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29th January 1996: There were several nervous people in Coronation Street as Audrey Roberts's illegitimate son Stephen Reid, who she had given up for adoption back in the 1950s, arrived from his homeland of Canada for a visit. Until 1988 when he had been involved in a serious, possibly fatal, car crash, no one knew that Audrey had had a son, including Gail Platt. She and the rest of the family were stunned to hear of the relationship when Audrey flew out there for what was possibly a last chance to meet him. In the end, he came through his injuries but it would be eight years before Gail and the others would meet him. Stephen only intended coming over on a business trip but Audrey dragooned him into meeting the rest of his family. Gail and Stephen were naturally nervous of each other before they discovered that neither of them had inherited their mother's character, after which they got on like a house on fire!
 * For more information see Episode 3967 (29th January 1996).