Episode 6453 (22nd December 2006)

Plot
When a suffering Eileen shows up at Streetcars with a stomach bug, with no one to cover her shift, Steve panics that his date with Michelle might never happen. Meanwhile, after taking ages getting ready, Michelle is angry that he’s late. When he finally manages to get Les to cover, Tracy accosts him and demands that he look after Amy. Thankfully Betty agrees to take care of Amy for what’s left of the date and Steve rushes to the gig knocking over Fiz’s moped on his way. Over at the gig Michelle is feeling rejected so when a handsome young guy asks her for a drink she agrees!! Elsewhere, Frankie is worried about Jamie as he hasn’t come home since their row last night. When he finally returns home they both realise that being in Weatherfield is destroying their relationship and resolve to make a new start in Spain. As Bev says her goodbyes to the Peacocks she remains stubborn about taking her half of the ashes and scattering them separately. Ashley, Claire and the kids got to the River Tame to scatter their half of Fred’s ashes and to everyone’s surprise Bev shows up with her half and agrees to reunite the ashes let them go in unison.

Rosie realises that Sophie’s ‘voices’ are coming from Ivy Tilsley’s old diary and Tracy is delighted when she discovers that Claire has been keeping a note of all the alleged violent episodes that Tracy has told her about.

Regular cast

 * Steve McDonald – Simon Gregson
 * Eileen Grimshaw – Sue Cleaver
 * Audrey Roberts – Sue Nicholls
 * Cilla Battersby-Brown – Wendi Peters
 * Sarah Platt – Tina O’Brien
 * Rita Sullivan – Barbara Knox
 * Frankie Baldwin – Debra Stephenson
 * Sean Tully – Antony Cotton
 * Ashley Peacock – Steven Arnold
 * Bev Unwin – Susie Blake
 * Claire Peacock – Julia Haworth
 * Michelle Connor – Kym Ryder
 * Deirdre Barlow – Anne Kirkbride
 * Dev Alahan – Jimmi Harkishin
 * Sophie Webster – Brooke Vincent
 * Joshua Peacock – Benjamin Beresford
 * Vernon Tomlin – Ian Reddington
 * Charlie Stubbs – Bill Ward
 * Paul Connor – Sean Gallagher
 * Jamie Baldwin – Rupert Hill
 * Les Battersby-Brown – Bruce Jones
 * Betty Williams – Betty Driver
 * Yana Lumb – Jayne Tunnicliffe
 * Tracy Barlow – Kate Ford
 * Amy Barlow – Amber Chadwick
 * Rosie Webster – Helen Flanagan
 * Fiz Brown – Jennie McAlpine

Guest cast

 * Sonny Dhillon – Pal Aron