Plot[]
Part One: Kevin's spent the night in the armchair with Jack. He feels helpless as Sally refuses to assist him with the baby. She instructs Sophie and Sian to follow her lead. Tyrone gathers up the baby items to remove all trace of Jack from the house. Maria tries to persuade him he's doing the wrong thing. He thrusts the bag at her, telling her to leave them with Kevin. Peter returns from hospital in a wheelchair to move into No.1 and takes a look at the devastation. Leanne is uncomfortable when he's effusive in his thanks towards Nick. Steve refuses to give Becky any leeway. Simon is thrilled to have his dad back. Fiz asks the hospital chaplain if he can hold some sort of service for Hope in case she doesn't pull through. He agrees to give her a special blessing ceremony. DS Miller informs a relieved Nick that the explosion was caused by a faulty gas main and was not his fault. Owen informs Steve that his cheque for the Rovers' repairs bounced. Steve promises to sort it. Guilt-ridden Becky admits to Claire that she paid Kylie for Max. Claire's shocked as Amy listens on.
Part Two: Steve shows a surveyor round the Rovers as he's applied for a remortgage. Becky tells Claire about the deal with Kylie. They don't spot Amy taking in the details. Owen having recognised the surveyor's firm by name, Sean wonders what's going on. Rosie celebrates her birthday. Becky fears that Steve is planning a divorce when Sean tells her that he is having a remortgage and rushes round to the cab office to plead with him. Maria coldly drops the baby things off with Kevin. Becky is delighted when Steve grudgingly admits he still loves her, but he also confesses that he's in huge debt and is in danger of losing the pub. Anna and Eddie still can't get a meaningful sentence out of Gary. The residents gather for Emily's carol service in the street which takes place with a brass band accompaniment and in falling snow. Claire and Tyrone find it an ordeal. Sally asks Kevin to show her some respect and move out to stop people speculating about the status of their relationship. He refuses to leave. Ken reads his poem:
- If someone could direct me to a street where I could stand
- Cobbles beneath my feet, tearful with rain;
- The shadows of my hopes behind the stained glass windows of a pub, ghosts -
- I would turn up the collar of my coat and walk, and number each small, terraced house by heart:
- Birthplace; neighbours - hardman, hussy, harridan, hustler, hero, heroine -
- Threshold, bride and groom, as clueless of next year as Christmas Eve;
- Or exit place, a hearse, a raw and local grief...
- Then I'd retrace my steps, perhaps a baby's cry sharp as a sudden star nailed to the sky,
- To stand now in this backstreet bar, nursing a beer
- All my griefs, my gifts, and glad I live here.
Everyone's dumbfounded when a taxi suddnely pulls up and out steps Tracy Barlow.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Sally Webster - Sally Dynevor
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Sophie Webster - Brooke Vincent
- Sian Powers - Sacha Parkinson
- Maria Connor - Samia Smith
- Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
- Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
- Leanne Barlow - Jane Danson
- Nick Tilsley - Ben Price
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Becky McDonald - Katherine Kelly
- Claire Peacock - Julia Haworth
- Simon Barlow - Alex Bain
- Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
- John Stape - Graeme Hawley
- Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine
- Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
- Owen Armstrong - Ian Puleston-Davies
- Joshua Peacock - Benjamin Beresford
- Max Turner - Harry McDermott
- Amy Barlow - Elle Mulvaney
- Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
- Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
- Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
- Gary Windass - Mikey North
- Eddie Windass - Steve Huison
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Anna Windass - Debbie Rush
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
- Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
- Sunita Alahan - Shobna Gulati
- Gail McIntyre - Helen Worth
- Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
- Jack Dobbs - Jaxon & Maddox Beswick (Uncredited)
- Freddie Peacock - Lewis & Niall Beresford (Uncredited)
Guest cast[]
- Hospital Chaplain - Sean Francis
- Police Detective - Sean Wilton
- Richard Khan - Nitin Kundra
- Reverend Peach - Nick Caldecott
- Brass Band - Delph Band
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room, kitchen and hallway
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- 4 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 6 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- Rosamund Street
- Street Cars
- 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.
- First appearance of Tracy Barlow since 10th June 2010.
- The poem read by Ken Barlow in this episode was written by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who was asked by producers to pen the words upon learning about her friendship with Tony Warren. She was present during the recording of the scene where it was read out, describing it as "magical". [1].
- TV Times synopsis: The residents gather for a memorial service, but the singers fall silent when Tracy Barlow returns; and the crash investigator has news.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 10,420,000 viewers (9th place).
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