Plot[]
Part One: It's Christmas Day. Evelyn goes into the shop for supplies only to be beset by customers thinking they're open. Paul feigns illness in order to have a peaceful day in the flat with Billy. Carla's thrilled with Peter's gift of a silver bracelet inscribed with 'P loves C'. Ed's awash with guilt as the Baileys open the few presents they've been able to salvage. He feels even worse when he opens his watch calling him the world's best dad. Already cooking for seven, Tracy's unimpressed when Adam, Daniel and Bertie cancel their own plans to join the Barlows for dinner at No.1. Gemma's concerned about Paul being on his own, thinking Billy is working. Evelyn joins Roy and Mary at the cafe, while the Platts and Websters have their Christmas dinners at the bistro, with the latter family grumbling about the set menu. Chesney and Todd let themselves into the flower shop flat, worried that Paul's had a fall after he fails to answer his phone or the front door. They're embarrassed when they interrupt Paul and Billy making love.
Part Two: The Barlows don't enjoy their dry Christmas and end up sniping at each other. A joke about relationship gap years causes friction between Tracy and Steve. The house empties as the guests leave in search of alcohol. The Baileys join the Nazirs to eat the leftover food at Speed Daal. Stu puts a plate out for Dom to keep up the pretence that he's returning from Germany. Roy is bemused by the yoga ball Evelyn gets him, while she's genuinely touched to open South Riding. Tracy swigs a bottle of wine from Preston's Petals. While there, she sells flowers to Tommy Orpington, failing to recognise the former footballer. Tommy pays extra on the condition that she calls him for any decorating that needs done. Dev joins the Winter-Browns as they video call Bernie in prison. She promises she'll be home soon and sings Away in a Manger with them. Carla gives Peter his present - a one-way ticket to Bilbao, to join his mate Mickey's crew. He's stunned when she says she's not going with him.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
- Evelyn Plummer - Maureen Lipman
- Abi Webster - Sally Carman-Duttine
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
- Gemma Winter-Brown - Dolly-Rose Campbell
- Mary Taylor - Patti Clare
- Alya Nazir - Sair Khan
- Dee-Dee Bailey - Channique Sterling-Brown
- Yasmeen Metcalfe - Shelley King
- Joel Deering - Calum Lill
- Paul Foreman - Peter Ash
- Billy Mayhew - Daniel Brocklebank
- Carla Barlow - Alison King
- Michael Bailey - Ryan Russell
- Ed Bailey - Trevor Michael Georges
- Ronnie Bailey - Vinta Morgan
- Debbie Webster - Sue Devaney
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Tracy McDonald - Kate Ford
- Simon Barlow - Alex Bain
- Adam Barlow - Samuel Robertson
- Daniel Osbourne - Rob Mallard
- Amy Barlow - Elle Mulvaney
- Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
- Chesney Winter-Brown - Sam Aston
- Joseph Brown - William Flanagan
- Roy Cropper - David Neilson
- Shona Platt - Julia Goulding
- Sam Blakeman - Jude Riordan
- Lily Platt - Brooke Malonie
- Max Turner - Paddy Bever
- Nick Tilsley - Ben Price
- Gail Rodwell - Helen Worth
- David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
- Sarah Barlow - Tina O'Brien
- Harry Platt - Freddie & Isaac Rhodes
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Toyah Habeeb - Georgia Taylor
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Jack Webster - Kyran Bowes
- Todd Grimshaw - Gareth Pierce
- Eliza Woodrow - Savannah Kunyo
- Stu Carpenter - Bill Fellows
- Bernie Winter - Jane Hazlegrove
- Bertie Osbourne - Rufus Morgan-Smith (Uncredited)
- Aled Winter-Brown - Joseph Woods (Uncredited)
- Bryn Winter-Brown - Arthur Taylor (Uncredited)
- Carys & Llio Winter-Brown - Lily & Lucy Taylor (Uncredited)
- Alfie Franklin - Carter & Oakley Razak Townsend (Uncredited)
Guest cast[]
- Sarge Bailey - Ram John Holder
- Tommy Orpington - Matt Milburn
Places[]
- Coronation Street - Main street view and ginnel
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen, hallway and yard
- 3 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- Viaduct Street
- Viaduct Bistro - Restaurant
- Rosamund Street
- Preston's Petals
- 19a Rosamund Street - Living room/kitchen and Billy and Paul's bedroom
- 15a Victoria Street - Living room/kitchen
- Roy's Rolls
- Speed Daal - Restaurant
- Prison - Communal area
Notes[]
- This half-hour Christmas Day episode was transmitted at 7.00pm. It was the first festive edition of the programme to be shown in a half-hour slot since 1997.
- As in 2021 and 2022, the Christmas episode was made available to stream on ITVX ahead of transmission on the morning of Monday 25th December in order to give viewers more viewing options during the festive period.
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams is featured as incidental music in the opening street scene.
- First appearance of Jack Webster since 6th September 2023.
- First appearance of Alfie Franklin since 30th June 2023.
- Mark Strange was the fight arranger for the scene where Todd Grimshaw tries to break down the door to 19a Rosamund Street.
- TV Times synopsis: It is Christmas Day on the cobbles, and as the Platts and Websters dine at the bistro, relationship trouble brews for the McDonalds.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 4,507,000 viewers (24th place).
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