Episode 5056 (14th June 2001)

Episode 5056
Production code	P694/5056
ITV transmission date	14th June 2001 (Thursday)
Script editor	Nick Malmholt
Story editor	Nick West
Story associates	Darren Fairhurst Gareth Philips Josie Burke Bryan Johnson
Writer	Susan Wilkins
Designer	Julian Perkins
Director	Ian Bevitt
Executive Producer	Jane Macnaught
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Plot

Audrey, Gail, Sarah and Bethany set off for London. Duggie receives his application form for Pub Landlord of the Year. Molly and Kevin are getting on well having been to the cinema the night before. Karen lets slip to Janice that Mike has been away with Alma and that Linda is furious. Mike and Alma arrive back from the Lake District. He drops Alma off at Audrey's house and goes to the factory to find it shut. He goes to the flat and catches Linda with Harvey coming out of the bathroom. Mike and Linda have a blazing row. When Linda implies Alma is lying about being ill, Mike slaps her across the face. Linda says she's divorcing him. Mike tells her that Alma is worth a hundred of her. Roy and Hayley pay a visit to Sheila Hayes to try and persuade her to tell the truth about Wayne and the abuse he suffers at the hands of Alex Swinton. She closes the door on them. Mike tells Ken and one or two others in the Rovers about Alma's cancer. Peter Hartnell calls on Roy and Hayley. He tells them they've become too emotionally involved and they are being suspended from the fostering list. They are gutted. Linda breaks down and cries on Karen. She knows she's blown it with Mike. Mike tells Alma he's changed his mind and that he wants to spend what little time she has left with her.

Cast

Regular cast

• Linda Baldwin - Jacqueline Chadwick
• Alma Halliwell - Amanda Barrie
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
• Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
• Fred Elliott - John Savident
• Roy Cropper - David Neilson
• Betty Williams - Betty Driver
• Duggie Ferguson - John Bowe
• Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
• Molly Hardcastle - Jacqueline Kington
• Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
• Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
• Gail Platt - Helen Worth
• Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Bethany Platt - Amy & Emily Walton (Uncredited)

Guest cast

• Harvey Reuben - Andrew Scarborough
• Sheila Hayes - Jeni Williams
• Alex Swinton - Joe Simpson
• Peter Hartnell - Eamonn Riley

Places

• Coronation Street
• Rovers Return Inn - Public and hallway
• Roy's Rolls
• 16a Victoria Street - Living room/kitchen
• No. 4 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays - Living room/kitchen
• 5 Grasmere Drive - Living room
• Unknown street in Weatherfield

Notes

• This extra episode was transmitted at 8.00pm.
• TV Times synopsis: Roy and Hayley receive shocking information, and the news of Alma's illness spreads down the Street.
• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 13,100,000 viewers (9th place).
• The ITV3 repeat of this episode on 2nd September 2022 was edited to remove Linda Baldwin calling Alma Halliwell a "bitch". In an error, the word was still included in the programme's subtitles.