Episode 8128 (17th May 2013)

Plot
Katy rows with Anna and Owen for neglecting Joseph. She strops out to spend the night with a somewhat reluctant Ryan as she has Joseph in tow. Roy and Hayley arrive in Blackburn and Hayley has to almost drag Roy from the car. Faye tells Anna and Owen how Tim found the money for her school trip. The Prices celebrate the turn-around in their fortunes, much to Leanne's annoyance. Izzy thinks that the meeting's cleared the air. Margaret Cropper welcomes Roy and Hayley into her house, surprised that the letter has only just reached them. Roy discovers that he has two step-brothers and a step-sister but that his father died three months ago, badly wanting to meet his son again. Owen’s suspicious about Tim and quizzes Anna. She admits that she gave Tim the money. Margaret gives Roy an old train set that St. John left him. Stella gives up her cleaning job at the bistro and Leanne makes up with her by offering the difference they need to get the Rovers finished. Roy can't wait to get back home, not having found any answers to why his father left him. Tina impresses on Tommy how important it is that he doesn’t breathe a word about Gary’s indiscretion. Sylvia tries to cover up her upset that her ex-husband is dead and snaps at Roy when he wonders if he was more like than his father than he thought. Anna cries at the breakdown in her family. Roy broods over his father and tells Hayley that he blames her for pushing him to explore his disturbed past when he was content with the present.

Regular cast

 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Sylvia Goodwin - Stephanie Cole
 * Stella Price - Michelle Collins
 * Eva Price - Catherine Tyldesley
 * Karl Munro - John Michie
 * Faye Windass - Ellie Leach
 * Anna Windass - Debbie Rush
 * Gary Windass - Mikey North
 * Izzy Armstrong - Cherylee Houston
 * Katy Armstrong - Georgia May Foote
 * Ryan Connor - Sol Heras
 * Owen Armstrong - Ian Puleston-Davies
 * Tina McIntyre - Michelle Keegan
 * Tommy Duckworth - Chris Fountain
 * Nick Tilsley - Ben Price
 * Leanne Tilsley - Jane Danson

Guest cast

 * Tim Metcalfe - Joe Duttine
 * Margaret Cropper - Helen Cotterill

Places

 * Coronation Street exterior
 * 6 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
 * Nick's Bistro
 * 16a Victoria Street - Living room/kitchen
 * Road in Blackburn and Margaret Cropper's house

Notable dialogue
Roy Cropper: "I had no desire to read that letter" Hayley Cropper: "No, I know that, but..." Roy Cropper: "When one is abandoned there is a void as a child, even as a teenager and...and a desire for that relationship which no longer exists, and there are, as you rightly suppose, many unanswered questions. But all of this I'm glad to say...is diluted by age, healed by time and I can honestly say that...I was contented." Hayley Cropper: "I know that but he wanted to see you" Roy Cropper: "Yes yes, yes and I, I allowed myself to be intrigued by what he might have to say, but now I'll never know." Hayley Cropper: "But you had to read the letter, how could you not?" Roy Cropper: "Well easily, at first very easily, but you..you pushed and you pushed and well, now....I'm no longer contented." Hayley Cropper: "Roy, I'm so, so sorry, I only ever did what was best for you. If I'm in any way to blame for..." Roy Cropper: "Well you, you are. You are, Hayley. You are to blame."