Plot[]
Raquel gets a job hostessing a party for a bathroom fittings company. Craig asks Steve to print him some cheap T-shirts for his band. Vera cleans out Joss Shackleton's flat. Steve shows Alison around the workshop. Raquel breaks down when the company send her her outfit for the night - an elf's costume. Tanya thinks it's hysterical. Percy is stunned when Emily tells him that she'll be spending Christmas Day feeding the homeless with Bernard. Deirdre is horrified at the thought of having Craig around at Christmas. Vera keeps Joss's old pot dog. Rita re-accepts Reg's offer on Highbank Avenue. He gives Maureen her engagement ring back. Tanya sees Steve kissing Alison. Raquel enjoys the party as it was full of children. Don urges Denise not to get rattled over the calls. She tells him that she thinks kids are making the calls. He offers to sleep on the sofa to give her some company and she's grateful.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane
- Maureen Naylor - Sherrie Hewson
- Reg Holdsworth - Ken Morley
- Denise Osbourne - Denise Black
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Tracy Barlow - Dawn Acton
- Tanya Pooley - Eva Pope
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
- Fiona Middleton - Angela Griffin
- Tommy Duckworth - Darryl Edwards
Guest cast[]
- Elaine Fenwick - Pippa Hinchley
- Craig Lee - Kieran O'Brien
- Alison Rathbone - Rachel Smith
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room and hallway
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- Denise's
- 2a Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
- 3 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- The Kabin
- MVB Print
- Bettabuy - Staff canteen
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Raquel gets her first modelling job - but her joy is shortlived. Why do Emily's Christmas plans upset Percy?
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 18,830,000 viewers (1st place - combined figure including repeat).
- The Granada Plus repeat of this episode on 22nd September 2004 was edited for timing reasons, omitting a Kabin scene lasting 1'12" in Part One, in which Mavis Wilton informs Emily Bishop of Percy Sugden's plans for their Christmas, and Vera Duckworth buys bin liners from Rita Sullivan as she's on her way to clear out the late Joss Shackleton's home. Mavis does not appear elsewhere in the episode. The ITV3 repeat on 25th October 2019 reinstated the cut scene.
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