Plot[]
Part One: Peter has been for a run, determined to turn over a new leaf and pick up Simon from school later on. Leanne wants to believe him but he's annoyed that she seems to have no confidence in him. She rings Eve, asking her not to take Simon himself but to give Peter the chance. David and Gail pack up the car ready to leave the Lakes. David tries to make his mother see that she's not thought things through. Peter calls round to George and Eve's house for Simon, but George doesn't trust him and ushers the boy into his own car. Dev helps Sunita get her house clean. She's shocked when her great aunts Grishma and Upma arrive a day early from seeing Stonehenge. Sunita panics and has no choice but to pretend she and Dev are still married. Dev enjoys the ruse. Audrey's annoyed that David hasn't turned up for work. She's also annoyed that Natasha has booked herself into a competitor's salon to have her roots done. David makes Gail see that if she's not going to report Joe to the police then she'd better get her story straight or she will be jailed for fraud. Sunita feels trapped within their deception. Ken and Deirdre try to persuade Leanne to agree to the rehab idea. As David tries to fit the towbar to the car, a police officer turns up.
Part Two: Ken and Deirdre get Leanne to agree that she lure Peter to No.1 that evening for a family conference. Sunita is on edge as Dev chats amiably to her relatives. They insist that Sunita collects the twins from school so they can talk more to her "husband". The officer makes enquiries about the stolen motorboat. Gail and David feign innocence. The officer tells David how to fix the tow bar. Dev can't find his own wedding album to show the aunts. Leanne makes Peter see that he could be losing his son to George, and he needs to start handling things better. After meeting the twins, Dev offers to run Grishma and Upma back to their hotel, but they explain they haven't booked one as they thought they were staying with Sunita and Dev for the week. Peter arrives at No.1 to find George, Ken and there but no Simon. He's furious thinking he's been duped by everyone. Ken stops him leaving and demands he stay and sort things out with them. David hands a tearful Gail an envelope addressed to her in Joe's handwriting which he found in the cottage. Gail pockets it saying she'll open it later.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
- Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
- David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
- Gail McIntyre - Helen Worth
- Simon Barlow - Alex Bain
- Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
- Sunita Alahan - Shobna Gulati
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Tina McIntyre - Michelle Keegan
- Natasha Blakeman - Rachel Leskovac
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
- Aadi Alahan - Zennon Ditchett
- Asha Alahan - Tanisha Gorey
Guest cast[]
- George Wilson - Anthony Valentine
- Eve Wilson - Sabina Franklyn
- Grishma - Indira Joshi
- Upma - Jamila Massey
- PC Mullen - Paul Barnhill
Places[]
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room. kitchen and hallway
- Audrey's
- Rosamund Street
- Barlow's Bookies
- 9a Rosamund Street - Living room/kitchen
- 7 Meadow View, Bramhall - Living room, dining room, kitchen and hallway
- George and Eve Wilson's house - Kitchen, hallway and driveway
- Lake Windermere - Lake and holiday cottage
Notes[]
- The Lake Windermere scenes were shot in the Wyke Bay holiday cottage in the grounds of the Pullwood Bay estate while the scenes at 7 Meadow View, Bramhall were filmed at 7 Godfrey Road, Salford.
- TV Times synopsis: Peter's repeated attempts to see Simon prompt his family to plan an intervention to stop his drinking; David forces Gail to get her story straight before they leave the Lakes; and Dev eagerly pretends that he is still married to Sunita.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 10,640,000 viewers (4th place).
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