Episode 9683 (1st February 2019)

Plot
Peter hears the noise of Carla re-entering the factory and guesses who was watching them. He suggests that he and Abi don’t spend another night in the boat, hurting her feelings. Billy takes a call in the Rovers from Summer saying her iPad is missing. Gemma thinks that Paul has stolen in. Daniel is surprised when Adam drinks alone in the bistro and seems to crave his company. Peter goes into the factory and tells Carla he knows she saw him and Abi. She’s in a temper and he thinks she’s jealous. Sally catches up with Abi in the Rovers drinking wine and asks about her day. Without naming Peter, Abi tells her a man has just used her. Gemma is on-edge and rude to the customers. She tells Paul to keep his mouth shut about her past. Hearing Jenny is hiding in the back room, Rita goes through and tells her to pull herself together, put on her warpaint and face her customers. Carla is livid with Peter when he grabs her for a kiss, saying he’s being cruel to Abi and tells him to get out. Sally makes Abi drink orange juice even though she’s celebrating her full acquittal coming through. Gemma publicly accuses Paul of stealing the iPad, just as Summer texts Billy to say she’s found it. She’s humiliated. Daniel finds Adam packed, saying he’s going to stay with friends in Italy for a couple of months to get out the rut he feels he’s in. Sally advises Abi to move on and not go back to her old ways. Billy takes Paul out of the pub to sort through Sylvia’s things that Roy’s donated to the sale and to avoid a confrontation with Gemma. A tearful Rita tells Brian about the Kabin sale and thinks it’s the end of her working life. Gemma tells Chesney and Emma that Paul took the rap for things she did in her past and has never let her forget it. Unseen by Billy, Paul takes an interest in a silver box of Sylvia’s and offers his help again tomorrow. Jenny gets dressed and emerges behind the bar, but is on tenterhooks. Brian advises Rita to re-buy the Kabin. Sarah says goodbye to Adam as he leaves in a taxi for the airport. Abi finds Peter back at the boat. She asks him if he wants Carla or her. He kisses her and they go into the cabin for another night of sex.

Regular cast

 * Abi Franklin - Sally Carman
 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Carla Connor - Alison King
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Gemma Winter - Dolly-Rose Campbell
 * Chesney Brown - Sam Aston


 * Rita Tanner - Barbara Knox
 * Johnny Connor - Richard Hawley
 * Brian Packham - Peter Gunn
 * Adam Barlow - Samuel Robertson
 * Billy Mayhew - Daniel Brocklebank
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Daniel Osbourne - Rob Mallard
 * Sally Metcalfe - Sally Dynevor
 * Emma Brooker - Alexandra Mardell
 * Jenny Connor - Sally Ann Matthews

Guest cast

 * Paul Foreman - Peter Ash

Places

 * Coronation Street
 * Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room and hallway
 * 15a Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
 * Underworld - Office, factory floor and balcony
 * Viaduct Bistro
 * Jamila House

Notable dialogue
Rita Tanner: "What’s the first rule of a landlady?" Jenny Connor: "I dunno. Is it summit to do wit’ nuts?"