Plot[]
Part One: Steve's angry with Lloyd for losing Street Cars the La Belle contract. Lloyd's unapologetic as Eileen tells them to kiss and make up. Mary tells Hayley she's identified the perfect venue for their wedding - the Shawbrooke Country House Hotel. The Underworld staff are amused when Nick and Natasha return from their night in the hotel. Tina is on cloud nine after her romantic picnic. Lloyd gets an anxious call from Cheryl and sets off to help her, telling a chastened Steve and Eileen that her husband is a wife beater. Nick's perturbed when Sean quizzes him about Carla and Underworld after he spots paperwork with the letterhead Nick's Knicks on it. A happy Carla and Trevor arrive back from South Africa and head straight for the bedroom. Lloyd finds a bruised Cheryl and Russ hiding in a side street. Sean confides in a sympathetic Fiz about using Liz's identity to contact Violet. Lloyd bundles Cheryl and Russ into his cab as Chris spots them and gives chase. Russ is distressed to see his dad upset as they drive off.
Part Two: Lloyd takes Cheryl and Russ back to his flat. Cheryl explains that Chris has never hit her in front of Russ before and she did not know where else to turn. Chris calls into the cab office hoping to find out where Cheryl is but Steve guesses who he is and he and Eileen send him packing after threatening him with the police. Natasha struggles to get Nick to commit to going to her sister's engagement party. Trevor's concerned when Carla decides she's going back to work. She says she feels bad for leaving Nick in the lurch. Tina's upset when Graeme finds a room on a friend's floor in Wythenshawe. Cheryl's alarmed to learn from a visiting Steve that Chris has been to the cab office. Michelle shows Sean that Violet has replied to "Liz" and has put photos of Dylan online. Sean's emotional to see his son and can't hold back his tears. Emily offers to put Graeme up at No.3. He and Tina are thrilled while Norris is unimpressed. Cheryl's convinced Chris will track her down, but Lloyd assures her that she's safe and can stay in his spare room as long as she likes.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Cheryl Gray - Holly Quin-Ankrah
- Lloyd Mullaney - Craig Charles
- Julie Carp - Katy Cavanagh
- Nick Tilsley - Ben Price
- Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
- Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
- Natasha Blakeman - Rachel Leskovac
- Tina McIntyre - Michelle Keegan
- Graeme Proctor - Craig Gazey
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
- Michelle Connor - Kym Marsh
- Chris Gray - Will Thorp
- Mary Taylor - Patti Clare
- Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine
- Izzy Armstrong - Cherylee Houston
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
- Carla Connor - Alison King
- Trevor Dean - Steve Jackson
- Russell Gray - Finton Flynn (Credited as "Flinton Flynn")
Guest cast[]
None
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- The Kabin
- Viaduct Street
- Turners Joinery
- Street Cars
- 15a Victoria Street - Living room/kitchen
- 18a Victoria Street - Living room/kitchen
- 4 Drapers Mill Apartments, Weatherfield Quays - Living room/kitchen
- Unknown streets
Notes[]
- This episode had been provisionally scheduled to be shown on Friday 2nd July at 8.30pm but due to World Cup 2010 football coverage which affected that night's scheduled episodes, was postponed by three days.
- The scenes where Lloyd Mullaney picks up Cheryl and Russ Gray were recorded at the junction of Cardiff Street and Canvarnon Street in Higher Broughton, Salford with Lloyd turning in from Wellington Street East. The immediate area was redeveloped soon after recording and Cardiff Street no longer exists.
- Playing a word game with Mary Taylor, Rita Sullivan gives the answer "Beryl Bainbridge". The Booker Prize-nominated writer had appeared in Coronation Street in Episode 8 (4th January 1961) in her former days as an actress.
- TV Times synopsis: Steve tackles Lloyd when he hears the taxi contract for the strip club has been cancelled; and Sean finds out more about his son Dylan.
- Due to the misalignment of programme billings in TV Times caused by World Cup schedule changes, several synopsis were printed against episodes when they were, in fact, intended for the previous episode. This error began with this episode which had a second synopsis which covers events in the plot above but was aligned to Episode 7373 (8th July 2010) in the magazine. For sake of clarity, the synopsis on this site are against the correct episode and not the printed billing. This second synopsis read: Lloyd ignores Steve's warnings to give Cheryl a wide berth and offers to let her stay with him; Sean is overwhelmed by emotion as he looks at his photos of his son Dylan; and Norris is horrified to learn that Emily has offered Graeme the use of their spare room.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 9,150,000 viewers (3rd place).
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