Episode 5923 (25th December 2004)

Plot
Steve tries to get near the burning car to rescue Amy but the flames are too fierce. Tracy, convinced that Karen's killed Amy, jumps in Steve's car and drives off, a woman possessed.

Tracy runs Karen over in Steve's car. Karen manages to scramble up the factory steps and bangs on the door. Hayley, who's mending Claire's dress, lets her in. Tracy, wielding a crook-lock forces her way in after Karen threatening to kill her. Steve meanwhile is relieved to find that Amy's safe and sound with Roy and arrives at the factory to tell Tracy that Amy's safe. But Tracy doesn't believe him, thinking he's just trying to save Karen from her fate.

Tracy and Karen continue to fight on the factory roof. Steve arrives just in time and forces Tracy to look down where she sees Amy in Roy's arms. Tracy, cradling Amy, goes home with Ken and Deirdre. Steve angrily tells Karen he doesn't want to see her again tonight.

The residents celebrate Christmas. Kirk mixes his presents up and gives Cilla a bone and Schmeichel a pair of tights. Vera throws Jack out for giving her last year's Christmas card again. Eileen, Jason, Sean and Violet have Christmas dinner together. Frankie takes Jack in and gives him Christmas dinner.

Steve gets Tracy to agree that they won't involve the police. He tells Karen that although he still loves her he can't live with her; that by pretending to have killed Amy it wasn't just Tracy who suffered but him too. Steve insists Karen leaves. Karen's heartbroken.

It's Ashley and Claire's wedding day. Joshua refuses to wear his page boy outfit and goes to the wedding dressed as spiderman. Claire's car breaks down and she and the bridesmaids (Candice, Maria and Fiz) have to run to the church. The organist is paralysed down his left side so Norris steps in, but despite everything the day's a success and Ashley and Claire are married.

Meanwhile, Katy proposes to Martin.

Regular cast

 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Cilla Brown - Wendi Peters
 * Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
 * Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
 * Frankie Baldwin - Debra Stephenson
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Katy Harris - Lucy-Jo Hudson
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Jamie Baldwin - Rupert Hill
 * Warren Baldwin - Danny Young

Guest cast

 * Yvonne Casey - Yvonne O'Grady
 * Beryl Peacock - Anne Tobin
 * Boris Weaver - Mark Hallett
 * Vicar - Gerry Hinks