Plot[]
Sean urges Des to cut from Claire before he gets too involved. Tony and Kevin celebrate when the bank accept their offer on the garage. They resign from Fast Fitters Exhaust Centre. Audrey is horrified when Alf says that Docker's Wynd is be renamed after him. She feels everyone will think it's pronounced "Wind". Gail is horrified when the police tell her a boy has died in Stoke-on-Trent and they need Nick's dental records for identification. Claire tells devastated Des that she needs time to think and doesn't want to see him for a while. Alf takes Gail to Stoke as she demands to see the body. Ken catches Emily when she almost falls in the street as Samantha nearly knocks her down on the motorbike. Gail is not allowed to see the body without the police present. Alf supports her as she collapses. Andy accuses Anne of being dictatorial when she sacks a lazy assistant. She tells him that she's put an offer in on a new house and it will be their new home. He is annoyed that he hasn't been consulted and tells her that he's not moving in and doesn't want to work with her any more. Martin arrives in Stoke to fetch Gail home, telling her the boy might not be Nick. She tells him that she can't go on living like this. When they get home she tries to act normal for the children and is completely stunned when Nick walks in.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Bill Webster - Peter Armitage
- Sarah Louise Platt - Lynsay King
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
- David Platt - Thomas Ormson
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
- Sean Skinner - Terence Hillyer
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Maud Grimes - Elizabeth Bradley
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane
- Tony Horrocks - Lee Warburton
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Claire Palmer - Maggie Norris
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
- Samantha Failsworth - Tina Hobley
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Betty Williams - Betty Driver
- Joyce Smedley - Anita Carey
- Alec Gilroy - Roy Barraclough
- Anne Malone - Eve Steele
- Billy Williams - Frank Mills
- Judy Mallett - Gaynor Faye
- Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
- Nick Tilsley - Warren Jackson
Guest cast[]
- PC Bentley - Michael Begley
- Receptionist - Sandra Hunt
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 8 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- Skinner's Bookies
- Jim's Cafe
- Fast Fitters Exhaust Centre
- Firman's Freezers - Shop floor, manager's office and loading bay
- Unknown hospital in Stoke-on-Trent - Reception area and corridor
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Claire and Des have a heart-to-heart. There's a shock in store for Martin and Gail.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 14,180,000 viewers (2nd place - combined figure including repeat).
- The ITV3 repeat of this episode on 3rd September 2020 was transmitted without any cuts.
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