Episode 5684
Production code	P694/5684
ITV transmission date	2nd February 2004 (Monday - Part 2)
Script editor	Gareth Philips Simon Stallworthy
Story associates	Mark Bickerton Bryan Kirkwood Jane Pearson Lyn Papadopoulos Lesley Westhead Cathianne Hall
Writer	John Stevenson
Designer	Julian Perkins
Director	Terry Dyddgen-Jones
Executive Producer	Carolyn Reynolds
Producer	Kieran Roberts
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PlotEdit

Harry admits to Eileen that Candice roped him into their date. They enjoy each other's company, although Harry is reluctant to talk about himself. Sunita is peeved when Ciaran takes seeing her again in his stride. Rita is found guilty and is ordered to pay a fine of £500, plus £500 compensation to Chesney. Rita gives the magistrates a piece of her mind. Norris backs her up, and they're both held in contempt of court and ordered to be taken down. Maya is thrilled to hear that Dev is taking her to Morocco on holiday. Rita and Norris agree to apologise to the magistrates to avoid being locked up. Norris duly apologises, however Rita cracks and tells the magistrates that they're a bunch of numbskulls for believing an obvious put-up job. She's remanded in custody until the next day. Karen's Auntie Eva phones her with the bad news that her bridesmaids are quarantined with chickenpox and won't make the wedding.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
• Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
• Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
• Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
• Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
• Harry Flagg - Iain Rogerson
• Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
• Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
• Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
• Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
• Cilla Brown - Wendi Peters
• Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
• Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
• Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
• Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
• Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
• Betty Williams - Betty Driver
• Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Maya Sharma - Sasha Behar
• Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
• Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
• Tommy Harris - Thomas Craig

Guest castEdit

• Leah Mirrelson - Jane Bellamy
• Jordanna James - Andrea Mason
• Magistrate - Geoffrey Wilkinson
• Court Usher - Nigel Leonard
• Custody Sergeant - Eamonn Fleming

PlacesEdit

• Coronation Street exterior
• Rovers Return Inn - Public
• Corner Shop - Shop, Stockroom
• Underworld - Factory floor
• Street Cars
• Valandro's
• Weatherfield Magistrates Court - Courtroom, Corridor, Stairway, Foyer, Chambers
• Weatherfield Police Station - Cells

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 14,430,000 viewers (2nd place).

Notable dialogueEdit

Rita Sullivan (to the Magistrates): "You sit up there laying down the law - it's pathetic - you haven't a clue. You've sat there swallowing a pack of lies off a little lad who's had a trumped-up tale drummed into him by his mother and her fancy man!

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Norris Cole: "I have to confess that I don't relish the thought of being some hardened criminal's plaything."