Coronation Street in 2022

2022 was Coronation Street's sixty-third year.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Shona Platt	Julia Goulding	Full year	142	630	51
2	Toyah Battersby/Habeeb	Georgia Taylor	Full year	135	1251	28
3	Daisy Midgeley	Charlotte Jordan	Full year except for July	133	270	8
4	Summer Spellman	Harriet Bibby	Full year	132	391	15
5	Sally Metcalfe	Sally Dynevor	Full year except for September	127	3680	19
6	Leanne Battersby	Jane Danson	Full year	126	2526	6
7	Sarah Barlow	Tina O'Brien	Full year	124	2371	25
8	Maria Connor	Samia Longchambon	Full year	123	1964	43
9	Daniel Osbourne	Rob Mallard	Full year except for June	122	818	21
10	Nick Tilsley	Ben Price	Full year	121	2342	11
11	Tim Metcalfe	Joe Duttine	Full year	119	1072	33
12	Fiz Stape	Jennie McAlpine	Full year except for September	118	2379	4
13	Tyrone Dobbs	Alan Halsall	Full year	116	2419	1
14	Adam Barlow	Samuel Robertson	Full year	115	849	39
15	Jenny Connor	Sally Ann Matthews	Full year	113	1073	5
16	Max Turner	Paddy Bever	Full year except for July and September	111	638	71
17	Sean Tully	Antony Cotton	Full year	109	1935	55
18	David Platt	Jack P. Shepherd	Full year	106	2858	16
19	Gary Windass	Mikey North	Full year except for January and May	105	1299	49
20	Amy Barlow	Elle Mulvaney	Full year	102	931	59
21	Yasmeen Metcalfe	Shelley King	Full year except for March	101	662	31
22	Kelly Neelan	Millie Gibson	February to September	100	215	28
22	Abi Webster	Sally Carman-Duttine	Full year except for October and November	100	516	2
24	Alya Nazir	Sair Khan	Full year except for February	98	746	36
25	Bernie Winter	Jane Hazlegrove	Full year except for April	94	264	43
26	Stu Carpenter	Bill Fellows	Full year except for March and June	93	117	76
26	Gemma Winter	Dolly-Rose Campbell	Full year	93	671	47
28	Todd Grimshaw	Gareth Pierce	Full year except for January and February	88	1050	21
28	Billy Mayhew	Daniel Brocklebank	Full year except for February	88	708	20
28	Stephen Reid	Todd Boyce	From June	88	135	-
31	Roy Cropper	David Neilson	Full year	86	2526	10
32	Aaron Sandford	James Craven	From April	85	85	-
33	Ed Bailey	Trevor Michael Georges	Full year	84	252	36
33	Faye Windass	Ellie Leach	January to May, August and from November	84	723	65
35	Dev Alahan	Jimmi Harkishin	Full year	83	1901	13
35	Aggie Bailey	Lorna Laidlaw	Full year except for February and November	83	233	53
35	Carla Barlow	Alison King	Full year	83	1752	17
35	Hope Stape	Isabella Flanagan	Full year except for March and August	83	455	58
35	Mary Taylor	Patti Clare	Full year	83	968	55
35	Craig Tinker	Colson Smith	Full year except for October	83	607	43
41	Asha Alahan	Tanisha Gorey	Full year	82	471	9
41	George Shuttleworth	Tony Maudsley	Full year except for February, March and November	82	171	32
43	Paul Foreman	Peter Ash	Full year	77	317	49
43	Kevin Webster	Michael Le Vell	Full year except for September	77	3385	7
45	Imran Habeeb	Charlie De Melo	Until June	76	437	23
45	Tracy McDonald	Kate Ford	Full year	76	2449	46
47	Aadi Alahan	Adam Hussain	Full year	75	388	25
48	Sam Blakeman	Jude Riordan	Full year except for May, June and August	74	159	40
49	Michael Bailey	Ryan Russell	Full year except for February and June	73	265	30
50	Ken Barlow	William Roache	Full year except for January	72	4768	71
50	Debbie Webster	Sue Devaney	Full year except for April	72	262	14
52	Audrey Roberts	Sue Nicholls	Full year except for January, March and May	71	3318	66
53	Eileen Grimshaw	Sue Cleaver	Full year except for February	70	2298	35
54	Peter Barlow	Chris Gascoyne	Full year except for November	68	1807	36
55	Steve McDonald	Simon Gregson	Full year except for September and October	67	3550	25
56	Jacob Hay	Jack James Ryan	Full year except for June, August and September	66	91	76
56	Nina Lucas	Mollie Gallagher	Full year	66	303	3
56	Evelyn Plummer	Maureen Lipman	January, April to September and from December	66	324	34
59	Chesney Brown	Sam Aston	Full year except for April, May and June	65	1400	61
59	Spider Nugent	Martin Hancock	From July	65	307	-
61	Beth Sutherland	Lisa George	Full year	64	873	81
62	Brian Packham	Peter Gunn	Full year except for May	62	526	62
63	Zeedan Nazir	Qasim Akhtar	Full year except for February and March	61	413	71
63	Gail Rodwell	Helen Worth	Full year	61	4512	55
65	Kirk Sutherland	Andrew Whyment	Full year except for January, September and November	58	1537	59
66	Emma Brooker	Alexandra Mardell	Until April	50	391	18
66	Elaine Jones	Paula Wilcox	Full year except for May, September and October	50	107	70
68	Ronnie Bailey	Vinta Morgan	Full year except for February, April and December	49	118	39
68	Glenda Shuttleworth	Jodie Prenger	From August	49	49	-
70	Leo Thompkins	Joe Frost	January, April, June and August to September	44	66	80
70	Phill Whittaker	Jamie Kenna	January and March to July	44	80	68
72	Ryan Connor	Ryan Prescott	Full year except for February, March and November	43	711	42
72	Alfie Franklin	Carter & Oakley Razak Townsend	March to July, September and December	43	43	-
74	Dee-Dee Bailey	Channique Sterling-Brown	From September	36	36	-
74	Simon Barlow	Alex Bain	Full year except for January, August and October	36	835	24
76	Joseph Brown	William Flanagan	January to March, July to August and from December	35	221	87
77	Ruby Dobbs	Macy Alabi	January to February, April to May, July and from November	33	321	79
78	Dylan Wilson	Liam McCheyne	From July	32	74	88
79	James Bailey	Nathan Graham	February to March and July to October	31	177	48
80	Rita Tanner	Barbara Knox	January to February, April, June, August to October and from December	29	3890	74
81	Liam Connor	Charlie Wrenshall	Full year except for January, May and October	27	233	85
82	Jack Webster	Kyran Bowes	February to March, May to September and December	19	245	76
83	Cathy Matthews	Melanie Hill	January to April and June	18	472	66
84	Eliza Woodrow	Savannah Kunyo	From August	18	18	-
84	Lauren Bolton	Cait Fitton	From November	18	18	-
85	Lisa Swain	Vicky Myers	May to June, September and November	15	28	82
87	Lily Platt	Brooke Malonie	July, September to October and December	12	253	92
88	Jake Windass	Bobby Bradshaw	June to July and September	9	116	94
89	Bertie Osbourne	Rufus Morgan-Smith	April, October and December	8	111	88
90	Harry Platt	Freddie & Isaac Rhodes	January to April	7	128	92
90	Alex Warner	Liam Bairstow	February, June, August and December	7	139	88
90	Llio Winter-Brown	Charlotte Holt and Lily & Lucy Taylor	February, August to October and December	7	41	-
93	Glory Bailey	Eleanor Beckles	March, July, October and December	5	14	84
94	John Stape	Graeme Hawley	December only	4	344	-
94	Aled Winter-Brown	Joseph Woods	August, October and December	4	49	85
94	Carys Winter-Brown	Charlotte Holt and Lily & Lucy Taylor	January, September to October and December	4	40	-
97	Grace Vickers	Kate Spencer	March only	3	80	54
97	Bryn Winter-Brown	James Holt and Arthur Taylor	January and October	3	38	-
99	Claudia Colby	Rula Lenska	August only	2	149	88
100	Izzy Armstrong	Cherylee Houston	February only	1	770	83
100	Geoff Metcalfe	Ian Bartholomew	August only	1	237	94

Production

To be added

Viewing figures

To be added

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Part	Writer	Director	Viewing Figures	Chart Position
1	10526	Monday 3rd January	1	Owen Lloyd-Fox	John Anderson	5,773,000	9
2	10527	Monday 3rd January	2	Joe Turner	John Anderson	5,481,000	12
3	10528/9	Tuesday 4th January		Susan Oudot Jan McVerry	John Anderson	5,150,000	18
4	10530	Wednesday 5th January	1	Steven Fay	Kevin Boyle	5,689,000	10
5	10531	Wednesday 5th January	2	Mark Wadlow	Paul Copeland	5,273,000	14
6	10532	Monday 10th January	1	Julie Jones	Paul Copeland	5,526,000	12
7	10533	Monday 10th January	2	Debbie Oates	Paul Copeland	4,987,000	24
8	10534	Wednesday 12th January	1	Sam Holdsworth	Paul Copeland	5,554,000	10
9	10535	Wednesday 12th January	2	Alasdair Morrison	Paul Copeland	5,233,000	18
10	10536/7	Friday 14th January		David Isaac Simon Crowther	Afia Nkrumah	5,737,000	7
11	10538	Monday 17th January	1	John Kerr	Afia Nkrumah	5,784,000	7
12	10539	Monday 17th January	2	Damon Alexis-Rochefort	Afia Nkrumah	5,580,000	9
13	10540	Wednesday 19th January	1	Alasdair Morrison	Lee Trevor	5,574,000	10
14	10541	Wednesday 19th January	2	Alasdair Morrison	Lee Trevor	5,302,000	16
15	10542/3	Friday 21st January		Owen Lloyd-Fox Nessah Muthy	Lee Trevor	5,649,000	8
16	10544	Monday 24th January	1	Joe Turner	Ian Barber	5,858,000	9
17	10545	Monday 24th January	2	Joe Turner	Ian Barber	5,762,000	10
18	10546	Wednesday 26th January	1	Cameron McAllister	Ian Barber	5,699,000	12
19	10547	Wednesday 26th January	2	Julie Jones	Ian Barber	5,316,000	15
20	10548/9	Friday 28th January		Chris Fewtrell	Leon Lopez	5,760,000	11
21	10550	Monday 31st January	1	Mark Wadlow	Leon Lopez	5,868,000	6
22	10551	Monday 31st January	2	Steven Fay	Leon Lopez	5,536,000	8
23	10552/3	Tuesday 1st February		Sam Holdsworth	Gill Wilkinson	4,904,000	22
24	10554	Wednesday 2nd February	1	David Proud	Gill Wilkinson	5,326,000	9
25	10555	Wednesday 2nd February	2	Carmel Morgan	Gill Wilkinson	4,884,000	23
26	10556	Monday 7th February	1	Jonathan Harvey	Vicky Thomas	5,523,000	8
27	10557	Monday 7th February	2	Jonathan Harvey	Vicky Thomas	5,322,000	11
28	10558	Wednesday 9th February	1	Debbie Oates	Vicky Thomas	5,471,000	9
29	10559	Wednesday 9th February	2	Susan Oudot	Vicky Thomas	5,122,000	14
30	10560/1	Friday 11th February		Cameron McAllister Susan Oudot	George C. Siougas	5,241,000	13
31	10562	Monday 14th February	1	Nessah Muthy	George C. Siougas	5,677,000	9
32	10563	Monday 14th February	2	Ian Kershaw	George C. Siougas	5,556,000	12
33	10564	Wednesday 16th February	1	David Proud	Duncan Foster	5,672,000	10
34	10565	Wednesday 16th February	2	Chris Fewtrell	Duncan Foster	5,241,000	17
35	10566/7	Friday 18th February		David Isaac	Duncan Foster	6,095,000	6
36	10568	Monday 21st February	1	Damon Alexis-Rochefort	Sean Healy	5,800,000	6
37	10569	Monday 21st February	2	Ella Greenhill	Sean Healy	5,521,000	8
38	10570	Wednesday 23rd February	1	Owen Lloyd-Fox	Sean Healy	5,427,000	11
39	10571	Wednesday 23rd February	2	Debbie Oates	Sean Healy	5,201,000	15
40	10572/3	Friday 25th February		Jan McVerry Jonathan Harvey	Emma Lindley	5,607,000	7
41	10574/5	Monday 28th February		Simon Crowther Carmel Morgan	Emma Lindley	5,364,000	7
42	10576/7	Friday 4th March		Joe Turner Mark Wadlow	Jason Wingard	5,336,000	8
43	10578/9	Sunday 6th March		Sam Holdsworth Steven Fay	Jason Wingard	4,756,000	17
44	10580/1	Monday 7th March		Ellen Taylor	Peter Rose	5,664,000	7
45	10582/3	Wednesday 9th March		Emily Gascoyne	Peter Rose	5,472,000	8
46	10584/5	Friday 11th March		Sam Holdsworth Susan Oudot	Dominic Stephenson	5,410,000	9
47	10586/7	Monday 14th March		Ian Kershaw Debbie Oates	Dominic Stephenson	5,621,000	2
48	10588/9	Wednesday 16th March		John Kerr	Pip Short	5,195,000	5
49	10590/1	Friday 18th March		Damon Alexis-Rochefort Alasdair Morrison	Pip Short	5,430,000	3
50	10592/3	Monday 21st March		Jan McVerry	John Anderson	5,549,000	2
51	10594/5	Wednesday 23rd March		Emily Gascoyne Jonathan Harvey	John Anderson	5,395,000	3
52	10596/7	Friday 25th March		Joe Turner Chris Fewtrell	Kevin Boyle	5,246,000	5
53	10598/9	Monday 28th March		David Proud Simon Crowther	Clive Arnold	5,525,000	1
54	10600/1	Wednesday 30th March		Ellen Taylor Nessah Muthy	Clive Arnold	5,063,000	5
55	10602/3	Friday 1st April		Owen Lloyd-Fox	Leon Lopez	5,423,000	2
56	10604/5	Monday 4th April		Cameron McAllister Mark Wadlow	Leon Lopez	5,513,000	1
57	10606/7	Wednesday 6th April		Carmel Morgan Julie Jones	Abe Juckes	5,106,000	3
58	10608/9	Friday 8th April		David Isaac Steven Fay	Abe Juckes	5,111,000	2
59	10610/1	Monday 11th April		Susan Oudot	Matt Holt	5,253,000	4
60	10612/3	Wednesday 13th April		Sam Holdsworth Alasdair Morrison	Lee Trevor Matt Holt	5,093,000	6
61	10614/5	Friday 15th April		Owen Lloyd-Fox Debbie Oates	Matt Holt	5,149,000	5
62	10616/7	Monday 18th April		John Kerr Carmel Morgan	Tim O'Mara	5,309,000	5
63	10618/9	Wednesday 20th April		Ian Kershaw Damon Alexis-Rochefort	Tim O'Mara	5,110,000	6
64	10620/1	Friday 22nd April		Chris Fewtrell David Isaac	Sean Healy	5,028,000	7
65	10622/3	Monday 25th April		Simon Crowther	Sean Healy	5,164,000	2
66	10624/5	Wednesday 27th April		Mark Burt Nessah Muthy	Becky Wild	4,952,000	6
67	10626/7	Friday 29th April		Julie Jones	Becky Wild	5,136,000	3
68	10628/9	Monday 2nd May		Ellen Taylor Emily Gascoyne	Peter Rose	4,964,000	7
69	10630/1	Wednesday 4th May		Cameron McAllister David Proud	Peter Rose	4,944,000	8
70	10632/3	Friday 6th May		Jonathan Harvey Steven Fay	Nickie Lister	5,078,000	4
71	10634/5	Monday 9th May		Joe Turner Mark Wadlow	Nickie Lister	5,334,000	4
72	10636/7	Wednesday 11th May		Mark Wadlow Cameron McAllister	Alex Jacob	4,917,000	7
73	10638/9	Friday 13th May		Alasdair Morrison David Isaac	Alec Jacob	4,921,000	6
74	10640/1	Monday 16th May		John Kerr David Proud	Sarah Kendell	5,100,000	3
75	10642/3	Wednesday 18th May		Damon Alexis-Rochefort	Sarah Kendell	5,053,000	5
76	10644/5	Friday 20th May		Jonathan Harvey Chris Fewtrell	Pip Short	5,082,000	4
77	10646/7	Monday 23rd May		Susan Oudot Simon Crowther	Pip Short	5,426,000	7
78	10648/9	Wednesday 25th May		Mark Burt Julie Jones	Abe Juckes	4,962,000	11
79	10650/1	Friday 27th May		Nessah Muthy Emily Gascoyne	Abe Juckes	5,180,000	10
80	10652	Monday 30th May		Ella Greenhill	David Kester	5,284,000	13
81	10653	Tuesday 31st May		Ellen Taylor	David Kester	5,439,000	11
82	10654	Wednesday 1st June		Ellen Taylor	David Kester	5,078,000	16
83	10655	Thursday 2nd June		Ian Kershaw	David Kester	5,156,000	15
84	10656	Friday 3rd June		Jan McVerry	David Kester	5,329,000	12
85	10657/8	Monday 6th June		Owen Lloyd-Fox	Kevin Boyle	5,325,000	3
86	10659/60	Wednesday 8th June		Debbie Oates	Kevin Boyle	5,043,000	5
87	10661/2	Friday 10th June		Owen Lloyd-Fox	Tim O'Mara	5,074,000	4
88	10663/4	Monday 13th June		Ellen Taylor	Tim O'Mara	5,328,000	3
89	10665/6	Wednesday 15th June		Simon Crowther	Merlyn Rice	5,164,000	4
90	10667/8	Friday 17th June		John Kerr Sam Holdsworth	Merlyn Rice	4,805,000	5
91	10669/70	Monday 20th June		Chris Fewtrell Cameron McAllister	Tim Finn	5,209,000	2
92	10671/2	Wednesday 22nd June		Ian Kershaw Damon Alexis-Rochefort	Tim Finn	5,010,000	5
93	10673/4	Friday 24th June		Julie Jones Debbie Oates	Becky Wild	5,105,000	4
94	10675/6	Monday 27th June		Alasdair Morrison Nessah Muthy	Becky Wild	4,962,000	4
95	10677/8	Wednesday 29th June		Mark Burt Susan Oudot	Durno Johnston	4,849,000	5
96	10679/80	Friday 1st July		Joe Turner	Durno Johnston	4,967,000	3
97	10681/2	Monday 4th July		Carmel Morgan Mark Wadlow	Judith Dine	4,948,000	2
98	10683/4	Wednesday 6th July		David Proud David Isaac	Judith Dine	4,700,000	5
99	10685/6	Friday 8th July		Emily Gascoyne Steven Fay	Judith Dine	4,828,000	4
100	10687/8	Monday 11th July		Julie Jones Damon Alexis-Rochefort	Lee Trevor	4,964,000	3
101	10689/90	Wednesday 13th July		Nessah Muthy Ellen Taylor	Lee Trevor	4,750,000	5
102	10691/2	Friday 15th July		Debbie Oates Alasdair Morrison	Ian Bevitt	4,767,000	4
103	10693/4	Monday 18th July		Cameron McAllister Susan Oudot	Ian Bevitt	4,789,000	3
104	10695/6	Wednesday 20th July		John Kerr Simon Crowther	Penelope Shales-Slyne	4,860,000	2
105	10697/8	Friday 22nd July		David Isaac Chris Fewtrell	Penelope Shales-Slyne	4,646,000	8
106	10699/700	Monday 25th July		David Proud Jonathan Harvey	Reece Dinsdale	4,909,000	3
107	10701/2	Wednesday 27th July		Steven Fay Carmel Morgan	Reece Dinsdale	4,614,000	6
108	10703/4	Friday 29th July		Emily Gascoyne Ian Kershaw	David Kester	4,758,000	4
109	10705/6	Monday 1st August		Joe Turner Owen Lloyd-Fox	David Kester	5,201,000	1
110	10707/8	Wednesday 3rd August		Ella Greenhill Mark Wadlow	Matt Hilton	4,876,000	2
111	10709/10	Friday 5th August		Jan McVerry Sam Holdsworth	Matt Hilton	4,593,000	3
112	10711/2	Monday 8th August		John Kerr Jonathan Harvey	Karl Neilson	4,821,000	3
113	10713/4	Wednesday 10th August		Alasdair Morrison Simon Crowther	Karl Neilson	4,715,000	4
114	10715/6	Friday 12th August		Damon Alexis-Rochefort Jan McVerry	Tim Finn	4,636,000	5
115	10717/8	Monday 15th August		Steven Fay Carmel Morgan	Tim Finn	4,798,000	3
116	10719/20	Wednesday 17th August		Julie Jones	Vicky Thomas	4,846,000	2
117	10721/2	Friday 19th August		David Isaac David Proud	Vicky Thomas	4,568,000	4
118	10723/4	Monday 22nd August		Susan Oudot Sam Holdsworth	Durno Johnston	4,920,000	3
119	10725/6	Wednesday 24th August		Nessah Muthy Emily Gascoyne	Durno Johnston	4,836,000	4
120	10727/8	Friday 26th August		Mark Wadlow Owen Lloyd-Fox	Chantelle Kayll	4,789,000	5
121	10729/30	Monday 29th August		Cameron McAllister Joe Turner	Chantelle Kayll	5,102,000	4
122	10731/2	Wednesday 31st August		Chris Fewtrell	Jason Wingard	5,172,000	3
123	10733/4	Friday 2nd September		Debbie Oates	Jason Wingard	5,036,000	6
124	10735/6	Monday 5th September		John Kerr Damon Alexis-Rochefort	Brett Fallis	4,993,000	7
125	10737/8	Wednesday 7th September		Joe Turner David Proud	Brett Fallis	5,052,000	6
126	10739/40	Monday 12th September		David Isaac Alasdair Morrison	Penelope Shales-Slyne	4,955,000	4
127	10741/2	Wednesday 14th September		Nessah Muthy Susan Oudot	Penelope Shales-Slyne	4,923,000	5
128	10743/4	Thursday 15th September		Cameron McAllister Ella Greenhill	Emma Lindley	4,279,000	13
129	10745/6	Sunday 18th September		Mark Wadlow Julie Jones	Emma Lindley	4,042,000	18
130	10747/8	Tuesday 20th September		Ian Kershaw	David Beauchamp	4,894,000	13
131	10749/50	Wednesday 21st September		Owen Lloyd-Fox	David Beauchamp	4,857,000	14
132	10751/2	Friday 23rd September		Ellen Taylor	David Beauchamp	4,677,000	17
133	10753/4	Monday 26th September		Chris Fewtrell Simon Crowther	Matt Hilton	5,103,000	8
134	10755/6	Wednesday 28th September		Jan McVerry Jonathan Harvey	Matt Hilton	5,126,000	6
135	10757/8	Friday 30th September		Emily Gascoyne Steven Fay	Ian Curtis	5,014,000	9
136	10759/60	Monday 3rd October		Carmel Morgan Sam Holdsworth	Ian Curtis	5,043,000	7
137	10761/2	Tuesday 4th October		David Isaac Emily Gascoyne	Tim Royle	4,699,000	10
138	10763/4	Wednesday 5th October		John Kerr David Proud	Tim Royle	4,932,000	8
139	10765/6	Monday 10th October		Nessah Muthy Steven Fay	Neil Alderton	5,246,000	6
140	10767/8	Wednesday 12th October		Sam Holdsworth	Neil Alderton	5,057,000	8
141	10769/70	Friday 14th October		Ellen Taylor Jonathan Harvey	Neil Alderton	4,943,000	10
142	10771/2	Monday 17th October		Julie Jones Owen Lloyd-Fox	John Greening	5,188,000	7
143	10773/4	Wednesday 19th October		Damon Alexis-Rochefort	John Greening	5,250,000	6
144	10775/6	Friday 21st October		Simon Crowther Cameron McAllister	Clive Arnold	5,111,000	10
145	10777/8	Monday 24th October		Chris Fewtrell Susan Oudot	Clive Arnold	5,283,000	9
146	10779/80	Wednesday 26th October		Joe Turner Mark Wadlow	Mickey Jones	4,970,000	12
147	10781/2	Friday 28th October		Debbie Oates	Mickey Jones	5,388,000	8
148	10783/4	Monday 31st October		Jan McVerry Alasdair Morrison	George C. Siougas	5,481,000	6
149	10785/6	Wednesday 2nd November		Ella Greenhill Carmel Morgan	George C. Siougas	5,231,000	8
150	10787/8	Friday 4th November		David Proud Ellen Taylor	Tom Poole	5,138,000	10
151	10789/90	Monday 7th November		Emily Gascoyne Damon Alexis-Rochefort	Tom Poole	5,490,000	12
152	10791/2	Wednesday 9th November		David Isaac Steven Fay	Emma Lindley	5,427,000	13
153	10793/4	Friday 11th November		Owen Lloyd-Fox John Kerr	Emma Lindley	5,405,000	14
154	10795/6	Monday 14th November		Jonathan Harvey	Brett Fallis	5,419,000	15
155	10797/8	Wednesday 16th November		Ian Kershaw	Brett Fallis	5,256,000	16
156	10799/800	Friday 18th November		Ella Greenhill	Brett Fallis	5,087,000	18
157	10801/2	Wednesday 23rd November		Chris Fewtrell	David Beauchamp	5,109,000	29
158	10803/4	Thursday 24th November		Mark Wadlow Joe Turner	David Beauchamp	5,016,000	32
159	10805/6	Sunday 27th November		Simon Crowther	Suri Krishnamma	4,217,000	39
160	10807/8	Monday 28th November		Nessah Muthy Julie Jones	Suri Krishnamma	4,594,000	25
161	10809/10	Tuesday 29th November		Cameron McAllister Sam Holdsworth	Chantelle Kayll	3,984,000	31
162	10811/2	Wednesday 30th November		Susan Oudot	Chantelle Kayll	4,639,000	23
163	10813/4	Wednesday 7th December		David Proud Steven Fay	John Anderson Kevin Boyle	5,119,000	14
164	10815/6	Thursday 8th December		Debbie Oates	John Anderson	4,918,000	16
165	10817/8	Friday 9th December		Cameron McAllister Emily Gascoyne	John Anderson	4,302,000	28
166	10819/20	Monday 12th December		Ella Greenhill Ellen Taylor	Gill Wilkinson	4,767,000	14
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Storylines

January

• Imran Habeeb meets up with Abi Webster again. She hasn’t had a test yet but refuses to abort the baby if she is pregnant. Once she’s taken the test, she informs him that it was a false alarm.
• Faye Windass drives herself and a still-tipsy Emma Brooker back from a New Year's Eve party and knocks down an old man, Ted Spear, when he steps out in front of them. They take him home where he assures them that he’s fine but when they return to check on him later, they find that he has died in his armchair. Having heard from Imran that Faye driving with Emma under the influence was illegal, they panic. They clean the flat of their fingerprints, but Faye has lost a nail down the sink and Emma is seen by a delivery driver. Their unease grows when Craig Tinker arranges for him and Faye to rent the spare room in the salon flat from Tyrone Dobbs, so they’ll all be living together. The police find Ted when Emma tips them off with an anonymous call. Tim Metcalfe also finds a crutch that Ted was using when he was knocked down in the back of his car. The girls claim it as part of a fancy dress costume they had at the party. Craig has to take time off sick when he sprains his ankle and, bored, sets himself the mental exercise of tracing the crutch’s owner. Ted’s post-mortem reveals he was run over and suffered a blood clot. The police investigate and get an e-fit from the delivery driver which Craig realises looks like Emma. Unable to bear the burden anymore, Faye confesses to him and begs him not to send her back to prison. Emma attends Ted’s funeral where she meets his grandson Jon but has to conceal her face from him when she catches her first sight of the e-fit. Craig retrieves the missing fingernail from Ted’s sink, though he also encounters Jon who thinks he is part of the investigating team. Guilt-ridden that he’s a “bent copper”, Craig resigns from the force. Faye wins her appeal for her conviction for assaulting Adam Barlow.
• Tim is referred to Dr Handley for a heart-check up after he admits to shortage of breath. An angiogram shows he needs a triple heart bypass. Unable to take in the news himself, he cannot bring himself to tell Sally Metcalfe what has happened and relies on Aggie Bailey for nursing advice, thanking her with flowers. Sally grows suspicious about his behaviour when he avoids sex with her and hears he bought flowers for someone. She’s temporarily distracted when Sophie Webster rings with news that she’s injured her wrist in a moped accident while travelling. On Peter Barlow’s advice, Tim makes things easier for Sally's future if he dies by sorting out his own funeral with George Shuttleworth and making a will with Adam. Convinced he's having an affair she sets a tracker app on his phone and eventually finds him with Aggie just as he’s suffering an acute angina attack. Finding out that numerous people except her knew about his condition, she questions if they have a future together. The operation goes well, and the couple are reconciled. Tim celebrates his 50th birthday in hospital. To Sally’s chagrin, Elaine Jones moves in with them to help her son convalesce and the two women have problems keeping their jealousy from getting Tim stressed. He enjoys being fussed over.
• Adam rows with Lydia Chambers, accusing her of exaggerating their past relationship and creating a breach between him and Sarah Barlow. She thaws towards her husband when he tells her that he only cares for her and Harry Platt, but when his car is keyed, he reports her to the police. They find the true culprit was Jeremy Bremner, the loser in a civil case that Adam was handling, but by that time Lydia has got drunk before an important work meeting and been sacked. To appease an angry Sarah, he gets Carla Barlow to take her on at Underworld. His office frontage is vandalised, and he assumes it's the case loser again.
• Sam Blakeman takes an interest when Roy Cropper and Mary Taylor play chess. Roy offers to teach him, but the boy is humiliated when he’s easily beaten and retreats into his shell again. Mary teaches him some winning moves and Nick Tilsley is delighted when his son talks to him when they play a game. The boy still can't cope with losing to Roy as they continue to play.
• Ed Bailey refurbishes Speed Daal. Marrium Nazir helps Zeedan Nazir prepare for the reopening, and they rekindle their love for one another, making Alya Nazir deeply uneasy. Yasmeen Metcalfe offers Stu Carpenter a chef's job and changes her mind again about him lodging at No.6. In clearing out a room for him, she finds Hashim Elamin’s money and demands the full truth from her grandchildren. Horrified by their actions, she orders them out of her life and changes the locks on the house. Marrium wants to know why their grandmother has disowned them and gets angry when Zeedan re-exhibits his past behaviour of being evasive with her. To protect himself and his family, he calls it a day with her, and she leaves for London. Yasmeen bans Zeedan from the restaurant and only has Alya there on sufferance.
• Chesney Brown and Gemma Winter continue to struggle for money and Joseph Brown is bullied at school for the poor state of his uniform. Fiz Stape finds out but Joseph gets his father to promise not to say anything to the school. He almost immediately he reneges on the agreement and tells the teacher. Feeling betrayed, Joseph runs away from home in a plan formulated by Hope Stape to teach the grown-ups a lesson, hiding him in No.9’s loft. A police search ensues and a reward for him being returned is offered which is massively boosted when Yasmeen anonymously donates all of Hashim’s dirty money to it. Having vacated the loft and walking the streets with Hope, they are seen by Clint Stubbins who sees an opportunity to claim the reward by “returning” Joseph, though Hope demands a £100 cut in cash for both of them. Bernie Winter finds the boy with large amount of money and also about Clint’s deception. She’s talked out of reporting the wily man when he gives her half the cash to help Chesney and Gemma with their bills. Bernie and Dev Alahan get closer when she discovers he gave £3,000 to the appeal fund and they announce they are a couple. Fiz finds the items in the loft and asks Hope who lies, saying Bernie organised Joseph’s absconsion. As Bernie has had extra cash in her hand, the police are called and arrest her. A disgusted Dev finishes with her. Upset that Bernie’s being blamed, Joseph tells the truth about it all being Hope’s idea. Clint disappears. Fiz fears for her daughter while Evelyn Plummer and Phill Whittaker think she needs proper help for her narcissistic behaviour.

The younger generation take a stance for justice and decency.

• Summer Spellman gets a conditional offer from Oxford University. Behind everyone’s back, she ignores her dietary advice and feasts on sugar-based foods. On an assessment visit to Weatherfield General, she and Amy Barlow bump into an injured Jacob Hay who says he was beaten up for leaving the drugs gang. Summer is devastated when an up-skirting photo of her appears on social media spread by schoolfriends. Discovering that the school did nothing about similar offences, Amy spray paints a protest on the school wall, earning her a suspension. The girls organise a lesson boycott. Daniel Osbourne admires their stance and alerts the Weatherfield Gazette. Deputy head Orla Crawshaw hastily announces consent workshops to avoid adverse publicity and reinstates Amy.
• Jenny Connor makes Brian Packham and Cathy Matthews employ Shona Platt as Rita Tanner’s assistant while they holiday in Cornwall. Her direct manner makes her see off a delivery driver who’s been boring Rita for years with his endless chatter.
• Maria Connor’s campaign leaflets opposes the housing development and in a row with Sally she accuses her taking back-handers. Someone leaks a photo of Sally weeing in Victoria Gardens to the Gazette. She is arrested for the act while Tim is having his operation and loses endorsements for her campaign. She accuses Maria of dirty tricks and has to backtrack when she finds out that Len Cameron was the culprit. She drops her campaign to concentrate on Tim.
• Jenny’s concerns about the age gap between her and Leo Thompkins intensify when she sees his delight that housemates of his are expecting a baby. Carla accuses her of neglecting the Connor family so soon after Johnny Connor’s death and they fall out momentarily until Carla apologises. Jenny is thrown when she finds out that his father, Teddy, was an old school friend of hers who fancied her. Changing her stance entirely, Carla tells her to grab life while she can, and Jenny invites a house-hunting Leo to move in permanently. When he’s made redundant, she allows him a rental holiday, annoying a jealous Daisy Midgeley. Leo gets a loan from Teddy for his rent.
• Amy blurts out to Lydia about Daniel’s recent school suspension and he has to confess about his recent troubles with Summer. Lydia has concerns about him, but Daisy tells her she’s got a good man, making Lydia think the two still have a thing for each other. David Platt forces Max Turner to attend his consent workshop when he proves reluctant. Daniel makes an ill-informed comment that David did so because of his own personal history and a puzzled Max gets David to tell him how Josh Tucker raped him. David is livid with Daniel for not allowing the story to come out under his own terms.
• Nina Lucas can’t cope with Asha Alahan not being in her line of sight. Asha considers studying at Glasgow University but can’t bring herself to tell Nina.

February

• Enraged at what he's made his dad suffer, Max breaks into Daniel's flat and trashes it. He's caught in the act and falls down the stairs when pushed by Daniel. Suffering concussion, he has a short spell in hospital. Daniel lies about what happened and the police take no action. Daisy worries for Daniel and when she calls on him, they kiss. Daniel realises he still has feelings for her and finishes with Lydia. He is offered a permanent place at the school. He confesses to Daisy that he did push Max. David and Shona are outraged that Daniel has got away with assault. Daniel speaks up for Max when his video production is disqualified from the school's audio-visual club. The governors agree not to expel Max from school. Daniel apologises to Max to try and clear the air. Daniel and Daisy restart their relationship.
• Kelly produces an interactive online portfolio of Maria’s work when her paper copies are ruined by an accident when playing with Liam Connor. She then misunderstands an overheard conversation between Gary Windass and Maria about Sally and leaves the flat, thinking they’re tired of her. They persuade her to return. Happy with her new life, Kelly is perturbed when Laura Neelan reappears on the scene with the news that she has terminal stomach cancer and wants to make amends for her past neglect. Seeing that her mother really is ill, Kelly takes on the job of looking after her, skipping school to do so and lying to Gary and Maria concerning her movements.
• Shona tries to restore the friendship between Audrey Roberts and Rita but fails when Audrey, drinking too much in the daytime, sees through her efforts and bridles at being set up.
• Craig gets a packing job at Underworld but views it as a huge comedown. He hates his first day at the factory, making Faye feel guilty.
• Gemma convinces Dev of her mother's innocence but his attempts to apologise to her are rebuffed. The reward money is all returned and given to a homeless charity.
• Nina finds out about Glasgow and grows over-anxious that something bad will happen to Nina when she visits the city. She tries to lock her in the cafe to prevent her leaving. Roy persuades his niece to seek help for her anxiety. She sees a doctor and is put on a waiting list for counselling with support from Roy and Asha.

Lydia sets up her first love.

• Adam disappoints Sarah with the gift of a slow cooker on her birthday and is late for a celebratory meal. He finds his car windscreen smashed and suspects Bremner but is told by him that he had nothing to do with it. The true culprit is Lydia who sends armed police officers on a raid on the solicitor's office after a false tip-off that guns are on the premises, leading to the firm losing a lucrative contract with a new client. Adam also receives anonymous phone calls from her and a bouquet of flowers with a threat written on the card is placed in his flat. The locks are changed, and Bremner is arrested. With no one suspecting her, Lydia begins to leave poor online reviews of the solicitors as well as leaving a trail of false evidence that the two are having an affair, including their supposedly having spent a night together at the Chariot Square Hotel while Adam was there with a client. In addition, she tells Sarah she’s having a difficult affair with a married man but doesn’t name him. Sarah falls for the clues she has left and forces an “admission” from Lydia that Adam is the man in question. Sarah throws her husband out. Lydia tells him it’s in revenge for the way he treated her when they were at university. No one believes in Adam's innocence.
• Amy celebrates her 18th birthday with a special meal, a £40,000 inheritance from Deirdre Barlow and a new mystery boyfriend - a supposedly reformed Jacob Hay. Knowing that no one will be pleased by their relationship, she tries to keep it a secret, but Jacob is arrested for breaking and entering when Steve McDonald sees him in No.1 when returning home with Tracy McDonald. Amy quietly gives him an alibi to get him released. Asha and Summer realise who her new mystery man is. The school holds a Valentine’s Day dance which Max videos. He takes the opportunity to spike Daniel's drink with GHB but Amy drinks it by mistake and collapses at a club that Jacob takes her and her friends to after the dance. Jacob takes care of her, and she is taken to hospital. Seeing him there, and finding out about their relationship, Steve is convinced that he was the one who drugged his daughter. The club's CCTV shows that she wasn't drugged on their premises, but Jacob is nevertheless arrested for using fake ID's to get the youngsters into the establishment. Leanne Battersby and Simon Barlow are horrified that Amy is going out with Jacob. Amy calls off her relationship with him as they face too much opposition from her friends and family. David sees the video that Max shot which shows that he was the one who spiked the drink. Threatening him with the police, he tells him in no uncertain terms to call off his vendetta against Daniel. In the meantime, the teacher works out that Max was the culprit and confronts him, though forgiving him provided he and David never tell the Barlows that he knew who was really to blame. Amy changes her mind and continues to secretly see Jacob.
• Still struggling financially, the Winter-Browns are taken aback when Linda Hancock makes an unannounced visit to see Joseph. They attempt to hide the extent of their troubles from her, but she finds out the truth about her grandson’s disappearance from Dev when he and Bernie bicker in the Rovers. Chesney to too proud to accept her offer of financial help. She decides to stay a while to make sure Joseph is okay and ends up suggesting that he comes back to live with her in Portugal. Chesney and Bernie are furious at the suggestion and provoke Linda into making the offer directly to Joseph. Although arguments ensue between the adults, Chesney lets Joseph make the decision and the boy agrees to leave, thinking that’s what his dad wants. When Hope puts him right, Chesney races to the airport and makes him realise he still wants him to live with them all.
• The hearing to allow Abi to adopt Jack Webster is adjourned to a later date. Imran and Toyah Battersby are offered the opportunity to formally adopt Elsie. Toyah agrees, provided that they get married. Abi is upset by the sight of them celebrating their engagement and Sally incorrectly thinks her reaction must be due to Kevin having had an affair. Abi confesses to Sally about her fling with Imran but begs her to keep it to herself. Kevin overhears the two women talking about it and flees with Jack on a planned break to Bridlington, unable to give Abi another chance. Imran worries what she's revealed, and an unsuspecting Toyah also has concerns for Abi's state of mind, being told that drugs were involved when she approaches Abi to find out what’s happened. Kevin refuses to return until Abi's moved out of No.13.
• Annoyed at Elaine's continuing presence, Sally sets her and Tim up on a movie night to watch Terms of Endearment, but her prank fails when Tim enjoys watching the film with his mother. Much to Sally’s chagrin, the two spend Valentine’s Day on an 80's movie marathon. Elaine prevents Sally having sex with Tim as the doctors have forbidden it while he recuperates. Elaine begins a cardiology course. Sally finds out that Gina Seddon is struggling with her bipolar disorder and goes to stay with her.
• When Yasmeen gives him a pay rise, Stu insists on paying rent. He's hurt when Tracy insults him and gets his revenge by substituting a present of expensive wines from Ken Barlow for bottles of cheap plonk. When she finds out, Yasmeen’s disappointment at his actions makes Stu feel guilty and he confesses to Steve. As they were given a replacement batch, Steve forgives him and invites him to join a tasting where they all get outrageously drunk. Tim assures Yasmeen that Stu's prank was nothing like Geoff Metcalfe's underhand actions.
• Jon follows Emma back to the street when he sees her watching him at work at Freshco. She realises he's just as smitten with her. Craig and Faye are horrified to see them together and pressure Emma not to see him again.
• Returning from holiday, Brian and Cathy reveal they’re planning to buy a sweet shop in Cornwall. Cathy has doubts and Brian agrees to stay in Weatherfield as it's more important that they be together.

March

• Linda returns to Portugal.
• Adam asks Sarah for a fair hearing and to question Lydia on the specifics of their supposed affair, but she is ahead of the game and provides further evidence involving texts which convinces Sarah. Adam goes to remonstrate with Lydia, but she trashes her own flat and calls the police who arrest him for the damage. He’s reported to the solicitor’s authority and has to suspend his work activities. Going off the rails, Daniel has to prevent him from drinking heavily and chasing other women. As he faces a court case for threatening behaviour and criminal damage, Carla voices her doubts about his guilt to Sarah. She finds Lydia has moved herself and Finn out of the area. Adam tricks Lydia into meeting him at a shopping centre where he’s ashamed to hear how badly his callous behaviour affected her when they were young and she fell pregnant by him. A tussle between the two ends up with him falling off a balcony. He undergoes an operation to stop bleeding on the brain but his feelings of guilt lead him into giving a statement exonerating Lydia. Ashamed of her actions, she confesses to Sarah that her claims of an affair were false and claims that the child she was expecting was aborted. Adam and Sarah are reconciled, and he seeks to make amends by apologising to the women he’s hurt in the past, but his initiative is knocked back by one of them, Naomi, who blags an expensive free meal out of him in recompense.
• Emma continues to see Jon in secret. He tells her that he’s moving to Australia and wants to spend his last few weeks with her, but worries that she doesn’t want to see him when she keeps him away from the street. Craig hates working under Kirk Sutherland at Underworld and begins to resent Faye for losing him his job. They are reconciled when she discovers that she is pregnant. He’s further delighted when he manages to get his job back with the police. He and Faye begin to suspect she’s still seeing Jon. He and Emma spend the night together at the Chariot Square Hotel.
• Seeing Abi swigging back vodka, Toyah urges her to go to her support group. She returns with Dean Turnbull who she says is her sponsor but is in fact her drug supplier. The two have a drink and drug fuelled session at No.13 which Kevin walks in on. Dean steals a customer’s car from the garage and Abi tries to stop him from driving off by getting in the passenger seat. She starts to undergo unexpected labour pains in the vehicle and Dean abandons her in the countryside. Getting a passing driver to take her to hospital, she gives birth to a three-month premature boy and then flees from there. Aggie recognises her from CCTV images and reports her to social services. In the meantime, Abi retrieves the stolen car from Dean but injures herself in the process. Back at the hospital she rejects the baby when social services say she needs to name the father to help her chances with their assessment for her to keep him, but she starts to bond with the child when he develops a serious bowel condition which requires an operation and decides to name him Alfie Franklin. Toyah supports her but keeps the news from Imran. Abi resolves to fight to keep the child. An emotional Imran finds out he’s the father and promises to help her. She is moved to tears when Kevin also supports her and arranges maternity pay. She lies to him that Tez Wyatt is the father. She has to leave No.13 when Jack rejects her for cheating on his father and moves into a flat near the precinct. She loses the initial custody hearing. Toyah persuades Imran to step back from the case to concentrate on Elsie’s adoption. He agrees to have his name on the birth certificate to help Abi with her next hearing and employs Elliot Newell to fight her case.
• Having read up on chess strategies, Sam is disappointed when Roy beats him again. Seeing his son’s disappointment, Nick gets Roy to arrange a game between Sam and Brian which Sam wins. The boy begins to fall behind on his schoolwork as he concentrates on the game too much, so Nick reluctantly has to ban him from playing. Hearing that Sam has a real skill, Leanne arranges for Roy’s tuition to continue behind Nick’s back.
• Kelly confides in Simon what she is doing for her mum and that she is worn out juggling her responsibilities. In order to focus on her campaign, Maria asks Kelly to do more shifts at the barbers. When she’s forced to stay overnight to help her mum, Simon confesses what he knows to Gary and Maria as he thinks she’s taken too much on. Seeing Laura’s obvious illness, Gary and Maria change their mind about her condition and invite her to move into their flat. Wanting Kelly to be financially provided for, Laura decides to track down Rick Neelan, much to her hosts’ consternation. Gary tries to set up Lenny Isaacs to do the job, giving him orders to deliberately fail at the task, but Laura rejects his services and employs ex-policeman Ron Fordham instead. Gary is concerned when it becomes apparent to Laura and Ron that he was the last person who claims he saw Rick alive. Kelly doesn’t want her father back in her life and Gary tries to use this to persuade Laura to drop to matter but to no avail. Laura drinks on top of her medication, causing her to row with Kelly. Gary calms the situation down and Laura sees that he’s a better parent to her than she or Rick ever were. Ron reports that Rick totally disappeared off the face of the earth after June 2019 and his former colleagues in the police think Gary killed him. Under pressure, Gary admits to Laura about murdering him to protect Sarah and her family. Needing Rick to be declared dead in order that Kelly can inherit, Laura herself confesses to the murder. The police don’t believe her but, using information supplied by Gary, she is able to tell them where the body is buried and she is charged, just before she takes a turn for the worse and is admitted to hospital. Kelly is devastated. Sarah finds out what has happened and the reason behind Laura’s confession.
• Daisy is jealous when Nicky Wheatley returns to the area, searching for a teaching job having got herself through college on the money Daniel gave her. He assures Daisy she has no reason to be concerned and tries to get Nicky taken on as a trainee at Weatherfield High, but she fails the interview.
• Michael Bailey begins to resent his parents’ constant interference in Glory ’s upbringing. With the child due to celebrate her first birthday, he searches for Grace, keen to involve her in the celebrations. She turns up, but only to blackmail Ed and Aggie for £10,000 more.  After agonising, they call her bluff and tell Michael the truth. Confronted, Grace leaves for good. The Baileys go ahead with the party, delighting Michael.

An uncomfortable meeting.

• Tired of having to keep their relationship secret, Amy arranges a lunch with her astonished parents to meet Jacob where she hopes they will see the gentler side of him. Coming up against outright opposition from all the family, she leaves No.1 and moves in with Jacob. Steve sabotages her attempts to get an advance on her trust money from Ken, and a job offer from Dev at Prima Doner. Tracy tries a different tactic, giving her lots of shifts at Preston's Petals so they can keep an eye on her.
• Phill finds incriminating evidence that Maria’s electoral opponent, Bernard Barnes, suppressed a report about the dangers of local air pollution increasing as a result of the new bypass. She leaks it to the press and is successfully elected as a counsellor. The bypass is cancelled but Phill loses his council job because of his actions. Kirk is also sacked as Buzzer the Bee as County are likewise forced to change their plans for a new training ground in the same area.
• Sally returns from Newcastle just as Tim’s recuperation period ends and he and Sally can enjoy sex again, but their efforts are thwarted by Elaine’s constant presence. Tim tries to convince her to leave but she misinterprets his words and thinks he’s offering to decorate her room at No.4.
• With no interest being shown in No.9 due to the sinkhole, Fiz tries to get Tyrone to agree to lowering the asking price.
• Todd Grimshaw and Billy Mayhew worry that Summer is concentrating too much on her studies to the detriment of her health. They try and get her to socialise more.

April

• Kevin catches sight of the birth certificate and informs Toyah. She confronts Imran during a meeting with social services about adopting Elsie. The two separate and Elsie is taken away from Toyah, even after she tries to adopt her on her own. Imran is denied the chance to say goodbye to the child. Toyah makes a drunken pass at Adam, but he and Imran accept it's just the act of a wounded woman.
• Nick discovers that Sam is still playing chess. Roy makes Nick see that he is being over-protective, and he arranges for his son to take part in a children’s chess tournament. Sam reaches the final, though he is beaten by a seemingly arrogant girl named Jalena. Sam retreats into himself once more but comes out of his shell when Jalena's father admits his daughter hasn’t any friends, and he agrees to be pals with his fellow player. Nick worries that Roy is doing a better job at helping his son than he is. Sam gets shy when he plays chess with Jalena the first time and loses badly. Nick has to boost his confidence and the youngsters’ friendship grows.

Emma leaves for her new life in Australia.

• Jon suggests to Emma that she moves to Australia with him. Despite Emma’s best efforts to keep them apart, Jon recognises Craig as one of the officers investigating his grandfather’s death. A scared Emma tries to break up with him, but Jon demands the truth about all of their involvements with Ted. Once he has had time to digest the full story, he is happy that Ted died peacefully after an enjoyable morning with the girls. He forgives them, and he and Emma resume their plans to move to Australia. Steve sternly objects to losing his daughter, but eventually gives his blessing. They leave for London to prepare for their trip. After a few weeks, they emigrate.
• Billy persuades Summer to have a night out with her friends where she drinks too much for her insulin levels. Everyone worries that she’s not taking her diabetes seriously and that she’s burning herself out with studying. At Billy’s request, Amy studies with Summer to keep her on a more even keel, but she catches her friend making herself sick after eating food. Summer elicits a promise from Amy to keep quiet about the matter. She breaks that promise after Summer is hospitalised with a diabetic attack, caused by further unwise eating habits. Billy resolves to get her professional help but she is angry when Todd begins to try and control her activities. She joins a diabetes support group where she meets and likes Aaron Sandford, a fellow sufferer.
• Having heard Phill talking about going back to his old, hated job, Tyrone has an attack of conscience and lowers No.9's asking price. Despite being grateful, Phill keeps the price as it is by deciding to do the renovations himself on their new house. An unhappy Tyrone helps Fiz and the girls move out, and he moves back into No.9 himself. Hearing how sad he feels from Kevin, Fiz makes a permanent arrangement for Tyrone to see the girls on a regular basis.
• Adam's suspension is revoked. He has to work extra hours, but the business continues to suffer due to Lydia's negative reviews.
• Craig restarts with the police. The families are delighted at the news of her pregnancy, but she suffers stomach pains. A scan shows that she isn't pregnant, despite the fact that her periods have stopped. She is sent for tests. In the meantime, she and Craig are at cross-purposes as to whether they both want to start a family now which is only resolved when Beth Sutherland interferes, and they discover that they both want to wait a few years. Nevertheless, Craig tells his mother to butt out in future.
• Jacob and Amy struggle to pay their bills. Jacob sells an excess stock of alcopops from the corner shop to make extra money but Simon's suspicious that he’s peddling drugs again. Amy gets Carla to take Jacob on for a trial period at the factory where initially the staff cold-shoulder his efforts to integrate himself after Simon tells them what he did to him and Leanne. He starts to try to win them over.
• Appalled at what she thinks her mother did, Kelly refuses to see Laura, despite Gary’s pleas. She puts on a front that she doesn’t care. Gary and Maria who comfort Laura in her final hours. At almost the last minute, Kelly changes her mind but arrives at the hospital just after her Laura has died. She inherits £380,000 from her father, once she’s 18, but finds the deaths of both of her parents hard to cope with and is tempted to take her mother’s morphine. Abi stops her and confiscates the drug. Separate funerals are held. Her father’s is interrupted by one of his victims spitting on his coffin. At a low ebb, Abi considers using the drug herself. Carrying out repairs to Rick's house with a view to selling it, Gary finds £17,000 in cash under the floorboards which he hands over to Kelly.
• Imran resolves to win Toyah back. Hearing that Abi took the morphine from Kelly, he calls on her and finds the empty bottle. She claims she emptied the contents down the sink, but thinking she might be back on drugs, he decides to apply for sole custody of his son. After Abi rejects a proposal to move in with him, he dangles the prospect in front of Toyah of a happy family unit if he gets Alfie and she agrees to take him back, eliciting a promise from him never to let her down again. Toyah announces their plans to get married and their application for custody of the baby is deemed a formality. Abi vows to fight Imran and he employs the services of crooked paralegal Ben Chancellor, to find proof of her being back on drugs. Toyah supports Imran when she overhears Abi discussing ways of undermining their case with Elliot. Ben finds no evidence whatsoever of Abi reusing drugs. Leanne has doubts about her sister and Imran getting married, but Toyah makes it clear that any discussion is off-limits. The two make up on Toyah's hen night. Elliot has to drop Abi's case when the money that Imran supplied runs out.
• Nicky gets the TA job at the school after the successful candidate pulls out. An unhappy Daisy starts to suspect that Nicky is hiding something. Daniel and Nicky organise a school trip to Edinburgh when Mrs Crawshaw pulls out due to personal issues after her husband leaves her. The deputy head embarrasses herself when she makes a pass a Daniel but also makes the mistake of thinking that Nicky is his girlfriend. Nicky assures Daisy that she isn't a homewrecker, but she remains suspicious, especially when she discovers that Mrs Crawshaw thought Daniel and Nicky were an item. Trying to find Nicky a boyfriend of her own, Daisy engineers a meeting between her and Ashley Hardcastle. She is shocked when Ashley recognises Nicky as a sex worker whose services he once used. Beth and Kirk also recognise Nicky and mistakenly tell Daisy that Daniel was once a client of hers. Max overhears them arguing and as a result finds Nicky’s old advert online. He passes the pictures round the school, and she is fired. Daniel finishes with Daisy, accusing her of being behind the leak. He offers Nicky and her daughter Maisie a place in his flat when she faces eviction. The press gets hold of the story and Nicky's family find out about her past. Daniel discovers that Max was the culprit behind the leak. Tired of his activities, he threatens to expose him to Amy for spiking her drink. Seeing how much Amy is still affected by the incident, Max confesses himself, but the Barlows are angry with Daniel for keeping the information to himself with all but Ken Barlow ostracizing him. The police arrest Max after Amy reports him. David confiscates his phone and locks it in the barbers. Trying to retrieve it, Max tears open an artery in his leg on the broken window. A passing Jacob saves his life. Simon is impressed by his actions and the two start to bond when Jacob tells him how Harvey Gaskell also ensnared him.
• Sarah incentivises the factory’s sales team with a bonus for incremental business, but to everyone’s surprise Kirk wins it when he answers their phone at lunch and impresses the eccentric Des Henderson of large retailer Geronimo Threads. After winning a large order, Beth pushes Carla to promote Kirk to the made-up position of “Extra Office Administrator”. He is given a trial period.
• George makes excuses not to stay overnight with Eileen Grimshaw. The undertakers deal with a deceased man who turned out to be a bigamist and Sean Tully, overhearing and totally misunderstanding a discussion between George and Todd on the matter, reports to Eileen that George has two women on the go. Once the confusion is sorted, Eileen investigates George's reasons for avoiding sleeping with her. They find out he suffers from a terrible snoring problem which has caused many personal problems in his past. Staying the night with Eileen, George pretends that diaphragm exercises are doing the trick, but he is deliberately keeping himself awake with energy drinks.
• Sally returns from another visit to Gina and finds Elaine even more firmly in charge of her house. She orders Tim to get her to leave but he chickens out of any confrontation. Sally does the job herself and Elaine walks out in umbrage. Tim suffers erectile disfunction when he and Sally try to have sex. He refuses to see a doctor.
• Aggie is moved to the gastroenterology ward at the hospital where she has a new demanding boss, Henry Thorne.
• Alya is pleased when her gran supports her efforts to give the homeless free food to mark Eid. Zeedan also helps out with the plans.

May

• Max recovers after surgery. He is expelled from Weatherfield High. He appears in court where he is given a year's referral order. With no standard schools available to him, he is put into a pupil referral unit which he enjoys and starts to prosper.
• Yasmeen rejects Zeedan’s help when she finds he’s offering to assist with the Eid stall. Stu realises he forgot to order the food and, with a reluctant Ken in tow, tries to break into the wholesalers to obtain some. Stu is arrested on the spot and Yasmeen corroborates his story to the police when they call her. Outside of her hearing, the police release Stu with a warning that he is lucky considering his recent prison record. Due to him showing blatant dishonesty with the break-in, Yasmeen throws Stu out of No.6, but Alya persuades her to relent. Alya is also invited to move back in. Seeing how Stu is totally estranged from his own daughter, Yasmeen reconciles with Zeedan.

The end of the line for the Habeebs.

• Unable to find anything on Abi, Ben even follows her to her support group. Kevin exposes him. Enraged, Abi kidnaps Toyah on her wedding day to get time to talk to her about the sort of man she’s marrying. They supposedly settle their differences, but Toyah is now convinced it is the right thing to do to take the baby off a loose cannon like her. Toyah and Imran are married. Hearing that Imran thinks Abi’s back on drugs due to the morphine that she took from her, Kelly speaks up for her, but the lawyer dismisses her pleas. As a result, Kelly anonymously pays for Elliot to take up Abi’s case again. Ben sees Dean Turnbull borrowing money from Abi, and with Imran’s agreement, perjures himself in court, saying he saw a drugs exchange. Imran and Toyah are granted custody. Abi vows to get him back and is tempted to kidnap him from the hospital. Alfie is brought back to the Habeeb’s flat. Imran tells Kelly not to pass on to Toyah Abi’s claim that Ben set her up. Imran is blackmailed by a hard-up Ben to keep quiet, but Abi sees Ben buying drugs himself and, filming the exchange, forces him to confess to perjury. She is circumvented by Imran who gives Ben a permanent position at the lawyers to buy his silence. Leanne suggests that Imran and Toyah organise a naming day for the baby and involve Abi. To everyone’s surprise, she turns up, but it is only to take photos of the baby for the purpose of ordering forged passports and visas to flee to Costa Rica with Alfie. In the meantime, she puts on a front of accepting the situation to lull Toyah and Imran into a false sense of security. The Habeebs are given the opportunity to adopt Elsie. Kevin admits to Abi that he’s never stopped loving her and asks her to move back in, forcing her to tell him what she’s planning. Realising how being separation from her son is tearing her apart, he supports her plan. Kelly makes Imran guilty for his actions and when he calls on her to apologise, he spots the passports. Thwarted, Abi feels like she has nothing to live for. Alarmed at what his actions may have led to, Imran confesses his perjury to Elliot in a phone call, and prevents Toyah from telling the police about what Abi was planning, also confessing his sins to her when they are driving back from the police station. Devastated that they might lose both Elsie and Alfie as a result, Toyah crashes the car into some building scaffolding.
• Faye is told that she's started her menopause early and can never again have children. Craig assures her that it doesn’t alter his love for her, especially after Beth undiplomatically asks if he’s going to dump her. She is offered HRT treatment but investigates alternative therapies instead.
• Simon persuades Steve to give Jacob a second chance. He invites him to a family meal and begins to see the lad in a different light. Amy and Jacob’s boiler breaks down in the flat they are subletting from his sister and the electricity is cut off. When the council evicts them, Amy agrees to move back into No.1 provided Jacob is taken in as well. He gets a mate to fix No.1’s roof when Steve suspects Ed of over-estimating the cost, and then finds out that the friend has no formal building training but was someone Jacob met in youth offenders.
• Peter is told by Dr Thorne that his transplant was a success, but Aggie overhears him on the phone boasting to a colleague that he rushed the operation to win a bet. Angered by his overbearing attitude, and appalled by his ethics, she reports him to the hospital authorities. Peter is furious when he finds out, especially when he is shown a selfie which has just come to the hospital's attention of Thorne holding his liver during the operation with a humorous caption. Peter’s liver condition is checked and found to be fine, but he nevertheless makes a formal complaint. Finding out about the surgeon’s privileged life, his temper goes over the edge, and he assaults Thorne when he’s dining with a friend. He is charged with assault. Carla is shocked when Thorne agrees to drop the charges if she has a relationship with him. The doctor then proposes that both sides drop their respective cases if he retires from the NHS. Peter agrees but then finds out that Thorne is moving to a lucrative new position in Philadelphia, and he’s been conned. The Gazette refuses to run Peter’s story as the editor is Thorne’s friend. Nurse Tricia Womack gives Peter details to help with his complaint to the GMC.
• Kirk annoys the staff during his trial period by introducing such innovations as an airhorn for when a sale is made. Sarah puts him onto answering the phone which he finds difficult, despite Jacob’s help, and he is relieved to be returned to packing.
• Deprived of sleep, George starts to make simple mistakes at work which Todd has to rectify. Eileen insists he just gets some normal sleep, but all the residents of No.11 are disturbed as he snores loudly all night long. He is diagnosed with sleep apnea but a CPAP machine reduces the problem.
• Aadi gets his hopes up that he and Summer can be reconciled but she tells him she’s now involved with someone else. Aaron is scared away when she tells him that she has bulimia. His rejection makes her condition even worse. Aaron ignores her frantic texts, while Summer ignores the support that Aadi tries to give her. Todd suspects that Summer is not taking her medication. She makes a basic error in her English A-level exam and stresses that she’s blown her chance of getting into Oxford. She then has a dizzy spell during her maths exam when she fails to take her insulin, but is cheered up when Aaron returns, apologises for running from her as he also has an eating disorder. They agree to start over again.
• When Fiz misses her bus, Tyrone gives her a lift to her new home where he is saddened to see her large garden and the domestic bliss she enjoys. She is taken aback when she has dinner with Phill and two of his friends, one of whom recognises her as being involved in the John Stape case. Phill assures her he’s always known about her past, and it makes no difference to their relationship. Hope plays on Phill’s computer and finds a file on documents he has been collecting on her father, revealing to her for the first time his crimes. She wrecks Phill’s car with a digger that’s being used for alterations on the house. Fiz is astonished by the file which Phill explains is research for a book he was writing, hoping that she would find it cathartic to tell her side of the story. Fiz finishes with him, and she and the girls move back into No.9. Retrieving Fiz’s things, Tyrone and Phill fight but Tyrone is taken aback to find out that Phill had a ring ready to give Fiz as a proposal. He encourages Fiz to listen and she accepts the proposal. Tyrone agrees to Hope taking Phill’s surname when her mother marries.
• Tim avoids going to the doctors to discuss his impotence but lies to Sally, saying that all is fine. He panics when he wins a romantic night for two in a hotel and buys unprescribed Viagra-type tablets off the internet. Panicking when the postman is delayed, he eventually receives them, but they cause a heart reaction, and he is hospitalised. The incident causes a breach between them, especially when Sally confides in Gail about their problem and Tim thinks he’s the subject of idle gossip with various neighbours. Tim hears from Faye how upset Sally is and he goes to see Dr Gaddas, taking Sally with him. She alters his medication, suggesting that could be the source of the problem.
• Mrs Crawshaw pushes Daniel to apply for a permanent teaching post. Finding out about it, Tracy plans to report him to the deputy head for concealing Max’s crime, and tries to get David on her side, but Amy stops her when she finds out that Nicky pleaded with her mother not to push him away, though she tells her grateful uncle that she did it for the family’s sake and not his. Daniel decides he’s not cut out for teaching and deliberately fails the interview. Nicky suggests they could have a future together, but he makes it clear that he’s not interested in romance. Nicky realises she’s in the way of a reconciliation between Daniel and Daisy and leaves the area. The two subsequently get back together.
• Sean begins a relationship with Frank Bardsley when he helps him get rid of an unwanted nerdy internet date who he’s meeting in the Rovers.

June

• Imran pulls an unconscious Toyah free of the car. As she is put in an ambulance, he collapses and dies of a cardiac arrest. Abi is delighted when Elliot tells her of Imrans’s confession, but she and Kevin are arrested on suspicion of tampering with the car’s brakes and planning to kidnap Alfie following an allegation by Leanne. They are released due to lack of evidence. Having previously received a full confession from Imran, Kelly imparts it to the police. They suspect Toyah of deliberately crashing the car and charge her with causing death by dangerous driving when CCTV shows no attempt to slow down, and forensics can find no fault with the vehicle. She is released on bail. Saira Habeeb arranges a Muslim funeral for her son. Adam reveals that Imran was about to change his will when he died. When the news leaks out, suspicions grow about Toyah’s motives, and she hides away in the flat while pretending to be staying with a cousin. Kelly finds her there and brings her out of her seclusion. Even Leanne begins to suspect her sister. Adam reports his suspicions to the police. Imran’s funeral is held with Saira accusing Toyah of murdering her son. The police find a final phone message from Imran to Toyah confessing his perjury and they charge her with murder. She rejects a defence of diminished responsibility. To Debbie Webster’s fury, Leanne takes £5,000 from the bistro business account to fund Toyah’s legal case. Toyah tries to return to work but Sarah refuses to let her when client Jo Lafoe makes it clear that she doesn’t approve of a murder suspect working in the factory.
• Alfie is taken into foster care. Elliot reopens the case for Abi to gain custody. On the day of the hearing, Jack overhears a row between his father and Debbie and is shocked to discover the circumstances of his birth and Kevin’s affair with Molly Dobbs. Tyrone talks him out of his anger and Jack gives Abi his blessing. Social services opposes the application, but the judge grants a delighted Abi an interim care order giving her custody of Alfie in a foster unit where she will be rigorously assessed over a period of time. She moves in with her assessor: Wendy Papadopoulos. Abi is uneasy when she sees Wendy keeping notes on her and Wendy is a bag of nerves when she accompanies Abi back to the street to see Kevin and Jack, desperate not to bump into the Barlows. Tracy spots her father’s old mistress and unleashes a torrent on invective. Back home, Wendy confesses to Abi that she and Ken have a history.
• Sean introduces Frank to his friends and George is shocked to recognise him as the person who bullied him relentlessly at school. Still badly affected years later, he begins to avoid socialising with the residents of No.11, confessing the reasons to Eileen. She makes Frank apologise for his treatment of years past, even though the man claims to remember nothing of note. George is pleased with the apology, until he hears Frank singing a tune that he used to torment him with and thinks that nothing has actually changed about him. Todd takes George’s side and decides to expose Frank’s fiery temper, but he manages to compose himself when provoked with a drink “accidentally” spilled over him. George then mistakes an overheard phone call as being threats that Frank is making and informed of the fact, Sean finishes with him. When Frank tells Sean he was helping an acting friend, the two get back together and resolve not to let George come between them.
• Cathy feels dissatisfied with her life with Brian, tired of hearing him talk about Cornwall and taking no note of her reservations. She then finds letters from Julie Carp to Brian in which she wonders if they will get back together. Daisy plans a cocktail tutorial at the Rovers and Cathy, Rita and Evelyn sign up for it. Depressed about Brian, Cathy gets drunk at the event and kisses Jim Fizz, the mixologist, in the pub’s back yard. Mortified, she accepts a proposal of marriage from Brian who then finds out about the kiss from Jim. He finishes with her, then apologises but annoys her by making a presumptive offer for a house in Cornwall. Seeing that it’s the end of the road, Cathy moves away from the street to live with a friend in Chorlton. Brian quickly bounces back and tries to change his image with new clothes, until Evelyn makes him see that he’s wasting his time.
• Still unable to find a job, Leo fills his time by making his own homebrew. Jenny cheers him up by making it the Rovers’ guest ale but she and Daisy think it tastes awful. They switch the pumps with a Newton & Ridley ale so as not to hurt Leo’s feelings. People think his craft ale is nice and he considers making it his occupation, so Jenny has to admit to the deception to make him take up a proper job offer.
• Max is encouraged by Chris and Blake, two schoolfriends, to ask out Sonya, a girl he fancies. The two chat online where she compliments his looks. He practices his cooking skills on an amused David and Shona, keen to impress her. Pushed by his friends, and with money loaned by David, Max books a meal at the bistro for the two of them. Beforehand, Sonya texts him asking for a naked picture and Max obliges, thinking they’re going to have sex. He then discovers she sent no such texts, and he is blackmailed by the messenger who demands £1,000 or the picture goes viral. Chris points out that he sent the photo to an underage girl and could be arrested. David discovers the truth when Max tries to take the money from his bank account. As he’s already on bail, Max begs him to pay up. David refuses. Max finds out that Blake and Chris are his blackmailers and Shona receives a bloodied nose when she intervenes in a fight between them. David agrees not to report the lads to the school when Max begs him to let the matter drop.
• Aadi helps a Summer by giving her a set of homemade revision cards which she takes into the exam to cheat with as she finds the pressure to succeed intolerable. They are found on the floor, and as they are in Aadi’s handwriting, he is the one accused of cheating. Dev suspects his son is covering for Summer. She initially denies cheating but eventually confesses, saying she no longer wants to go to university. Aadi is hurt that she is seeing Aaron, but she finishes with her new boyfriend. Disqualified from taking the exam again, she gets back together with Aaron and the two plan to go abroad on holiday together.
• Fiz prepares her wedding. With more repairs needed to the house than envisaged, Fiz accepts Tyrone’s offer for her and the girls to stay at No.9 while he moves back into the salon flat. To Fiz’s annoyance, Mimi Halliday changes her plans so that she can attend the wedding and also invites herself to come a few days beforehand to “help” with the arrangements. Hope refuses to be a bridesmaid.

Two old friends stagger home after partying on.

• Audrey has her long-awaited operation to remove her cataracts. Gail grows concerned her mother is drinking too much and hides the wine bottles, but Audrey carries on regardless. Gail is taken on again as a cleaner at the bistro. Shona can’t relax and Bernie tries crystal therapies on her, advising her to get rid of a brass elephant that Gail bought back from Thailand as it’s creating all the negative energy in No.8. Gail refuses until Shona agrees to keep an eye on Audrey in returning for disposing of the ornament. Audrey gives her the slip and gets drunk with Rita in the Rovers where, their friendship restored, Rita tells her to stand up to her daughter and encourages her to return to work. David can’t evict her from the barbers where she gets drunk and fires her grandson and Kelly for annoying her. Alone in the barbers, she trips and falls under the prop motorbike. As her family think she’s returned to Grasmere Drive, she spends the night in the premises, unable to move. The next day, Brian and Elaine hear her cries, just as Stephen Reid arrives from Milan, summoned by Sarah to intervene in the family problem. She undergoes surgery for a ruptured spleen and rejects Gail for not caring for her. Stephen engineers a peace between them.
• Tim’s condition doesn’t change, and Dr Gaddas recommends a sex therapist for him and Sally. He reluctantly agrees and they meet Trina Kerrison who teaches them relaxation techniques. Tim finds Aggie a useful shoulder to cry on, though he finds it difficult to discuss specifics. Grateful for her help, he spoils a “first date” with Sally at the bistro, being distracted by helping in a marital dispute between the Baileys when Aggie thinks Ed is being soft with Toyah who is overdue with her rent. Ed is annoyed with Tim when he suggests he should pay more attention to Aggie but nevertheless he takes his wife for a meal out.
• Maria causes a recycling collector’s strike when she persuades the council to introduce extra bins for glass. The residents grow annoyed with her as uncollected bags of rubbish accumulate on the streets. She clashes with sexist strike team leader Jimmy Dixon when she tries to negotiate an end to the dispute and grows despondent when a video interview she has given is edited on social media to make her look foolish. Things get worse when an internet troll named RedPilled100 uploads a deepfake pornographic video with her face overlaid on it, and the same person then makes death threats against her. She gives a press conference which Jimmy Dixon heckles, causing Gary to attack him when he thinks he’s the troll. Dismayed by numerous critical online comments about her, she considers resigning but is given unexpected support from an incensed Sally who tells her to carry on her good work.
• Peter is outraged when the GMC say there is insufficient evidence to take action against Thorne. He entraps the surgeon into making a verbal confession which he records on Ken’s old journalist’s Dictaphone. Thorne offers £100,000 for the recording but Peter wants justice instead. Thorne tricks Simon into handing over the recording and goads Peter in the Rovers about wasting his life as an alcoholic. Peter attacks Thorne’s car while he’s sat in it and Adam has to intervene, paying for the damages in return for the matter being dropped.

July

• The bin strike is called off but Toyah, needing a distraction, organises a protest when the council decide to incinerate the backlog of recycled materials. To her surprise, Spider Nugent, turns up to join her. He’s back to turn Nuttall's Brewery into a squat. Toyah steals the keys for him from Debbie but alerted by Kirk who’s heard noises from the supposedly empty site, Debbie and Ronnie Bailey prevent Spider’s friends taking occupancy. Saira takes possession of her son’s ashes and refuses to let Toyah have a say in how they are scattered. Although Toyah allows Spider to stay in the flat, she soon asks him to leave, and he disappears after he’s arrested in a fracking protest.
• At a council function, Maria is accosted by both a belligerent Jimmy and Darren, a seedy man who recognises her from the deepfake video. Unbeknownst to her, he places a tracking device in her handbag. After receiving a text message alerting her to its presence, the police are alerted but Maria’s confidence is shattered, and she finds it hard to leave her flat. The police find proof that Jimmy is behind the malicious texts and also arrest Darren when they find he has tried the same trick on another woman.
• Mimi arrives for the wedding and she and Evelyn take an intense dislike to each other. Everyone but Phill suspects she is trying to sabotage the nuptials. They are surprised when his ex, Camilla Perrin, turns up and Fiz suspects that Mimi contacted her in order to lure Phill away. Camilla says she received e-mails from Phill, and he thinks his mother sent them. He packs her off but still allows her to attend the wedding. Then the registrar is cancelled using the same e-mail account and Tyrone discovers that Hope has been sending the e-mails, not wanting the event to go ahead.
• Unable to keep quiet any longer, Tyrone declares his love for Fiz. Filled with uncertainties, she marries Phill but realises at the reception that she feels nothing for him and leaves, secretly returning to Tyrone. Evelyn and the girls soon find out they are a couple again but are sworn to secrecy. They plan to ask Phill for an annulment, but he begs for two weeks to prove himself to his wife. Seeing that he isn’t coping well with their breakdown, Fiz agrees. Phill’s efforts to woo her all fail, but he thinks Tyrone is his loyal wingman. To ensure their renewed relationship gets off to the best start, Fiz and Tyrone see a couples’ therapist, but Phill chooses the same therapist for himself and Fiz to see, and walks in on one of Fiz and Tyrone’s sessions. Angrily, he threatens to divorce her on the grounds of adultery but soon calms down and, accepting that things are over, gives her the signed annulment. Hope swaps online messages with someone called "Mad Dog".
• Nicky ends up in a police station when she involved in a fracas with a man who recognised her from her sex worker days. Peter gives her a taxi ride and informs Daniel who coldly refuses to get involved because of Daisy.
• No.1’s roof continues to leak, and Steve pays out both Arnie, a roofer, and John, a scaffolder, but is then unable to contact the former. Tired of the impasse, Aggie orders Ed to do the repairs at mate’s rates. Ronnie asks Ed and Paul to go in with him building houses on the site of a derelict pub. Ed is electrocuted by bad wiring at one of Debbie’s hotels and ends up in hospital. Debbie discovers that Ray Crosby neither renewed the wiring certificate nor the professional indemnity insurance. Aggie demands compensation for loss of earnings. Debbie’s accountant recommends bankruptcy before Ray’s debts overwhelm her. The Baileys accept an offer of £30,000 which Debbie somehow has to find. She tries theme nights at the bistro but the first one proves disastrous. Ryan is upset to see Alya flirting with good-looking salesman Matt Bannerman and thinks there’s nothing left for him in the area. At her wits’ end, Debbie offers Ryan money to stage a break in on the premises for the insurance proceeds.
• Kevin gives trained mechanic Aaron a trial period to cover Abi’s maternity leave. With his new money, Summer is relieved that they will be able to afford more than a beach holiday where she will not be expected to expose her body. Summer gets a job as a PA at the factory. She decides to lose her virginity to Aaron but cannot bring herself to undress before him. He decides it's best that they don't go on holiday which she takes as a sign that they have split up. Aaron has bruises which he claim comes from an attack, but he is also receiving phone calls which make him tearful and pressurised.
• Audrey is discharged from hospital and returns to Grasmere Drive where Stephen joins her. Wanting to see how much she can really trust her family, she announces she’s leaving all her money to WARTS in memory of Alf, with Stephen being the trustee. With the exception of Stephen, they all react badly, and David goes so far as to seek out Adam’s advice on gaining power of attorney. Things don’t improve when she assures them that they will inherit but that Stephen will be the trustee. David’s constant insults drive Stephen away, angering Audrey. To make amends, the family lease back her salon from Debbie and do it up for her to run not realising it is the last thing that she wants. Unknown to anyone, she ends up in hospital having taken too many sleeping pills in a suicide attempt which she keeps quiet. A psychiatry liaison officer tries to ascertain the cause. Audrey leaves the hospital and is seen by Ed getting into a taxi. When Sarah finds out from him, Audrey lies to her as to why she was there. She admits to Nick that she doesn't want the salon. Stephen returns, much to her delight.
• Elaine plans to move from Bolton to be nearer to Tim and Sally. Yasmeen wants to help Stu trace his daughter, Bridget, after a parcel he sends her is returned by the new owner of her house. Depressed, he gets drunk at work. Yasmeen admires his honesty when he confesses the episode to her and decides to track down Bridget. She succeeds and Kelly encourages him to call on her. Stu does so and begs to be heard out about an incident thirty-four years ago when a girl was hurt, but Bridget slams the door in his face. He lies to Yasmeen that the address wasn't the correct one. After considering going out with Stephen, Yasmeen realises that Stu is the man for her and they move on to the next stage of their relationship. She approves of a scheme that Stu thinks of to sell surplus food cheaply and give it away to people with money. The cafe and Dev’s businesses join in with the scheme.
• Stephen comes up with a proposal for Underworld to buy cheaper materials from his company but Carla refuses to go ahead with the deal, telling Sarah that doing business with family never ends well.
• Tim is disappointed when he is momentarily aroused on Sally’s birthday but can go no further. Despite a momentary depression, he remains optimistic that things will improve soon.
• An appalled Aadi discovers that Kelly is going out with wads of the cash she inherited from her father and is handing it back to his loanshark victims. Alerted by Sharon Geary, Gary orders Kelly to stop but she refuses. She calls at the flat of the thuggish Ross Maloney who alerts Kieron Edgerton, a former business partner of Rick’s who was ripped off by him in the past. Kelly is kidnapped by the two men and held to ransom for £50,000 pounds. Gary manages to raise £24,000 which the men take although they won't release Kelly until they receive the difference. Taking a lesson out of Maria’s book, Gary has planted a tracking device in the bag with the money and is able to rescue Kelly. She is unnerved by the violent tendencies he exhibits towards her captors when rescuing her.
• Sean looks forward to a visit from Dylan Wilson and wants to introduce his son to Frank but he proves to be reluctant to meet the boy, making Todd and George suspicious. Frank suggests that he and Sean go on holiday without Dylan. When Dylan is injured playing football Frank is angrily dismissive and shouts at the boy to man up, shocking Sean who realises that George was right all along about him. He finishes with Frank.

Ken helps Wendy Papadopoulos relieve herself of her guilt.

• Abi is delighted when Wendy tells her that her final conclusion is that she should be allowed to take Alfie home to Kevin’s. Wendy is shocked to discover that Deirdre has died. Regretting her actions ten years before when she tried to split up the Barlows, she calls at No.1 and apologises to Ken. He draws a line under the matter although Tracy is incensed to see her back.
• Kevin has too many calls on his time as he prepares for Abi to return. Jack feels neglected and hits a boy at school who bullies him. With jobs piling on him, Kevin's temper is pushed over the edge when Stephen’s Jaguar breaks down just after it was supposedly fixed. Kevin snaps and smashes the car’s windows when Stephen angrily abuses him. Tyrone prevents Stephen from making a police complaint by telling him of all the troubles that Kevin and Abi have faced. She moves back into No.13 with the baby and the family are happily reunited.

August

• On a bistro casino theme night, Ryan kills the electrics and Debbie vacates the punters to the Rovers, giving him time to empty the safe. He hands the cash over to her but is caught when the CCTV is shown to be on a different circuit and has captured his movements. Debbie refuses to help him when he is arrested. Jenny kicks him out of the Rovers and the community ostracises him. Ronnie guesses what has happened and finishes with Debbie. After briefly considering claiming that he was forced into the job by men sent by Ray Crosby, and attempting to fix the external CCTV camera to show images with a false timecode, Ryan takes the rap. He’s sentenced to community service and Debbie gives him the job of head waiter and lets him live at the Chariot Square in compensation. Nick and Leanne have to accept the arrangement when Debbie admits she is all but bankrupt, especially as the insurance has refused to pay out. Hearing how honest she has been, Ronnie resumes his relationship with Debbie.
• Summer is touched when Aaron suggests a holiday in Edinburgh and, in return, agrees to go to Barcelona with him. Aaron sports a fat lip and is pushed by Summer into confessing that his dad, Eric Sandford, is an alcoholic who beats him up. About to go on their holiday, Summer collapses with another diabetic attack and Aaron discovers she has been lying about her glucose levels. Understanding her desire to feel normal, he agrees to keep quiet and they claim that they missed their flight to Spain. She refuses a flash monitor. Behind her back, Aaron suggests to Billy that the device might be a good idea. Summer loses her virginity to him. On her 18th birthday, Billy hands her a letter that Drew Spellman wrote several years before. Its contents make her reconsider her life and she agrees to the monitor. Amy is delighted at her a level results though Summer is disappointed that due to being disqualified from one exam, she can't get into Oxford.
• Ken extends the hand of friendship to Wendy and invites her to have lunch with him.

Glenda comes to the rescue.

• George refuses a buyout by an unscrupulous rival. He cracks a tooth and doses himself up with tramadol, ending up as high as a kite when he's supposed to be officiating at the funeral of a valued client. George’s sister Glenda Shuttleworth turns up, making a visit to her brother from her job as a cabaret singer on a cruise ship. She takes charge of proceedings which turn out to be a success. Sean is attracted to one of the mourners, dentist Laurence Reeves. With Dylan's approval, the two men start to see each other. Laurence avoids questions from Glenda about his family. Dylan is reluctant to return to London and begs to stay in Weatherfield. Sean and Violet Wilson agree that he can stay for several more months.
• Craig annoys Faye when he tries to take charge of her diet to help her condition. She explodes at his constant interference. She makes a drunken pass at Michael and is ashamed when she returns home to find Craig has cooked a meal for her. The two make up.
• Sally finds Tim has been surfing porn to arouse himself. Feeling unwanted, the two start to drift apart. Tim talks to Aggie who makes him realise that he is afraid of sex as he thinks it may kill him. Seeing the light at last, he and Sally returned to their loved-up normality, though he doesn't tell her that Aggie has been helping him.
• A Gazette article about the food waste initiative alerts Stu's ex-wife, Lucy Woodrow, to his whereabouts and she calls to tell him to keep away from their daughter. Yasmeen finds out from her that Stu served time after confessing to murdering a woman called Charlie Walter who he was having an affair with. She orders him to leave her house, even though he now swears he was innocent. He ends up in hospital after getting drunk. Stu enters No.6 to retrieve his watch, telling Yasmeen that a corrupt detective called Gordon Lennox forced him to confess. The Nazirs call the police, Stu is arrested and sent back to jail as he is on licence. Zeedan wonders if Stu is telling the truth when Craig initially refuses to discuss Lennox’s record. Visiting him, Zeedan hears his idea about obtaining his old case files. Alya joins him on the investigation, and they discover a key interview tape is missing. Stu's old solicitor, Norman Hepworth, convinces the Nazirs that Stu was coerced into making the confession and is innocent. Yasmeen invites Stu to move back in when he is released. The neighbours are appalled by her actions. Stu finds out he has a granddaughter, Eliza, and Lucy agrees he can see her so long as he drops his legal fight.
• Leo gets a job in Canada and asks Jenny to move there with him. He realises how much the Rovers means to her and turns the job down. She realises how unhappy he is and lets him go, telling him to move to Toronto. She organises a charity football match between the Rovers and the Flying Horse.
• Daniel starts labouring for Ed, finding the job enjoyable despite the aches and pains.
• Alya goes on a no-obligations business trip with Matt to the country.
• Leanne invites Toyah to move in with her as Simon moves in with Peter and Carla to make room. Spider returns and looks after her as she attempts to clear out Imran’s belongings. He is arrested in another protest and Toyah tries to secure his release. Afterwards, they kiss and end up having sex though quickly agree just to be friends. Spider tells a caller on his phone that he can't wait to get back. Toyah meets Spider’s fellow protestor, Griff Reynolds, but Spider warns her to be wary as his friend is a loose cannon. Toyah is delighted to join their campaigns and have a distraction from her troubles. Leanne becomes concerned about her sister. The environmentalists discover Carla is arranging a deal with Nadeem Atallah whose business practises they consider unethical. They decide to protest when he arrives. Spider urges Toyah not to get involved and jeopardise her upcoming trial.
• Stephen is broke and his debit card is declined. He uses the card of his wife, Gabrielle Reid, instead and hides his financial problems from everyone. He can't get Audrey to sign the form making him trustee of her estate. He tries to get his foot in the door at Underworld, but Carla blocks his every move. Instead, he tries to persuade Sarah that she should take a more active role in the firm and borrow money to expand. The other shareholders force Carla to take him on in a consultancy basis. She voices her doubts about him to Ken and Peter, even when he is able to supply her with some silk at short notice. Shona also has concerns about the man. Max produces a new video for Underworld’s dated website which delights everyone. Sarah is refused a loan.
• Stephen confides in Rita how worried he is about his mother, and she organises an afternoon tea with Audrey, Ken and Roy. Claudia Colby also joins them having finished her relationship with Charles Moore. Audrey shocks them all when she confesses to her suicide attempt. Realising how low she has been for months, her friends rally round her and buoy her up enough to start taking antidepressants and to reopen the salon. The family help her prepare and she is touched when they organise a big launch party. Deciding that she is now in a good place mentally, she confesses to the stunned family about her suicide attempt. She cancels her plans for the trust fund and writes out a new will instead, which disinherits Stephen because she mistakenly thinks he's rich enough already. Away from the family’s sight, he is enraged by the news.
• Kelly and Aadi grow close when she helps him pass his driving test. Finding out about the couples’ competition with a holiday in Mexico as the prize, they decide to enter posing as an engaged couple. They fail an initial couples’ quiz but begin to fall for each other for real and Kelly storms off in Aadi's new car when she overhears him saying the contest is just a bit of fun, crashing it into a bollard. Admitting their love for each other, they have sex and Aadi proposes for real. The Gazette publishes the news of their engagement as part of the competition coverage. The families are totally opposed, especially a furious Dev, so the two youngsters plan to elope to Gretna Green.
• Having got Ed to agree to complete his roof, Steve has to cancel him when Arnie returns, saying he was ill after a stroke and is unable to refund his money. Arnie now promises to do the job but again disappears.
• On a shopping trip, Bernie is mistaken for Fern Lindon, a woman who looks very like her and is given her bag by mistake. The family think she is lying and has shoplifted the goods. Bernie and Fern swap their bags. Acknowledging the resemblance, Fern asks Bernie to take her place on a speed awareness course for £200 but Bernie refuses.

September

• Gemma and Rita assure Leo that Jenny does want to go to Canada and is just scared that it won't work out. He proposes on one knee, unaware that she has just been kissing Stephen in the back room after getting tipsy, with the businessman realising she is possibly an answer to his financial problems. She accepts Leo’s proposal and makes arrangements to move abroad with her fiancé. Daisy is desperate to be named manager of the Rovers and Jenny enjoys keeping her on tenterhooks before confirming the position is hers.

Dee-Dee negotiates a higher severance sum from Weatherfield County FC for her brother.

• Jenny pressurises James into joining the five-a-side pub squad when Brian’s knee goes but he collapses with a heart attack just as Chesney scores the winning goal and has to be resuscitated. He is diagnosed with a genetic heart condition and has an ICD fitted. James is devastated when County relegates him from the first team as he is no longer match fit. Announcing his retirement, he is disappointed with the club’s financial offer but the arrival of his solicitor sister, Dee-Dee Bailey, from Los Angeles reinvigorates the case and she negotiates him a far larger sum. At a loose end, he agrees to coach football-mad Lily Platt and realises his future lies in that direction.
• Sam starts to post letters to Harvey in prison. Without knowing who the recipient is, Hope spots him but agrees to keep quiet when Sam threatens to tell everyone about “Mad Dog”. He gives a presentation at school about chess, earning derision from his classmates. Things get worse when he pretends to enjoy computer games to be able to play with Liam and Jack, but he proves hopeless at them. In an attempt to look cooler, he wears a football kit to Jalena’s birthday party, but it just makes her think he’s lost interest in chess, and she dumps him.
• Wendy proves reluctant to go out with Ken, worried what people will think about them. Mary tries to drum up interest in an amateur dramatics production, Roxanna. After auditions by director Nigel Kipling, Ken and Evelyn are rejected while Wendy, Brian and Mary make the grade. Nigel asks Ken to critique his original playscript and he is further delighted when Wendy asks him to work with her on re-drafting her lines.
• Sarah accepts Stephen's idea that she put his name down as a partner to give her business proposal gravitas. The investors turn her down. Gabrielle turns up, demanding the €200,000 back that Stephen stole from her company or she's going to the police. Stalling for time, he considers forging Audrey’s signature on the power of attorney document to make him trustee but feels guilty when his mother tells him that he’s the only one in the family who she trusts. Stephen organises a spa night away for his mother and sister, keen to get Audrey away from 5 Grasmere Drive while an estate agent values her house, but his plan fails when there is a sudden false alarm that the sinkhole in No.8 is starting to reappear. Called in to assess it, Leo notices Stephen’s strange behaviour and, following him at night, he sees that he has resorted to sleeping in his car. The estate agent misses Stephen’s instruction to cancel the valuation and meets Audrey, who suspects that Nick and David are up to their old tricks. As accusations fly in the Rovers, a listening Leo tells the Platts that Stephen is lying about staying in posh hotels and Stephen counters by revealing that Jenny kissed him, leading to a punch in the face from Leo. He forgives Jenny. Stephen is on edge when Gabrielle invites herself into No.8, concerned that she will give his financial plight away, while Leo contacts the estate agent and finds out that Stephen organised the valuation. Overhearing Stephen and Gabrielle discussing his plans to sell the house, Leo confronts him on Underworld’s rear gantry, and in a fight, Leo is pushed over to his death. Stephen hides the body and steals Leo’s cases and passport from the Rovers, creating the impression that he has gone to Canada without Jenny, who starts to wallow in self-misery as she cancels her own plans to move there.
• The protest takes place as the businessman arrives at the factory. Griff is arrested after throwing a bottle which hits Craig. Spider lets himself be arrested to provide diversion for Toyah to get away. She is hurt when he confesses that he is married and gives him the cold shoulder. With Toyah’s trial just days away, Saira sees her hugging Peter and accuses her of moving on quickly from her dead husband. Griff steps in to protect her and suggests they teach Saira a lesson by letting the tyres down on her gas-guzzling car. Spider prevents her taking action by declaring his love for her and assuring her that his marriage is dead. Saira sees them kissing and reports the matter to DS Swain as a possible motive for murdering Imran. Swain meets Spider on the quiet, who is now an undercover police officer investigating Griff and his group. Swain demands information from Spider to nail Toyah. He is staggered when Toyah confesses to him that she drove into the building on purpose. He avoids her while Leanne makes excuses for her sister’s conduct. Considering being honest in court, she changes her mind and lies on the stand. She is found not guilty, and Spider returns to her, saying the jury's decision is good enough for him.
• By accident, Peter discovers Tim's impotence problem and assures him that it's just a blip based upon his own personal experiences following his alcoholism. Later on, Tim mistakenly thinks Peter has told everything to Dev. Aggie again comforts him, congratulating him for being open with Peter.
• Speed Daal loses all its bookings as gossip spreads about Stu’s past. Billy, Nina and the Nazirs support him. Billy talks Sean into having his birthday meal at the restaurant, reminding him that he was once homeless like Stu was. The event is ruined when a friend of Charlie Walter’s empties a box of cockroaches over the floor. Yasmeen tries a re-launch, but the customers don’t return. Unable to find a solicitor who will handle Stu’s case on a no-win, no-fee basis, Alya is delighted by the arrival of Dee-Dee and her energetic efforts when she takes up the matter. She traces Gordon Lennox, and an angry Stu visits him, only to discover he has dementia and has lost his memory. Alya pleads with Bridget to help them, and she agrees that a delighted Stu can see his granddaughter.
• Gary and Maria discover the Gretna Green plan and give a reluctant blessing so as not to drive Kelly away but insist that Aadi is honest with his father. Dev erupts in anger and insults Kelly but is advised to cool it by Gary. The youngsters plan an engagement party and Kelly invites Sharon Geary to the event, much to Gary’s discomfort. Sharon finds the domestic setup distasteful but sees that Kelly appears to be happy. The girl receives a holdall of her mother's belongings from an old friend, within which is a digital camera containing an image supposedly taken of Laura in Spain on the day that she said she had killed Rick. Forced by Kelly, Sharon confirms that Gary murdered her father. Kieron Edgerton is apprehended by the police and a shattered Kelly is asked to identify him. She denies knowing him and instead offers Kieron £10,000 to kill Gary. She tells Gary about wanting to go travelling to get the money for the contract out of her trust fund. On the night of the party, she lures Gary away to Kieron’s van where he and his friend Al kidnap him and take him to Beacon Woods to dig his own grave prior to shooting him. Kelly is hit by an attack of conscience and calls the hit off, putting herself in danger as Kieron is sure she will report him to the police. He sets off to kill her, leaving Gary in the company of Al who he manages to overcome. Gary and Aadi follow Kelly and Kieron to the roof of an industrial estate where at gunpoint Kieron orders a heavy to throw the girl down to the ground. Aadi rushes in and takes the bullet, and the police arrest the two thugs. Aadi recovers after surgery. Kelly realises the only way to escape her father's world is to totally leave everything behind her. She departs Weatherfield for good. To help Aadi get over her, Gary lies that she had confided in him that she never really loved him. The police suspect Gary knows far more than he is telling about the incident.
• Eileen gets annoyed by Glenda’s presence in No.11. Glenda gets a job behind the bar of the Rovers when she lies about her experience in such work but gives the game away when pours a dreadful pint. Nevertheless, Jenny agrees to take her on when Gemma says she will train her. She easily proves her worth when she manhandles a drunk customer out of the pub.
• Ryan resents Alya’s growing friendship with Matt confesses his feelings towards her, but she is still angry over his dalliance with Daisy and dismisses his overtures.
• Short of money, Bernie helps Nina with a clear-out at the cafe flat, but Hayley’s anorak is given to charity shops by mistake, devastating Roy. He and his friends try to trace it. Joy, a volunteer at one shop, denies seeing it but passing by the shop at night Evelyn thinks she sees Joy wearing the garment and rips it off her back, only to find afterwards that it’s the wrong one. Roy makes Evelyn volunteer at the shop as recompense, but her limited patience is soon tested by Joy, and she decides to go away to visit a friend.
• Bernie is sacked by Dev after she breaks a golf trophy that Aadi won. Needing the money, she agrees to Fern’s proposal and successfully impersonates her on the speed awareness course. Dev apologises to Bernie, saying how tense he was about Aadi’s shooting. They end up in bed, hurting Aadi who thinks his father is concentrating on himself again and doesn’t care about him. Bernie successfully intervenes and brings the family back together.

October

• The reunion with Eliza goes well until Lucy appears and orders her daughter and granddaughter out of Speed Daal. Alya realises that the two women know more than they’re letting on. Stu decides to drop the case, but Alya deliberately doesn't inform Dee-Dee. With the re-investigation stopped, Lucy allows her family to see Stuart again, making Alya even more suspicious. She gives Dee-Dee a mug that Lucy has drunk from to get her DNA compared to that found on Charlie Walter’s bag. Bridget brings Eliza on another visit to No.6 where Stu answers his granddaughter's questions about prison life by telling her how difficult it was. Bridget breaks down and confesses to her father that she was Charlie’s killer. Stunned by the revelation, Stu decides not to tell the police. The DNA evidence gives Bridget away and she and Lucy are arrested and plead guilty. Stu is livid with Alya’s interference. He and Yasmeen take Eliza in when Bridget and Lucy are imprisoned but social services take the girl away, pending Stu’s conviction being formally squashed.
• James gets a coaching job at a youth centre in Lewisham and moves to the capital. Dee-Dee decides to give up her job in Los Angeles and stay in Weatherfield but Michael wants James's old room for Glory, and offends his sister when he asks how long she will be staying.
• Prompted by Rita, Jenny tries to show her best face to the world but slips and sprains her ankle, leaving a Rovers’ quiz night in the hands of Glenda, who makes it a storming success.
• Bernie and Dev try to make another go at their relationship. Bernie takes on an extra job as a cleaner through a high-end agency. Fern tells her it's a dodgy company but behind Bernie’s back steals her ID and clothing. Posing as Bernie she gets a job at a jeweller’s shop where she steals the contents when left alone. Bernie is arrested and realises she has been set up. She is released pending further enquiries, but Chesney and Gemma disbelieve her story. Only Dev supports her. He and Bernie tried to find Fern but can only locate a partial address name. Dev invites Bernie to move into No.7 as she feels uncomfortable with Gemma and Chesney.
• Ken’s script revisions offend Mary when her part is greatly reduced while Wendy’s is increased. He goes to great lengths to assure Brian and Mary that he is not favouring Wendy, but only ends up offending Wendy when he gives Nigel permission to ask her out. Sorting the matter out between them, Ken and Wendy agree they want to be a couple. To avoid problems, Wendy pulls out of the play and Mary takes on her role. Tracy finds out her father and Wendy are an item and gate-crashes a book launch at the bistro, loudly abusing them in front of the attendees. She then claims to want to make the peace and invites Wendy to dinner, only to serve her with Dierdre’s signature dish of stuffed marrow. Wendy stands her ground and Tracy gives in, tolerating Wendy though admitting she will never like her.
• Chris and Blake continue to bully Max. He gets a glowing report from the pupil referral unit and David asks Weatherfield High to take him back. To escape a waiting Blake and Chris, Max joins Maria in meeting Daryan Zahawi, a teenage refugee who she is mentoring. Max is devastated when Daryan gets into Weatherfield High whereas he is told there are no places left. Maria starts to receive trolling comments about a Gazette article on her refugee work and David suspects Max. He reports him to the police but an examination of his phone and laptop shows no evidence that he was involved. He rows with David for having no faith in him.

Billy's bishop ascends to a higher plane, but not in the way he expected to.

• Aaron finds a stash of cannabis amongst his father’s alcohol and he and Summer make brownies with it. Bishop Greg Townsend visits Billy and unwittingly eats one, getting stoned. Eric realises his son stole his drugs and punches him. Paul thinks Aaron is leading Summer astray and confronts him. Already on edge about his father’s behaviour, Aaron punches Paul. Billy prevents Paul from reporting him to the police once he's been made aware of Aaron's difficult home background but nevertheless Paul warns the lad to stay away from the Summer. Going against Paul's wishes, Billy gives Aaron refuge in his flat but the lad leaves after Eric badly injures himself in a chip pan fire. Wanting to help his father with his rehabilitation, he finishes with Summer. Billy asks her to take part in a charity clothes swap run by Mike and Esther Hargrave. At the event, her own denim jacket is mistakenly purchased by Gemma who finds a positive pregnancy test in the pocket. Summer admits to Paul that she is expecting. Aaron supports her but the bickering of her three guardians makes her consider an abortion, horrifying Billy who objects on religious grounds. Mike and Esther offer to adopt her baby as they are unable to conceive their own, but Billy finds out and is appalled that they are offering Summer money for another human being. Summer is given a course of termination tablets to take.
• Daniel decides that it's time to part with Sinead’s old clothes and hands them in to the charity swap. He suggests to Daisy that she moves in with him. Not wanting to be in Sinead’s old home, she hints that they could move into his recently vacated inherited house, but the suggestion goes over his head. She has reservations when Bertie Osbourne calls her "mummy", causing a momentary fallout with Beth, but after a chat with Jenny she resolves to be committed to Daniel. The two have a further misunderstanding though when they prematurely give up the corner shop flat to Paul and Dee-Dee, with Daisy expecting that they are moving into Daniel's free house, and Daniel thinking they are moving into the Rovers. With new tenants in the former, and Glenda moved into the latter, they have to live at No.1, annoying Tracy by their presence. Steve is away visiting Andy McDonald in Spain.
• Aggie helps Tim buy a necklace for his anniversary. Sally is delighted with the gift and Tim gives Aggie a beaded necklace as a thank-you. Tim and Sally finally have spontaneous sex and are delighted that their months without passion are over. Tim drafts a text for Aggie telling her that his impotence problem is behind him but sends it to Sally by mistake. The two have to explain to their respective partners that they have not been having an affair. After examining Tim's texts over the months, Sally accepts there was nothing physical but is just as angry that he emotionally betrayed her. After warning Aggie to keep away from her husband, Sally softens in her attitude towards Tim.
• Leanne and Nick receive visiting orders from Harvey and, disturbed but unable to fathom why he wants to see them, Leanne goes to the prison. There she finds out about Sam's letters. Harvey tells her to stop the lad as the correspondence could make him a laughing-stock. Sam tells Nick and Leanne he wants to know why his mum died and only agrees to stop writing to the gangster when Audrey asks him to. He admits to Hope that he's lied and is going to carry on writing.
• Linda pays for Joseph to learn Taekwondo. Tyrone joins the same class and is embarrassed when the boy knocks him over.
• Gabrielle returns, putting pressure on Steven to return her money. Jenny confides in him that she is worried about Leo’s whereabouts. Teddy Thompkins decides it's time to alert the police to his son's disappearance, alarming Stephen. He manages to unlock Leo’s stolen phone and sends Teddy a photo, as if it has come from his son, of him and Jenny together, accusing them of being a couple. He puts Teddy off the idea of going to Canada to find Leo by sending another text saying that he is going hiking for several months in the Yukon. With Gabrielle’s help Steven completes an equity release on Audrey’s house and is then alarmed when his mother announces she is going to do the same thing to raise funds to take Sam to see the Northern Lights. To prevent her finding out, he offers to finance the trip himself.
• After joining Griff at an anti-plastics demo, Peter is invited to a gig with the activist and his friends. Spider’s boss tells him it's imperative that he goes when he tries to back out of attending. Peter walks out when the band sing racist lyrics and almost ends up in a fight with Griff’s extreme-right friends. Toyah is surprised when Peter tells her the lyrics were crystal clear as Spider had claimed he couldn't hear properly what the band were singing. Griff discovers that Max thinks a refugee stole his school place. He attacks Chris when he sees him and Blake bullying Max again and inveigles the grateful boy into his group.
• Brassed off with a house full of untidy tenants, Eileen picks a row with Gail but trips over and knocks herself out. After a short visit to hospital with concussion, her personality entirely changes, and she treats everything with a sunny disposition. She is convinced she had a glimpse of heaven, but George realises it was a series of coincidental occurrences. Todd tells her the truth, just as Gail accidentally spills drink on her, causing another row.
• The Gazette begins serialisation of a book about John Stape and Fiz is astonished to find some of its revelations are things that were not publicly known. They realise that Hope was the source of the information, talking to Mad Dog a.k.a journalist Rory McDowd through her computer games. They consult Adam to try and prevent publication.
• Todd accidentally sees a wedding photo of Laurence with a woman on his phone and informs Sean.
• Arnie the roofer returns after a series of mini strokes. Tracy is not pleased when she complains that he and his mate have broken the toilet bowl and his only solution is to install a portaloo outside No.1.

November

• With Aaron needing money for his father’s rehabilitation costs, Summer's solution is to use the money donated by Mike and Esther and she asks them for £10,000 upfront. Aaron is uneasy about the arrangement. Billy, Todd and Paul think she has terminated the baby and her morning sickness leads them to suspect her eating disorder is back. Amy guesses her friend is still expecting. The girls, together with Aaron and Jacob, all move into the builder’s yard flat. Summer reluctantly agrees to let Mike be named as the father on the birth certificate while Jacob covers up for her continuing morning sickness at Underworld. Summer makes plans to move away while she has the baby and Mike and Esther invite her to live with them. Eric has a relapse and Summer miscarries. With Eric having to go back into rehab, Summer postpones telling the Hargraves about her miscarriage in order that they can continue to use their money for Eric's needs.
• Sam brings Hope out of school when she is bullied because of the book. Nick is annoyed when Fiz loudly remonstrates with his son. He bans Sam from seeing Hope, leading to an upset Tyrone punching him. Tyrone makes a rash promise to Hope that they will prevent the book’s publication. Hearing that Rory, the author, is taking part in a Q&A, he attends and punches the man when he infers that Fiz was complicit in John’s crimes. The resultant publicity only helps the book’s sales. When Tyrone buys up a stash of copies to prevent others from reading it, Hope takes one into school and gives an illicit reading to make herself more popular. Nick relents after Tyrone apologises and lets Sam and Hope be friends again. Seeing an opportunity to make money, Hope sells Tyrone’s stash as autographed copies to her eager classmates for £5 each and begins to take an interest in who her father really was. When she stages a re-enactment of Charlotte Hoyle's death, complete with a hammer, she is suspended for a week and her parents discover what she has been up to. She wraps Tyrone round her little finger when she voices a false fear that he is going to leave them again and he compensates by pampering her, much to Fiz’s disgust.
• Carla issues stern warnings to the Underworld staff when she catches Beth with the book and Sally upsets Fiz when they argue about its mentions of Rosie Webster.
• Nick discovers that Sam is still writing to Harvey. Sam refuses to give up as he’s been reading about restorative justice. Nick and Leanne agree to go through with the process hoping that both an appointed facilitator will say it’s the wrong thing, or that Harvey will refuse a meeting. Both hopes are dashed, and the visit takes place. Harvey's arrogant demeanour is thoroughly rattled by Sam’s direct intelligent questioning, and the gangster reluctantly opens up about his own difficult childhood. Once back in his cell, Harvey is enraged at being bested by a child and asks to see him again, this time apologising for murdering Natasha.

Max finds himself coming under the influence of Griff.

• Max socialises with Griff’s group and reads the far-right literature that Griff supplies him with. He starts dating Lauren Bolton, the daughter of Reece, one of the gang members. Max is oblivious when Lauren and the gang disapprove of his resumed friendship with Daryan. The two get taken on by Alya at Speed Daal. Daryan tries to talk to Lauren while waiting for Max to finish her shift, only for her to claim that he was creeping on her. She overcomes Max’s suspicions of her racist behaviour by sleeping with him. Griff shows Max a video about the “truth” regarding Islam. Max quits the restaurant. Alya informs David and Shona who grow alarmed at the influence that Griff is starting to exert on him. Griff makes Spider vandalise the exterior of the restaurant. Daryan is attacked by Griff and his gang, including a reluctant Spider, who all wear masks. He reports them to the police but they are released when Max provides a false alibi. Griff uploads a video of the attack with disguised voices, but Toyah recognises Spider within the faces and finishes with him, inadvertently helping Spider as Griff was beginning to distrust him.
• Griff holds a meeting at the community centre, supposedly on the environment, but with racist undertones. He’s enraged when Roy picks apart his “facts” one by one and makes him look foolish but Max edits a recording of the event to make it look as though the audience were laughing at Roy. David gives Max a stern warning about associating with Griff and his words only have an effect for a week or so. Maria and her friends decide the community centre would be an ideal place to help refugees and Griff organises a protest against the idea and gets Max to organise an online petition which garners a large number of signatures. Spider grows even more concerned about the effect that Griff is having on Max.
• Laurence finds Sean trying to access his phone and tells him that woman was Lindsey, who died eight years previously and was the only woman he ever loved or slept with. He finishes with Sean, unable to deal with his insecurities. After a couple of weeks, Dylan confides in Todd that since they split, Sean won’t leave him alone and he’s getting on his nerves. Todd pushes Sean to contact Laurence again but an angry message left on the dentist’s phone leads to him getting drunk and Todd having to get him home before Sean finds him paralytic in the Rovers. Eileen sees the two men together and thinks her son is hitting on Sean’s ex. Sean finds out the truth from Daisy and he and Laurence agree to give it another go.
• Arnie demands more upfront money from Tracy to restart the repairs. He hurriedly changes his mind and begins the work when Adam makes him aware of his customer’s murderous history.
• Bernie remembers that Fern was a member at a posh country club. She visits the establishment where she meets Fern's ex-husband, Howard, who claims she left him three weeks ago after cleaning him out. After scaring Bernie off after trying it on with her, he agrees to try and lure Fern out of hiding by claiming he’s had a large lottery win. The ruse works so well that Howard falls for Fern all over again and is about to double-cross Bernie when Gemma realises what he is up to. With the help of Dan, a rough customer from The Dog & Gun, they force Howard to meet Fern on their terms. The police are also there and arrest her. The charges against Bernie are dropped and she thanks Dev for being the only one who believed in her innocence. Gemma apologises to her mother, and she moves back into No.5.
• Stu’s conviction is quashed, and he announces he’s moving out of No.6 as Eliza will need her own room when she comes to live with him. Yasmeen realises she doesn't want to lose him and asks him to move into her bed, leaving the spare room for Eliza. Social services move the girl in where she is made welcome, though she is subdued after a visit to the prison to see her mum. He begins to run himself ragged looking after his granddaughter. Impressed by Dee-Dee’s work on Stu’s case, Adam offers her a job at the solicitors, and Dee-Dee herself asks Alya to be her legal secretary.
• Still facing financial meltdown, Debbie offers to sell her share of the bistro to Nick and Leanne. When they make an offer of £12,000 under the asking price, she appoints a broker to handle the sale for her instead. A potential purchaser pulls out when her surveyor finds wet rot in the premises. Debbie hides the revelation from Nick and Leanne and accepts their low offer. Leanne almost comes to blows with Debbie when she finds out they have been conned. Ed quotes £20,000 to fix the wet rot and Nick lies to Leanne that Natasha’s sister has agreed that the money can come from Sam's trust fund when in reality he has borrowed it from Harvey on a supposed no-strings basis.
• Mary plays her new role as a temptress in the manner of Joan Crawford but doesn't realise how dreadful she is. Faced with having to sack his leading lady, Nigel calls in a professional actress friend to coach Mary and Ken is staggered to find out it his old flame Martha Fraser. Ken offends her by apologising for walking out on her as she takes it for vanity on his part. Being honest with Wendy beforehand, he dines with Martha and clears the air with her. As Mary eagerly accepts the coaching lessons, Martha asks Ken to work on the script for a one-woman show that she is appearing in next, and he avoids Wendy to help the other woman in his life.
• Sarah gets annoyed at being treated as a PA by Carla and decides to secretly start up a business with Michael using his loungewear designs. Sarah asks a reluctant Stephen for help.
• Still unaware of her son’s financial plight, Audrey pushes Stephen into using the last of his funds to pay for her and Sam’s trip to Norway. Unable to bring himself to slip her an overdose to get out of the commitment, and desperate to find work, he takes on a job as a moped takeaway driver in Bolton but crashes his bike near Elaine. She gets him to hospital and the two of them grow friendly. She mentions that she's downsizing and will have spare equity from her house. Having left his phone at No.8, Gail is puzzled to overhear an enraged message from Stephen’s takeaway boss.
• Steve returns from Spain with his broken ankle in plaster. Tim is furious when Sally gives away his beloved jacket to a charity shop and even more angry when he sees Steve wearing it. When Steve refuses to hand it over, Tim reveals to Tracy that Steve broke his ankle at a foam party surrounded by gorgeous girls. The split between the two friends grows wider when Steve finds a winning scratch card in the pocket of the jacket and refuses to hand any of the £250 to Tim.

December

• Stephen gives Gail a convincing explanation to put her off the scent, as well as another to explain his moped injury to the family. Thinking there are grounds for compensation, Adam begins an action for compensation from Six Fellas. Having heard from Sarah about how Elaine was coercively controlled by Geoff, Stephen convinces Elaine that that is also how Gabrielle is treating him. She is instantly sympathetic and offers to lend him £12,000 to use as the start-up costs for Sarah and Michael’s business after he is pressured to support them by Audrey and Gail. He spends most of Christmas Day with Elaine after getting his family cheap presents. Gail rings Gabrielle for an explanation of Stephen’s financial situation after discovering that he has passed off the present of a hip flask from Elaine as David’s birthday gift. Elaine steps in and tells Gail about the supposed coercive control but she also disappoints Stephen by rescinding her offer of the £12,000 loan, saying it’s better not to muddy the waters in the relationship. Sarah has a huge row with Carla and quits Underworld. Stephen is employed in her place after he proves his business credentials to Carla. He inveigles Elaine into selling her house, freeing up the funds to give to him, and moving back in with Tim and Sally. His financial fortunes further improve when he receives £10,000 compensation from Six Fellas.
• Sean asks Laurence to spend Christmas with him and Dylan. A jealous Todd tries to hide his dislike of the idea. On the day itself, Laurence cries off with a stomach complaint but makes up for it the next day with the present of an overnight stay in the Peak District. Laurence mistakes Todd’s jealousy for dislike and has a drink with him to try and get Todd to know him better. Getting tipsy, Todd leans in for a kiss. An offended Laurence tells Sean who is furious with Todd. While trying to apologise to Sean, Todd also discovers that Laurence’s wife died in mysterious circumstances while hiking in Switzerland, causing a further breach between him and Sean for his interference. Glenda encourages them to bury the hatchet.
• At the end of her tether with her work colleagues, Eileen asks Adam to mediate between Tim and Steve. He rules that the coat legally belongs to Steve. He refuses to sell it back to Tim, but Sally persuades him to give it to her as one of Tim’s Christmas presents.
• McDowd apologises to Fiz and Tyrone, but he is only after their friends taking down the negative reviews of his book as sales are suffering. Hope decides to hold a séance at No.5 to contact John, but Bernie interrupts her, Joseph, Sam and Ruby Dobbs in the act. Hope finds a study aid tape of John Stape that Fiz tried to hide and starts to listen avidly to the voice of her father. Sam discovers what she’s doing but promises to keep her secret.
• Fiz accepts a proposal from Tyrone and he decides to surprise her with a Christmas Day wedding. Gemma helps him buy a dress for his bride, but she chooses a hideous one which Tyrone has to pay Beth to alter. He has to bring the girls in on the plan early when Fiz arranges a Christmas getaway in the Lake District, making them object enough for her to cancel and think that Christmas this year will be lousy, especially when Tyrone says they can have a takeaway for Christmas dinner. Fed up on the day itself, Fiz resolves to make things better and drives off to buy a turkey but breaks down without her phone, putting the ceremony at risk. She is saved by a mysterious stranger, Chris Pringle, and just makes the wedding on time. Fiz decides to change her name to Dobbs, upsetting Hope.
• Munir tells Maria that Weatherfield isn't the right location for the refugee centre as the community clearly doesn't want it, even when shown that the petition is made up of false signatures. The council refuses to have a stall for refugees on the Christmas market. Councillor Len Cameron opposes Maria’s idea of renaming it the Winter market due to it running into January and she is embarrassed when her rejected proposal is ridiculed in the Gazette.
• Stu proves Griff’s claim that he served in the navy to be false. Alya gets Griff sacked when she tells his boss Arnie that he’s employing a racist. Griff provokes Alya into pushing him to one side and then claims he was attacked by four Muslim lads. He gets Max to produce an anti-Islam video which gets thousands of views and leads to Aadi being abused on the school bus. Griff decides to plan something big and issues a warning to Alya. Spider wonders who is bankrolling Griff and gently tries to find out but without success. The mystery man is Len Cameron. Spider’s boss refuses to extricate Max from the mess that the boy’s getting into. Against David’s wishes, Griff takes Max and the gang on a camping trip which is really for teaching them training and manoeuvres. In the back of his car is a homemade bomb which injures Max when it accidentally explodes. Griff pretends to be the boy’s father when he is taken to hospital with burnt hands and claims that a camping stove exploded. Spider can’t cope any more with Toyah hating him and confesses that he’s an undercover policeman. After struggling with the revelation, the two are reconciled. David orders Max to stay away from Griff but instead Max moves in with the activist.
• Amy finds out about Summer’s plan and tells her she is being cruel to the Hargraves. Summer resolves to be truthful with them but falters when Esther’s mother dies suddenly. She has to confess when Mike realises that a scan photo she gives him has been obtained from the internet. Summer decides to be a surrogate for the Hargrave’s baby to avoid having to pay them their money back, but Aaron disagrees and informs Billy of all that has occurred. As a result, Summer finishes with him and runs away, sleeping in a hostel after Billy considers reporting the Hargraves to the police for attempting to buy a baby. After a short while, Summer arrives at Mike and Esther's house, handing over her wages from a Christmas job she obtained. They invite her to move in, wanting her to think about the surrogacy again. When Esther finds out that Billy doesn’t know where his ward is, she rings him and Billy persuades her to return by lying that he now supports her surrogacy. They’re both puzzled when it seems as if Summer blocked Billy from access to her diabetes app. Billy pushes her into getting back with Aaron, hoping that he can convince her to drop the surrogacy idea.

Ken's duplicity is condemned from the stage.

• Ken avoids extending an invitation from Martha to Wendy for her to join the players in watching an experimental production, but nevertheless goes along himself. Wendy finds out and realises that she isn’t jealous, asking Ken if they can be just friends as their relationship obviously isn’t working. Martha has to move on to Hull for a one-woman show and asks Ken to go with her. He lies that he initiated a split from Wendy and therefore can accompany her. When Martha finds out the truth, she dumps Ken publicly from the stage while standing in for another actress in the public performance of Roxanna. She invites Wendy to go to Hull with her as her script consultant and the two women depart together, leaving a despondent Ken behind. The play is not a roaring success, but Brian, using a pseudonym, writes a glowing review of Mary to cheer her up.
• Daisy is put out when Daniel is enthused enough by a published article by Bethany to take up writing again. Her mind is otherwise occupied though when she finds a lump in her breast. She considers not telling Daniel but Jenny counsels her otherwise. He offers his support, but his memories of Sinead’s death affect him badly and he turns up at Daisy’s doctor’s appointment drunk. She orders him to keep away from her. They are reconciled when she reads an article that he has written about her and the way she has helped turn his life around. At a hospital appointment, she meets a man who is there to support his mother who has advanced cancer. After Daisy's lump is shown to be benign, Daniel decides to propose and buys a ring to be opened up in a Christmas present, but No.1 is burgled, and the ring is stolen. Ken gives Daniel another one which was a family heirloom to use in his proposal. A delighted Daisy accepts. Daniel dislikes her using her wedding plans to get try and get discounts from her social media followers and is forced to apologise when Amy points out that some of her posts are raising awareness of breast cancer.
• Simon needs a job and Carla takes him on at Underworld. Leanne is put out to realise he will be working with Jacob. The two lads bond when they prevent the factory van being stolen. Simon offers to give his job up, but Nick and Leanne’s financial situation is too precarious for her to agree. Jacob’s father Damon Hay returns to the area after living in Ibiza for many years. Jacob is not interested in seeing him after he abandoned him when he was sixteen and left him to the tender mercies of Harvey - Damon’s half-brother. Incensed at what happened to his son, Damon arranges for Harvey to be beaten up in his cell. Nick is unnerved when Damon reveals that the money he received from Harvey actually came from him and he now has a financial interest in the bistro. He forces Nick to take Jacob on part time while posing to Leanne as an old friend of Nick’s.
• George makes an error when he buys Eileen a new sofa for Christmas without realising that he has ordered one for a doll’s house. By the time it is delivered, Eileen’s old sofa has been thrown away. She is livid when he tries to disguise a coffin as the new sofa but is delighted when the full-sized one arrives on Boxing Day, and by the gift of airline tickets from Jason Grimshaw for her to visit him in Thailand.
• Roy isn’t pleased to receive a smartphone from Nina for Christmas, feeling that people become slaves to the devices. He gives it away to Sam as an extra present. He and Nina fall out, with her complaining that he’s a technophobe.
• Audrey and Sam go on their Norway cruise.
• Stephen is concerned when he hears that Teddy has gone to Canada and is returning with news. He tries to intercept him and hears from him that texts supposedly from Leo all originated in the UK. Immediately afterwards Teddy is knocked over with little chance of recovery. On the eve of Stephen fleeing with all his loose ends supposedly tied up, Teddy comes round from his coma.
• Carla is disappointed when Peter arranges nothing special for New Year, bar a meal at Speed Daal where he bores her when he expounds on his idea of giving up money and bartering instead.

Who lives where

Coronation Street

• Rovers Return Inn - Jenny Connor. Daisy Midgeley (until October). Ronnie Bailey. Ryan Connor (until August). Leo Thompkins (from January to September). Alya Nazir (from January to May). Glenda Shuttleworth (from October).
• 1 Coronation Street - Ken Barlow. Steve and Tracy McDonald. Amy Barlow (until March and from May to November). Jacob Hay (from May to November). Daniel Osbourne, Daisy Midgeley and Bertie Osbourne (from October).
• Audrey's Salon flat (No.2a) - Emma Brooker (until April). Tyrone Dobbs (until April, and from May to July). Craig Tinker and Faye Windass (from January).
• 3 Coronation Street - Ed, Aggie, Michael and Glory Bailey. James Bailey (until October). Dee-Dee Bailey (from September until October).
• 4 Coronation Street - Sally and Tim Metcalfe. Faye Windass (until January). Elaine Jones (from January until April, and from December).
• 5 Coronation Street - Chesney and Joseph Brown. Gemma Winter. Aled, Bryn, Carys and Llio Winter-Brown. Bernie Winter (Until October and from November).
• 6 Coronation Street - Yasmeen Metcalfe. Alya Nazir (until January and from May). Zeedan Nazir (until January and from May). Stu Carpenter (from January). Eliza Woodrow (from November).
• 7 Coronation Street - Dev, Aadi Alahan (until August and from September). Asha Alahan. Bernie Winter (from October until November).
• 8 Coronation Street - Gail Rodwell. David, Shona and Lily Platt. Max Turner (until December). Audrey Roberts (until July).
• 9 Coronation Street - Fiz, Hope Stape and Ruby Dobbs (until April and from May). Evelyn Plummer. Tyrone Dobbs (from April to May, and from July).
• Kabin flat (No.10a) - Rita Tanner.
• 11 Coronation Street - Eileen Grimshaw. Todd Grimshaw. Mary Taylor. Sean Tully. Dylan Wilson (from July).
• 12 Coronation Street - Brian Packham. Cathy Matthews (until June). Alex Warner (unclear, had moved out by December).
• 13 Coronation Street - Kevin and Jack Webster. Abi Webster (until March, June only, and from July). Alfie Franklin (from July).
• Corner Shop flat (No.15a) - Daniel and Bertie Osbourne (until October). Paul Foreman. Nicky and Maisie Wheatley (from April to May). Dee-Dee Bailey (from October).

Rosamund Street

• Preston's Petals flat (No.19a) - Billy Mayhew. Summer Spellman (until November and from December).

Victoria Street

• Jamila House flat (No.14a) - Empty.
• Street Cars flat (No.15a) - Peter and Carla Barlow. Simon Barlow (from August).
• Roy's Rolls flat (No.16a) - Roy Cropper. Nina Lucas.
• Prima Doner flat (No.18a) - Kirk and Beth Sutherland. Craig Tinker (until January).
• Builder's Yard flat (No.19a) - Imran Habeeb (until June). Toyah Battersby/Habeeb (until August). Elsie (until April). Alfie Franklin (from May to June). Amy Barlow, Jacob Hay and Aaron Sandford (all from November). Summer Spellman (from November to December).

Victoria Court

• 5 Victoria Court - Maria and Liam Connor. Gary Windass. Kelly Neelan (until September). Laura Neelan (March only). Aadi Alahan (from August to September). Jake Windass (from September).
• 12 Victoria Court - Leanne Battersby. Simon Barlow (until August). Nick Tilsley. Sam Blakeman. Toyah Habeeb (from August).

Redbank Apartments

• 7 Redbank Apartments - Adam and Sarah Barlow and Harry Platt.

Others

• Chariot Square Hotel - Ryan Connor (from August).
• 2 Conifer Avenue, Oakhill - George Shuttleworth.
• 6 Copson Avenue - Phill Whittaker (from April). Fiz and Hope Stape, and Ruby Dobbs (April only).
• 5 Grasmere Drive - Audrey Roberts (from July). Stephen Reid (from July).
• 28 Grayling Street - Izzy Armstrong. Jake Windass (until September).
• Flat 3, 52 Westgate Lane - Abi Webster and Alfie Franklin (from March until June).
• Wendy Papadopoulos's house - Abi Webster and Alfie Franklin (from June until July).
• Flat 13, 56 Oldroyd Street - Max Turner (from December).

Awards and nominations

BAFTA
Ceremony held on 8th May 2022

• Best Soap and Continuing Drama: Coronation Street (Winner)

British Soap Awards
Ceremony held on 11th June 2022

• Best British Soap: Coronation Street (Nominee)
• Best Leading Performer: Sally Carman-Duttine (Nominee)
• Best Family: The Alahans (Nominee)
• Villain of the Year: Maximus Evans (Winner)
• Best Comedy Performer: Jane Hazlegrove (Nominee)
• Best Newcomer: Paddy Bever (Nominee)
• Best Storyline: Hate Crime (Nominee)
• Best Single Episode: Flashback (Nominee)
• Best Dramatic Performance: Sally Carman-Duttine (Nominee)
• Best On-Screen Partnership: David Neilson and Mollie Gallagher (Nominee)
• Best Young Performer: Millie Gibson (Winner)
• Scene of the Year: Johnny Connor's death (Nominee)
• The Tony Warren Award: Jan McVerry

Broadcast Awards
Ceremony held on 10th February 2022

• Best Soap/Continuing Drama: Coronation Street (Nominee)

Inside Soap Awards
Ceremony held on 17th October 2022

• Best Soap: Coronation Street (Nominee)
• Best Actor: David Neilson (Nominee), Michael Le Vell (Nominee), Mikey North (Nominee)
• Best Actress: Sally Carman-Duttine (Nominee), Millie Gibson (Nominee), Georgia Taylor (Nominee)
• Best Newcomer: Paddy Bever (Nominee), Bill Fellows (Nominee) (Nominee)
• Best Comic Performance: Maureen Lipman (Winner), Jimmi Harkishin (Nominee)
• Best Partnership: David Neilson and Mollie Gallagher (Nominee), Alan Halsall and Jamie Kenna (Nominee)
• Best Storyline: Abi's battle for baby Alfie (Nominee), Fiz's love dilemma (Nominee)
• Best Villain: Maximus Evans (Nominee), Rebecca Ryan (Nominee)
• Best Family: The Platts (Winner), The Alahans (Nominee)
• Feelgood Moment: Abi's battle for baby Alfie (Nominee), Fiz's love dilemma (Nominee)
• Best Young Performer: Isabella Flanagan (Winner), Jude Riordan (Nominee)
• Best Romance: Elle Mulvaney and Jack James Ryan (Nominee), Sally Dynevor and Joe Duttine (Nominee)
• Best Showstopper: Imran's shock death (Nominee), Sinkhole horror/Johnny drowns (Nominee)

National Television Awards
Ceremony held on 13th October 2022

• Best Serial Drama: Coronation Street (Nominee)
• Rising Star: Paddy Bever (Winner)

Royal Television Society (North West) Awards
Ceremony held on 26th November 2022

• Best Continuing Drama Storyline: Abi's Baby Battle (Winner), Justice for Seb (Nominee)
• Best Performance in a Continuing Drama: Sally Carman-Duttine (Winner), Georgia Taylor (Nominee)

Television and Radio Industries Club ("TRIC") Awards
Ceremony held on 6th July 2022

• Soap of the Year: Coronation Street (Nominee)
• Best Soap Actor: Sally Carman (Nominee), Simon Gregson (Nominee)

TV Times Awards

• Favourite Soap Star: Sally Carman (Nominee), Millie Gibson (Nominee)
• Favourite Soap: Coronation Street (Nominee)
• Favourite Performer (Under 18): Jude Riordan (Winner), Isabella Flanagan (Nominee)