Plot[]
Part One: Tim and Sally are communicating better. Gail and Eileen place flowers by the memorial bench to pay their respects to the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing, two days before its fifth anniversary. Sally covers when Debbie and Ronnie enquire about Tim being carted off from the hotel in an ambulance. Amy and Jacob are left without hot water when their boiler breaks down. Amy tells Daniel that she's buried the hatchet for the family's sake, not his. Michael apologises to Fiz for upsetting her. Amy picks up clean clothes from No.1 but is too proud to ask her parents to use their shower. Sally swears Gail to secrecy over Tim's impotence as she plans a racy surprise for her husband.
Part Two: Steve shows off his new camera doorbell app to Tim and Dev. Summer leaves the cafe in disgust when a contrite Max approaches her. Daniel feels he can't be a teacher as he's a bad role model for children. Mary realises she's left Tracy's order book at No.11. Jacob offers to pick it up for her. Mrs Crawshaw and two colleagues interview Daniel. He makes no effort to give good answers to the panel's questions. Tyrone spots Phill in Victoria Gardens handing a man a large envelope, when he's meant to be in Leeds. Tim looks at the feed from Steve's app and hears Ronnie assure Sally that her secret is safe with him. Eileen returns home to find Jacob wearing only a towel, having just had a shower. He's thrown out on his ear. Getting the wrong idea, Tim marches over to No.1 and, accusing Ronnie of putting the moves on Sally, punches him in the face.
Part Three: Sally explains that the "secret" was Ronnie had offered the Metcalfes VIP football match tickets which Sally was going to surprise Tim with. A disappointed Orla asks Daniel why he undersold himself. He explains that the last year has shown he's not cut out for teaching and announces his intention to leave Weatherfield High at the end of his training. Eileen attracts Tracy and Mary's attention as she sends Jacob packing. He explains that he needed a shower as he and Amy have no hot water or electricity in the flat. Tyrone tells Kirk that Phill lied about his whereabouts but is encouraged not to tell Fiz as there's probably an innocent explanation. David is delighted to hear that Daniel has quit teaching. Jacob tells Tracy that the council won't help him as the flat is in his sister's name and he'll be evicted if they find out she isn't living there anymore. Sally is incensed that Tim thought she could sell him out to a random neighbour. Gail overhears Steve and Ronnie talking about Tim's heart problems and wrongly assumes that they know about his impotence.
Part Four: Jacob and Tracy join forces to persuade Amy to move back into No.1. Tim makes up with Ronnie and is thrilled when he still gives him the football tickets. Tyrone gets Phill to double down on his Leeds lie but resists the temptation to call him out on it. Tim's taken aback when Gail congratulates him for having the strength to talk about his problem with his mates. He confirms that Sally told her all about it. Daniel has no regrets about the interview, feeling that he's being honest with himself. Nicky shocks him by suggesting that they could have a future together. He tells her he isn't looking for romance. Tim accuses Sally of hypocrisy for telling Gail when she was so indignant at the suggestion she'd blabbed to Ronnie. He says it's his problem, and his business.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Tim Metcalfe - Joe Duttine
- Sally Metcalfe - Sally Dynevor
- Shona Platt - Julia Goulding
- Daniel Osbourne - Rob Mallard
- Gail Rodwell - Helen Worth
- Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
- Debbie Webster - Sue Devaney (10644 only)
- Ronnie Bailey - Vinta Morgan
- Amy Barlow - Elle Mulvaney (10644 only)
- Jacob Hay - Jack James Ryan
- Tracy McDonald - Kate Ford
- Phill Whittaker - Jamie Kenna
- Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine
- Michael Bailey - Ryan Russell (10644 only)
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin (10644 only)
- Sean Tully - Antony Cotton (10644 only)
- Summer Spellman - Harriet Bibby (10644 only)
- Max Turner - Paddy Bever
- David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
- Paul Foreman - Peter Ash (10644 only)
- Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
- Mary Taylor - Patti Clare
- Hope Stape - Isabella Flanagan (10644 only)
- Ruby Dobbs - Macy Alabi (10644 only)
- Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment (10645 only)
- Daisy Midgeley - Charlotte Jordan (10645 only)
- Sinead Osbourne - Katie McGlynn (10644 only, uncredited)
Guest cast[]
Places[]
| Location | 10644 | 10645 |
|---|---|---|
| Coronation Street | Main street view | |
| Rovers Return Inn | Public | Public and back room |
| 1 Coronation Street | N/A | Back room/kitchen and hallway |
| 4 Coronation Street | Downstairs rooms | |
| 8 Coronation Street | N/A | Downstairs rooms |
| 9 Coronation Street | N/A | Back room/kitchen and hallway |
| 11 Coronation Street | Back room/kitchen and hallway | N/A |
| Underworld | Breakout area | N/A |
| 15a Coronation Street | Living room/kitchen | |
| Rosamund Street | Main street view | |
| Victoria Street | Main street view | N/A |
| Roy's Rolls | Cafe | |
| Victoria Gardens | Garden | N/A |
| Weatherfield High | Classroom | |
Notes[]
- Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this episode was made with social distancing rules being observed by both cast and production crew. Exceptions were occasionally made for instances in which characters were required to be in close contact. These were made in accordance with the rules by employing measures such as more frequent testing and cast members bubbling up together prior to recording.
- The fifth anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing is marked with Gail Rodwell and Eileen Grimshaw laying flowers at Victoria Gardens' memorial bench. In real life, the bench was built in 2018 to commemorate the victims of the bombing, and contains a plaque reading "For Martyn and all those who lost their lives on the 22nd of May 2017. We stand together". Martyn Hett was a well-known Coronation Street fan who was killed in the attack.
- Lily Platt (Brooke Malonie) and Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman) are credited, but don't appear.
- Kate Waters was the fight arranger on the scene where Tim Metcalfe punches Ronnie Bailey.
- Katie McGlynn appears as Sinead Osbourne on one of the laptop videos the character recorded for Bertie Osbourne before her death.
- Rory McDowd is played by an uncredited extra. When he reappeared in Episode 10789/90 (7th November 2022), he was played by Luke Broughton.
- TV Times synopsis: Daniel decides to turn his back on teaching for good; Tim hears Ronnie telling Sally that he is sorry her romantic getaway was such a flop; and Jacob takes advantage of Mary's trust.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 5,082,000 viewers (4th place).
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