Episode 6455 (25th December 2006)

Plot
Christmas dawns on Coronation Street and spirits are high in the Platt and Webster households as everyone prepares for the big day. As the two families tuck into their meal the atmosphere around the table is jovial and everyone seems to be having a pleasant time…that is until David craftily decides to present unsuspecting Gail with another gift. As she unwraps the diary, David offers to read it to her and recites the passage about Gail wanting to abort him. David sits back in satisfaction after having shocked everyone into silence. Just as Gail pulls herself together and tries to carry on with the day, she is thrown again when she answers the door to Maureen who has come back from Germany as a surprise to Bill and the family! Maureen’s arrival is an unwelcome surprise to everyone except wicked David, and as everyone assists Bill in preventing Maureen from finding out about Audrey, David, who is loving every minute of their discomfort, asks ‘Who’re you sleeping with tonight Bill? Your wife or my Gran?’. As the penny drops for Maureen, chaos ensues, the table is upturned and Gail’s beloved Christmas pudding tumbles to the floor in flames whilst David happily observes the chaos he has caused. Over at the Rovers, Liz and Vernon are still testing out the mistletoe…smooching at every opportunity and making everyone around them squirm. Steve (Simon Gregson), on the other hand, is feeling less spirited. He’s still depressed at missing out on Michelle and is forced to play host to Blanche, Ken and Deirdre!

Meanwhile, at the Grimshaws’, Sean and Violet call a ‘Festive truce’ and Jason slips out to the pub with Sarah. However, Christmas delivers more than expected for Eileen who has settled down to watch a DVD with Sean, Violet and some chocolate. Yet, when she’s disturbed by a knock at the door from a young girl with a baby which she claims is Jason’s, her dreams of having a lazy Christmas day evaporate as she is left holding the baby! Jason is dragged home from the pub to deal with the situation but declares he knows nothing about it. However, his innocent protestations don’t appease Sarah who is absolutely furious.

Elsewhere, Vera is stunned by Jack’s transformation; he hasn’t been in the pub yet and he has just tidied up Christmas dinner with Tyrone! Molly explains that the secret is to ‘train’ him - ‘You reward the good behaviour and ignore the bad’.

Regular cast

 * Gail Platt – Helen Worth
 * David Platt – Jack P. Shepherd
 * Sarah Platt – Tina O’Brien
 * Bethany Platt – Amy and Emily Walton
 * Sally Webster – Sally Whittaker
 * Kevin Webster – Michael Le Vell
 * Rosie Webster – Helen Flanagan
 * Sophie Webster – Brooke Vincent
 * Claire Peacock – Julia Haworth
 * Ashley Peacock – Steven Arnold
 * Joshua Peacock – Benjamin Beresford
 * Deirdre Barlow – Anne Kirkbride
 * Ken Barlow – William Roache
 * Blanche Hunt – Maggie Jones
 * Rita Sullivan – Barbara Knox
 * Norris Cole – Malcolm Hebden
 * Emily Bishop – Eileen Derbyshire
 * Molly Compton – Vicky Binns
 * Jack Duckworth – William Tarmey
 * Liz McDonald – Beverley Callard
 * Steve McDonald – Simon Gregson
 * Vernon Tomlin – Ian Reddington
 * Amy Barlow – Amber Chadwick
 * Betty Williams – Betty Driver
 * Bill Webster – Peter Armitage
 * Audrey Roberts – Sue Nicholls
 * Eileen Grimshaw – Sue Cleaver
 * Jason Grimshaw – Ryan Thomas
 * Sean Tully – Antony Cotton
 * Violet Wilson – Jenny Platt
 * Vera Duckworth – Elizabeth Dawn
 * Tyrone Dobbs – Alan Halsall
 * Les Battersby-Brown – Bruce Jones
 * Cilla Battersby-Brown – Wendi Peters
 * Maureen Webster – Sherrie Hewson

Guest cast

 * Emma – Stephanie Waring