Episode 4599
Production code	P694/4599
ITV transmission date	23rd April 1999 (Friday)
Script editor	Pamela Woods
Story editor	David Lane
Story associates	Di Burrows Steve Hughes Mariam Vossough Nick West
Writer	Phil Ford
Designer	Julian Perkins
Director	Michael Kerrigan
Executive Producer	Carolyn Reynolds
Producer	David Hanson
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PlotEdit

Hayley is distraught as Roy takes her back to the cafe. She feels the world will never accept her. He urges her not to give up hope. The residents turn on Les for ruining the wedding. Mike calls at Julia's flat only to find it's deserted and she's moved out. Hayley is stunned when Roy gathers all their friends together at the cafe, with Jessica Lundy. She is taken aback when Great Uncle Bert offers his arm and gives her away, with Jessica performing the ceremony in the cafe. They are married. Gail is horrified when Leanne tells her Nick has left her and emigrated to Canada. Roy is thrilled when Hayley tells him she's legally changed her name to "Cropper". Mike receives photographs through the post of him in bed with Julia.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Hayley Patterson - Julie Hesmondhalgh
• Roy Cropper - David Neilson
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
• Alma Baldwin - Amanda Barrie
• Sarah Louise Platt - Lynsay King
• David Platt - Thomas Ormson
• Spider Nugent - Martin Hancock
• Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
• Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
• Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
• Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
• Leanne Tilsley - Jane Danson
• Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
• Gail Platt - Helen Worth
• Alison Wakefield - Naomi Radcliffe
• Maud Grimes - Elizabeth Bradley
• Maxine Heavey - Tracy Shaw
• Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
• Judy Mallett - Gaynor Faye
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
• Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold

Guest castEdit

• Aunty Monica - Alison Lloyd
• Great Uncle Bert - Peter Wallis
• Duncan Stott - Ian Kershaw
• Harry Benson - Dave Dutton
• Jessica Lundy - Olwen May
• Caretaker - Alan Williams

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 4 Coronation Street - Living room, Kitchen
• Underworld - Factory floor, Office
• Victoria Street exterior
• Roy's Rolls
• 16a Victoria Street - Living room, Kitchen
• No. 4 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays - Living room
• St. Paul's - Exterior
• Unknown street in Weatherfield
• Julia Stone's flat - Unknown address - Exterior

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 17,020,000 viewers (2nd place – combined figure including repeat).

Notable dialogueEdit

Hayley Patterson (to Roy Cropper): "Hope? Roy, I feel like the world is poking fun at me, like it always has done, first giving me the wrong body, now giving me a wedding and snatching it away from me at the last minute. If the world can do that to me, what have I got to hope for?"

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Roy Cropper: "I want to say a thank you to Hayley, for walking into my life and bringing me a kind of happiness that I thought was only reserved for other people. Thank you."

Commercial releasesEdit

This episode was included on the 1999 disc of the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The 1990s, released on 5th September 2011.