Episode 5178
Production code	P694/5178
ITV transmission date	21st December 2001 (Friday)
Script editor	Kim Moore
Story editor	Nick West
Story associates	Mark Bickerton Josie Burke Darren Fairhurst Jane Hudson Gareth Philips
Writer	Daran Little
Designer	Julian Perkins
Director	Tony Prescott
Executive Producer	Jane Macnaught
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PlotEdit

Fred is exhausted as he is getting no sleep because of Eve's snoring. Eileen is thrilled with her Christmas bonus from Steve. Tyrone is unsure whether to continue clocking cars, but is persuaded by Karl Harper offering him an extra £20 per car. Maxine has a scan and Ashley gets really excited thinking he can see limbs already. Fred lies to Eve that she has stopped snoring. Janice tells Les that she and Dennis are moving to Sheffield at New Year and Les is very down about it. Sam strips at the Underworld Christmas party, much to Toyah's disapproval. Roy and Hayley decide to do Christmas dinners at the café. Vik agrees to do business with Karl Harper without discussing it with Steve. Charlie and Matt decide only to spend £5 on each other's presents and donate the rest to Roy and Hayley's Christmas dinners at the café. They also agree to help out. The factory girls start arguing about the prowess of their men and drag them all out of the pub to compare muscles. Steve doesn't seem to mind, but Vik refuses and is mobbed. Terry returns to the Street and into the Duckworths' house through the back door while Fiz and Tyrone are upstairs.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
• Gail Platt - Helen Worth
• Richard Hillman - Brian Capron
• Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
• Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
• Bobbi Lewis - Naomi Ryan
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
• Fred Elliott - John Savident
• Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
• Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
• Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
• Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
• Sam Kingston - Scott Wright
• Roy Cropper - David Neilson
• Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
• Eve Elliott - Melanie Kilburn
• Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson
• Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
• Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
• Charlie Ramsden - Clare McGlinn
• Matt Ramsden - Stephen Beckett
• Dennis Stringer - Charles Dale
• Terry Duckworth - Nigel Pivaro

Guest castEdit

• Karl Harper - Anthony Barclay

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• 4 Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
• 5 Coronation Street - Living room
• 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
• Underworld - Factory floor, Office
• Victoria Street exterior
• Roy's Rolls
• Weatherfield General - Sonography room

NotesEdit

• The sonographer who performed Maxine Peacock's ultrasound scan is uncredited, despite having lines of dialogue.
• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 12,250,000 viewers (7th place - combined figure including repeat).