Episode 6408 (23rd October 2006)

Plot
Ashley asks Archie for Fred’s ashes, but Bev has already collected them. Ashley is absolutely mad at Bev and vows to get them back. He confronts her in the Rovers but Bev refuses to hand them over and tells poor Ashley she pans to scatter them where Fred proposed to her. Sarah is asked to go to the wholesalers by Audrey but she hasn’t got her mobile so Audrey demands that Maria lend her hers. Maria hastily deletes any outstanding texts from secret lover Charlie and asks David to take Charlie a note for her, telling him she hasn’t got her phone. She tells David she is telling him this because of a rent problem. He begrudgingly does this, but can’t help and sneak a glance on the way back to the salon. Elsewhere in Weatherfield, Frankie’s return is the talk of the factory floor and Danny delights in telling Liam that Frankie has moved back in. But it’s a different story for Frankie, who has moved back in to get out of the mess she is in with Jamie Danny wants to show Frankie off in the Rovers later, but his ex wife is not so sure.And Ashley is having a wobbly day, grieving for the loss of Fred. Claire visits the butchers to see him and offers to rename Thomas to ‘Freddy’ as a tribute to his father. Ashley is touched by Claire thoughtfulness but this is ruined by Bev barging in the shop and handing over half of Fred’s ashes in a heartless and cruel fashion.

Regular cast

 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Bethany Platt - Amy and Emily Walton
 * Frankie Baldwin - Debra Stephenson
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Claire Peacock - Julia Haworth
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Joanne Jackson - Zaraah Abrahams
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Bev Unwin - Susie Blake
 * Sarah-Louise Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Jamie Baldwin - Rupert Hill
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Smith
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Liam Connor - Rob Collier

Guest cast
None