Episode 9065 ( 25th December 2016 ) Plot . On Christmas morning , Norris tries to make peace with Mary only to have the door shut in his face . A miserable Andy stays home when Steph goes to visit her parents . Peter pretends that he has an AA meeting tonight . Nick is suspicious when Leanne tells him to visit David and take Simon . Steve is thrilled with his present from Michelle - a video camera for when the baby comes - although her present doesn ' t go down as well . At No . 8 , David lures Nick to the garden where Leanne is waiting with a new pushchair for their baby . Norris , Roy and Brian sit down to Christmas dinner but Norris doesn ' t think it ' s right for Mary to be on her own and goes to fetch her . Leanne , Nick and Simon are about to leave for Liverpool when Toyah arrives in the Street and tells them that Christmas is off as she ' s left her husband . Andy mixes the stolen painkillers with gin and orange to make a lethal cocktail . An upset Bethany is rude to Gary and is told off by Sarah . Norris sits in No . 7 ' s yard until Mary forgives him . Roy and Brian eventually join him . Toyah confesses to Leanne that she ' s in love with another man and has been having an affair for six months . Eileen presents Pat with a ring and they renew their engagement , while outside Andy seethes . Eva meets Toyah when she comes to the flat to fetch Aidan ' s present - a kitten . Bethany tells Faye she ' s over Gary . Nick joins the Barlows with Simon for dinner while Leanne sorts things out with Toyah but worries when Peter goes out for a smoke and doesn ' t come back . He snaps at Amy when she spills a glass of water over him . While looking for a towel , he notices that the Bros tape is no longer in the drawer and assumes that Peter went to give it to Leanne . Heading home , he finds Peter outside the Victoria Court flats and tries to pick a fight with him . Peter overlooks Nick ' s taunts and shoves but thumps him when he calls him a coward . Nick pushes Peter through Sally ' s hedge and orders him to stay away from Leanne . Peter throws a gnome at him in retaliation , hitting him in the head . They ' re interrupted by Leanne and Toyah . Nick gets Leanne to take the wrapped Bros tape from Peter ' s pocket and read the tag - to the " love of my life " . Leanne thinks it ' s meant for her and is livid . Sarah intercepts a message from Faye on Bethany ' s new smart watch and finds out that Bethany likes Gary . Gary is shocked when Sarah tells him that he ' s Bethany ' s older man . Billy tries to stay away from church but is persuaded by Todd to attend the service with the new vicar . On his way out , he comes across Shona Ramsey drinking wine in the vestry . Eileen tells Todd that she and Pat are getting married on 20th January . Shona tells Billy she broke up with her boyfriend and has nowhere to go . He takes her to No . 11 for dinner . They ' re seen leaving by the aforementioned boyfriend , Nathan Curtis . Mary hears Norris talking about how much he admires her for her bravery and forgives him . After watching Shona go into No . 11 , Nathan notices Bethany crying in the street and tries to start a conversation . She tells him to mind his own business . Steve smells a rat when Sally brags about her smart TV . Hearing that the TV was meant for her , Michelle demands she hand it over . When Sally refuses , she takes Tim ' s new laptop instead and informs Sally that the globe was initially her present . Sally exiles Tim to the conservatory . Toyah meets Peter at a hotel , where they spend the night together . Andy gives Pat the cocktail , planning to poison him . He ' s thwarted when Pat pours two glasses . Billy thinks that running into Shona was a sign from God that he belongs with the church . Andy spills the glasses , pretending it was an accident . After swallowing a load of diet pills , Bethany starts hallucinating and collapses in the street . Nathan picks her up . Peter gives Toyah the Bros tape , which was meant for her . They agree to go public with their relationship as the secrecy is causing too much aggro . Mary ' s son Jude Appleton turns up at the cafe .