Episode 6429 (20th November 2006)

Plot
An anxious Jamie makes an early morning phone call to Frankie and quickly surmises that she hasn’t told Danny about their affair yet. Danny is pulling out all the stops to make Frankie happy, despite his fiancee having suggested last night that they cool things off between them. The factory boss has told Frankie that he’ll slow things down and won’t rush her. Frankie is in despair; she wants Jamie but can’t bring herself to find the right time to break the news to Danny.

Jamie, meanwhile, is like a man possessed, desperate for Frankie to reveal all to the father he so despises. When the pair meet up in the Rovers at lunch, he once again persuades Frankie that they must spill the beans soon as it is the only way they can be together properly. The pair make plans to face Danny together later that evening and reveal all about their secret relationship.

Over at Roy’s Rolls, Becky is feeling frozen out by Vera’s icy treatment of her and her day doesn’t get any better when Kelly arrives to place the factory girls’ lunch order. It’s not long before the pair are making snide jibes at one another. Their catty exchange continues with Kelly insinuating that her old friend and colleague is not to be trusted. So, it’s with the leggy machinist’s accusations still ringing in her ears that the so called reformed Becky deftly slips a fiver into her apron, going unnoticed by Vera and the other customers.

Elsewhere, in the Battersby-Brown household, Cilla appears to have turned over a new leaf when she prepares Chesney bacon butties for his breakfast. It’s just a shame her timing was wrong and her son had already left for school. Fiz however, is still wary of her mother’s recent behaviour and even Chesney confides in his sister that he believes that their wayward mother is hiding something from them.

Also, the factory girls plan their Christmas Party despite Danny acting like Ebenezer Scrooge as he refuses to fund anything too lavish, and Tracy continues to tell Claire how Charlie rules the roost in their relationship, leading Claire to believe that the bullyboy builder has ruled out the prospect of Tracy having anymore children and is very controlling.

Regular cast

 * Frankie Baldwin – Debra Stephenson
 * Danny Baldwin – Bradley Walsh
 * Jamie Baldwin – Rupert Hill
 * Janice Battersby – Vicky Entwistle
 * Sean Tully – Antony Cotton
 * Kelly Crabtree – Tupele Dorgu
 * Joanne Jackson – Zaraah Abrahams
 * Liam Connor – Rob James-Collier
 * Sally Webster – Sally Whittaker
 * Fiz Brown – Jennie McAlpine
 * Hayley Cropper – Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Becky Granger – Katherine Kelly
 * Vera Duckworth – Elizabeth Dawn
 * Les Battersby-Brown – Bruce Jones
 * Cilla Battersby-Brown – Wendi Peters
 * Claire Peacock – Julia Haworth
 * Tracy Barlow – Kate Ford
 * Eileen Grimshaw – Sue Cleaver
 * Liz McDonald – Beverley Callard
 * Amy Barlow – Amber Chadwick
 * Chesney Battersby-Brown – Sam Aston

Guest cast
None