Episode 6804 (25th April 2008)

Plot
Paul heads off to the police station while Dan and Leanne start to realise how much trouble they could be in. As Paul arrives back and tells them he's given his statement, he had nothing left to lose and the police will be contacting them, they're seriously worried. Meanwhile, Paul returns to No. 9 he confesses everything to Jack, Tyrone and Molly who’re all disgusted. Jack is furious and angrily tells him he's a disgrace - he's done nothing but lie and cheat since he showed up. He’s bitterly disappointed and doesn’t want to hear his excuses, stating he hoped Paul would never turn into Terry.

Maria offers to drive to Carla’s dinner party seeing as she can't drink anyway. Liam offers to stay off the booze too but when they arrive and Liam explains he’s on water Maria senses his words are half hearted and tells Carla to get him a beer. As the dinner party starts to come to an end, Maria's tired and decides to leave and tells Liam he can stay for a few drinks. Carla promises to put him in a cab later, however, it’s clear Maria was merely being polite and would rather Liam came home with her. When the taxi arrives to collect him, Carla sends it away, leaving Liam fast asleep on her sofa.

After a few drinks in the Rovers, Jason and Becky go back to the Grimshaw’s. However, Becky's hesitant and reminds him what happened last time they got together. Jason claims things will be different now but she wants to take things slowly and reckons she’d better leave. However, moments after she exits, Jason's surprised when there's a knock at the door and he finds Becky on the door step who, after having a change of heart, jumps on him.

Elsewhere, Rita enters the salon to see if Audrey has called Ted. Audrey isn’t sure what she would say but egged on by Rita she finally gets the nerve to call him and leave a message. Ted calls her back and they arrange to meet up.

Vernon attempts to stop Liz from finding out about his gambling loss by diverting her attention with the offer of a cruise for three weeks - he's got a job drumming on one of the ships and has got her a ticket. Steve doesn’t envy Liz being stuck on a boat with Vernon and its clear Liz is feeling exactly the same.

Regular Cast

 * Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
 * Dan Mason - Matthew Crompton
 * Paul Clayton - Tom Hudson
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Maria Connor - Samia Smith
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Julie Carp - Katy Cavanagh
 * Molly Compton - Vicky Binns
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Lloyd Mullaney - Craig Charles
 * Vernon Tomlin - Ian Reddington
 * Liz Tomlin - Beverley Callard
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Becky Granger - Katherine Kelly
 * Carla Connor - Alison King
 * Tony Gordon - Gray O'Brien
 * Liam Connor - Rob James-Collier

Guest Cast
None

Ratings

 * UK broadcast - 8.4m viewers (38%).