Plot[]
Jack is concerned for Vera as she refuses to eat or sleep. He tells Des the facts. Father O'Rourke comforts Ivy when she breaks down. Des is further depressed to receive his decree nisi. Bet shows off her latest revealing dress but is embarrassed when Charlie Whelan turns up. She is startled when he starts asking questions about her marital status. Don contacts Bet to see how Ivy is. He is horrified when she tells him that she knows all about the phone calls. She meets him in Manchester and tries to help. He feels that he's sick and breaks down. She tells him the best thing would be for him to return to Ivy and forget about Denise. Vicky wants Steve to get away with her for a few days but he is evasive. She is stunned when he tells her that he wants them to finish. Alison tells Steve it's obvious he's still a child and is annoyed that he could two-time someone - she finishes with him.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Vicky Arden - Chloe Newsome
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Ivy Brennan - Lynne Perrie
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Alma Baldwin - Amanda Barrie
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Tanya Pooley - Eva Pope
- Denise Osbourne - Denise Black
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
- Charlie Whelan - John St. Ryan
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
Guest cast[]
- Alison Rathbone - Rachel Smith
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room and hallway
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Hallway
- Queen Street
- The Queens - Public and living quarters
- Courtneys Public House and Parsonage Gardens, Manchester
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Vicky's plans for the New Year are shattered, and Bet gives advice to a desperate man.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 15,950,000 viewers (4th place - combined figure including repeat).
- The Granada Plus repeat of this episode on 6th October 2004 was edited for timing reasons, omitting a scene lasting 29" in Part Two, in which Des Barnes calls at No.9 to offer support to Vera Duckworth but she throws him out, as well as the first 25" of the following scene in the Rovers, where Raquel Wolstenhulme passes on Charlie Whelan's message to Bet Gilroy as Rita Sullivan listens with interest. Vera does not appear elsewhere in the episode. The ITV3 repeat on 1st November 2019 reinstated the cut material.
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