Episode 4815
Production code	P694/4815
ITV transmission date	3rd May 2000 (Wednesday)
Script editor	Di Burrows
Story editor	Mariam Vossough
Story associates	Nick West Steve Hughes Kathleen Beedles
Writer	Ken Blakeson
Designer	Julian Perkins
Director	John Anderson
Producer	Jane Macnaught
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PlotEdit

Debs confides to Natalie that Duggie was impotent. Vik gives Eileen Grimshaw a ride in his cab and, impressed by her local knowledge, ends up employing her to operate the radio at Street Cars. She demands £5.50 an hour. Sarah has her first antenatal class. Debs assures Duggie she can be patient and sex isn't everything. Martin and Rebecca get their mobiles mixed up. Jim returns from Ireland to find Gwen has replaced all his furniture with new. He is horrified she's bought it all on their store card. Linda is annoyed when Mike cuts the girls timings down so Janice and Gwen won't meet their normal wages. She stays at work late, sewing more knickers to add to their piles. Maxine worries that she's bullied Ashley into vegetarianism. Gail phones Martin's mobile and is puzzled when a woman answers. Later Martin tells her she must have misdialled. Jim insists the furniture is sent back until Gwen confesses all his old stuff was taken to the tip.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Gail Platt - Helen Worth
• David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
• Sarah Louise Platt - Tina O'Brien
• Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
• Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
• Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
• Natalie Barnes - Denise Welch
• Debs Brownlow - Gabrielle Glaister
• Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson
• Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
• Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
• Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
• Gwen Davies - Annie Hulley
• Bobbi Lewis - Naomi Russell
• Alison Webster - Naomi Radcliffe
• Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
• Duggie Ferguson - John Bowe
• Linda Sykes - Jacqueline Pirie
• Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
• Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs

Guest castEdit

• Judith Roberts - Jane Hogarth (Credited as "Jone Hogarth")
• Jenny Lyons - Natalie Lawless
• Rebecca Hopkins - Jill Halfpenny

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 4 Coronation Street - Kitchen
• 8 Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
• 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen, Hallway/stairs
• Underworld - Factory floor, Office
• Street Cars
• Weatherfield General - Antenatal clinic, Charge nurse's office
• Unknown streets in Weatherfield

NotesEdit

• First appearance of Eileen Grimshaw.
• This episode was transmitted at 9.45pm to allow for coverage of Champions League football.
• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 11,140,000 viewers (8th place – combined figure including repeat).