Episode 7818 (9th March 2012)

Plot
Peter struggles to remember what happened but he can't remember anything after leaving the bistro. Carla washes his blood-stained shirt and advises him to tell the police he went straight home after the bistro. Dennis packs as his train to Birmingham is tonight. Rita says she'll miss him but she holds back the tears. Norris tell the police about Peter's antics at the bistro. Dennis tells Tina he has feelings for Rita but he has to leave as he can't keep living off her. He swears her to secrecy. The police take Peter to the station and announce the inquiry is now a murder investigation. Rita wants to ask Dennis to stay but can't bring herself to do it. Peter is interviewed by the police. His previous attack on Frank is brought up. Jason finds a bottle of whiskey with blood on it in a skip in Victoria Street and hands it to the police. Dev pulls out of an evening out with Sunita as he has a business meeting. Lesley accidentally scalds herself with the kettle. Lewis gives Audrey a necklace. Peter lies and says he went home from the bistro but the police don't believe him. Sunita meets Karl at the bistro and he invites her to a casino. She accepts. Nick discovers there's £50 missing from the till. Gail says it's obviously Lewis. Tina tells a sad Rita that Dennis doesn't really want to go. Rita says it's too late as he's left already. Anne is allowed into the factory and searches through Frank's files. Rita returns home and finds Dennis waiting for her; he couldn't go through with it. They admit that they love each other and Dennis asks her to marry him. She accepts. The police find out Peter bought a bottle of whiskey after leaving the bistro so he must be lying.

Regular cast

 * Carla Connor – Alison King
 * Peter Barlow – Chris Gascoyne
 * Tina McIntyre – Michelle Keegan
 * Rita Sullivan – Barbara Knox
 * Dennis Tanner – Philip Lowrie
 * Roy Cropper – David Neilson
 * Norris Cole – Malcolm Hebden
 * Audrey Roberts – Sue Nicholls
 * Dev Alahan – Jimmi Harkishin
 * Jason Grimshaw – Ryan Thomas
 * Sunita Alahan – Shobna Gulati
 * Gail McIntyre – Helen Worth
 * Eva Price – Catherine Tyldesley
 * Eileen Grimshaw – Sue Cleaver
 * Nick Tilsley – Ben Price
 * Karl Munro – John Michie

Guest cast

 * Anne Foster – Gwen Taylor
 * DS Nash – Antony Byrne
 * DS Grant – Orlessa Altass
 * Paul Kershaw – Tony Hirst
 * Lesley Kershaw – Judy Holt
 * Lewis Archer – Nigel Havers

Places

 * Coronation Street
 * Rovers Return Inn – Public bar
 * 11 Coronation Street – Back rooms
 * The Kabin
 * Audrey's
 * 9a Rosamund Street – Living room
 * Victoria Street
 * Roy's Rolls
 * Nick's Bistro
 * Weatherfield Police Station - Interview room