Episode 3609
Production code	P694/2609
ITV transmission date	20th October 1993 (Wednesday)
Story associates	Gary Brown Jan McVerry Julie Rutterford
Writer	Martin Allen
Designer	Christopher Walker
Director	Charles Lauder
Producer	Carolyn Reynolds
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PlotEdit

Derek finds bits cut off the conifer and upsets Sarah Louise by accusing her. He finds that it's three inches shorter than the day before. Tanya spreads it around that Jim is divorcing Liz. Amy Nelson leaves for two weeks to visit Trinidad. Denise apologises to Jim for over-reacting. She explains that she doesn't like talking about divorce. Bet suggests to Liz that she fights Jim at his own game. Mark is upset that he and Nicky have nothing to talk about anymore. Derek keeps watch on his conifer to see what happens to it. Jim tells Denise that he isn't sure if he wants a divorce or not. He admits he still wants Liz back and only wants to shake her up. Derek is furious to see Des replacing the conifer with a smaller one at night. Returning home from a fare, Don sees Denise letting Jim out of her flat.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Gail Platt - Helen Worth
• Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
• Sarah Louise Platt - Lynsay King
• Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
• Denise Osbourne - Denise Black
• Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
• Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
• Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
• Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
• Tanya Pooley - Eva Pope
• Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
• Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
• Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
• Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane
• Alma Baldwin - Amanda Barrie
• Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
• Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Nicky Platt - Warren Jackson
• Rosie Webster - Emma Collinge
• David Platt - Thomas Ormson

Guest castEdit

• Hazel Broughton - Fiona McArthur
• Mark Redman - Chris Cook
• Jason Firth - Adam Woods
• Jonathan Broughton - Tom Lewis
• Amy Nelson - Melanie Brown (Uncredited)

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 2a Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
• 4 Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
• 5 Coronation Street - Living room
• 13 Coronation Street - Front room, Hallway/stairs
• The Kabin
• Jim's Cafe
• Amy Nelson's house - Living room
• The Queens - Living quarters

NotesEdit

• This episode features the final appearance of the character of Amy Nelson. The intention of the writers was that Andy McDonald and Amy would marry in what would be the first mixed-race wedding of the programme but actress Louise Duprey found the pressures of fame too demanding and soon after the recording of Episode 3601 (1st October 1993) suffered a nervous breakdown. It became clear that she would not return and the next - and final - time that the character was seen was in this episode 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 a short scene 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 - 15,740,000 viewers (4th place - combined figure including repeat).