Plot[]
Steve is confident that he'll be able to talk Alison round. Vicky blames Bet for not warning her about Steve's other women but Bet points out that Vicky never listened to her warnings. Alf suffers from gout in his foot and embarrasses Audrey by going out in his slippers. Vicky gets drunk in the Rovers' back room whilst the staff are busy in the bar. Ivy is relieved when Don returns. He tells her that he wants to start afresh and asks her to stand by him; she isn't sure. Des comforts Vera, telling her how much he misses Tommy. She is upset that she never let him see Tommy but he tells her that she did a wonderful job with him. Everyone gathers at No.7 to see in the New Year. Alison turns up at the party with a man, telling Steve that she meant what she said. Ivy agrees to stand by Don when he swears he won't put her through pain again. Vera tells Jack he's been right all along - Terry is no good. Jim walks Liz back to The Queens after the party. He is surprised when she tells him that she wants him to stay with her.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Vicky Arden - Chloe Newsome
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Ivy Brennan - Lynne Perrie
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
- Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane
- Sarah Louise Platt - Lynsay King
- Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Tanya Pooley - Eva Pope
- Denise Osbourne - Denise Black
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
Guest cast[]
- Alison Rathbone - Rachel Smith
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public and back room
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 7 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Backroom and hallway
- The Queens - Public
- Unnamed square
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Crises in the McDonald and Brennan households come to a head as the residents welcome 1994.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 15,140,000 viewers (7th place - combined figure including repeat).
- The Granada Plus repeat of this episode on 7th October 2004 was edited for timing reasons, omitting an entire scene lasting 1'00" in Part Two, in which Liz McDonald turns up at the party at No.7, to the delight of Jim. The ITV3 repeat on 4th November 2019 reinstated the cut scene.
Notable dialogue[]
Vera Duckworth: "'e were a lovely kid, our Terry, wan't he?"
Jack Duckworth: "Aye, when he were a week old."
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Jack Duckworth: "We're Duckworths, Vera. We don't expect life to be fair."
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