Episode 7525 (31st January 2011)

Plot[]

Part One: John's car isn't starting. Fiz is at her wits' end as mounting bills mean money worries are escalating. A grumpy Peter admits to Dr Carter that he's feeling frustrated with his condition. He's upset when the doctor won't give him an absolute assurance that he will make a full recovery. Chesney asks Kevin to look at John's car. When Kevin and Sally are unhelpful, Chesney announces that Hope has a hole in her heart. Tyrone agrees to check the car. Sally's shamefaced. Eddie and Anna meet Faye again and get on well. Fiz is forced to get the bus to hospital. She cries at the bus stop when Julie asks after Hope. Eddie and Anna have reveal to Hilary that Gary is no longer in the army as he assaulted a policeman. She tells them they will have to be reassessed for adoption as he will now be resident with them. Eddie and Anna are dismayed. Eileen begins at Underworld where Julie organises a whip-round for Fiz. Sally asks if she could hand it over as a way of saying sorry for her attitude. Peter is tempted when he sees an off licence on the way home from Freshco.

Part Two: Carla makes the whip round up to £100. Kevin informs Sally that the potential buyer from last week is coming round for another viewing. He demands no more funny business. Chesney and Fiz are distressed to learn from Tyrone that the car is virtually a write-off. Gary convinces himself that Owen is mocking him in the Rovers. Anna catches them squaring up and intervenes, dragging Gary away. Claudia tells Audrey and Sunita that she's been dating Marc but she has failed to get him into bed. She cannot understand what's going wrong with him. Fiz is touched when Sally delivers the whip round from the factory girls and apologises to her. Carla catches Peter returning from the shops with one of his bags full of booze. She tries to help him, but he rejects the offer, ordering her not to tell a soul or she'll regret it. Fiz is down, feeling she's been reduced to taking charity. Gary rows with Eddie and Anna, accusing them of blaming him for upsetting their adoption plans. Fiz is horrified when a man calls at No.5 looking for Colin Fishwick regarding his mother Joy's death. To try and get out of an awkward situation, Fiz is forced to play along and pretend she's Colin's wife.

Cast[]

Regular cast[]

Guest cast[]

Places[]

Coronation Street
Rovers Return Inn - Public
5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
6 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
Underworld - Factory floor
Rosamund Street
9a Rosamund Street - Living room/kitchen
Victoria Street
Roy's Rolls
Unknown street near Freshco
Foster parents' house - Living room, kitchen and exterior

Notes[]

The scene of Peter Barlow on the road near to Frescho was recorded on Third Avenue in Trafford Park. The "Weatherfield Wines" shop that Peter looks at was the re-dressed premises of the Trafford Business Centre at No.392.
TV Times synopsis: Fiz struggles to cope as her financial pressures mount and a man turns up on the doorstep to talk about Joy Fishwick's death; and a dejected Peter receives bad news from Dr Carter.
Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 10,320,000 viewers (3rd place).

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