Episode 3962
Production code	P694/2962
ITV transmission date	17th January 1996 (Wednesday)
Story associates	Gillian Creswell Anne Harris David Millard
Writer	Stephen Lowe
Designer	Christopher Walker
Director	John Michael Phillips
Executive Producer	Carolyn Reynolds
Producer	Sue Pritchard
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PlotEdit

Steve promises Vicky that he'll stay on the straight and narrow. Ken finds the police looking for Tricia. They explain that, in her absence from court, she's been sent to prison for a week by the magistrates and, if she isn't found, it could be longer. Ken fetches her from the Rovers. When she sees the police, Tricia tells Ken that he's a scumbag of a snitch. She is taken to prison for non-payment of her TV licence fine and for not attending court. Jamie is taken into care. Brian tells Denise that he loves her and can't bear the thought of her marrying Ken. He asks her to come away with him and live with him. Ken walks in on Brian telling Denise that he and Alison are finished. Ken asks Brian to stop upsetting Denise and to keep her out of his marriage problems. Denise is stunned when Brian explains that he can't as she is his lover. Ken hits Brian and throws him out. Denise swears the affair is over but Ken throws her out, telling her if she doesn't go he'll kill her. He refuses to let her take Daniel.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
• Tricia Armstrong - Tracy Brabin
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Jamie Armstrong - Joseph Gilgun
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
• Tony Horrocks - Lee Warburton
• Denise Osbourne - Denise Black
• Fiona Middleton - Angela Griffin
• Maxine Heavey - Tracy Shaw
• Daniel Osbourne - Lewis Harney
• Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
• Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
• Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
• Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
• Betty Williams - Betty Driver
• Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
• Vicky McDonald - Chloe Newsome
• Bill Webster - Peter Armitage
• Billy Williams - Frank Mills
• Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
• Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane

Guest castEdit

• PC Bathurst - Jason Done
• Brian Dunkley - Benny Young

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public, Back room, Hallway/stairs
• 1 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen, Hallway/stairs
• The Kabin
• MVB Motors
• Denise's
• No. 6 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays - Living room/kitchen

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 17,720,000 viewers (3rd place - combined figure including repeat).

Notable dialogueEdit

Andy McDonald: "Innocent? He wasn't even innocent in the womb, was you, mate? He was practising the three-card trick even then." (On his brother Steve)

Commercial releasesEdit

This episode was included on the 1996 disc of the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The 1990s, released on 5th September 2011.