Plot[]
Part One: Claire valiantly attempts to put on a brave face as the day of Ashley's funeral arrives. Tyrone has stayed with Jack at No.4. Rosie's suspicious to find that Kevin's spent another night on the sofa. Norris gossips to Mary that Ciaran suggested a gas problem at The Joinery could have caused the explosion. Claire overhears as she passed and marches off to find Ciaran. Rosie voices her concerns about her dad to Sophie. Tina helps Graeme as he struggles to prepare Ashley's eulogy. Claire storms into No.8 with Ciaran and confronts Nick in front of Gail about his failing to report the gas fault. Nick maintains that he switched it off but cannot deny that he should have taken further action. Incensed, Claire orders Nick to stay away from the funeral. There is no change in Hope. The mourners join Claire and Joshua as the funeral procession departs the street. Nick watches on.
Part Two: Michelle and Carla catch up on work in the factory. Michelle quizzes Carla about Peter when she avoids wanting to visit him. Ashley's wake takes place in the Rovers. Claire sees Nick there and throws his money back at him in front of the other customers, declaring she'll pay for everything herself. Nick leaves sadly. Carla admits to Michelle that she developed feelings for Peter which he rejected. Rita's furious with Norris when Mary slips that he was the one who spread gossip about the gas. Hearing the rumours, Ken and Deirdre question Gail about Nick's role in the crash. She refuses to discuss it until the authorities have completed their investigation. Kevin overhears as Tyrone commiserates with Claire and also tells her that baby Jack is not his son. She's shocked but tells him that Ashley always looked on Joshua as his own son. Kevin walks out, unable to hear any more. Rita finds Nick alone and thanks him for saving her life. He feels he should never have come back to Weatherfield but she puts his mind somewhat at rest. Rosie finds Kevin hitting the bottle and asks if Sally's illness has returned. He assures her that it hasn't. Claire breaks down, sobbing uncontrollably, in the remains of No.13.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Becky McDonald - Katherine Kelly
- Claire Peacock - Julia Haworth
- Joshua Peacock - Benjamin Beresford
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- John Stape - Graeme Hawley
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
- Sophie Webster - Brooke Vincent
- Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
- Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
- Lloyd Mullaney - Craig Charles
- Mary Taylor - Patti Clare
- Michelle Connor - Kym Marsh
- Carla Connor - Alison King
- Roy Cropper - David Neilson
- Tina McIntyre - Michelle Keegan
- Graeme Proctor - Craig Gazey
- Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
- Nick Tilsley - Ben Price
- Gail McIntyre - Helen Worth
- Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Ken Barlow - William Roache (Credited as "William Roach")
- Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
- Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
- Max Turner - Harry McDermott
- Freddie Peacock - Lewis & Niall Beresford (Uncredited)
- Jack Dobbs - Alex & Ellis Williamson (Uncredited)
Guest cast[]
None
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room, hallway and yard
- 4 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 8 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- Underworld - Office and factory floor
- Rosamund Street
- Roy's Rolls
- Weatherfield General - Special Care Baby Unit
Notes[]
- Hope Stape appears in this episode but is portrayed by a prosthetic baby due to the character's premature birth.
- Mary Taylor receives a Christmas card from Reg Holdsworth in a link to the spin-off DVD Coronation Street: A Knight's Tale, released a few weeks before this episode.
- Ashley Peacock's funeral service and burial take place off-screen.
- TV Times synopsis: Emotions run high as the first of the funerals takes place and the residents gather to bid farewell; and gossip spreads about who may be held responsible for the explosion at The Joinery.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 10,030,000 viewers (10th place).
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