Episode 3601
Production code	P694/2601
ITV transmission date	1st October 1993 (Friday)
Story associates	Gary Brown Jan McVerry Julie Rutterford
Writer	Adele Rose
Designer	Christopher Walker
Director	Romey Allison
Producer	Carolyn Reynolds
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PlotEdit

Deirdre is amazed to find that Tracy has gone. Maggie tells Deirdre that Tracy has been going out with van driver Craig Lee. Deirdre is stunned to see Tracy kissing Craig and to find that she has moved in with him. Tracy accuses Deirdre of treating her like a child. Deirdre tells her that she doesn't want to run her life but she wants to make sure she's alright. Tracy refuses to come home and tells her that she's sleeping with Craig. Amy asks Liz to give Andy her blessing, warning her that if she doesn't Andy will cut her out of his life. Percy is annoyed when Emily spends time with Bernard Morton, helping him at the church. Ken is horrified at the thought of Tracy living with a twenty-two year old. He wants to contact a solicitor but Deirdre doesn't want to drive another wedge between them. Derek takes Mitzi out and is followed. He returns to the Street to tell Jenny that Mitzi's been snatched.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
• Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
• Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
• Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
• Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
• Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Tracy Barlow - Dawn Acton
• Alma Baldwin - Amanda Barrie
• Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
• Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
• Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
• Tanya Pooley - Eva Pope
• Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
• Jenny Bradley - Sally Ann Matthews
• Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
• Ken Barlow - William Roache

Guest castEdit

• Maggie Redman - Jill Kerman
• Craig Lee - Kieran O'Brien
• Eileen Carter - Lesley Staples
• Amy Nelson - Louise Duprey

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 1 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen, Hallway/stairs
• 3 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• 4 Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
• 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• Rosamund Street exterior
• Jim's Cafe
• Curzon Street exterior
• Maggie's Flowers
• The Queens - Public, Living quarters

NotesEdit

• This episode features the final appearance of Louise Duprey as Amy Nelson. The intention of the writers was that the characters of Andy McDonald and Amy would marry in what would be the first mixed-race wedding of the programme but Louise found the pressures of fame too demanding and soon after the recording of this episode suffered a nervous breakdown. It became clear that she would not return and the next - and final - time that the character was seen was on 20th October 1993 when she was played by Melanie Brown (later better known as "Scary Spice" of the Spice Girls pop group) although she was only seen in a short scene set in a darkened room in which the cameras concentrated on Nicholas Cochrane. Louise Duprey was found dead of a drugs overdose in Liverpool in 2000. Her body had lain undiscovered for several weeks.
• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 16,720,000 viewers (2nd place - combined figure including repeat).