get the twins returned to her, but he refuses when Seb tells him what she's up to. An initial assessment visit from social services goes well for Abi. Steve discovers she is living at No.11. To prevent him telling Eileen, she takes compromising pictures of him with her drunken friends, threatening to pass them on to Tracy.
  • Convinced that David’s rape is part of the curse, Gail contacts Rosemary. A suspicious Roy hears that she is applying for a £3,000 loan to pay Rosemary’s fees and steps in to lend the money himself, though he is perplexed when Rosemary makes correct statements about Alma Halliwell and Hayley Cropper. Angry that she’s sullying his wife’s memory, he determines to expose her. He and Audrey attend Rosemary’s next meeting at a church hall where Roy finds Lewis Archer relaying instructions to her through an earpiece. Roy makes a citizen’s arrest and leaves Audrey in charge of the conman while he fetches the police. Lewis tells Audrey he is broke again and that he still loves her. Smitten again, Audrey happily lets him go.
  • Antoine hands the sugar over to his contact, Alan. He then catches Rosie and Gemma trying to put the real drugs in his bag. Antoine cons Rosie into thinking he’s an undercover cop trying to bring Alan down but Craig arrests him while Gemma knocks a threatening Alan out. Positive press coverage leads to Craig and the girls appearing on This Morning where Rosie’s assured performance leads to her getting a job for six months in Japan as an assistant on a television game show.
  • Sharon gives Kirk expensive clothes that used to belong to her ex-husband, making Beth suspicious. Sharon asks Kirk to be at Speed Daal in case a blind date she’s on goes wrong, but there is no date and Kirk falls for her wiles and comforts her when she pretends to be stood up. He panics when she admits the truth and wants to give up the dog training, but an oblivious Beth insists that he continues as they need the money. Nevertheless, Kirk tries to avoid Sharon. She deliberately bumps into Beth and Kirk. Beth is outraged that she has been deceived over the woman's true age and accuses Kirk of having an affair. Maria refuses to let her kick him out of the flat but quickly grows tired of their squabbling.
  • Ryan’s Ibiza job falls through and Michelle is delighted when he announces he is staying. Not knowing of this, Robert gives Ali the spare room in his flat when Michelle has already promised it to Ryan. The two men are forced to share. Ryan gets a job at Speed Daal.
  • Alya makes a bad mistake at work and earns the wrath of Carla. Alya tells her Aidan would be ashamed of her behaviour, causing her to break down. Adam suggests the only way to break the will is to claim Aidan was of unsound mind but Johnny virulently objects. Imran finds a copy of the will and hands it to Alya, telling her that Carla is trying to deprive her of her inheritance. Alya quits Underworld to fight for what's hers and rejects Carla’s offer of Aidan’s original 18%. She then changes the locks on the premises and tries to assert her authority over the factory but ends up causing a strike when she sacks Fiz and has to reinstate her. The staff object when she employs Sarah as her PA, saying the position should have been advertised. With Sarah's connivence, she puts on a show of making her life hell which makes the other candidates withdraw their applications to avoid her bullying. Carla allows the Sutherlands to live rent free in the kebab shop flat for six months on the condition that Beth spies on Alya for her. On Carla’s instructions, Beth quadruples an order for a customer on the office computer to try and put pressure on Alya to break her.
  • Johnny finds comfort when Liz she shares with him about the loss she still feels over the death of Katie McDonald. He bars Jenny from the funeral, saying she never liked his son but relents when feeling guilty over a shared kiss with Liz. The family find the funeral an ordeal. Afterwards, he finds solace with Liz, and they sleep together, but Liz rejects further assignations, not wanting to break up a marriage. Jenny goes with Rita to visit Mavis Wilton in Cartmel for a few days after she breaks her ankle.
  • Simon finds a hospital photograph of Susie in Eva's handbag while rooting for a dummy. Toyah is concerned that she has strong feelings for the baby. Eva doesn’t know how she will cope with her guilt over Aidan and Peter worries that she is too unstable, dictating to Toyah that she is to have no access to Susie. Unable to agree, she confesses that Eva is Susie’s natural mother. Horrified by the numerous deceptions, Peter tells her they are finished. He and Simon move into No.1 and Peter puts the Rovers on the market. Toyah tries to arrange a meeting with a marriage counsellor but Peter walks out when he realises what is going on. Toyah can't raise the funds to buy Peter's share of the pub.
  • Peter informs Carla that Susie is Aidan’s child. Johnny demands a DNA test and tells Eva he is going to apply for custody. Wanting to help Eva, Adam produces a fake DNA result. She refuses to use it and reaches a compromise with Johnny for him to have access to his granddaughter and be a part of her upbringing. All seems happily settled until Johnny catches sight of the fake DNA result and resolves to fight dirty. Susie falls off the sofa and is rushed to the medical centre. She is cleared but Liz blabs to Johnny about the matter and he calls in social services. A furious Toyah sacks Liz and Eva bars Johnny from access to Susie. He realises he’ll have to be careful if he is to see the baby again.
  • Mike tries to find out whether Liz has feelings for Johnny. Liz admits that she does and lets him walk out of her life. Steve delights in sacking him.
  • Sean finds himself virtually skint, unable to get shifts at the Rovers. Fiz asks him to move out of No.9 as she needs to focus on her family. She helps him look for a flat though he hides from her his dire financial situation.
  • Olivia's father Duncan Radfield tells Sally he's applying for a grant from the Mayoral fund for a charity in his late wife's name. She gives him her support.
  • Hope cons money out of Fiz and Tyrone to buy trainers which she then sells onto another girl. When she is found out, she lies that she was using the money to buy a Father's Day gift.
  • Craig passes his police assessment tests. Bethany helps him to ask Kayla out on a date, even though she still has feelings for him herself. Neither of them realises she is actually Neil Clifton’s daughter. She starts to gather information on Bethany dubious past, intent on helping her father with his appeal and stirs things up between Craig and Bethany to keep them apart. Marsha Clifton, Kayla’s mother turns up at Speed Daal and Ryan is suspicious when she tries to pass her off as a customer. Marsha realises her daughter is up to something when she sees her with Craig. A suspicious Ryan looks through her locker and finds a diary that is all about Craig. Sophie sacks him for invading Kayla’s privacy. He gets a job labouring for Gary and starts going out with Bethany.
  • Maria is excited when Emma thinks that Audrey is retiring, but she tells her that she has no such plans and is raising the rent on her flat to the normal market level.
Episode9495

Two forthcoming weddings are celebrated.

  • Flora is upset when she sees an article that Daniel has written for the Gazette about Vinny’s death. Sinead comforts her and manages to connect with her. She and Daniel help her plan her son’s funeral. She is left £250,000 in Vinny’s will and decides to move on. Sinead holds a 1950s-themed party for her in the Rovers. Soon after robbing the cafe, Tyler hears that Flora is rich and with Simon in tow burgles the flat whilst she is at the party, but they are interrupted when the old lady returns, and Tyler knocks her out. He runs off leaving Simon to face the consequences. The lad is arrested and under pressure admits to what happened. Tyler is arrested and questioned. Upon being released, he threatens revenge against Simon. Flora gives Daniel her mother's engagement ring, and he uses it to propose to Sinead. Tracy feels crowded at No.1 and moves herself and Amy in with Steve. She finds out he almost kissed Michelle but forgives him. She then deliberately misinterprets a statement from Steve as a proposal of marriage and quickly accepts before he can say anything. The family celebrate a double engagement.
  • Seb and Emma start dating, making Faye jealous when she pays her dad a visit.
  • Jack Webster grazes his knee whilst playing football with Sophie.

July[]

  • Jack has a viral infection. Sophie thinks he is milking the situation as she asks Faye to babysit him. He falls unconscious and is taken to A&E but is discharged when the doctor states it is a simple virus. Ali sees discoloration on his toes and calls an ambulance, suspecting sepsis. Jack is put on life support. Sophie blames herself for not paying attention to Jack’s complaints but also asks Adam’s help in pursuing case of negligence. She drops the matter after breaking down in Rana's arms. Jack develops ischaemia, leading to his left foot being amputated. Kevin and Sophie both feel wretched. At Brian’s suggestion, the neighbours decide to start a fundraising campaign for Jack. He is transferred to a rehabilitation centre in Liverpool for the fitting of a prosthetic. To give Kevin room, Tyrone plans to move back into No.9 and is hurt when Fiz makes room plans to move out and live with Izzy. The two are reconciled when Jackie Dobbs dies without telling her hurt son that her illness was terminal.
  • Ryan is sacked by Gary for taking on a supposed local job that is actually several hundred miles away. Michelle employs him in the bistro. Not knowing of Bethany’s experiences with the grooming gang, he tries to think take things too far with her, causing her to run out of the flat in tears. Sarah is livid with him, and in a confrontation, pushes him against the kitchen counter where he knocks his head. He later falls unconscious and ends up in hospital. Feeling unwanted by his family, he blackmails Sarah for his return airfare to Ibiza but drops the matter when Michelle tells him she doesn’t want him to go. Bethany thinks she may have attacked him and that she has a memory block, confiding in Craig. Kayla latches on that something is wrong and records Craig's admission that he turned a blind eye to Bethany working in Tassels when she was underage. Neil warns his daughter off taking any action as she is putting his appeal in jeopardy. She finishes with Craig but resumes her activities after her father both loses his appeal and is hospitalised following another bad prison beating. She begins to manipulate Craig’s OCD fears and causes him to think he is a danger to others when she engineers a car crash. Bethany’s suspicions of her grow and she goes to her house where she spots a photograph of Kayla and Neil together. Kayla knocks her out and ties her up in the garage while she tries to bring about a full mental breakdown for Craig. He is stunned when she admits whose daughter she is, insisting that's the lies that he and Bethany told at Neil’s trial caused him to be wrongly imprisoned. Realising that Bethany is missing, Craig goes to Kayla’s house to rescue her. They managed to convince Kayla of her father’s guilt by playing back to her the recorded confession that Neil made the previous July. Bethany takes pity on the girl when she sees that her world has been destroyed. She forces her to confront her father and decides to press no charges against her. Kayla apologises to Craig for what she put him through and leaves.
  • Simon pleads guilty, and the matter is adjourned for sentencing. In a revenge attack, Tyler poisons Eccles. Ken take Simon to Cornwall to get him away from the thug until after his court case.
  • Tracy demands a new engagement ring and is fooled by Steve when he presents her with Karen McDonald’s. Overhearing Ken’s offer to pay for Daniel and Sinead's wedding, she demands the same. Her wily father circumvents her by saying he can only afford a double event, knowing full well that she will refuse.
  • Seb can't bring himself to tell Emma about his HIV. She thinks he still has feelings for Faye and finishes with him. He and Faye make up.
  • David's community payback is to paint Jamila House where Finn, one of the other convicts, makes comments to David about his sexuality when he sees him talking to Billy. Keen to assert his manliness, David proposes to Shona who refuses him as she knows it is not coming from the right place. Billy is shocked when David makes homophobic comments to him and gets him to open up about his rape by telling him of his own recent addiction problems. Shona is perturbed to find that David is carrying a knife around with him for protection. She tells Billy of her concerns. He tails David and sees that he is following a young man, Ethan Corrin, who is meeting Josh at a pub. David fears that Ethan will be Josh's next victim. Billy sends David home and warns Ethan of the danger he is in. Later on, the police call on Billy to say that Ethan has hospitalised Josh who was found with GHB in his pocket. David visits Josh who is unconscious on life support and gloats over him.
  • Just as the Underworld staff finish the order, Sarah discovers that only 1,000 units were actually required. The staff are told that they aren't getting paid. Having taken out taken out a loan to complete the 4,000-unit order, Alya suspects Carla of sabotage and that she has a spy in the firm.
  • Ryan accidentally locks Michelle and Robert in the freezer at the bistro for several hours.
  • Summer turns down a school trip to London, knowing that Billy can't afford it. At David’s request, she helps Max with his maths schoolwork, though the lad develops a crush on her. She is nominated for a Good Samaritan Award for her Speak & Save campaign.
  • Audrey snottily turns down Maria’s offer to buy into the business and so she starts to do other people's hair on the side in the flat. Audrey discovers what she is up to and sacks her. Maria tries to set up in competition and is incensed when Audrey places a notice on her flat’s front door advertising cut rates in the salon. Threatening to leave the flat, Maria is taken aback when Audrey gives her two weeks’ notice to vacate. Missing her, Audrey changes her mind and is put out to find that she has accepted an offer from Claudia Colby to operate one of her franchises. However, Maria needs money to buy into the operation and asks Carla for a loan.
  • Fiz tells Sean that he's not paying his way in the house and should leave. Liz offers to let him crash on her sofa but changes her mind when she finds that he has taken her job at the Rovers. He ends up sleeping rough in a tent. A friend of Dev’s has a grotty bedsit, but Sean doesn’t have the deposit.
  • Duncan manipulates Sally into rushing through the charity grant of £40,000 without the usual checks, making Tim suspicious of him. He and Steve investigate and find the supposed charity premises are empty. Duncan disappears with the money having been transferred to his personal account. The council begins an inquiry, but Tim has to stop Sally handing herself in to the police. She hands in her resignation as mayor but has to suffer adverse gossip from the factory girls.
  • Carla flirts with Peter to get him onside on Susie’s custody battle. Toyah is upset to see that they are apparently back together. At Carla’s request, Peter finds Susie’s birth certificate showing himself and Jacqui as the child’s parents and thus giving Johnny proof that Eva abandoned her daughter. A mediation session between him and Jenny on one side and Eva on the other goes badly. Johnny blames Jenny for scuppering his chances when Eva reveals that she once kidnapped Jack and is therefore unfit to look after Susie. Johnny has a full breakdown and kidnaps Susie, hiding in a Manchester hotel room with the baby. A tearful Eva broadcasts an appeal. Realising that Liz has been spending time with Johnny, Jenny gives her some of his medicationin case he gets in touch with her. He does so, and Liz visits him where he confesses that he has painted himself into a corner. She is shocked when he tells her that he wants the three of them to go to Spain and start a new life. She tips off the police and he is arrested. Bitter at Liz's betrayal, he tells her that he now knows how important family is to him and makes up with Jenny. Feeling sorry for Johnny, Eva drops any charges against him. Feeling that Toyah is still too attached to Susie, Eva takes up with Adam again asking him to join her when she moves to France to live with Stella Price. He agrees and everyone is shocked when they depart without saying their goodbyes.
Episode 9520

The two future Rovers' owners practice their skills.

  • Henry tries to get back in touch with Gemma, but she tells him to do one. Brian and Cathy think Chesney has a crush on Gemma and try to matchmake but Henry returns, saying his parents have forced an engagement upon him with someone he doesn't love under threat of disinheritance while he wants to be with Gemma. She's swept off her feet when he buys the Rovers for her. The two practice behind the bar and get drunk on homemade cocktails, earning a stern rebuke from Rita.
  • Flora moves into a new nursing home, giving Sinead a cheque for £13,000 to start her own business and telling her to move in with Daniel. Brian and Cathy consider opening a hardware shop on Victoria Street. They are gazumped on the premises by Daniel and Sinead who wants to open a vintage clothing business. Daniel buys some clothes at auction and takes them into Underworld to show to Sinead, not realising until it is too late that they are filled with moths which then infiltrate the premises.
  • Abi acts as a responsible citizen and reports a garage customer to the police when she finds drugs in his car. Steve and Tracy see her with the officers and spread the news round that Abi herself has been arrested, potentially damaging her chances of being reunited with the twins. Alerted by Steve, Eileen returns from Bristol and plans to evict Abi until Seb - and a corrected and guilt-ridden Steve - speak up on her behalf. Eileen is much more horrified by the revelation that Steve and Tracy are engaged. She and Dev tried to talk Steve out of it, infuriating Tracy. Beth and Kirk hold a flat-warming party. Abi gets drunk and hungover the next day, misses an appointment with her unimpressed social worker
  • Jude and Angie try marriage counselling where she confesses that she no longer trusts her husband.

August[]

  • Thinking his forthcoming wages are going to get him the deposit on the flat, Sean impetuously gives his tent to Carol Hill, a fellow homeless person, but then finds the flat has fallen through. Two men beat him up for his money. Even though they see his injuries, not one of his friends inquire further about his circumstances. He is sacked from the pub when he gives a free drink to fellow homeless man Frank and ends up begging on the streets with Carol giving him tips as to how to make it work. Eileen tells Billy of her concerns. He finds Sean at the campsite when he turns up with a food bank but Sean pretends he's there to assist. Carol sells herself for drugs and is badly beaten up. Sean contacts Billy for help. He puts Sean up at his flat and gets his old job back at Underworld. Carol disappears when Billy finds her a place at a rehabilitation centre.
  • Toyah lets Gemma run the Rovers for the day. She makes up half price cocktails which go down well with a packed pub. She also impresses Liz when she breaks up a fight. Henry’s sister, Helen Newton, tells him he's been disowned by his family. Gemma finishes with him when he is no longer able to buy the pub but changes her mind, even when he is refused a loan by the bank and asks Rita if he can stay with them as he is also now homeless. She returns to the kebab shop but on fewer hours.
  • Peter is hurt when Carla tells him there is no chance of them getting back together and realises she used him to get hold of the birth certificate. Carla agrees to be Maria’s sleeping partner. She gets frustrated in the first meeting when Maria and Claudia would rather discuss the decoration then financial matters. She then pulls out of the arrangement, citing financial difficulties. Maria offers Emma a room at her flat and Rita offers to invest in her franchise, annoying Audrey.
  • Underworld client Dave Hanlon sees the moths when he comes on a business visit. Alya blames Daniel and Sinead, prompting Daniel to offer Sinead's immediate resignation on her behalf. Daniel is delighted when Sinead finds out she is pregnant. Alya agrees to take her back and Daniel tells Brian the empty shop is his if he wants it, but he and Cathy have also changed their mind. Alya sees a video that Aidan gave to a student about running a business in which he speaks of the importance of family and wonders herself if he reallly was in his right mind to leave the factory to her. She offers to sell the factory back to Carla but as she is still short of funds, Peter steps in, initially as her sleeping partner, but then changes his mind and wants to work there with her. She has no choice to accept. Their family and friends foresee problems ahead. Peter resigns from Street Cars. Carla tests him by setting up an interview with an applicant who looks like Tina McIntyre but Peter passes with flying colours when he refuses to take her on because of the resemblance, saying it was the biggest mistake of his life.
  • Daniel fails to get on his masters' course and so he'll be able to work with Sinead on her clothes shop. Sinead experiences a funny turn.
  • Billy feels guilty about Josh. When he awakens, he finds he is blind, and the condition may be permanent. Josh bitterly blames Billy for his condition. Saying he has no one to look after him, Josh tells Billy he owes him as he's to blame for his condition. Billy refuses to help him unless he repents for raping David.
  • Johnny is delighted when Eva, Adam and Susie returned for Aidan’s inquest. Adam is put out when he listens as Eva gives her evidence and tells the coroner she loved Aidan with all of her heart. He decides not to return to France with her. Johnny is delighted when Eva assures him that he can visit Susie whenever he likes. Johnny puts in a low offer for the pub which is accepted for a quick sale. Johnny thinks having Liz working there will be too risky for him and tells Jenny that she will have to go. Liz refuses to comply. Gemma is delighted when Jenny offers her a job as barmaid. To entice customers in, Johnny and Jenny drop hints that the Rovers is being turned into a gastropub. On the opening night, they are inundated with residents nervous to see what the changes are and are relieved everything is still the same. Henry is taken on as barman but needs money when he is threatened by two thugs on behalf of his fiancée from whom he stole £20,000. He stages a fall into the cellar, wanting compensation, But Gemma warns Jenny and Johnny what he is up to, and they throw him out. He is driven away by the thugs, ending up in hospital afterwards. Gemma thinks Liz is pining for Mike and tries to it effect a reconciliation, but Liz puts her off, as Mike knows about her and Johnny.
  • Tracy lies to Steve about attending a Wedding Fayre in Blackpool when she is actually going to a rave with Abi and Beth. To compensate, she allows him to buy a Weatherfield County FC season ticket. Tracy puts Abi in charge of organising her hen night. When Steve interferes in her plans, Abi retaliates by telling Tracy that she is wearing Karen’s engagement ring, having heard the truth from Liz, via Eileen. He is forced to buy her a new one.
  • Brian bonds with Joseph, Hope and Ruby when he babysits him as they think he’s Santa. He applies for a teaching position at Bessie Street School.
  • Abi has her first unsupervised visit with the twins, but it doesn't go well when they ask to be returned to their foster parents. Depressed, she obtains heroin, but Steve stops her taking it.
  • Duncan is found and arrested. Imran represents him. He produces elaborately prepared text evidence to show that he and Sally had an affair and she blackmailed him to defraud the fund. Sally is arrested and charged. She has initial trouble convincing Tim of her innocence, especially regarding the supposed affair. She rows with Adam and Imran for representing Duncan, during which Tim sees Duncan's address and they go round there wanting to speak to Olivia. Duncan pushes Tim into assaulting him. He is arrested for assault and witness intimidation. They are both puzzled when Duncan makes no mention of Sally being there at the time and Tim suspects it as being proof of an affair. He is let off with a caution. At Gina’s suggestion, Sally employs old school friend and solicitor Paula Martin to represent her. The police look for Sally's burner phone which is found in the conservatory guttering during a family barbecue. Thinking she is doing the right thing, Gina tries to dispose of it and is arrested for perverting the course of justice, being let off with a caution. The SIM card corroborates Duncan’s story. Finding out that Paula’s daughter Isla is gay, Sally suggests she and Sophie should meet.
  • Hassan asks Imran to come to his 60th birthday party but he refuses to go unless Rana is invited as well. Rana makes him attend. There, Hassan suffers a stroke. Saira accuses Rana of causing it with her behaviour. To be able to see her father, Rana lies that she and Kate have split up. She is with Hassan when he dies. She confesses her lie to Kate who understands why she did it, but Rana is still racked with guilt and delays telling her mother the truth. Kate is put out when Rana says she's moving in with her brother for a while after Hassan's funeral to help him. Imran persuades Rana to join him on a cruise with their mother, upsetting Kate. Saira accepts her daughter’s relationship, not wanting to lose her as well as her husband. Kate relents and gives Rana her blessing for the trip.
Episode 9532

A fun day to raise funds for Jack.

  • Geoff, Yasmeen, Sally, Dev and Gina help host a fundraiser for Jack at Speed Daal and get over £350. Tyrone and Fiz make alterations to Jack's bedroom prior to his return. Kevin is nervous about the future.
  • Imran asks Yasmeen to buy him out of the restaurant as his ex-wife, Sabeen Habeeb, is taking him to the cleaners. Geoff is hurt when Yasmeen refuses to let him buy in to the business. Alya is able to use the money from the factory sale to buy him out.
  • Jude thinks the marriage counselling is working but Angie is far less certain. Mary is oblivious to their difficulties and organises a surprise vow renewal ceremony without telling them. Jude discovers his mother's plan. Feeling smothered, Angie asks Jude for a trial separation, but he thinks the vow renewal will change her mind.
  • Toyah applies for a counselling job at the medical centre. She, Leanne and Oliver have to move to a flat in Tile Street when the pub sale goes through. Leanne gets taken on as the solicitors’ secretary where she hits it off with Imran. She's put out when he sleeps with her as a distraction from his troubles but nevertheless, he is impressed when she sees off Sabeen after Hassan’s funeral, saying she needs to book an appointment to see her husband. They decide to keep their relationship a secret, but it is soon discovered by Adam and Angie.
  • Gary returns from a trip away to find the yard in a mess. He isn't pleased when Sarah organises Gail to do the chaotic books but with the firm in difficulties, he has no option but to accept.
  • Audrey receives a visiting order from Lewis who is now in prison. Gail is staggered to see that he has deposited £40,000 into her bank account. Audrey visits him where he assures her that he's a changed man and wants to see her after his impending release. To circumvent Gail, Audrey pretends she is gone on a cruise, but Gail finds out about the deception and finds the two of them together at Lewis's house. David and Gail try holding Audrey prisoner in the salon until she sees the error of her ways, but she refuses to comply.
  • Faye announces that Anna has agreed she can move back to Weatherfield permanently. Seb is confused about his feelings for her, still being attracted to Emma.
  • Dev finishes with Gina, thinking her wild ways would socially embarrass him.
  • Ken and Simon return from Cornwall for the boy’s sentencing where he is given a referral order. Tyler tries intimidation tactics on Simon to prevent him testifying against him in court, but after wavering Simon remains resolute that he will give his evidence.

September[]

  • Jack returns to a welcome home party which includes an appearance by County striker Tommy Orpington. The boy doesn't like people staring at him and has a difficult session with his physio.
  • Sally engineers a meeting between an embarrassed Sophie, Paula and Isla. She thinks she is successful in matchmaking however Paula is bisexual and reveals to Sophie that she is the one attracted to her. Sophie reciprocates the feeling, and they kiss. Hearing that Kevin feels he is open to a new relationship, Sally tries to set him up with Paula who goes out with him a couple of times to avoid suspicions.
  • Angie is not happy when the vow renewal ceremony is sprung on her and finishes with Jude when he lies to her that he had no idea about it himself. She changes her mind when Jude becomes a local hero for saving the life of Roy after he suffers an allergic reaction to a bee sting, unaware that it was actually Ali who brought him round and that Jude has taken the credit. Praised for his efforts, Jude considers becoming a paramedic but realises he can't stand the sight of blood.
  • Simon testifies and Tyler gets off with a youth rehabilitation order but is arrested again when he brags on social media about getting off with his crimes and posts a racist rant online. As Tyler’s friends continue to plague Simon, Peter appeals to his mother Vicky Jefferies, but she blames Simon for her son’s incarceration. Without knowing the connection, Vicky gets a job at Underworld. Peter demands she is sacked but Simon begs his father to keep her on as it's his only chance to stop the harassment. Peter thinks about buying the old snooker hall in Victoria Street.
  • Carla reprimands Sinead when she makes a coat for Cathy using cut offs from the factory. Daniel informs her about the pregnancy, and she agrees to go easy on her. He thanks her with a kiss which is witnessed by Sinead who grows jealous. She realises she has nothing to fear when Carla takes her to hospital when she sees that she is bleeding. The midwife says there's nothing to worry about.
  • Tyrone goes to Jackie’s will-reading where he is surprised by the presence of his estranged father, Darren Dobbs. A video tape Jackie leaves Tyrone with an important message is chewed up by the player so Fiz asks Darren round to find out what the message could have been about. He is stunned to find out that neither Darren nor Jackie or his natural parents and he was either abducted or abandoned. Roy and Brian look through old newspapers for articles about missing babies for him and discover that he was possibly the son of Cassandra Plummer. Informed of the discovery, Tyrone visits Cassie’s mother, the formidable Evelyn Plummer, who denies any connection with her dead daughter. When she’s evicted by the council, Tyrone lets her and her dog Cerberus stay at No.9. Her first act is to try and steal from the corner shop. She then pushes herself onto Ken’s team on a quiz night at the Rovers. Fiz is annoyed by her presence.
  • David and Dev discover that Max and Aadi have been using their bank cards on an online football league game they have with Liam. The men start to get hooked on the game themselves in an intense competition against each other. David organises a party for the final at No.8. Hearing that David has been slagging her off for disloyalty to Audrey, Maria lets Liam buy the most expensive players and win.
  • Bethany discovers that Billy is visiting Josh in hospital and demands he cuts off contact with him. He agrees but continues to help Josh on the quiet when he plays on the vicar’s religious sentiments. Josh dumps himself on Billy when he is released. A puzzled Sean is told to keep quiet about their house guest but blabs to Alya who in turn tells David. He confronts Billy who insists on Josh's remorse, until David tells him what happened with Dec Lonsdale. Realising he's harbouring an uncontrite rapist, Billy orders him to leave.
  • Toyah gets the counselling job. Carla tries to bring her and Peter back together to get him away from under her feet at Underworld but fails when Peter states he would only be interested in being friends. Peter tells Carla he’s going nowhere and she’s just going to have to get used to it. On the rebound, Toyah gets drunk and has sex with Imran. He is turned on by the fact he's having a relationship with sisters. Keeping her own deception going, Leanne lies to Toyah that she is seeing Adam. Sally discovers what is going on and, despising Imran for representing Duncan, delights in telling the two sisters how they are being used. They con Imran into paying for an expensive meal for them. He fires Leanne but Adam takes her back with a pay rise. Peter feels superfluous at the factory and offers his share to businessman Nigel Steadman.
Episode9565

Duncan Radfield watches on as his innocent victim is remanded in jail.

  • Sally finds out about Paula and Sophie’s relationship after noticing that Paula’s mind wasn’t fully on the case. She decides to represent herself at her pre-trial hearing. Sally discovers that Judith Fisher, an ex-council colleague, is giving evidence against her and rings her up, warning her to choose her words carefully. At the hearing, Duncan changes his plea to guilty and Imran tells the judge that Sally threatened a witness. She is remanded in jail. Tim beats up Imran while Sally herself is assaulted by her cellmate, Vanessa. Toyah tends to Imran’s cuts and bruises and agrees to be friends but nothing more. Sally re-employs Paula. Imran confesses to Adam that he has real doubts about his client and thinks that Sally might be innocent. Tim investigates to try and prove his wife's innocence whilst appreciating Gina’s support.
  • Steve’s friends organise a stag party at the Rovers where they are stunned when Jim McDonald turns up, now released from prison. Steve rejects his father and Liz agrees to try and act as reconciler. Jim tells Liz that a woman has traced him through his army records and claims to be his daughter. A DNA test has proven her story right and the girl, now called Hannah Gilmore, is in fact their dead daughter Katie McDonald. Liz is taken in, not realising she is being conned by her former husband and the girl who are lovers and want to defraud them, Jim needing the money to deal with a condition named Myotonic Dystrophy which he has developed, and which he claims Hannah has inherited. Steve is also taken in when Jim gets a friend to pose as a lawyer and he mentions a seven-figure sum which may be coming their way as compensation from Weatherfield General. Tracy remains suspicious and quietly threatens Hannah. The girl pretends to be affected by her condition to con Liz into letting her stay in her flat to look after her. Jim starts to feel guilty as Hannah suspects he still harbours feeling for his ex-wife. Putting the next part of their plan into operation, Hannah lies to Liz that the hospital has officially denied liability and it will take too long to go through the courts to get the money for her treatment. Jim finds out about Johnny's fling with Liz and anonymously blackmails him for £50,000.
  • Trying to keep the peace, David invites Lewis and Audrey for dinner but Gail walks out when they arrive.
  • Ryan gets excited when he is told that £250 worth of cryptocurrency that he bought could be worth a great deal of money. He and an exasperated Ali go on a protracted search for the password to his account. They find the investment is worth £10,000, far less than hoped.
  • Hope and Ruby lock Brian out of No.9 when he's looking after them, trying to force him to get back in using his Santa magic. Evelyn puts them right. Brian is disappointed when he finds out what happened as he thought he had a special rapport with children and briefly considers withdrawing his teaching application.
  • Ronan Truman demands that Adam find a job for his son Cormac, newly released from prison. He arranges with Michelle for him to be employed at the bistro where he and Ryan discover they were old school mates. Ryan is intrigued to discover that Cormac is still dealing drugs. Seeing them socialising, Adam warns Michelle and Robert about exactly who Cormac is. After a night out with Sophie and Bethany, Cormac reveals he has both cocaine and Ecstacy, causing the girls to hurriedly depart. Cormac puts some Ecstacy in Ryan's pocket and then accidentally overdoses on a pill and dies when a panicking Ryan delays ringing an ambulance and instead calls Ali. Michelle asks her doctor son to lie about the sequence of events to protect Ryan from Ronan’s wrath.
  • Ken starts writing short fiction. He lets Claudia read it when she fixes up a haircut that ordering botched up, but she doesn't think his work is fit for publication, saying he ought to write stories about hairdressers. The Gazette is interested in the idea and Claudia agrees to assist him. Maria and Claudia look over an empty unit in Victoria Street for the new salon.
  • Yasmeen starts a garden initiative with the aim of sprucing up Victoria Gardens. Brian and Geoff agree to lend a hand but Geoff sabotages Brian’s plants.
  • After suggesting a special wedding dance to Tracy, Abi offers to teach Steve in order to surprise her on the day, but they have trouble keeping secret from his highly suspicious fiancée. Steve is jealous of Imran having a relationship with two women at the same time and mistakes a comment from Tracy that he has her permission to do the same. He and Leanne get drunk and are caught in a state of undress by a disgusted Peter who drops out of being his best man.

October[]

  • Josh makes a fumbled apology to a shaken David. Desperately needing to get him out of his head, he bundles Josh into his car and drives him to the police station demanding he confess. Josh begs and cries, terrified of what would happen to him in prison. Seeing him broken, David is satisfied that he’s now over him. Finding out that Bethany knew that Billy was visiting him in hospital, David enjoys running her ragged at the salon.
  • Tracy is annoyed as nobody is making an effort about her wedding. Abi finds out about Steve’s fling with Leanne. Steve threatens to tell his fiancée that Abi kissed him if she spills the beans. Beth sees Steve leaving No.11 after a dance practice and wonders if he and Abi have been having an affair. She tells Tracy who slaps Steve, and he then has to explain about the dance. Walking up the aisle, Tracy mutters threats to Leanne, upset at the dreadful page boy costume she has made Oliver wear, but Leanne misinterprets it as Tracy having found out about her and Steve’s fling and apologises to her for that. A fight breaks out during the speeches. Tracy gets drunk and threatens a costly divorce but ultimately agrees to go on Steve’s surprise honeymoon in Morocco when he begs her for another chance.
  • Ronan ascertains from Ryan who the possible drug dealer was, and his body is later found in the canal, scaring Ryan out of his wits. The police call to interview him and find the Ecstasy when it drops out of his pocket. He is arrested, though only cautioned, but Ronan starts to become suspicious of exactly what happened on the night of his son's death. Ryan confesses to the police that he delayed calling an ambulance, and a vengeful Ronan is informed. Ali is suspended for his part in the deception. Michelle tries to pack Ryan off to Ibiza to keep him safe, but his passport has expired. Ronan starts to make threats towards the Connors. Michelle begs the gangster to leave her son her alone, but he is unrepentant and gives chase in his car when Michelle and her sons are in there’s. It breaks down as Tracy had previously sabotaged the cooling hose to try and get Abi in trouble when it was in the garage for a service. Ryan is run over, as is Leanne who is returning from Steve and Tracy’s wedding. Ronan tries to flee in his car and crashes, impaling a fence post in his stomach. Realising that he will always be a danger to them, Ali pulls out the post, killing their tormentor. Afterwards, he is wracked with feelings of guilt, confessing to Michelle what he did. She lies to the police in her statement to cover for him and gives him her time and support as he struggles with his conscience. Recovering in hospital, Ryan feels neglected. The police investigate Michelle's car and question Kevin. Returning from her honeymoon and having dumped Steve in the desert without money or a passport, Tracy finds out what happened after her wedding and the part her actions played. To cover her tracks, she steals the CCTV laptop from the garage. Abi is arrested as the police suspect a link between Ronan and her own drug dependency. Kevin sacks her. Steve struggles back home and discovering the laptop with the incriminating footage in Tracy’s possession destroys it to try and prove his love to her. Tracy remains stubborn and Steve has to rely on Tim for a roof over his head at No.4. Tracy and Amy move back to No.1. The police drop the matter due to lack of evidence.
  • Abi is caught rowing and threatening Kevin when the social worker arrives with the twins. Thinking she will never get possession of them again, she considers putting them up for adoption.
  • Leanne has heart surgery after being run over. Toyah is angry to see Nick Tilsley at the hospital, with him being called as the emergency contact on Leanne's phone. No one seems pleased to see him, especially David as Nick ignored his texts during the period he was suffering after his rape though he was never actually explicit to his brother as to what was happening to him. Nick tries to find out what exactly occurred, and everyone’s silence leads him to think that Shona has had an affair. During a row with her, David interrupts and tells him about the rape. Nick offers his belated support and decides to stay in the area. Leanne also feels Nick abandoned her, but she is touched when she hears that he kept a vigil over her bed side during the night. Nick puts down three months deposit on 12 Victoria Court for her and Toyah to move into. She shows no gratitude when he runs round after her, but Simon makes her see they are both into each other. Nick receives demanding calls from someone with the initial “E” which he keeps to himself.
  • Brian gets the teaching job and meets deputy head Phil Gillespie. Jack has a difficult time when he returns to school as the other boys treat him like a freak. Brian promises to look after for him. Jack begins appointments to discuss having a prosthetic leg fitted. Phil pushes Brian into looking after the school holiday club over the half-term break, when he had promised to take Cathy away on a holiday. Brian does an excellent job with the club, relocating it to Jamila House when the school is flooded and organising a talk to Jack and the children by Greg Kennedy, an old army colleague of Gary's who is also an amputee. Jack starts to be more cheerful, especially being impressed with Greg. Cathy overhears Phil taking the credit for Brian’s work to an education inspector and warns a nonchalant Brian.
  • Hearing that a grateful Roy gave Jude £3,000 towards the cost of his course, Ali tells him to hand it back or people will really find out who saved Roy's life. Jude makes a play of handing the cheque back in Ali’s view, but in reality, asks Roy for £2,000 more. He discovers that Angie has gone on an online date which turns out to be disastrous but takes solace in the fact that there seems to be a spark between him and his wife again. He is nominated for a Good Samaritan award. He also gets on the paramedics’ course, but Mary discovers he is both lying about his attendance and the money he has conned out of Roy. Jude hits her when she challenges him. She cannot bring herself to attend the awards ceremony, where Jude is disappointed with the prize of £300 to go to a charity of his choice. Mary confesses all to Roy and the two of them tell Angie everything. She finishes with her husband for good. He disappears, leaving Mary frantic with worry.
  • Kirk becomes interested in tracking down the Manchester big cat after reading about sightings in the area. Daniel makes fun of him, upsetting Bethany, so to show how sorry he is Daniel asks Kirk to be his best man and joins him and Tyrone in trying to catch a sight of the creature.
Episode9601

Jenny enjoys a none-too subtle revenge on Liz.

  • Confiding in Carla that he has no option but to pay the money, Johnny leaves a packet as instructed in Victoria Gardens, but it only contains cut-up newspapers. Jim stages a fire alarm at Speed Daal to fill the gardens with waiting customers, leaving Hannah to take possession of the dropped packet under cover of the crowd. However, Carla realises the cat hunters were recording the area and sees Hannah in the footage. Liz is informed. As she and Jim start fall for each other again, she doesn't think her ex-husband is involved. Hannah comes up with a story which doesn't convince Liz and the girl is infuriated to see the couple seemingly back together. She sets Jim up to kiss her as Liz enters the room and then tells her the truth about their scam. She also reveals to Jenny that her husband has been unfaithful with Liz. Jim is assaulted by Liz and told he disgusts her. He and Hannah leave together. Johnny admits to a heartbroken Jenny that Hannah's accusation is true. Johnny begs forgiveness, and Jenny coldly agrees. Rita is amazed she has taken him back and even more so when she sees that Liz hasn't been sacked. Jenny organises a Halloween party in the pub and makes Liz dress up as a witch for it.
  • Sinead’s bleeding continues, and she is informed that she has a lump on her cervix which could be cancerous. The doctors urge her to consider terminating the pregnancy if the biopsy shows that the cancer is advanced. She hides the news from everyone, including Daniel. He wants to have a surprise alternative pagan wedding on the same day to Steve and Tracy to avoid any fuss, not knowing it is the same day as her biopsy. She makes it home in time for the event where Kirk officiates. Daniel announces the pregnancy at the wedding party. Feeling that she can't be sacked, Vicky enjoys winding up her Underworld colleagues. She especially picks on Sinead who is checking her phone for her biopsy results. When a fight breaks out, Peter has no option but to suspend both women, falling out with all of his family members in the process. He finds Vicky a job at another company and Peter lifts Sinead’s suspension. She is told she has an aggressive cervical cancer; she should consider a termination to save her own life, and she cannot have children again. Seeing her in tears, Ken finds out, but she refuses to tell Daniel, wanting the option of mild chemotherapy after her first trimester. Daniel is upbeat about being offered an MA course at Manchester University. Ken tries to put pressure on Sinead to tell Daniel, but she remains obdurate. She collapses and is hospitalised where Daniel finds out the truth. He takes his anger out on Ken. Sinead has her first chemo session as everyone comes to terms with the news and the factory staff raise money for her, but then avoids setting a date for her second session.
  • Ken has his first story published in the Gazette. Audrey is furious when she realises it is about her own disreputable youth from details supplied by Claudia. Audrey suspects that Claudia fancies Ken.
  • Gemma is upset when she hears that Henry has married his fiancée and agrees to go out with Chesney. He is disappointed when Gemma brings along her mate Spike to lunch at the bistro. Emma joins Chesney to enable him to save face but Gemma makes the mistake of thinking they are an actual couple. Emma falls for Chesney, and they begin to date.
  • Peter ignores calls from Nigel Steadman about their deal.

November[]

  • Carla finds out from Nigel’s PA about the deal which she calls off, telling Peter they need to trust each other more. Peter finds she is also planning to raise the funds to buy him out. In retaliation, he sells his share of Underworld to Nick, planning to use the money to buy the snooker hall. He later finds out from Johnny that Carla said she was falling for him again and he blew it.
  • Suspicious of Nick’s evasive manner, Carla investigates his business activities when he was living in Nottingham. She finds a wedding ring in his car and soon afterwards its owner, Nick’s wife Elsa Tilsley, appears in Weatherfield, accusing Carla of having an affair with her husband who has defrauded her of £40,000: the money he used to buy the factory. Elsa rejects Nick’s offer of a quick divorce. Leanne grows closer to Nick again and Carla threatens him with exposure unless he sells his share of the business to her. Leanne is upfront with Nick about the one-night stand with Steve. Elsa realises that Leanne is the other woman and tells Nick she is going to rinse him dry. Carla offers her a partnership if she wins the money back from Nick. Leanne dumps Nick when she finds out that he and Elsa have only been separated for a week.
  • Tracy makes Steve take Abi on as switch operator to make up for the loss of the job at the garage. Thinking her parents are hopeless as a couple, Amy objects to them getting back together. Adam gives Amy a behavioural contract for her parents to sign, laying out some ground rules. Steve and Tracy sign, not realising that it gives Amy sanction over them, something that she begins to operate immediately.
  • Abi lets the twins' foster parents take them to Lapland over Christmas. She feels inadequate as a mother and has a drugs relapse. She is suspended from twin’s visitation rights. A guilty Tracy confesses that she was behind the theft of the laptop which Abi sees as the start of all her problems. Seb trashes the flower shop in revenge, but Abi takes the rap to protect her son and is given a 16-week custodial sentence, being housed in the same cell as Sally.
  • As a thank-you for her support, Tim treats Gina to a meal and a County match. She is smitten with him and grows cold on Dev when he invites her out to dinner. Geoff warns his son about Gina, and he makes a point of declaring his love for Sally in front on her sister on a visit to the prison.
  • Sally organises a formal protest at the prison about the lack of educational facilities. Paula hears of evidence that Duncan bought the burner phones. Sophie spoils matters when she argues with Leonard Rattigan at a meal organised by Paula, not realising he will probably be the judge overseeing her mother’s trial. Paula also finds evidence of Duncan's offshore bank account. Gina tries to entrap Duncan on an internet date which fails when he recognises her. Gina has another date, this time with a man who she mistakenly thinks is going to attack her. Tim rushes to her aid in his taxi and is found to be over the limit by the police. Getting into an altercation with them, he is arrested and held in the cells, arriving late for the first day of the trial. Duncan's evidence makes him have doubts about his wife, until Kevin remembers that she was visiting Jack on a key date in question. Desperate for an adjournment delay to obtain CCTV footage from the hospital, Sophie suggests an illness to her mother and Sally considers drinking shampoo but Abi “assists” by assaulting her instead. The prosecution is able to plant doubts in the mind of the jury about the circumstances of the footage. Sally is found guilty and given four years in jail and has to repay the £40,000. Doubting his wife's innocence, Tim gives up on her. Desperate to have Tim to herself, Gina starts to manipulate him and her sister into neither requesting nor making visits. Paula finishes with Sophie for trying to manipulate the court proceedings. Imran is puzzled by Duncan’s nonchalant response to his sentence of two years suspended and 200 hours of community service.
  • Ali feels wretched after Ronan’s mother thanks him for trying to save her son’s life. His suspension is lifted but he doesn't feel ready to go back to work and takes up Robert’s offer of interim work in the bistro. Ryan is discharged from hospital, having become closer to Bethany. He admits he's being having nightmares about the experience. Ali doesn't feel any better when Ronan’s death is deemed as accidental at the inquest and steals anti-depressants from the medical centre. He and Ryan fight when Ali tries to chat up Bethany. Ali picks a fight with two bikers who beat him up, but he is rescued by Ryan who has found out that he killed Ronan and takes the moral high ground over the matter. Roberts insists they all have to stick together as they all face arrest. Ryan gets Bethany taken on at the bistro.
  • Rana returns from her cruise with both her and Kate determined to propose to the other. After some confusion, they do so and celebrate with their friends and family. Saira sends her a text saying she's disowned her again. Rana starts divorce proceedings from Zeedan. Imran realises his sister is unhappy with Kate’s excited chat about starting a family and urges her to be honest. Rana delays acting on his advice and discovers that Kate has seen Dr Gaddas about IUI treatment. She then blocks the move by saying she doesn't want a stranger fathering their baby, nor will she adopt. A desperate Kate asks Robert to father their child as Michelle doesn't want to start a family. Wanting to be a parent as much as she does, he agrees.
  • Evelyn goes too far when Tyrone discovers that she has appropriated Vera Duckworth's old jewellery for herself. He warns her she has to change her manner or else she will be a lonely old woman. She tries to change her ways, but Fiz thinks she favours Ruby over Hope. When Evelyn tries to enforce discipline on a badly-behaving Hope, Fiz insists that she is thrown out. Tyrone defers the matter until his gran finds somewhere else to live.
  • Audrey is put out when Claudia has nominats her for a lifetime achievement hairdressing award, usually reserved for those deemed “past it”. Making a drunken acceptance speech she throws who her bouquet of flowers at Claudia across the room. She regrets going too far with Maria, while Rita has doubts about coming between them by investing in Maria's salon. Neither are happy with Claudia’s prank, which has the effect bringing the three women together and forgetting their differences. Rita puts up the money for Maria to invest in Audrey’s salon. Refusing to accept Maria as his new boss, David starts to act badly at work. Ken and Claudia start to see each other.
  • Sinead becomes interested in homeopathic cures when she meets Steff Mulvenney, a breast cancer sufferer who has given up chemo. Wanting to avoid the uncomfortable treatment herself, Sinead is talked into trying the alternative and Steff diverts Daniel with a call supposedly from Flora's care home when it is Sinead’s next chemo appointment in order that he can’t go with her. Carla gives her vouchers for therapy treatments, not telling her that Ken actually paid for them.
  • Simon wants to join the Navy. Peter approves, but Nick and Leanne ask Gary to talk to the lad about the reality of life in the Armed Services. He will only agree to defer and sit his A Levels before joining.
  • Chesney reports Spike to the police when he is flush with cash after a pizza shop has been burgled. Thinking he’s a grass, Gemma pushes Spike to punch Chesney in retaliation. She finishes with Spike when he confesses to the crime and Chesney only forgives her when Cathy persuades him to do so. Gemma leaves Chesney alone when she finds out how much Emma likes him.
Episode 9621

Brian Packham struggles with the boss from hell.

  • Phil keeps up a bullying pressure on Brian, making him work through the night to come up with ideas for a school pantomime which he then dismisses for various reasons. Phil expels Hope when she bites a teacher. He admits to Brian that he is going to make an example of her in the hope that his hard stance will get him promoted to headmaster. He threatens Brian with the sack when he opposes his efforts to send Hope to a pupil referral unit.
  • After a couple of weeks, Mary reports Jude missing to the police. A body is found in the canal which turns out not to be Jude's. Angie discovers that Jude has transferred all their money in their joint account into his account from a branch in Runcorn. She is unconcerned as to whether he returns or not. Without telling anyone, Mary hires a private detective to search for him.
  • Rita twists her ankle and Jenny insists that she convalesces at the Rovers, annoying Johnny by her presence. Cathy stands in for her at The Kabin.
  • The Rovers holds another quiz night which Roy's team wins. Convinced of Johnny's ongoing infidelity, Jenny breaks Liz's phone and gives her an old one which contains a tracker app, but fails to find any evidence of anything going on between her husband and the barmaid.
  • With help from Greg, Jack organises a one-legged charity race. He has his prosthetic leg fitted.

December[]

  • Hope’s callous behaviour worsens when she dumps Cerberus on a tram to Rochdale. On the recommendation of a therapist, Fiz takes her to a residential care unit in Birmingham and stays with her there. Despite continuous conflicts with Evelyn, Tyrone is happy that she is there to help him look after Ruby. Evelyn begins a search for the dog and she and Roy trace him to a man named Keith who refuses to hand the animal back and instead calls the police. Tyrone buys Cerberus back and brings him home on Christmas Day to a delighted Evelyn.
  • Tracy mistakenly thinks Amy has a crush on Aadi and sets up a meal with the youngsters and their parents at the bistro. Aadi doesn't appear and Amy is embarrassed to discover what Tracy imagined, saying she wouldn't be seen dead with the lad. Steve and Tracy tell her they are ripping up the behavioural contract.
  • Robert and Kate consult Adam about the legal side of their plan. Robert backs out when a counselling session convinces Michelle to try for her own baby. Finding out what Kate was planning, Rana has doubts about her fiancée, feeling that she is trying to control her in the same way that Zeedan did. Still wanting a baby, Kate tries to seduce Adam into having unprotected sex with her, but he realises what she is up to. When Rana finds out they row, and Kate moves into the Rovers when they split up. At New Year, Rana is devastated when Kate goes off for the night with old flame Imogen Pascoe but is delighted when she soon returns, and the two girls declare their love for each other.
  • Cathy asks Rita for a permanent job at The Kabin, but her mistakes cause Rita to consider sacking her. To her relief, Cathy tells her she's been offered extra shifts at the kebab shop.
  • Phil’s relentless pressure on Brian continues. He starts taking energy pills to overcome his exhaustion. He collapses and Phil slyly suggests the job may be too much for him. Pushed by Cathy, Brian reports Phil to Melinda Calvert, the head. Phil feigns surprise at the allegation but warns Brian behind his back that he's going to make his life a misery from now onwards. Brian makes the mistake of giving out a test twice to pupils to try and show improved results, but Phil exposes him. Melinda puts him on a performance review. Phil sends Brian home before the school play, hoping to take the credit, but a drunk Brian returns for the performance where Phil engineers a fiasco on stage which causes Brian to be sacked. Jack records Phil gloating to Brian about what he's done on his phone and posts it on social media, Phil is suspended, and Brian is reinstated. Yasmeen asks him to be Father Christmas at the community centre to boost his shattered confidence.
  • Imran is in a mood about his part in Sally's imprisonment. He takes his temper out on Leanne when Elsa’s solicitor tells him she had an affair with Nick and also had a part in the scam. Calling to see how Imran is, Toyah overhears Nick passionately defending her sister and begins to think he might be good for her. She and Imran rekindle their relationship but keep it under wraps. Nick and Leanne do the same when Shona locks them in Roy’s flat for the night to sort out their differences. Carla gets wind of their reconciliation, but she and Elsa are unable to find proof to help Elsa’s divorce case. Suspecting Sarah of sabotaging their efforts, Carla fires her. Wanting to make a go of things with Leanne, Nick makes Elsa the offer of the money in return for keeping Leanne’s name out of the divorce. Elsa agrees. Nick and Carla forge an uneasy working relationship when Elsa threatens to bring the business down to get her own back at Nick and client Jo Lafoe likewise threatens to take her business to somewhere more professional. Sarah is reinstated. Both Nick and Imran move in with the sisters. To raise some of the funds to pay Elsa back, Nick sells his car to Imran at a knockdown price.
  • Sinead thanks Ken when she realises that Carla’s contributions are being paid for by him. A scan shows the baby is a boy. Having found out from Sinead that she is missing her chemo appointments, Billy feels duty bound to warn Daniel. Sinead is devastated when Steff dies within a few days of being told she is now terminal. Afraid that she has chosen a disastrous route, her oncologist comes up with a new treatment plan. Beth finds a clinic in Germany which specialises in cancer treatment, but it would cost thousands to send Sinead there. She persuades Kirk and Chesney to stage a mugging of the kebab shop’s takings. Discovering how the money was obtained, Sinead hands it back to Dev. He doesn't believe the covering story she gives him and investigates, forcing a confession from Chesney who he subsequently fires. Gemma and Cathy go on strike until he's given his job back. As Sinead collapses with low blood sugar levels, Daniel forces everyone to stop arguing and Dev reinstates Chesney but demoted from manager. Daniel organises a vegan-based Christmas dinner for all the family to be together.
  • Eileen plans on a holiday in Tenerife with Liz and Sean when she finds a bag with £5,000 cash hidden in the house from one of Phelan’s scams. Mike Thornberry returns from Spain and takes up with Liz again. She blows Eileen out to have dinner with Mike and Jenny enjoys setting up Eileen so that she finds out. Although they make up after a row, Eileen has in the meantime asked Moira to go to Tenerife instead. On Abi's advice, Eileen turns down Seb’s request for her to make a joint application with him for guardianship of the twins. With too much going on, Eileen cancels the holiday and gives it to Steve when he forgets to get Tracy a Christmas presents. She’s delighted, until Sean tells her the truth. Sean gets his old job back at the Rovers and goes to London at Christmas to be with Dylan Wilson.
  • Without telling Jenny, Johnny takes Liz to the police station when Jim and Hannah are arrested. Jenny watches their movements on the tracker app and thinks the worst. She stays out all night at a hotel and is hurt by Johnny's lack of attempts to contact her. Drunk and vengeful, she sets up Liz on an escort site, but the plan backfires when Johnny is sympathetic to Liz for the troubles it causes her. The police release Jim and Hannah without charge, exasperating Liz. After falling in the bath and giving herself a black eye, Jenny also has a slip on the stairs and fractures a rib. Having found out that's Johnny had a fling with Liz. Gemma comes to the conclusion that he is battering Jenny and confronts him. Jenny denies it but is annoyed that she has become a bitter and angry woman and talks of divorce. Johnny calls at Liz's flat to sack her as he cannot fix his marriage with her around. Jenny gets drunk and accidentally hits Liz in Rosamund Street as she sets out on a date with Mike. Jenny is unaware of the extent of what she's done. Liz staggers back to her flat and collapses. She is found the next day by Eileen and taken to hospital where she recovers and gives a police statement, though she remembers little of what happened. In the meantime, Tyrone has been given the car to try and fix the dent and informs the police when they put out on appeal for information. Having made-up with Jenny, Johnny takes the blame and is arrested. He claims he had a dizzy spell caused by his MS and doesn't remember the incident. Eileen publicly accuses Johnny of trying to kill Liz after their affair.
Episode9651

Gail plays detective.

  • Archie Shuttleworth dies. Audrey is left £80,000 in his will, provoking a sudden interest from Nick, David and Lewis. Sarah is annoyed that she will be on her own on Christmas Day when Gail is stuck in Milan after visiting Stephen Reid for several weeks, and Gary makes arrangements to visit Zack in Bristol. Audrey organises and pays for Christmas dinner at the bistro for those family members still around. Lewis kills a phone call he receives and also has to delete an incriminating conversation recorded on one of Lily Platt’s toys. The family is underwhelmed by Audrey’s announcement of what she's doing with the windfall when she says she's taking them all away on a family minibreak in a lodge. Gail walks in as the family toasts Lewis after he's made a speech. She's also shocked to hear about everything that's happened concerning Nick’s return. Still suspicious of Lewis she follows his movements and sees him wining and dining a mystery woman. She sneaks a look at his diary which mentions “D-Day” and the Dominican Republic. Audrey fails to heed her warnings.
  • Sally starts to annoy the prison’s drug dealer, Marcia, when she prevents her selling to Abi. Abi protects Sally but Marcia reminded her that her release date is fast coming up and then she can get at Sally unimpeded.
  • Paula presents her bill for £22,000. Tim refuses to sell his share of Street Cars to meet it and Sally is devastated when he puts the house on the market. He finds solace in drink at the Street Cars Christmas party and Gina takes advantage of his inebriated state by taking him to bed. He wakes up next day unaware that anything has happened and is shocked when Faye tells him that she saw him and Gina asleep in bed together. Sophie is livid with the pair of them when Faye tells her what has happened. Tim visits Sally to confess, and talking through recent events they realise how much Gina has been coming between them. Sophie finds texts from Duncan on Gina’s phone and contacts him: he confirms that's Gina is obsessed with her brother-in-law. Confronted with the evidence, Gina admits that she and Tim did not have sex. A furious Tim throws her out of No.4 and makes up with Sally who is delighted to hear her husband say he believes her story entirely. Kirk and Beth take Gina in. Sally disowns her sister.
  • Kirk and Dev try to convince Peter that the snooker hall is haunted, but he retaliates with a hologram of a screaming ghost which scares the two men witless. He and Carla become closer when she beats him at a game of snooker. He invites her to go travelling with him but she declines.

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Awards and nominations[]

BAFTA
Ceremony held on 13th May 2018

British Soap Awards
Ceremony televised on 2nd June 2018

MIND Media Mental Health Awards

  • Best storyline in soaps and continual series: Aidan's suicide (Winner)

National Television Awards
Ceremony held on 23rd January 2018

  • Best Serial Drama: Coronation Street (Nominee)
  • Serial Drama Performance: Lucy Fallon (Winner), Barbara Knox (Nominee)
  • Best Newcomer: Rob Mallard (Nominee)

Radio Times Readers Awards

  • Best Soap: Coronation Street (Winner)

Royal Television Society Awards
Ceremony held on 20th March 2018

  • Best Soap and Continuing Drama: Coronation Street (Winner)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Jimmy McGovern

Royal Television Society (North West) Awards
Ceremony held on 10th November 2018

  • Best Performance in a Continuing Drama: Jack P. Shepherd (Winner), Sue Cleaver (Nominee)
  • Best Continuing Drama Storyline: The Rape of David Platt (Winner), Aidan Connor's Suicide (Nominee)

TV Choice Awards

  • Best Soap: Coronation Street (Winner)
  • Best Soap Actor: Jack P. Shepherd (Nominee), Shayne Ward (Nominee)
  • Best Soap Actress: Lucy Fallon (Nominee), Catherine Tyldesley (Nominee)
  • Best Soap Newcomer: Ryan Clayton (Nominee)

Writers’ Guild Awards

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