2024 was Coronation Street's sixty-fifth year.
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(as of Episode 11359/60 (9th September 2024))
Production
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Episodes
| # | Ep. No. |
Date | Part | Writer | Director | Viewing Figures |
Chart Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11152/3 | Monday 1st January | Owen Lloyd-Fox Emily Gascoyne |
John Anderson | 4,745,000 | 19 | |
| 2 | 11154/5 | Tuesday 2nd January | Alasdair Morrison Simon Crowther |
Nickie Lister | 4,858,000 | 17 | |
| 3 | 11156/7 | Wednesday 3rd January | David Proud Carmel Morgan |
Nickie Lister | 4,830,000 | 18 | |
| 4 | 11158/9 | Tuesday 9th January | Julie Jones Chris Fewtrell |
Neil Alderton | 4,714,000 | 13 | |
| 5 | 11160/1 | Wednesday 10th January | Ian Kershaw | Neil Alderton | 4,877,000 | 11 | |
| 6 | 11162/3 | Friday 12th January | Joe Turner Susan Oudot |
Mickey Jones | 4,455,000 | 16 | |
| 7 | 11164/6 | Monday 15th January | Steven Fay John Kerr |
Mickey Jones | 4,703,000 | 11 | |
| 8 | 11166/7 | Wednesday 17th January | Cameron McAllister Ellen Taylor |
Emma Lindley | 4,574,000 | 13 | |
| 9 | 11168/9 | Friday 19th January | John Kerr Mark Wadlow |
Emma Lindley | 4,602,000 | 12 | |
| 10 | 11170/1 | Monday 22nd January | Nessah Muthy Jonathan Harvey |
Lee Trevor | 4,473,000 | 11 | |
| 11 | 11172/3 | Tuesday 23rd January | Chris Fewtrell | Lee Trevor | 3,868,000 | 25 | |
| 12 | 11174/5 | Wednesday 24th January | Alasdair Morrison Owen Lloyd-Fox |
Tim Royle | 4,297,000 | 13 | |
| 13 | 11176/7 | Monday 29th January | Joe Turner Jan McVerry |
Tim Royle | 4,574,000 | 12 | |
| 14 | 11178/9 | Wednesday 31st January | Simon Crowther | Pip Short | 4,562,000 | 13 | |
| 15 | 11180/1 | Monday 5th February | Damon Alexis-Rochefort Steven Fay |
Pip Short | 4,601,000 | 12 | |
| 16 | 11182/3 | Friday 9th February | David Isaac Emily Gascoyne |
Suri Krishnamma | 4,422,000 | 13 | |
| 17 | 11184/5 | Sunday 11th February | Debbie Oates | Suri Krishnamma | 3,897,000 | 23 | |
| 18 | 11186/7 | Monday 12th February | Susan Oudot Julie Jones |
Suri Krishnamma | 4,368,000 | 11 | |
| 19 | 11188/9 | Tuesday 13th February | Carmel Morgan David Proud |
Alex Jacob | 4,324,000 | 13 | |
| 20 | 11190/1 | Wednesday 14th February | Mark Burt | Alex Jacob | 4,340,000 | 12 | |
| 21 | 11192/3 | Friday 16th February | David Proud Nessah Muthy |
Marianna Dean | 4,289,000 | 14 | |
| 22 | 11194/5 | Monday 19th February | John Kerr Mark Wadlow |
Marianna Dean | 4,689,000 | 10 | |
| 23 | 11196/7 | Wednesday 21st February | Ian Kershaw | Kevin Boyle | 4,690,000 | 9 | |
| 24 | 11198/9 | Monday 26th February | Jonathan Harvey | Kevin Boyle | 4,647,000 | 7 | |
| 25 | 11200/1 | Thursday 29th February | Julie Jones Damon Alexis-Rochefort |
John Anderson | 4,320,000 | 12 | |
| 26 | 11202/3 | Friday 1st March | Joe Turner Ella Greenhill |
John Anderson | 4,359,000 | 10 | |
| 27 | 11204/5 | Monday 4th March | Owen Lloyd-Fox Emily Gascoyne |
Neil Alderton | 4,461,000 | 8 | |
| 28 | 11206/7 | Wednesday 6th March | Cameron McAllister Steven Fay |
Neil Alderton | 4,474,000 | 7 | |
| 29 | 11208/9 | Friday 8th March | David Isaac Susan Oudot |
Judith Dine | 4,233,000 | 9 | |
| 30 | 11210/1 | Monday 11th March | Simon Crowther Chris Fewtrell |
Judith Dine | 4,562,000 | 4 | |
| 31 | 11212/3 | Wednesday 13th March | Sam Holdsworth | Merlyn Rice | 4,395,000 | 6 | |
| 32 | 11214/5 | Friday 15th March | Carmel Morgan Jan McVerry |
Merlyn Rice | 4,134,000 | 10 | |
| 33 | 11216/7 | Monday 18th March | Mark Wadlow Susan Oudot |
Debbie Howard | 4,344,000 | 10 | |
| 34 | 11218/9 | Wednesday 20th March | Ella Greenhill David Isaac |
Debbie Howard | 4,528,000 | 6 | |
| 35 | 11220/1 | Friday 22nd March | David Proud Julie Jones |
Tim Finn | 4,415,000 | 8 | |
| 36 | 11222/3 | Monday 25th March | John Kerr Emily Gascoyne |
Tim Finn | 4,532,000 | 6 | |
| 37 | 11224/5 | Wednesday 27th March | Simon Crowther Owen Lloyd-Fox |
Jason Wingard | 4,531,000 | 7 | |
| 38 | 11226/7 | Friday 29th March | Joe Turner | Jason Wingard | 4,359,000 | 8 | |
| 39 | 11228/9 | Monday 1st April | Nessah Muthy Jonathan Harvey |
Jason Wingard | 4,697,000 | 4 | |
| 40 | 11230/1 | Tuesday 2nd April | Ellen Taylor Damon Alexis-Rochefort |
Dominic Stephenson | 4,491,000 | 7 | |
| 41 | 11232/3 | Wednesday 3rd April | Jan McVerry Carmel Morgan |
Dominic Stephenson | 4,625,000 | 6 | |
| 42 | 11234/5 | Monday 8th April | Steven Fay Alasdair Morrison |
Suri Krishnamma | 4,408,000 | 7 | |
| 43 | 11236/7 | Wednesday 10th April | Chris Fewtrell | Suri Krishnamma | 4,685,000 | 6 | |
| 44 | 11238/9 | Friday 12th April | Mark Burt | Paul Riordan | 4,370,000 | 8 | |
| 45 | 11240/1 | Monday 15th April | Debbie Oates | Paul Riordan | 4,452,000 | 9 | |
| 46 | 11242/3 | Wednesday 17th April | Chris Fewtrell Owen Lloyd-Fox |
Zah Ahmad | 4,324,000 | 10 | |
| 47 | 11244/5 | Friday 19th April | Mark Wadlow Julie Jones |
Zah Ahmad | 4,304,000 | 11 | |
| 48 | 11246/7 | Monday 22nd April | Ellen Taylor John Kerr |
Nickie Lister | 4,406,000 | 8 | |
| 49 | 11248/9 | Wednesday 24th April | Jan McVerry Nessah Muthy |
Nickie Lister | 4,275,000 | 9 | |
| 50 | 11250/1 | Friday 26th April | Ian Kershaw | David Beauchamp | 4,460,000 | 6 | |
| 51 | 11252/3 | Monday 29th April | David Proud David Isaac |
David Beauchamp | 4,312,000 | 9 | |
| 52 | 11254/5 | Wednesday 1st May | Damon Alexis-Rochefort Steven Fay |
Chantelle Kayll | 4,356,000 | 8 | |
| 53 | 11256/7 | Friday 3rd May | Simon Crowther Jonathan Harvey |
Chantelle Kayll | 4,298,000 | 10 | |
| 54 | 11258/9 | Monday 6th May | Joe Turner Alasdair Morrison |
Peter Rose | 4,123,000 | 8 | |
| 55 | 11260/1 | Wednesday 8th May | Sam Holdsworth | Peter Rose | 4,254,000 | 6 | |
| 56 | 11262/3 | Friday 10th May | Ella Greenhill Emily Gascoyne |
Merlyn Rice | 4,262,000 | 5 | |
| 57 | 11264/5 | Monday 13th May | Cameron McAllister Carmel Morgan |
Merlyn Rice | 4,366,000 | 5 | |
| 58 | 11266/7 | Wednesday 15th May | Susan Oudot Ella Greenhill |
Miguel Guerreiro | 4,285,000 | 7 | |
| 59 | 11268/9 | Friday 17th May | Simon Crowther Jonathan Harvey |
Miguel Guerreiro | 4,240,000 | 8 | |
| 60 | 11270/1 | Monday 20th May | Mark Wadlow Joe Turner |
Jason Wingard | 4,461,000 | 8 | |
| 61 | 11272/3 | Wednesday 22nd May | David Proud Julie Jones |
Jason Wingard | 4,389,000 | 10 | |
| 62 | 11274/5 | Friday 24th May | Nessah Muthy Ellen Taylor |
Judith Dine | 4,418,000 | 9 | |
| 63 | 11276 | Monday 27th May | Owen Lloyd-Fox | Paul Riordan | 4,749,000 | 8 | |
| 64 | 11277 | Tuesday 28th May | Debbie Oates | Paul Riordan | 4,513,000 | 13 | |
| 65 | 11278 | Wednesday 29th May | Alasdair Morrison | Paul Riordan | 4,665,000 | 11 | |
| 66 | 11279 | Thursday 30th May | Emily Gascoyne | Paul Riordan | 4,735,000 | 9 | |
| 67 | 11280 | Friday 31st May | Steven Fay | Paul Riordan | 4,771,000 | 7 | |
| 68 | 11281/2 | Monday 3rd June | Cameron McAllister David Isaac |
Michael Lacey | 4,645,000 | 2 | |
| 69 | 11283/4 | Wednesday 5th June | Chris Fewtrell Carmel Morgan |
Michael Lacey | 4,331,000 | 5 | |
| 70 | 11285/6 | Friday 7th June | Damon Alexis-Rochefort Jan McVerry |
Dominic Stephenson | 4,233,000 | 6 | |
| 71 | 11287/8 | Monday 10th June | John Kerr Mark Burt |
Dominic Stephenson | 4,466,000 | 4 | |
| 72 | 11289/90 | Wednesday 12th June | Cameron McAllister Susan Oudot |
Diana Patrick | 4,514,000 | 3 | |
| 73 | 11291/2 | Tuesday 18th June | Nessah Muthy Sam Holdsworth |
Diana Patrick | 4,183,000 | 9 | |
| 74 | 11293/4 | Wednesday 19th June | Julie Jones Debbie Oates |
Abe Juckes | 3,988,000 | 12 | |
| 75 | 11295/6 | Friday 21st June | David Proud Alasdair Morrison |
Abe Juckes | 4,085,000 | 11 | |
| 76 | 11297/8 | Monday 24th June | Emily Gascoyne Ella Greenhill |
David Beauchamp | 4,160,000 | 9 | |
| 77 | 11299/300 | Friday 28th June | Steven Fay Mark Wadlow |
David Beauchamp | 4,207,000 | 8 | |
| 78 | 11301/2 | Monday 1st July | Damon Alexis-Rochefort Jonathan Harvey |
Alex Browning | 3,658,000 | 16 | |
| 79 | 11303/4 | Wednesday 3rd July | David Isaac Carmel Morgan |
Alex Browning | 4,602,000 | 7 | |
| 80 | 11305/6 | Friday 5th July | Jan McVerry Ellen Taylor |
Chantelle Kayll | 3,880,000 | 12 | |
| 81 | 11307/8 | Monday 8th July | Chris Fewtrell Owen Lloyd-Fox |
Chantelle Kayll | 4,245,000 | 6 | |
| 82 | 11309/10 | Tuesday 9th July | Ian Kershaw | Richard Lynn Kevin Boyle |
4,018,000 | 8 | |
| 83 | 11311/2 | Monday 15th July | John Kerr Simon Crowther |
Richard Lynn | 4,628,000 | 2 | |
| 84 | 11313/4 | Wednesday 17th July | Joe Turner Mark Wadlow |
Mickey Jones | 4,533,000 | 4 | |
| 85 | 11315/6 | Friday 19th July | Susan Oudot John Kerr |
Mickey Jones | 4,436,000 | 5 | |
| 86 | 11317/8 | Monday 22nd July | David Proud Ellen Taylor |
Vicky Thomas | |||
| 87 | 11319/20 | Wednesday 24th July | Damon Alexis-Rochefort David Isaac |
Vicky Thomas | |||
| 88 | 11321/2 | Friday 26th July | Debbie Oates | Vicky Thomas | |||
| 89 | 11323/4 | Monday 29th July | Cameron McAllister Julie Jones |
Tim Royle | |||
| 90 | 11325/6 | Wednesday 31st July | Jan McVerry Jonathan Harvey |
Tim Royle | |||
| 91 | 11327/8 | Friday 2nd August | Emily Gascoyne Ella Greenhill |
Becky Wild | |||
| 92 | 11329/30 | Monday 5th August | Alasdair Morrison Carmel Morgan |
Becky Wild | |||
| 93 | 11331/2 | Wednesday 7th August | Steven Fay Nessah Muthy |
Gary Williams | |||
| 94 | 11333/4 | Friday 9th August | Mark Burt | Gary Williams | |||
| 95 | 11335/6 | Monday 12th August | Simon Crowther Chris Fewtrell |
Andy Bennett | |||
| 96 | 11337/8 | Wednesday 14th August | Owen Lloyd-Fox Sam Holdsworth |
Michael Lacey | |||
| 97 | 11339/40 | Friday 16th August | Nessah Muthy David Proud |
Lee Trevor | |||
| 98 | 11341/2 | Monday 19th August | Ian Kershaw | Lee Trevor | |||
| 99 | 11343/4 | Wednesday 21st August | Simon Crowther Chris Fewtrell |
Joshua Reeves | |||
| 100 | 11345/6 | Friday 23rd August | Jan McVerry John Kerr |
Joshua Reeves | |||
| 101 | 11347/8 | Monday 26th August | Mark Wadlow Susan Oudot |
Penelope Shales-Slyne | |||
| 102 | 11349/50 | Wednesday 28th August | Sam Holdsworth | Penelope Shales-Slyne | |||
| 103 | 11351/2 | Friday 30th August | Cameron McAllister Alasdair Morrison |
Alex Browning | |||
| 104 | 11353/4 | Monday 2nd September | David Isaac Carmel Morgan |
Alex Browning | |||
| 105 | 11355/6 | Wednesday 4th September | Julie Jones Ellen Taylor |
Clive Arnold | |||
| 106 | 11357/8 | Friday 6th September | Damon Alexis-Rochefort Jonathan Harvey |
Clive Arnold | |||
| 107 | 11359/60 | Monday 9th September | Emily Gascoyne | David Kester | |||
| 108 | 11361/2 | Friday 13th September | Ella Greenhill Steven Fay |
David Kester |
Storylines
January
- The Platts are delighted to see Bethany Platt back. On their way to a celebratory meal, Daisy Midgeley points out the girl to Jenny Connor, who tells her who she is. Everyone thus find out that she wasted no time in falling back into Daniel Osbourne's bed. Daisy tries to make up with him, but he rejects her, saying he's had enough of her drama. Bethany is in touch with someone back in London, who she begs to give her another chance. Badly overdrawn, she agrees to write an article for Chit-Chat magazine and finds a suitable subject when Beth Sutherland drops hints about Daisy catfishing Ryan Connor.
- Sarah and Adam Barlow's attempt at reconciliation fails when Damon Hay returns to the area, intent on revenging himself upon Adam. He has him kidnapped and intends to kill him but is unable to go through with the act. He finds out from Sarah that she miscarried their baby and that Adam deleted a message that Damon left for Sarah before his previous departure. Sarah still has obvious feelings for him. Damon asks for his bistro investment money back and despite Dee-Dee Bailey’s warnings, Ed Bailey agrees to work with Damon on renovating a new bar. Damon visits half-brother Harvey Gaskell in jail who orders him to get involved with a robbery he’s planning from inside. When Damon refuses, his car is crushed, and he suspects Harvey of being behind the act. When he considers leaving Weatherfield, Sarah realises how much she has feelings for him, and they declare themselves to be a couple to the unimpressed family. Finding out that the half-brothers are at loggerheads, Adam offers to help Harvey with his appeal if he arranges to have Damon scared away. Harvey arranges a hitman to deal with Damon once Adam has completed his part of the bargain. Sarah invites Damon to move in with her.
- Shona Platt persuades Lauren Bolton to return to Roy's Rolls. Max Turner begins an apprenticeship as a hairdresser. Lauren is hurt when Max and Sabrina Adetiba make it clear they don't believe she has a boyfriend. She rings him up and finishes with him. Toyah Habeeb has to throw the youngsters out of the bistro when Lauren smuggles in vodka to add to their soft drinks.
- Summer Spellman treats Paul Foreman to a ride on a friend’s motorbike. The gesture goes badly when the cycle has no sidecar and Paul's friends struggle to put the humiliated man on to the machine to ride pillion. Expensive travel insurance prevents him and Billy Mayhew going on a holiday. When Paul falls whilst trying to get to the toilet and wets himself, Billy decides to leave his job and care for him full time. Paul tells Todd Grimshaw he has still not changed his mind about assisted dying and begs for his help. When he is unable to obtain prescription drugs, Paul asks Abi Webster who reluctantly buys Benzos for him. Kevin Webster discovers from a calculating Cassie Plummer that Abi supplied them and orders his wife out of his house. Finding out who she bought them for, Kevin advises Paul not to involve his wife, revealing what has transpired to a stunned Billy. After a lot of persuasion, he reluctantly agrees to help Paul himself.
- Michael Bailey refuses to have Ed back at No.3 and he stays at the corner shop flat. Gary Windass shows an interest in buying EGB Construction, but Ed is forced to hand over almost all the yard’s contents to bailiffs to meet his unpaid debts. Not wanting to rely on Dee-Dee for a roof over his head, he claims a friend has offered to put him up but instead sleeps in the empty yard. While he is going to fetch fish and chips, a heater sets fire to white spirits and Michael spots the premises ablaze. He finds himself trapped within and is rescued by his father. Michael agrees that Ed can move back into No.3, but the police suspect the fire was an insurance job. When they question him, and Ed cannot convince Michael of his innocence, his son rings Aggie Bailey in Birmingham and tells her everything that has happened. She washes her hands of her husband. Ed admits to a horrified Dee-Dee that although he didn't start the fire, he left it to burn as he saw it as a way out of all his problems. The police clear Ed and he is able to put in an insurance claim. Michael apologises for doubting him.
- Jenny vetoes Daisy’s attempts to boost business at the Rovers with special offers.
- The Porsche’s owner threatens to sue Webster's Autocentre for the scratch on his car and Kevin has to pay an expensive body shop to fix it. Cassie is put off confessing to causing the damage when Kevin and Abi offer her a permanent position. Roy Cropper reveals that Abi was not to blame, and Cassie is sacked. Abi persuades Kevin to reinstate her. Tyrone Dobbs goes on holiday to Italy with Fiz leaving the girls with Cassie and Evelyn, who moves back into No.9. Evelyn Plummer is impressed with her daughter when she deals maturely with Ruby Dobbs after she lies to her about getting nail extensions, falsely claiming that they are within school rules.
- Evelyn is angry when Terry Fensley only receives community service. Seeing him buying puppy food, she follows him but is threatened to mind her own business. Cassie agrees to helps her and Evelyn provides a distraction while her daughter breaks into Terry's house and, aside from finding caged puppies within, helps herself to a wedge of cash. She clubs Terry to the ground just before he discovers her. Evelyn is initially under suspicion for the assault. Hope Dobbs sees the money and demands a cut for her silence. Evelyn realises what Cassie did and rows with her for letting her take the rap. Terry is arrested for cruelty to animals.
- Asha Alahan mistakenly suspects Nina Lucas when someone at the university reports Isla Gibbs for having an inappropriate interest in her. At the same time, Amy Barlow flies off the handle with Aadi Alahan when he tells an interested Bobby Crawford that she is spoken for. Nina and Aadi give each other a shoulder to cry on. They kiss and instantly regret their action. Asha senses something going on between them, and the truth emerges. Asha flings her birthday present back at her brother when she calls at his flat, thinking he is drunk and passed out on the sofa, and not realising he is unconscious due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Amy saves him and he is taken to hospital. She intervenes between the siblings when Aadi accuses his sister of leaving him to die, pointing out to him that Asha wasn't thinking straight at the time. Nina moves back in with Roy while Dev Alahan insists his son moves back into No.7.
- Bobby impresses Carla Barlow when he obtains a contract for Underworld. Simon Barlow finds him annoying and Carla orders them to go out for a drink to get to know each other better. Sabrina and Lauren join them, and Bobby takes a fancy to Lauren. Simon begins to drink heavily and is sacked by Carla when he refuses to drive the Underworld van as he is over the limit. After Peter Barlow reneges on a job offer, Leanne takes him on at the bistro where he organises a lock-in after hours with himself and Bobby.
- Billy, Paul and Summer try to bring Todd and Moses Ekundayo together. Bernie Winter is released from prison and returns to a surprise party. Determined to make up for lost time, she fusses over her son, cleaning his flat, and Paul has to summon Todd quickly to hide the Benzos.
- Gemma Winter-Brown's anger over the time that the social services investigation is taking isn't improved when Linda Hancock arrives on a visit from Portugal. Finding out what’s happened, Linda tries to persuade Chesney Winter-Brown to apply for sole custody of Joseph. Chesney doesn't listen to his son when he complains again of being ill. The child is rushed to hospital when he suddenly collapses and a conversation between Gemma and Dr Gaddas makes the GP realise he has Lymes disease which he contracted on a school trip. Joseph recovers under treatment. Social services drop their investigation, but Joseph rejects his father for not believing his concerns. Gemma intervenes to reconcile them but finds it hard to forgive Chesney herself. Bernie warns Linda off from interfering in her family.
- Bernie borrows a campervan off a friend for an impromptu night away with her children but ends up getting lost and stuck in the mud on a rugby pitch. Having taken Summer to Sheffield, Billy misses the messages alerting him to where they have gone and assumes Paul has decided now to bring his life to an end. Overhearing Billy in a panic on the phone, Bernie and Gemma discover what Paul intends to do. They make him drop the idea. Billy again hurts his back helping Paul when an overworked Moses is running late. Unaware of the carer’s workload, Bernie thinks he is neglecting her son and reports him, resulting in his suspension. She tries but fails to retract her complaint when Paul makes her aware of the truth of the matter. Unable to work, Moses moves to London.
- Liam truants but is found out by Gary and Maria Connor. Forced back to school, he is attacked by Mason Radcliffe and sets off the fire alarm to escape him. Receiving threatening messages, he decides to stand up against his bullies. Instead, Mason provokes Liam into punching Dylan Wilson, an act for which he is suspended and reported to the police who decide to take a restorative justice approach and make him apologise to a contemptuous Dylan, who tells him that he and his mates will be waiting for him when he returns to school. In the meantime, Liam enjoys helping Gary at the furniture shop.
- Given a measly birthday present by Steve McDonald, Tracy insists that their bedroom is decorated and takes on Tommy Orpington to do the job. Steve, Tim Metcalfe, Kevin and Kirk Sutherland are awestruck by their idol’s presence among them, but Steve has agreed to go to Paris to see Emma Brooker who is working for a few days there. As the decorating nears its end, Tracy and Tommy’s mutual attraction becomes too much and the two end up having sex. They agree it's a one-off. Sally Metcalfe asks Tommy to stay around and decorate No.4's bedroom as well.
February
- With Steve due back from Paris, Tracy and Tommy have one last tryst in Preston's Petals but are almost caught by Steve when he returns early. Oblivious to what has been going on, Steve asks Tommy to decorate the flower shop as well. Recognising that there are difficulties in his marriage, Steve tries to arrange a romantic French meal with Tracy but spoils the effect when he invites an uncomfortable Tommy to join them. Amy almost catches her mother and her lover arguing over him flirting with Toyah, but Tracy comes up with a convincing story to deflect suspicion. She further panics when Steve lures Tommy to the Rovers for an afternoon to discuss football, worried that he will let slip about their flings. Confessing that her marriage is stale, and finding out that Steve is on a long taxi run, she invites Tommy into her bedroom at No.1. Tim helps Gav Adetiba overcome his fear of heights up ladders when he begins window-cleaning and outside No.1’s bedroom he is mortified to catch a glimpse of Tracy and a man who he assumes is Steve with her. When Sally hears about the airport run, and that Tracy took Tommy “for lunch”, she puts two and two together and tells Tim that Tracy is playing away from home. Loyal to his friend, he tells Steve that his wife is cheating after giving Tracy the chance to be honest, but he is forced to continue to employ Tommy as he has already started decorating No.4’s bedroom. Tracy announces the end of her marriage to Ken Barlow and Amy. Steve plans to move out but Ken tells his daughter that she should be the one to leave.
- Bethany investigates her story and, finding out that Lauren and Ryan were flatmates at the time, helps the young girl with tutoring for her exam all the time pumping her for information. Bethany submits the finished story to Chit-Chat. Daniel is staggered when he discovers what the anonymised article is about and to keep her relationship with him going, she offers to let him edit it to his satisfaction. He finds it's well written and balanced. Nevertheless, Bethany is unable to be truthful with Daisy at the forthcoming article and, getting cold feet, she tries to withdraw it but without success. Daisy thinks she and Daniel have a chance of reconciliation and is devastated when the Chit-Chat article is published. She easily recognises herself in the story and forces Daniel to admit that he helped Bethany with it.
- Damon inflates Ed’s insurance claim, adding in items which Dee-Dee recognises as having been repossessed by the bailiffs. She tears a strip off Damon for putting her father in danger of committing fraud, but his remarks make her assume that he knows that she colluded in insider trading over the Waterford’s deal. She tells Adam about her concerns and confesses to all that happened.
- Seething that Damon has moved into his old home, Adam demands that Sarah agrees to sell it. Not knowing who the appeal is for, Dee-Dee and Joel Deering supply a possible defence for Adam to use in Harvey's appeal. To ensure its success, Harvey arranges to pay off John Perry, a man dying of cancer and who is willing to admit to being Natasha Blakeman’s murderer. Coached by Adam, John makes a statement to the police, but Adam finds that due to a combination of circumstances CCTV footage still exists of John in a shop when he was supposedly killing Natasha. Harvey orders him to obtain and destroy the recording, but Adam is overcome with guilt when a family liaison officer informs Nick Tilsley and Leanne about the appeal and they confide in him their concerns that its success could devastate Sam Blakeman.
- Drinking once more, Simon falls asleep in the Rovers and Leanne Battersby has to go and fetch him. Bobby takes a fancy to Lauren and invites her to a party he's throwing which is supposedly to cheer Simon up. Badly hungover the next day, he drives Sam to a chess competition but crashes Leanne’s car on the way, though neither of them are seemingly hurt. Worried for Simon, Leanne covers for his misdemeanour with Nick. When Sam suddenly collapses and is briefly hospitalised, Leanne is forced to tell Nick the truth. Simon hands himself in to the police and is charged but Nick refuses to let him stay another night under his roof and he is forced to sleep rough. Leanne discovers his situation and Nick is reluctantly forced to relent, though drops his plan to propose to Leanne, annoyed at her cover-up. Simon resolves to control his drinking and finds a support group. Leanne finds out from Toyah about the cancelled proposal and, as it’s Leap Year, goes down on one knee to Nick. He accepts but admits to David Platt that he’s no longer enthusiastic. When Leanne begins to plan an expensive French wedding, he’s able to get to defer an early date supposedly to enable other people to save up.
- Toyah sees Joel is uncomfortable when a woman called Emily Wilkinson tracks him down in the bistro where Joel tries to hurry her away. He and Dee-Dee admit they’re falling in love with each other while all the time Joel tries to avoid Emily's calls and texts. Dee-Dee finds a receipt for an expensive item from a jeweller’s dated December which Joel claims was for cufflinks for himself. Alya Nazir spots him and Emily in a car. Not knowing who she is, she tells Toyah about her concerns and Toyah remembers the meeting between them in the bistro. The restaurant’s CCTV footage shows Alya that it was the same woman. When it is shown to Dee-Dee, Joel confesses that Emily is his wife; they separated when she was pregnant after he had an affair, and now he has a daughter, Maeve, and the jeweller's receipt was actually for a charm bracelet for her. She finishes with him, even after Emily pays a visit to her and assures her that Joel is a good man.
- Daniel puts Lauren in for her English GCSE exam and further helps her by paying her fees. Bobby finds out that Rob killed Tina in cold blood and not in self-defence, as he'd been led to believe. The revelation brings him and Lauren closer and she is touched when he obtains expensive textbooks for her. However, he is concerned that her rich ex-boyfriend is still in her life. The suitor himself appears unexpectedly at Lauren’s flat and she makes it clear that she wants nothing to do with him. Her monetary problems worsen, and Max and Sabrina discover that she makes videos for Ovidz. Bobby sees a bruise on her shoulder and is concerned that her ex is abusing her. To make money, Lauren asks Bethany if she’d write up her story of how she was brainwashed by a far-right group and sell it to a magazine. Bethany can’t get any of Lauren’s old compatriots to talk, and one of them threatens her. Roy has to sack Lauren when she seems to have taken £5 from Bethany's left-behind bag and she tells him that she’s going to leave Weatherfield for a new life. However, Bobby finds signs of a very hurried departure from her flat. Growing concerned, he reports her disappearance to the police.
- Despite receiving a text threat from Mason, Liam returns to school where he is once more attacked by his tormentor. Maria accesses his private social media account and fines a string of abusive messages. Overhearing Gary and Sean Tully arguing about them, Dylan alerts Mason and the messages are deleted before Maria can bring them to Mrs Crawshaw's attention. Liam begins to investigate ways to end his life on the laptop loaned by the school. When it’s returned, they find his searches and Gary and Maria are alerted. Liam explains that he thought Maria deserved a better son. Appalled, she decides to home-school him and anxiously watches his every move. Dr Gaddas refers the boy to a mental health unit. At the precinct, an over-confident Mason goads Gary who pushes him to the ground. Sean prevents a fight and, once back home, demands Dylan shows him his phone messages. He sees a string of bullying and homophobic texts and bursts into anger at his son’s behaviour and duplicity. Grounding the boy, he assures Gary and Maria that they will hear no more from Dylan. After talking to George Shuttleworth about his own bullying experiences, Dylan is ashamed of being so easily led and resolves to come clean to Mrs Crawshaw. However, a series of threats from Mason make him accept all of the blame and keep quiet about the actions of the true perpetrator. He is suspended.
- Summer defers an opportunity to study in the States for a semester, wanting to be with Paul. Billy treats Paul on Valentine’s Day by rearranging his motorbike ride, though a barbershop quartet at the bistro is ruined when an old school acquaintance of Paul’s called Benno comes in with a group of stags and pushes himself in on the performance leading to Billy, suffering immense back pain, punching him. The police arrest Billy but Benno drops the charges.
- Despite Jenny’s reluctance, Daisy takes it upon herself to negotiate with Newton & Ridley for the brewery to supply the Rovers again. She succeeds but Carla spots her meeting the rep at the Chariot Square Hotel where she declares herself to be the owner of the pub. Having been overheard by Carla back at the Rovers, Jenny and Daisy are forced to concoct a story that Christina Boyd lent Daisy part of the funds. Jenny is also made to announce Daisy as co-owner to the regulars.
- Jenny lays on a surprise birthday party for Rita Tanner in the Rovers.
March
- Daniel’s lack of warning about the article causes a final breach between him and Daisy. She threatens legal action against the magazine who cut off all ties with Bethany as a result. Daisy is delighted when Ryan returns from Glasgow, saying his relationship with Crystal Hyde didn't work out as he was thinking of her all the time. Jenny is unable to intervene when Daisy offers him a job at the pub.
- Helping Nick to appeal against Harvey’s release, Dee-Dee is shocked to realise from the matching date of Natasha’s death and Adam’s CCTV footage that her colleague is acting for the gangster. Adam has an attack of conscience when a reluctant Sarah presents him with divorce papers and he sends the CCTV footage to the police, killing off Harvey’s appeal chances. In revenge, the gangster sends a hit and run driver to mow him down. He pushes Sarah and Bethany out of the way of the car and is hit himself, but sustains no serious injuries. When he confesses to a concerned Sarah what he had done to make him the target, she finishes with him for good. An appalled Dee-Dee only remains at the solicitors when Adam makes her a full partner.
- To get Harvey off Adam’s back, Damon agrees to do the robbery of used bank notes for him but demands a share of the proceeds for his and Sarah’s new home. He encourages Sarah to pursue her dream house. She finds out that he plans to be involved in the robbery and he lies that he’ll no longer be a part of it. The heist goes wrong when Damon refuses to allow the security driver to be killed and the police catch up with him. Sent to prison with the heist driver testifying against him, he tells Sarah it’s over between them. After a fight with Harvey, the two brothers call a truce and agree to work together from now onwards.
Fiz returns to an altered domestic set-up at 9 Coronation Street.
- Evelyn and Cassie clean No.9 ready for Fiz’s return from Norfolk. Fiz meets her mother-in-law for the first time. They all realise that the house is too crowded with both Evelyn and Cassie there and mother and daughter desperately try to curry favour with Tyrone and Fiz to be the one that remains. Tyrone gives in and allows both women to stay though Fiz reckons it will be a recipe for disaster.
- Watching her son’s every movement, Maria is angered that Dylan taking the full blame means that Liam cannot return to school as Mason will still be there. She and Gary consider moving him to another school. Jake Windass tells them about the knife, and they persuade Liam to tell the police about the incident. To Eileen Grimshaw’s fury, No.11 is searched, and Mason sets up Dylan so that the weapon is later found on his person. Dylan is charged but he is so horrified when he discovers that Liam considered suicide due to his own actions that he pleads guilty, despite Sean begging him to consider his future. Eileen tells Sean she wants him and Dylan to move out of her house, but she soon feels remorseful about making the demand. Tests show Mason's prints are also on the knife and he too is arrested. Eileen thinks Violet Wilson ought to be informed of her son's predicament, but Dylan tells her that she's on holiday and cannot return for his plea hearing. At court, Dylan pleads guilty, and the matter is adjourned for sentencing. Returning to No.11, Dylan and Sean find Violet there, incensed that no one informed her of the past few months’ events until Eileen contacted her to tear a strip off her for apparently showing no interest. Berating Sean’s parenting skills she takes Dylan back to London in the face of his and Sean’s protests.
- Fiz wants to interest Carla in ideas she picked up in Norfolk and hopes for promotion to supervisor but is disappointed when Carla shows no interest in advancing her. She also feels left out of family life and is touched when Evelyn includes her in Ruby’s Little Big Shotz' rehearsals and finds out that Ruby considers her a role model.
- Bobby makes public appeals about Lauren’s whereabouts. The landlord cancels Evelyn’s lease on the flat when he finds out she sublet it and, to help her, Roy cleans out the premises thoroughly, provoking Bobby's suspicions that he was involved in her disappearance. He reports the disappearance to the police who find blood spatter stains in the flat along with £200 in cash. Ryan tells DS Swain about Lauren’s Ovidz videos while Max informs them about her secret boyfriend, postulating that it might be Daniel. He is questioned with his previous arrangement with Nicky Wheatley being brought up. Roy is also formally interviewed with questions asked about his generous financial support of Lauren. The police treat the matter as a murder case. Daniel is suspended from the STC due to him being involved and he blames Max for his predicament, however online gossip points the finger at a perturbed Roy. Swain questioning paints him in a bad light and Dee-Dee, representing him, fears he may go down as he is released on bail. Max visits Reece Bolton in prison to find out what he knows, but this only results in Reece sending two men to threaten Roy who is saved from an assault by Nick and Carla. David forces Max to apologise to Roy for the danger he put him in. A visit by Roy to a vandalised bat roost site with a spade leads to further online insinuations and he is abused at a vigil for Lauren in the precinct and brick is thrown through the cafe window. His friends beg him to take a low profile and the stress makes him sleepwalk again.
- Sabrina falls out with Max when he accuses her of telling the media about Lauren’s sex work.
- Dom Everett returns briefly to Weatherfield and gives Stu Carpenter back his £10,000, saying he was wrong to take it. He asks Stu not to mention his visit to Eliza Woodrow, wanting to concentrate on his new life in Hamburg. Eliza finds the cash with a regretful note from Dom and realises that Stu has been in contact with her dad and tells Stu that she hates him. She also disbelieves Yasmeen’s assertion that she has a half-brother. Hope helps Eliza track down her father to the Chariot Square where he confirms Ben’s existence but manages to convince her that he loves her just as much. Eliza wants to move to Germany and Dom and Stu agree that she can spend Easter there to see if it works out, with a view to the move becoming permanent.
- Helped by a character reference from Sam, Simon is given a six-month driving ban and eighty hours community service. He attends a wellness seminar run by Rowan Cunliffe of the Altovalent Institute and is enthusiastic about what he hears there. Leanne is wound up when Nick is half-hearted about supporting Simon, and then admits that he doesn't want to marry her yet. On Simon’s recommendation, she also attends an institute meeting, becoming similarly enthusiastic.
- Linda grows concerned that Joseph is falling behind in his schooling and offers to pay for him to go to Oakhill School. Chesney and Gemma oppose the idea, but Paul tells his sister that she shouldn’t let her dislike of Linda disadvantage Joseph. They agree to go on an open day to the school which garners enthusiasm from Joseph. However he is concerned that Gemma and his dad are still at loggerheads over his bout with Lymes disease and fears they are going to split up. The couple are reconciled when they realise the effect that their discord is having on him. Joseph passes the entrance exam and an assessor from the school approves his admission.
- Paul’s speech starts to become slurred. Summer realises that Billy is in denial about the deterioration and is shocked to find out from the vicar that he doesn’t want to provoke Paul into invoking his suicide plan, which was something she wasn’t previously aware of. Paul realises how bad his speech has become when he sees a video of him singing at the first of a series of karaoke evenings at the Rovers. He starts to use his new voice equipment, assuring Billy that he will let him know himself when he wants to end his life. Paul persuades Summer to follow her dreams and she flies to Boston to study. Paul can no longer manage whole foods and has to have his meals puréed.
- Tommy gets a coaching job in Spain and Steve realises he's not yet told Tracy. Steve drops his fervent support of County after 35 years. Tracy dupes Amy into joining her for a bistro meal, not telling her that Tommy will also be there. When Tracy boasts about Tommy in the Rovers, Steve cannot help himself and blurts out about the Spain move. Tracy feels used and finishes with the footballer but also rejects Steve’s suggestion that they give their marriage another go. Amy refuses to intervene with her mother on Tommy’s behalf. Steve joins a dating site. With no interest, he goes to a cocktail night at the Chariot Square, but it is Ken, acting as his wingman, who attracts a woman there by the name of Elspeth. Tommy puts a note for Tracy through the locked flower shop door, unaware that Steve is inside. He pockets it.
- The articles about Lauren’s sex work badly affect Cassie, and her manner puzzles Evelyn. Tyrone is forced to tell his gran that Cassie was once a prostitute. Cassie admits everything to her shocked mother who realises from the timings that one of her clients was Tyrone’s father.
- To drum up more business, as well as the karaoke evenings, the Rovers hosts a quiz night - at which Cassie is disqualified for cheating - and a speed-dating night. After the latter, Glenda Shuttleworth is assaulted by two men who break into the pub for the takings and her confidence takes a knock as a result. Paul’s speech tablet, confiscated as a joke by Glenda during the event, is also stolen.
- Daisy isn’t happy when a homeless Christina comes to stay. She’s forced to admit to her mother about the circumstances of the Rovers' purchase when Ryan compliments the puzzled woman for lending her daughter the money.
April
- Tommy’s letter asks Tracy to come to Spain with him. Steve burns it and is pleased when an unhappy Tracy reconciles with him. However, Tommy rings and tells her about the letter. Realising what Steve did, Tracy finishes with him for good and flies out with Tommy to begin a new life.
- Dev donates Aadi’s old Oakhill uniform for Joseph, but it is several sizes too big, and Linda annoys Gemma by insisting that she buys a new one for him.
- Bethany grows suspicious of Daisy’s expensive spending habits. She overhears her and Jenny arguing about taking money from an account and finds out that Stephen Reid kept a journal. Bethany offers Daisy a truce and a dinner party is arranged at the Rovers for themselves, Ryan, and Daniel, but it is only to give Bethany a chance to search the pub for evidence. She finds the journal and realises where the money came from to buy the Rovers. She confronts Daisy during the meal but is forced to leave by Daniel. Amused by Bethany’s behaviour, Ryan passes on the accusation to Carla who takes it seriously. She sees that Jenny's nerves are shredded and after witnessing another confrontation between stepmother and stepdaughter forces a confession from her. Ryan talks Carla out of telling the police so instead she claims ownership of the pub, sacking Daisy on the spot. Rita finds out what has happened and tells Jenny she is just to blame as Daisy when she tries to pin it on her stepdaughter. Ryan sticks with Daisy when she convinces that she’s genuinely contrite.
- Maria is forced to return to work for the money. Gary sells the factory to Carla to supplement their income. Maria buys a camera that she secretes in the flat in order that she can watch Liam’s movements remotely, but she is distracted from handling a demanding bridal party in the salon when her son disappears monetarily from view, and she rushes home to see where he is. Audrey Roberts is forced to give the party their services for free, causing David to explode in anger when he finds out. Maria breaks down and tells Audrey everything, receiving a sympathetic response when she tells her about her own suicide attempt two years before.
- Hope gets a paper round telling Brian Packham she needs the money to buy a tablet being sold by a lad in the precinct. He finds that it is Paul’s and manages to retrieve it for its owner.
- Dylan returns for the court hearing and Mason wastes no time in telling him that he and his brothers will make him and Sean suffer if he testifies against him. After Liam persuades him not to abscond, Dylan gives evidence which convicts Mason who is given a custodial sentence. He begs Violet not to take him back to London and she agrees to let him stay. Maria cannot stop herself keeping a vigilant eye over Liam, worrying Gary. After the two argue over her overprotective attitude, Gary offloads onto Sarah at his flat where she similarly tells him how she feels about the breakdown of her own relationship. They kiss but instantly regret it. Gary is alarmed when Maria tells him about the camera, and he realises that the cloud will have the footage of him and Sarah. He manages to delete the incriminating evidence without arousing Maria's suspicions.
- Sean and Dylan move into their new precinct flat with an item of furniture supplied free by Gary and Maria as a peace offering.
- Aggie ends her marriage to Ed, and he returns from seeing her in Birmingham to another final demand letter which Michael and Dee-Dee force him to deal with, making him use his insurance payout to settle some of his debts. Blacklisted by local builders, he is given work as a handyman at the Chariot Square by Debbie Webster.
- Faced with more abuse, Roy retreats to his flat but reaches out to make contact with Lauren’s mum, Kerry, to offer his sympathies. He becomes even more concerned when Sam gets into trouble for spending time with him without clearing it with Nick first, and also when Stu is assaulted by a homeless man while trying to find evidence to clear his name. Alice McDowd, a blogging vigilante poses as Kerry to secure Roy's confidence in her whilst gaining evidence against him. When her true identity is revealed, a confrontation results in her tripping over and hurting herself. She reports Roy to the police for assault, and he is arrested and charged with murder. He is refused bail in court and remanded in custody. Refusing to leave his cell or eat meals, he starts to suffer hallucinations involving Lauren and thinks they have a significance.
- Carla lashes out at Dee-Dee for failing to secure Roy's release as his barrister. Also in court is Joel who sees her distress and stands up for his former girlfriend, forcing an apology from Carla. He also comforts her when he sees the death threats that she is receiving as a result of representing Roy. The two resume a no-strings friendship and Dee-Dee supports Joel when Emily offers to let him see Maeve as he admits he is terrified, not knowing how to be a dad. They grow closer and decide to give things another go but Michael isn't impressed with his sister's decision.
- Now convinced of Roy's innocence, Bobby wonders how to get him freed. He concocts a story that on the night of Lauren’s disappearance he saw a man wearing a dark coat and a balaclava in her flat and involves Carla in his deception. Although initially livid, she comes round to the idea, saying that getting Roy out of prison is their only priority. DS Swain investigates although she expresses doubts about the truth of the statement. A second bail application using Bobby's evidence is rejected, killing off Roy's renewed hopes. He finds out from Carla that the story was false and terminates his friendship with her for being party to such a deception, though he changes his mind about telling Swain. He is hospitalised with dehydration.
- Unaware that Bobby's story is a lie, Cassie recalls seeing a similar coat in the charity shop to the one the fictional intruder wore. It is traced to Daniel who is also questioned. Hearing of this, Max starts to have suspicions about him and follows him. He sees him making contact with Nicky Wheatley and reports this to the police, unaware that Daniel was asking Nicky to find out anything she heard about Lauren’s sex work activities as a possible lead to finding her killer. Finding out about Nicky, Bethany finishes with him but changes her mind when Nicky makes her see that Daniel is entirely innocent.
- Roy's online tormentors kidnap Freddie in an effort to get him to confess to killing Lauren but Asha cons them into handing the dog back. She hopes her act will bring her and Nina back together, but Nina says that although she loves her, they were never meant to be. Upset about her uncle, Nina gets drunk and takes her anger out on Daniel.
A chance encounter sets Toyah on the warpath and exposes an old trauma.
- Before Freddie is found, Toyah joins in the search for the animal and is horrified to find two vigilantes digging at a specific spot in North Cross Park. Acting in a berserk manner, he attacks them and is reported to the police who let her off with a caution. Nick finds her in tears, and she confesses her terrible secret that she gave birth to a stillborn baby girl when she was nineteen after being raped by Phil Simmonds who she named Rose and buried in the park. Nick persuades her not to confess to the police but to tell her sister. Leanne is horrified at what she went through alone.
- Nick and Toyah both have doubts about the institute. Toyah meets Rowan and their conversation convinces her that he's a scammer. She pressures Leanne to pull out, but Rowan’s offer to refund all her money makes her think that he's genuine and she remains on the course. Inspired by the institute, Simon plans a food delivery service and tries to drum up investment to get it started but no one is interested. Leanne grows more involved in the institute’s matters, troubling Nick and Toyah. The manipulative Rowan persuades her to distance herself from her sister's negativity and tells her she can offload onto him all her past sins and traumas. She is unaware that he is recording the session. Buoyed up, Leanne throws herself into the bistro but refuses to listen to Toyah’s problems, saying she cannot absorb other people's problems.
- Eliza returns and Stu is forced to agree when she tells him she wants to live in Germany permanently. After a leaving picnic with her friends, Eliza is taken to Germany by her grandfather, leaving Yasmeen Metcalfe to worry about their relationship as Eliza was the glue that held them together.
- Adam flirts with a new potential client and brings her back to the office for sex. They interrupt a meeting between Alya and Rich Pemberton, a solicitor from Fabian Croft who are hoping to do joint work with Barlow's. When Adam undermines Alya in front of Rich, she quits on the spot and is hired by Rich. She starts to poach Barlow's clients. Rowing with Alya over her supposed disloyalty, Adam starts to realise that he fancies her. Alya is given the chance of working in Fabian's Dublin office.
- Amy gets a job hosting a talk show on student radio. Aadi is her first interviewee, and she finds out how much he supported her when Aaron raped her. Next up is Paul who talks about his MND. It leads to a crowdfunding campaign for a MND centre, but it is also heard by Paul's estranged father, Denny Foreman.
- George updates his will leaving the undertakers to Todd but his partner also finds Archie Shuttleworth’s long-lost will which bequeathed the business to George and Glenda equally. George doesn't want to lose his half, but feels guilty when Glenda tells him that Estelle Harrington is divesting herself of Little Big Shotz and she would buy the business if she had the money.
- Eileen leaves for Thailand after Jason Grimshaw breaks his back in a moped accident.
- Tim and Abi encourage Steve to continue using dating apps and he arranges to meet a interested contact, Carole for lunch.
May
- Returned to prison after recovering, Roy remembers the necklace that Lauren said was from her anonymous rich boyfriend. Despite providing a sketch of it to the police, they are unable to trace the item, nor where it was purchased from.
- Overhearing his parents say that they cannot afford private therapy for him, Liam cannot stop himself feeling anxious and having momentary panic attacks but hides it from them. After investigating diazepam online, he finds a supply in Paul and Billy’s flat while watching a film there with Joseph. He self-medicates and is hospitalised. A stressed Maria assumes her son wanted to kill himself. Gary is late getting to his bedside after being with Sarah. Suspicious of him, Maria reactivates the camera in the flat and captures footage of her husband and Sarah together. She throws Gary out but allows him back when she realises that Liam needs stability in his life.
- Bethany is overwhelmed to see Nathan Curtis watching a police reconstruction of Lauren's last known movements and discovers he was released on licence from prison some months before. Nicky finds Ellie Benton, a scared young girl who knew Lauren, but Bethany scares her away in her desperation to pin the murder on Nathan. She and Daniel confront him at the building site where he now works, and Bethany steals his phone which shows he subscribed to the Ovidz site. She is caught by Dee-Dee having a look through Roy's files at her office but helps the solicitor when she points out that a text message the police say Roy sent to Lauren had a spelling mistake - something Roy would never do. Sarah is upset at the stress being caused to her daughter by Nathan being around. Somebody attacks Nathan on the building site and Daniel comes under suspicion. Shona realises from David's tracking app that he was on the site at the time, and he confesses he saw Gary carrying out the attack. Sarah and Gary pay Nathan £10,000 to leave Weatherfield. Gary sells the factory to Carla to raise the funds, lying to Maria that the raised sum is short by £10,000 to pay for a new heating system. Bethany finds out about the bribe and falls out with her mother for having dealings with a married man but Mary Taylor talks her around. Bethany finds a friend in Daisy who finds a similarity in what she went through with Justin Rutherford. Nathan pockets the money and returns to the building site.
- Bernie is shocked when Denny wants to see his son. She tries to claim he's already dead but Denny pushes into Paul’s flat behind her and reintroduces himself to his children. Gemma rejects him, but Denny takes Paul out and gets him drunk. Denny blackmails Bernie into silence with a secret he knows about her. Supposed to be looking after Paul, Denny neglects him and he collapses with aspiration pneumonia. The family make it clear he's not welcome and Bernie sends him packing when she finds him trying to flog his son's electric wheelchair for cash. The Rovers hosts a 24-hour karaoke-thon to raise the last of the funds needed for the MND. Paul has to have a feeding tube fitted as he can no longer eat solid foods.
- Denny's words have stung Bernie, and she starts to search for her long-lost son, the twins’ younger brother Zodiac, who was the result of a one-night stand and who was adopted under the name Christopher Green soon after birth when she was unable to cope. She searches for him, making the twins suspicious as to what she is up to. On their behalf, Dev pressures her to come clean but keeps her secret when she confesses to him. Bernie finds a likely candidate in the form of Detective Constable Kit Green, newly transferred to the Weatherfield division. He denies that he was ever adopted but soon afterwards arrests her for being drunk and disorderly when he just happens to be on the scene. Lisa Swain reprimands him for not focusing on the Lauren Bolton case and Bernie is let go. Kit hangs around the street, realising who his siblings are but making Bernie perturbed that the twins will find out about having a possible brother. He has Bernie’s car impounded for being one day late on its MOT. Going to the police station she finds out it's his 31st birthday, matching his date of birth exactly with Zodiac. He admits that he is her son. When Kit helps Paul with a non-disabled driver using a space at the hospital, Bernie searches him out to thank him, but she isn’t able to get him to understand why she abandoned him.
- Steve’s date with Carole goes wrong when her man-eating best friend Aurora insists on joining her and makes a play for Tim. A furious Sally bans her husband from seeing his best friend outside of work. Steve’s next date is Demi Mansfield who used to work at County and dislikes Tommy Orpington. However, he bores her when he goes on at length about why he hates the player and Tim has to talk up his friend’s good points after she dumps him. Sally takes an instant liking to Demi when she discovers that she is an estate agent based in Hale Barnes and lifts the friendship ban. Demi once more dumps Steve when she realises he’s obsessed with his estranged wife.
- Adam admits his feelings for Alya, and they kiss when they are supposed to be working on a joint case with Fabians. Caught out by Rich, he cancels her Dublin placement, citing her lack of professionalism, but Adam talks him around and Alya departs for Ireland.
- A guilty George assists Glenda in trying to raise the cash to buy the business but discovers it's not a viable concern. Todd let's slip to her about the will. Finding out from Michael that legal action against her brother would not be cost effective, she starts to pressure him for half of the business. George gives her £22,000 to settle the matter and she confides in Michael that she's going to use it to sue her brother.
- Stu returns from Germany with Eliza settling in well.
- Nick and Toyah grow concerned when Leanne is scammed into spending £200 on vitamins by the institute. Toyah finds an online post warning that's the institute is not to be trusted but Rowan tells Leanne it was the work of his bitter ex. She locates his ex-wife, Una Cunliffe, who tells her that she has nothing to fear from the Institute. Leanne goes on a two-week residential retreat. Simon is hurt that she's gone without saying goodbye and gets drunk, resulting in him being found unconscious at the precinct by Nick and Toyah. Rowan tries to get Simon to join Leanne at the retreat. Toyah and Nick warn Peter who gets Simon to agree to join him on his boat. Simon shows Carla a photo of his dad with another woman. Both she and Sarah drop their Barlow surnames.
- Debbie tries to persuade Kevin that the struggling garage should have its own website and he is forced to accept a £1,000 offer from Max to build it. Abi is delighted to hear that the twins are visiting from Australia in three weeks but is rocked when she finds out that Corey Brent is going to appear in a television documentary which paints him as a redeemed character managing the prison football team. She and Nina are unable to get the programme pulled so Abi makes her own video for the Gazette 's website telling her side of the story. However, this brings Dean Turnbull back into her life, wanting to borrow money. Cassie stirs things up by telling Kevin that the two are meeting but his fears of his wife being unfaithful are assuaged when he arrives just in time to stop Abi attacking Dean. Worse, sex videos of her begin to circulate online. She realises they are deepfake productions and both Dean and Max fall under initial suspicion of producing them.
- Stu hears that Roy won't leave his cell and asks Roscoe, a genial friend of his who is inside to befriend him. A grateful Roy bonds with Roscoe when he teaches him to read. Roy and Evelyn start a book club over the phone, but things worsen for Roy when Griff Reynolds is transferred into the prison. He threatens Roscoe into getting Roy out of his cell in order that he can be there when he returns, armed with a blade of glass. He tries to make Roy confess to killing Lauren, on Reece’s behalf, and then attempts to make his forthcoming death look like a suicide. The prison guards rescue Roy in the nick of time.
- Daniel is reinstated at the STC. Carla gives Daisy her old job back as the Rovers is understaffed.
- Gemma is hurt when Joseph asks Linda to organise a get-together with his school friends at the Bistro as he's ashamed of No.5.
- Dee-Dee gets a linguistics expert to look at Roy’s supposed texts to Lauren, but the result is inconclusive as the sender was as pedantic as him. Lisa Swain gets an admission from Roy that Bobby's evidence was false, and he is brought in for questioning. Carla gets past Lisa’s frosty professional demeanour when she overhears her arguing with her daughter, Betsy Swain, on the phone and finds out the police officer is grieving over the recent death of her lesbian partner. She offers the daughter a job at Underworld.
Unmasked.
- Sarah finds a hair bangle in No.8 that Lauren left behind with one of her hairs attached. She attempts to plant it in Nathan's van to be rid of him once and for all. On observation, Kit stops her and sends her on the way. He then plants the hair himself. Nathan is arrested and charged with murder. With Joel representing him, he protests his innocence. Roy is released from prison but finds it hard to settle back into normal life, hiding himself away again. The charges against Bobby are dropped. Little Big Shotz runs a car wash day to raise funds. Unaware of what she has discovered, Hope finds Lauren's necklace in Joel’s car and, under pressure from Ruby, hands it back to him. Joel remembers the night he attacked Lauren in her flat, running from the scene with the jewellery. He tries to persuade Nathan to plead guilty and pays Ellie, another of the victims of his predatory habits, to tell a snooping Bethany that Nathan was her abuser. He grows concerned as Bethany continues to investigate the matter.
June
- As Bethany puts Craig Tinker on Ellie’s trail to gain extra evidence against Nathan, Joel orders the frightened girl to disappear. He and Dee-Dee argue when she finds out that he is representing Nathan, but he defends himself by saying he's working within professional ethics. Nathan drops Joel, wanting a solicitor who will fight his case with more vigour. Joel introduces Dee-Dee to his parents, Gus and Anthea, but Anthea looks down on her for working in a backstreet solicitor’s office. Despite this unpromising start, Dee-Dee accepts Joel’s proposal of marriage after some initial hesitation.
- Dee-Dee confides in Adam that Bobby’s false statement turned the police’s attention on to Daniel and Carla backed her nephew up. Adam accuses Carla of throwing Daniel under a bus in front of the outraged Barlows.
- Kevin apologises to Max for suspecting him. The youngster tries to help trace the source of the videos but is unsuccessful. Cassie is sacked after Kevin overhears her telling Tyrone that she thinks the deepfake videos are real. Kevin investigates whether the company who suppressed the video of Asha four years previously could do the same for Abi but finds out the cost is £5,000 per month. The visit to see the twins is cancelled supposedly due to Lexi Boulter having chicken pox but Abi thinks it’s because of the videos. She employs a private investigator to find the person uploading the videos, but he is also unsuccessful. She and Kevin are delighted when public pressure leads to the cancellation of the documentary. Bethany gets a job at a magazine company who ask her to write an article praising Corey, but she refuses the assignment. Abi discovers Stefan Brent is the CEO of both the magazine and documentary production company. She suspects him being behind the deepfakes and reports him to the police who make no charges after a minimal investigation. Kevin borrows Bethany’s security pass to the company office and steals a mobile phone he finds there. He’s caught in the act on CCTV, but Kevin realises the phone has something incriminating when Stefan demands it back without reporting it to the police. Kevin makes a deal that he will keep the phone, albeit unlocked, if Stefan pays for the deepfakes to be censored. Stefan refuses when he finds out the cost and Kevin punches him when he makes an insulting comment about Abi. Furious with Kevin, Abi makes her own deal with Stefan when she finds out what’s occurred, and he agrees to no more videos. She goes to visit her twins in Essex when she finds out that Lynsey knew nothing of the deep fakes. Kevin worries that she’s leaving him.
- Tyrone forces Cassie to apologise to Abi who refuses to re-employ her, and Steve also turns down her job request, saying her reputation precedes her. An unsteady Ken has a fall down the stairs, suffering mild concussion and a fractured pelvis. He is told he needs round-the-clock care while he recovers, and Cassie offers her services cheaply. After a shaky start, Ken enjoys her company, but Steve resents her presence in the house. Amy thinks her dad secretly fancies her. With his fiftieth birthday looming, Steve finds out that Tracy is returning from Spain for an unveiling of Tommy’s bust at County and is disappointed when she cancels the trip. Sally gets tickets to the bust unveiling and insists Tim cancels his plans to go out with Steve for his birthday which is on the same day. This makes Steve mistakenly suspect that a surprise is being planned for him.
- Leanne returns from her retreat early and is angry to find Simon is about to depart, claiming she wasn’t told. Nick and Toyah insist they passed messages on to her through Rowan who lies that it was a human error on the part of one of his staff that she didn’t receive them. Simon leaves the country. Toyah writes negative posts about the Institute online and is sued for defamation with an injunction applied for to silence her. She overhears Leanne telling somebody on her laptop that she loves them and alerts Nick who is staggered to find that the institute have given her an AI recreation of Oliver Battersby to comfort her. Toyah tells Rowan that his actions are sick and threatens to bring him down but finds herself arrested for murder soon afterwards on the charge of killing Rose and burying her. Kit interviews her sympathetically and releases her pending enquiries. She and Nick suspect Rowan of reporting her using information supplied by Leanne. She lies that she told him nothing but is caught out when Rowan sends Toyah a bouquet of yellow roses, just like the ones that she told Leanne that she left on Rose’s grave. Nick insists that Leanne drops the Institute, but she refuses. Finding common ground over a bottle of wine, Nick and Toyah kiss and instantly regret it. Rowan engineers a ruse to say Leanne is in hospital, preventing Toyah from appearing at the injunction hearing which is duly granted. Rowan agrees to drop their legal fees if Toyah signs an NDA. The police release Rose for burial and Toyah is incensed when she finds out that Rowan has contributed to the costs of the funeral through Leanne. Toyah realises that she’s being followed by a man employed by Rowan, who manages to take a photo of her and Nick kissing again. Toyah is forced to sign the NDA, not wanting Leanne to be hurt by Nick’s betrayal. The police drop any murder charges against her, and she decides to move out of her sister’s flat.
- Roy is annoyed when Nina ambushes him into playing a game of chess with Sam which in his distracted state he loses. He again insists he doesn't want to see anybody. Shona admonishes Stu for setting up Roy with Roscoe.
- Glenda feels monetarily guilty about suing her brother when she finds out that he's now contributing towards Jason's medical bills but goes ahead anyway, demanding half his house as well. She and Michael become an item when he supports her. A mediation session chaired by Debbie fails to bring the siblings together and George is further outraged when Glenda takes steps to sell the business to Rest Easy. Michael grows uneasy with the ruthless actions that Glenda is taking. He finishes with her when she changes the locks on George’s house and dumps his belongings at No.11.
- Bethany’s redirected London mail shows her that someone has been fraudulently using her old company credit card and she tries to find out who the thief is.
- Paul falls down the stairs and laments that his world is getting smaller as leaving the flat is now difficult. Summer returns from the States with her dull, older boyfriend, Felix. Paul takes a dislike to him. He gets an Eyegaze voice encoder, but Felix overhears a derogatory comment about himself that Paul’s recorded. Paul apologises. Felix returns to the States, with him and Summer agreeing to a long-distance relationship. Paul’s occupational therapist advises him that his stairlift might be unsafe for him now.
- No.5’s boiler packs in and the landlord fixes it under duress, but also serves Chesney and Gemma with an eviction notice. Chesney worries that his son is ashamed of him and agrees that he can invite his schoolfriends to tea. On the day of the meal, a desperate Gemma steals a pair of new shoes from a shop for Carys Winter-Brown and is shamed into returning them by Bernie. The manager, Bruce Ruskin, almost catches her, and he turns out to be the father of one of Joseph’s Oakhill friends who then all ghost him. Gemma is arrested but Kit forces Bruce to drop the charges when he finds out adverse information on his police record. He also finds out from Craig about his sister’s straightened circumstances. After his adopted mother dies, he decides it’s time he met his brother and sister properly.
- Joel confides in Dee-Dee his sadness at keeping their engagement from his parents. Dee-Dee makes arrangements to meet Gus and Anthea again. There is more trouble when Anthea finds out about the engagement, but she later apologises to Dee-Dee for overreacting and Joel is delighted when they welcome his new fiancée. However, behind Dee-Dee’s back, he is trying to ensnare Sabrina as a new victim. He is caught out by her friend trying to spike her coffee with alcohol. The friend begins to blackmail Joel, who doesn’t realise she is Betsy Swain.
July
- Steve is upset when Rita and Brian are the only guests at his hastily arranged party. Further annoyed when Sally posts a picture of herself at the bust unveiling, Steve and Cassie go along early to the event and steal the item. Steve plants it in Tim’s bed to teach him a lesson about loyalty but the two men soon make up. They try to return the bust to the hotel, claiming they found it abandoned, but neither Tommy nor Debbie believes their story. Tommy gives Steve County tickets for returning the item and he becomes a fan of the club again.
- George and Glenda reach an agreement whereby he keeps the business, and she has the house.
- Leanne inveigles a stressed Amy into joining the Institute. Considering using some of Deirdre Barlow’s inheritance money to pay for a retreat trip, Amy is freaked out by the sight of the AI Oliver when Leanne shows it to her. At Rowan’s suggestion she apologises to the young girl to keep her on board. Rowan tries to interest Leanne in investing £40,000 in a new resource centre, promising her she'll be in profit in no time. Nick refuses to release the funds and Rowan blackmails him over the incriminating photo. Determined to find some dirt on Rowan, Toyah finds out that he is a convicted criminal whose real name is Luke Salter, but he sidesteps the matter when Leanne asks him about his past and says using that the Institute he has managed to turn his life around.
- Toyah has stomach cramps, and an initial hospital visit diagnoses that she is pregnant, but bad news follows when a scan reveals that there is no baby and instead there is the possibility of ovarian cancer. Nick and Leanne’s fractured relationship suffers further strain when she misses her sister’s biopsy for an Institute “malware adjustment” session and things get worse when Toyah’s cancer is confirmed. Leanne insists that the Institute’s methods can help her through her ordeal. Tired of the arguing, Toyah decides she will face her treatment on her own. Rowan is pleased to prise Leanne away from her sister. Nick gives his unsolicited support to Toyah and admits to David that he’s falling in love with her. He punches Rowan when one of his men takes another photo of him giving Toyah a comforting hug at the hospital. Rowan blackmails him again, promising not to report him if Nick hands over £20,000 for the resource centre.
- Adam agrees to move out of the shop flat when he finds somewhere else to live in order that Joel can have his own room. Joel offers Betsy money to keep out of his life while booking his and Dee-Dee’s wedding day.
- Without Bernie’s knowledge, Kit reveals himself to Paul and Gemma as their brother. They are outraged that Bernie gave him away, and that she also pulled out of meeting him ten years previously, thus robbing Paul of the chance to ever really get to know him. They spurn their mother, and Kit gloats to Bernie that he’s given her a taste of her own medicine. Finding out whose son he is, Craig mentions to Kit that he thinks that’s why he protected Gemma from the shop-lifting charge, not realising that Kit doesn’t want it known. Dev starts to grow suspicious of what Kit is really like and warns Craig to be careful. Kit refuses Bernie’s flowers that she tries to send to his adopted mother’s funeral. Kit fails to get Craig drunk enough to spill anything incriminating that he can use to protect himself. He also buys No.5 to rent it back to Chesney and Gemma when he sees his sister stressing over where they are going to live. Paul brings his warring family together by telling them that his dying wish is that they are reconciled, but Kit only reluctantly accepts Bernie’s apology for what she did to him and when they’re on their own tells her that he’ll always dislike her.
- Sarah is questioned when Nathan tells the police that she paid him hush money. She is truthful that the money was to get him to leave Weatherfield and Gary supplied the funds. Maria not only finds out about the money, but also that Gary assaulted Nathan, and he has to convince her that his motive was to help Bethany and not because of any attraction to Sarah.
- Shona pretends to be off sick to force Roy to leave his flat and assist a struggling Nina. He enjoys being back at work but a few days later is accosted by yobs who still believe he was responsible for Lauren’s murder. His stent fails and he is rushed into hospital for surgery. Recovering and barely conscious, he receives a wholly unexpected visitor in the form of Lauren who has come out of hiding to tell him that she’s sorry for what she’s put him through. Joel is also at the hospital and drags the elusive girl into a family room where they talk about the sexually abusive relationship he forced on her. He is shocked to realise that she is pregnant with his child. She flees the hospital. Nina and Dee-Dee don’t believe Roy’s assertions that Lauren was there until a nurse confirms that he had another visitor. The police see Lauren on CCTV footage and confirm she is alive.
- Bethany views CCTV footage from a pizza shop in Leicester where her card was used to see if she knows the person. She also recognises Lauren. Wanting to find Lauren himself, Joel encourages Bethany to trace her after failing to steal her card statements off her. Dee-Dee notices that a one-way ticket to Warrington was purchased using the card and she and Bethany visit the town and trace Lauren to a squat. She faints while trying to escape from Joel when he turns up and she is taken to hospital for observation. Joel bribes her into implicating Nathan in return for him providing a roof over her head. After Carla overrules Bobby’s idea to have her in their flat, Lauren accepts, demanding that Joel pays for her to move to Belfast. As an insurance, she tells him she’s written an e-mail telling Lisa everything and that'll be sent automatically if things go wrong. Joel delays getting her plane tickets, citing financial problems due to his divorce from Emily, while also secretly obtaining labour-inducing pills to get rid of the baby.
- Betsy begins work at Underworld but gets into trouble when she spends her time on her phone. Carla rejects her application for a summer job however the yobs who hassled Roy infuriate her by posting footage of their actions online and then abuse her when she confronts them. Betsy is a witness when Carla uses her car to knock one of them off his bike and she blackmails Carla into keeping her on at the factory. After putting up with several attempts to extort money from her, Carla calls her bluff by telling Lisa that the arrangement isn’t working out. Betsy admits she would never have grassed her up. She spots Beth entering the empty factory by herself and finds her doing a sideline, sewing labels on to fake designer t-shirts to raise money for a legal wedding to Kirk. Beth is forced to include her in on the scam for 50% of the profits and then also recruits Izzy Armstrong to help when she realises how expensive wedding venues are. Without telling Craig the source of the funds, she asks him to look after her earnings for her. Kirk thinks she’s acting strangely.
- After meeting Lauren to clear the air, Roy goes to visit Cathy Matthews in Scarborough for a few weeks and recuperate.
- Mason is released on licence and sleeps rough after his brother beats him up. Dylan, Liam, and their families dread his return to the area. Remembering his own homeless experiences, Stu takes pity on him and gives him food, earning a harsh rebuke from a livid Sean for doing so. Mason begins to beat up Dylan for grassing on him, until Dylan reminds him that he will only end up back inside and manages to escape him.
- Paul’s spirits take a dive when his occupational therapist tells him he will have to live somewhere else as the stairlift is now too dangerous for him. His natural speech deteriorates to the point that no one understands him. He and Billy enjoy a last day out before being confined to his home. Paul decides to end his life that day and a devastated Billy tries to talk him out of it. They are interrupted by Chesney asking them to look after the kids while they take Carys Winter-Brown for a check-up after a fall down the stairs. Paul tells Billy that while he hasn't changed his mind, he doesn't want to die that day. Seeing how upset Summer is when Felix dumps her, Paul decides to stick around and let nature take its course. He decides to donate his organs when he dies, upsetting Bernie who doesn’t want to face the reality of her son’s impending death.
- Abi returns from Essex, relieving a worried Kevin when she says she wants to put Stefan behind her. Jack Webster finds out from two sneering lads about the videos and Debbie steps in before a fight can break out. She assures her nephew that they were deepfakes and Kevin and Abi come clean with him, telling him that Stefan posted them. Debbie throws Stefan out of the Chariot Square when he has a business meeting there, humiliating the vengeful man. Luring Kevin out of the house, Stefan gains entry when he lies to Jack that he has a business meeting with his father and manages to retrieve his phone. He reports Kevin for stealing it in the first place but soon afterwards his house suffers an arson attack. Both Kevin and Abi are arrested but soon released however it is Jack who confesses to starting the fire and arrested by the police.
- Fiz finds out that the leader of the human trafficking group that enslaved Alina Pop is being put on trial and she worries if she will return to give evidence.
August
- Paul finds out he cannot donate his organs due to his condition.
- Kevin receives community service for his burglary. Jack is charged and bailed for a later court hearing. Impressed with his actions, Hope dumps Sam for being boring and sets her sights on Jack instead, after first obtaining condoms from the medical centre. Fiz and Tyrone find them in Hope’s possession and momentarily fall out with Kevin and Abi, thinking Jack led their daughter astray. Adam arranges a plea bargain for Jack to have a reduced sentence as his hearing nears.
- Joel deprives an unwitting Lauren of her flat keys and then feeds her soup containing the drug and locks her in the flat, bringing on a premature labour. Max saves her and she is taken to hospital where she gives birth to a boy who she names Frankie Bolton. Joel is overcome when he sees his son and he manages to persuade Lauren to delete the e-mail. Lisa fails to persuade her to take a DNA test to prove Nathan's paternity.
- Fiz bumps into Alina, back for the trial, and sees that she has a young son. Trying to do the right thing, she informs Tyrone. Alina checks out of her hotel early to avoid him but Cassie engineers a meeting between her and Tyrone who finds out that the boy, Dorin Pop, is his. To Fiz’s consternation, he decides he wants to get to know him and pays for Alina to stay rather than return to Romania, though he finds out that she has been living in Hastings all this time. He takes legal advice about his access rights, but he is caught by Alina trying to take a DNA swab off the child to prove his paternity. She threatens to take Dorin away from him and it is Fiz who pleads her husband’s case, despite her own misgivings. Hope feels neglected when Tyrone cancels an outing after Alina asks him to look after the child. When Alina receives threatening phone calls warning from testifying, Tyrone suspects Hope, but it is a thug linked to the gang who breaks into her hotel room and threatens her. She is saved by Ronnie Bailey and flees the country leaving Dorin with Tyrone and Fiz for safety. Hope softens towards the boy.
- Betsy takes up with Mason, advising him to take advantage of Stu's kindness and boasting that she has a rich man in her own pocket. She is caught stealing a sandwich for a hungry Mason and Joel is staggered to see Lisa upbraiding her, realising that she is a police officer’s daughter. When she tries to blackmail Joel for £1,000, he physically threatens her. Mason makes her tell her mother and Lisa starts to investigate the lawyer who downplays his encounters with her daughter.
- A desperate Mason accepts Stu’s offer of a job at Speed Daal. Stu and Yasmeen have to step in when a furious Gary tries to threaten him in the restaurant. Sean also vents his anger at Stu and Yasmeen, but she is persuaded by Stu that Mason is capable of redemption. Dylan considers not doing A-levels and moving to London to get away from Mason. Betsy finishes with Mason when he starts to apply himself to his job and instead takes up with a smitten Dylan, but she admits to Mason she’s only trying to make him jealous. Trying to get him fired, she steals a customer’s purse and plants it on him but only ends up getting him arrested. Lisa admits to Carla that her job means that Betsy is neglected.
- Steve forgets to answer a text from Demi when Cassie invites him to a County match but then offloads Cassie onto Ken into order to have a date with Demi. Annoyed with Steve, she begins to squabble with him, and then resigns her carer’s job but changes her mind when she overhears Ken making a phone call about winning £50,000 on the premium bonds. Tensions rise when Tracy returns unexpectedly, claiming she is there to see Amy, but she admits to Steve that she is lonely as Tommy is spending all his time at work.
- Leanne feigns no interest in Toyah’s pre-op appointment. The patient is told that only one of her ovaries seems affected, but she suffers severe complications during her surgery, putting her life at risk. Leanne regrets her stance and is finally there for her sister. Nick tells Toyah he loves her, but she refuses his advances, telling him she couldn’t betray her sister. Leanne takes up an invitation from Simon to visit him in Rotterdam for a few days and Shona reads a text that David sends his brother advising him to keep his distance from Toyah while Leanne is away, thus finding out about their fling. Toyah is declared cancer-free after the operation and finally reciprocates Nick’s love for her. They are almost caught out when Leanne returns. Nick suggests to Toyah that he breaks up with Leanne first, and they get together once the dust has settled.
- Rowan sets up Leanne to meet a potential investor in the resource centre and she is taken aback when he makes unwanted advances to her. Amy is also interested in making an investment using Deirdre's money but pulls out as the sum requested is so large. Nick calls Rowan’s bluff when he tries to blackmail him again and threatens to report him to the police, forcing him to back off. Rowan keeps Leanne within his clutches by telling her she’s being fast-tracked to level 8 of the Institute’s hierarchy. Tired of being put upon at the bistro, Amy quits and decides to invest her funds after all. Rowan organises an “upload” session for her, alarming Leanne when she sees him recording the girl’s confessions. As a trustee, Ken reads the business case for the resource centre and decides to release Amy’s funds, however a malware session that Rowan asks Leanne to conduct goes badly wrong when Amy cannot cope with the abuse shouted at her by the other attendees. She decides to rescind her investment, only to find that the Institute refuses to return the funds. Steve and Tracy are livid and blame Leanne, especially when a sickened Steve finds out about the AI Oliver from Amy. Leanne worries that she could end up in trouble with the police, especially when a wily Rowan tells her that she is responsible for everything that’s happened with Amy and to be loyal to the Institute now that she’s senior management. Tracy paints “THIEVES” on the front of the bistro and threatens to publish their story in the Gazette.
- Kit moves into the Rovers where he and Ryan find they share a love of vinyl records. Still unable to properly forgive Bernie, he boycotts a family dinner but softens towards her when Paul stops breathing suddenly. While he freezes, Bernie skilfully revives her son. He witnesses her crying afterwards and comforts her. He puts an offer in on a Redbank apartment.
- Dee-Dee stumbles across evidence that Joel booked to fly to Belfast Airport, but he manages to spin her a yarn. His divorce comes through, and she meets up with Emily to persuade her to let Maeve be a flower girl at their wedding. Emily warns her to be careful of Joel and lets slip that he’s still paying for his old flat and that he never gave Maeve a charm bracelet as he claims he had six months before. She investigates and finds that a woman has been staying in the flat, but again Joel manages to come up with a plausible tale. Growing more suspicious, she checks the website of the jewellers linked to the December receipt and finds a necklace for sale, identical to the one that Lauren had. She also discovers that Joel didn’t pass on Roy’s sketch of the item to the police as he said he would. When Lauren tells her that she’s moving to Belfast, and Dee-Dee sees her and Joel together in the baby’s incubator room, she realises the full truth about her fiancé. Getting the truth from Lauren about their relationship, they realise she was drugged by him and report Joel to the police. He tries to implicate Lauren in procuring an illegal abortion and he is released pending enquiries. Dee-Dee throws him out of her flat after putting an illegal tracker on his phones. Joel is furious when Dee-Dee ensures that he is suspended from work and denied access to Maeve. Lauren wants to leave Weatherfield, but Roy persuades her to stay among friends. Adam worries that Dee-Dee is obsessing about Joel to the detriment of her work. Lisa is ordered to wind up the investigation due to lack of evidence. Joel taunts Lauren into attacking him and she is arrested. Lisa guesses that Dee-Dee installed the tracker app, but she lies that it was done with Joel’s consent. Joel hires a solicitor who specialises in family law.
- Bethany becomes terrified that the revelations about Joel will mean that Nathan is released. Sarah is questioned as to whether she planted the hair in Nathan’s van and she begs Daniel to get her daughter to drop her campaign against Nathan to take the heat off her. He wonders if Kit was involved in planting the hair but is warned off by the policeman. Daisy senses the tension between the two men.
Bent copper Kit enters into his own illegal arrangement.
- Kirk accidentally tries to deliver the t-shirt order to a puzzled customer who contacts Carla. Already suspicious of her three machinists, she confronts them, and an offended Beth resigns, hoping for a job from the t-shirt trader, Sid. Managing to get the garments back, Beth tries to hand them over to Sid but is caught by Kit and Craig. Recognising counterfeit goods, Kit lets her go but behind her back he reaches a 50/50 arrangement with Sid for himself. Kit stirs matters between mother and son regarding her asking her Craig to look after dodgy money, thus endangering his police career. A puzzled Kirk tries to reconcile them but finds out about his wife’s deceptions and leaves her. Beth spots Sid handing Kit’s cut over to him and blackmails him for £400, despite Daniel’s warnings that the officer isn’t to be trusted. Kit finds out from a guileless Craig how he covered for the death of Ted Spear and threatens Beth with destroying her son’s career unless she leaves Weatherfield. She takes a job at the Norfolk factory where Fiz worked and departs, despite a proposal of marriage from Kirk. Craig is at a loss to explain his mother’s decision. Kit talks a gullible Kirk into forgetting all about his wife and moving on. His step-father’s attitude further puzzles Craig.
Who lives where
Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Jenny Connor (from January). Daisy Midgeley (from January). Glenda Shuttleworth (from January to August). Kit Green (from August).
- 1 Coronation Street - Ken Barlow. Steve McDonald. Tracy McDonald (until March). Amy Barlow.
- Audrey's Salon flat (No.2a) - Craig Tinker. Beth Sutherland (last week of August only).
- 3 Coronation Street - Ed Bailey (from January). Aggie, Michael and Glory Bailey.
- 4 Coronation Street - Sally and Tim Metcalfe.
- 5 Coronation Street - Chesney, Aled, Bryn, Carys and Llio Winter-Brown. Joseph Brown. Bernie Winter. Gemma Winter-Brown (from January).
- 6 Coronation Street - Yasmeen Metcalfe. Alya Nazir. Stu Carpenter. Eliza Woodrow (until April).
- 7 Coronation Street - Dev Alahan. Asha Alahan. Nina Lucas (until January). Aadi Alahan (from January).
- 8 Coronation Street - Gail Rodwell. David, Shona and Lily Platt. Max Turner. Nick Tilsley (from September).
- 9 Coronation Street - Tyrone Dobbs, Fiz, Hope and Ruby Dobbs. Cassie Plummer. Evelyn Plummer (from January).
- Kabin flat (No.10a) - Rita Tanner. Jenny Connor (until January). Daisy Midgeley (until January).
- 11 Coronation Street - Eileen Grimshaw. Todd Grimshaw. Mary Taylor. Sean Tully and Dylan Wilson (until April).
- 12 Coronation Street - Brian Packham.
- 13 Coronation Street - Kevin and Jack Webster. Abi Webster. Alfie Franklin.
- Corner Shop flat (No.15a) - Dee-Dee Bailey. Adam Barlow (until July). Ed Bailey (until January). Joel Deering (from July to August).
Rosamund Street
- Preston's Petals flat (No.19a) - Billy Mayhew. Paul Foreman (until September). Summer Spellman. Gemma Winter-Brown (until January).
Victoria Street
- Jamila House flat (No.14a) - Empty.
- Street Cars flat (No.15a) - Carla Barlow/Connor. Bobby Crawford. Ryan Connor (from March).
- Roy's Rolls flat (No.16a) - Roy Cropper. Evelyn Plummer (until January). Nina Lucas (from January).
- Prima Doner flat (No.18a) - Kirk Sutherland. Beth Sutherland (until August).
- Builder's Yard flat (No.19a) - Daniel and Bertie Osbourne.
Victoria Court
- 5 Victoria Court - Maria and Liam Connor. Gary Windass. Jake Windass.
- 12 Victoria Court - Leanne Battersby. Nick Tilsley (until September). Sam Blakeman. Toyah Habeeb. Simon Barlow (until June).
Redbank Apartments
- 7 Redbank Apartments - Sarah Barlow/Platt and Harry Platt. Bethany Platt (from January). Damon Hay (from February until March).
Weatherfield Precinct
- Flat 2, Weatherfield Precinct - Sean Tully and Dylan Wilson (from April).
- Flat 3, Weatherfield Precinct - Gav Adetiba. Sabrina Adetiba.
- Flat 4, Weatherfield Precinct - Lauren Bolton (until February).
- Flat 18, Weatherfield Precinct - Aadi Alahan (until January).
Others
- 2 Conifer Avenue, Oakhill - George Shuttleworth. Glenda Shuttleworth (until January and from August).
- 5 Grasmere Drive - Audrey Roberts.
- 28 Grayling Street - Izzy Armstrong.
- Unknown addresses - Debbie Webster and Ronnie Bailey.
Awards and nominations
Broadcast Awards
Ceremony held on 8th February 2024
- Best Soap/Continuing Drama: Coronation Street (Nominee)
Inside Soap Awards
- Best Soap: Coronation Street (Nominee)
- Best Actress: Channique Sterling-Brown (Nominee), Georgia Taylor (Nominee), Samia Longchambon (Nominee)
- Best Actor: Daniel Brocklebank (Nominee), David Neilson (Nominee), Peter Ash (Nominee)
- Best Villain: Calum Lill (Nominee), Luca Toolan (Nominee)
- Best Comic Performance: Jack P. Shepherd (Nominee), Maureen Lipman (Nominee)
- Best Newcomer: Jack Carroll (Nominee), Vicky Myers (Nominee)
- Best Partnership: Daniel Brocklebank & Peter Ash (Nominee), Joe Duttine & Simon Gregson (Nominee)
- Best Young Performer: Charlie Wrenshall (Nominee), Liam McCheyne (Nominee)
- Best Pet: David the dog (Nominee), Freddie the dog (Nominee)
- Best Family: The Platts (Nominee), The Winter-Browns (Nominee)
- Best Storyline: Lauren disappears & Roy is jailed (Nominee), Paul's MND (Nominee)
- Best Showstopper: Carla & Peter say goodbye (Nominee), Joel is Lauren's mystery boyfriend (Nominee)
National Television Awards
Ceremony televised on 11th September 2024
- Serial Drama: Coronation Street (Nominee)
- Serial Drama Performance: Peter Ash (Winner), David Neilson (Nominee)
RadioTimes.com Soap Awards
Ceremony held on 13th July 2024
- Best Soap: Coronation Street (Nominee)
- Best Villain: Todd Boyce (Nominee), Will Mellor (Nominee)
- Best Comedy Performance: Jodie Prenger (Nominee)
- Best Exit: Todd Boyce (Nominee), Chris Gascoyne (Nominee)
- Soap Moment of the Year: Stephen's showdown in the pub (Nominee)
- Inspiring Storyline of the Year: Paul and Billy get married (Nominee)
- Best Actor: Peter Ash (Nominee), Alison King (Nominee), Elle Mulvaney (Nominee)
- Best Storyline: Paul's Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis (Winner), Roy's arrest (Nominee), Teen bullying (Nominee)
- Best Newcomer: Jack Carroll (Nominee)
- Best Twist: Tim's alive (Nominee), Peter kills Stephen (Nominee)
- Best Young Performer: Charlie Wrenshall (Winner), Liam McCheyne (Nominee)
- Best Episode: New Year's Day (Nominee), Paul and Billy's wedding (Nominee)
Television and Radio Industries Club ("TRIC") Awards
Ceremony held on 25th June 2024
- Soap of the Year: Coronation Street (Winner)
- Best Soap Actor: Maureen Lipman (Winner), David Neilson (Nominee)
TV Choice Awards
Winners announced on 12th February 2024
- Best Soap: Coronation Street (Nominee)
- Best Soap Actor: Peter Ash (Nominee), Ryan Prescott (Nominee)
- Best Soap Actress: Maureen Lipman (Winner)
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