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Episode 4707 ( 29th October 1999 ) Plot . Ashley is frustrated as Maxine won ' t have sex whilst her mother is in the house . Tom asks Maxine to get Melanie off him but she refuses to get involved . Jack discovers that Tyrone has kept Monica in his room all night and tells him to get rid of her before Vera finds out . Spider investigates Les ' s record at the DSS . Ian and Sharon decide to have a quick registery office wedding . Melanie is horrified when Tom tells her they ' re finished . Sharon asks Sally and Danny to be witnesses as her wedding but begs them not to tell Rita . Philip Hodson turns up in the Street looking for Melanie , realising she doesn ' t see as much of Maxine as she says she does . He sees her coming out of Tom ' s flat . Melanie tells him that Tom has been pestering her for ages . Tom assures him it ' s not true . She is stunned when Philip washes his hands of her . Tyrone begs Vera to let Monica stay at the Park Road B & B . Vera feels set up and agrees to let her stay in the shed . Tyrone is thrilled . Spider tells Toyah that he ' s wound Les up by sending him an official letter asking him to be interviewed by the DSS . Notable dialogue . Jack Duckworth ( to Tyrone Dobbs about Monica ) : " She ' s got a front end and a back end and I can ' t afford to feed the front end and I ' m certainly not clearing up after the back end ! "
Penny King Penny King was the wife of local businessman Preston King , who often did business with factory owner Mike Baldwin . When Preston died Penny became close to Mike and a relationship ensued , but Mike ' s Alzheimer ' s crept in and Mike kicked her out of his flat . During her time on the Street , Fred Elliott took a shine to her and proposed to her but she turned him down . Penny ' s final appearance was at Mike ' s funeral . Jamie Baldwin worked for her clothing company King ' s Robes up until late December 2006 .
After Hours - Episode 2 Plot . Bet tells Vicky about the bet . An angry Vicky tells Steve to leave her alone , but he is still persistant . Steve tricks Vik into going to Calais without him , knowing that Bet has shopped him to Customs and Excise . Vikram picks up a very attractive French hitchhiker , Gabrielle , on his way to Dover . It transpires that the wine bar is a financial nightmare and Vicky is broke . She asks Bet for a loan but that plan backfires when Bet refuses . Steve turns up at the wedding rehearsal and blackmails Vicky into meeting him again .
Episode 2624 ( 26th May 1986 ) Plot . Brian tells Gail that he ' s going to Edinburgh overnight to look over a van for a customer . Vera gets her provisional driving licence . With Hilda returning , Sally clears her things out of No . 13 . Brian suggests to Ivy that she could emigrate with them to Australia but she refuses ; she belongs in Weatherfield . Hilda returns from Torquay . Kevin explains that Sally is homeless . Hilda is forced to let Sally stay when Kevin threatens to leave and walk the streets with Sally . Terry gives Vera a driving lesson but swears not to give her any more . Hilda learns that Sally has been staying at No . 13 during her absence .
Episode 3752 ( 16th September 1994 ) Plot . Tanya thinks that Raquel ' s returned after an abortion so Charlie tells her about Raquel being thrown off the modeling course . Andy is put out when Curly coldly accepts his resignation . Mike is horrified when Steve rents the flat next to him . Des tells Raquel he ' s gone through agony since they split . He admits he was obsessed with Tanya . He offers her the £1 , 500 he got from Alex . She tells him to keep it for the next girl whose heart is broken . Raquel is sent a copy of the brewery calendar . She is pleased when everyone says she looks wonderful in it . Jack hangs it in the bar . Rita is impressed that Mavis drew a naked man . Gail misses Nicky and is upset to see how well he gets on with Don . Tanya tells Charlie that she ' s fed up of being treated as the villain in the Rovers . Samir gets a job , waiting on at a Moroccan restaurant . Derek is surprised to learn Mavis has painted a nude but assumes it was a woman . Tanya is upset when all the men say how beautiful Raquel looks and tells the customers that Raquel ' s been told she ' s useless . Raquel runs sobbing from the bar and Des leads the customers in telling Tanya she ' s a bitch . Bet sacks her on the spot , telling her that she ' s poison . Notable dialogue . Bet Gilroy : " Out ! You ' re poison , Tanya , always were and always will be . I was a fool to have ever given you a second chance . I want you out of here " now " , and I never want to see your " evil " little face in my pub ever again ! "
Curzon Street Curzon Street was a street in Weatherfield where Weatherfield Library was located . It consisted mainly of shop units , including , at one time or another , the " Weatherfield Recorder " office , Weatherfield Security Systems , and Maggie ' s Flowers . The " Recorder " office moved there in July 1988 when Ken Barlow bought Bob Statham ' s 60 % share of the paper , becoming its full owner , and moved it from its previous base at Neptune House . Ken sold the paper to the " Gazette " in January 1990 . Alan Bradley opened his burglar alarm shop at 72 Curzon Street to expand his security business in January 1989 . The venture was short - lived , as he ' d obtained a loan fraudulently from the Castlewell Building Society by posing as Len Fairclough to mortgage 7 Coronation Street . His crimes were uncovered by Rita Fairclough that March , and she immediately cleared the matter with the building society , who reclaimed their loan .
Mark Hillkirk Mark Hillkirk was a pupil at Bessie Street School and a friend of Terry Bates when Ken Barlow became deputy head there in January 1972 . When watching a slideshow on the First World War that Ken presented , he told him that his own grandfather was in that conflict but go into trouble when he deliberately mis - named a Howitzer gun as a " Hows - your - father " gun and was later cheeky when Ken advised on good television programmes to watch and he replied that he ' d rather watch " Sylvester and Tweety - Pie " . In April 1972 , Mark was caught by headmaster Wilfred Perkins writing " Barlamb fancies Terry Bate ' s Mam " " ( sic ) " on the blackboard ( referring to deputy head Ken Barlow and Rita Bates ) . When questioned by Perkins , Mark tried to blame another pupil , Susan , for putting the idea in his head . In October 1973 , Len Fairclough stopped Rita Littlewood from selling fireworks to Mark and his friends at The Kabin and barred the lads from the shop . Mark later went to watch the communal bonfire with his friends . There , a freak accident occurred when a spark landed in an open box of fireworks , setting them off and setting Mark on fire . Ken Barlow rescued him by smothering him with his jacket but Mark was seriously hurt and had to have a skin graft on his leg . Alan Howard blamed himself for the accident as he was supervising the fireworks . While in hospital , Mark was visited by Albert Tatlock and two school friends . Albert used the toy tanks the boys were playing with to launch into a discussion of the First World War . The boys were interested in what Albert had to say and Mark already knew that it was that conflict in which tanks had first been used . Years later , in October 1999 , Rita was furious to discover that Sharon Gaskell was selling fireworks in The Kabin , as she had refused to stock them since Mark ' s accident .
Jason Yates Jason Yates ( born 25th July 1970 in Wellington , Shropshire ) , appeared in " Coronation Street " between April and May 1992 as Tony Stephenson , a fellow nursing student friend of Martin Platt ' s . He returned for a final appearance in the role in March 1993 . Having graduated at the Guildhall School of Drama in 1991 , Jason has also appeared in " EastEnders " , " Pauline Calf ' s Wedding Video " , the film " Full Blast " and the stage play " Playing by the Rules " at the Birmingham repertory theatre .
Sally Balley Sally Balley was a cheeky dark - haired girl who asked for fireworks at The Kabin in October 1974 . She was served by a bad - tempered Len Fairclough , who ' d been forced to run the shop as neither Rita Littlewood nor Mavis Riley had turned up for their shifts . The women were unhappy with Len ' s recent decision to demote Rita to assistant and appoint Mavis manager , and had taken the day off in protest . Due to schoolboy Mark Hillkirk ' s bonfire accident the year before , Len wasn ' t stocking fireworks at The Kabin and so he tetchily told the girl that he would never sell fireworks to her and that anybody who did would get six months in jail . The bratty girl told Len to keep his wig on and left to get some at Charlie Barnes ' s newsagent .
Navigation Street Navigation Street was the site of one of the 1960s tower blocks that replaced terraced houses in Weatherfield as in so many other places in Britain during that period . In May 1966 , Ruth Winter and Jerry Booth brought Ena Sharples to Navigation Street to show her a flat on the 11th floor of the tower block where the council was offering to house her . Ena had refused to move back to the Glad Tidings Mission Hall following refurbishments and Ruth ' s appointment as a social worker there . When the car pulled up in Navigation Street , Ena was immediately scathing of her surroundings , calling it the worst street this side of the gasworks . Used to living at ground level , Ena said she ' d rather live in a bus shelter . A kindly Jerry Booth took her in as a housekeeper at his and Len Fairclough ' s home at 15 Mawdsley Street , much to his friend ' s surprise . . .
Mike Newell Michael Cormac Newell ( born 28th March , 1942 ) directed 21 episodes of " Coronation Street " ( under the name of Cormac Newell ) in 1966 and worked on many other television productions before eventually becoming a hugely successful director of British and American films . A graduate from Cambridge University in English , his credits include " Four Weddings And A Funeral " , " Donnie Brasco " , " Mona Lisa Smile " and " Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire " . In a 1995 interview for " The South Bank Show " Newell claimed he learned more about his job from having to direct a hungover and bad - tempered Patricia Phoenix than from any other experience in his career . Episodes directed by Michael Cormac Newell . 1961 ( 21 episodes )
Andy Abrahams Andy Abrahams is an actor who has appeared nine times in " Coronation Street " : From his early appearance as jury foreman on " Crown Court " in 1972 , he has appeared in many television series , including " Strangers " , " Harry ' s Game " , " All Creatures Great and Small " , " The Royal " and several characters for both " Emmerdale " and " Heartbeat " .
Episode 8408 ( 13th June 2014 ) Plot . Julie warns Tim that Sally feels cheated out of a romantic proposal and plans an engagement party so he can do it properly . As he prepares for his job interview , Gary fears the bruise on his nose will put the employers off . The police take Carla to the station for further questioning . Rob gets ratty with them but Carla co - operates . Gary tells Kal about Owen punching him . Kal advises him to swallow his pride and make peace with Owen . Todd gets Marcus to pull a sickie from work so they can go car shopping . Gary is convinced his family is hiding something from him . Katy tells him to ask St . Anna . It becomes obvious to Carla that the police have nothing on her and they ' re hoping she ' ll confess . She says she could have killed Tina but someone else got there first . Sally is intrigued when Julie tells her about the engagement party . Lloyd plans to return to work next week . Jenna thinks it ' s too soon and suggests he goes on holiday instead . Owen decides to apologise to Gary . Anna tells Tim about Faye ' s drinking . Ann McIntyre asks Rita , Dennis and David for help planning Tina ' s funeral . Michelle and Rob deal with factory client Dave Hanlon in Carla ' s absence . He agrees to place an order as he ' s satisfied that Carla ' s personal problems won ' t affect the factory . Gary doesn ' t get the job and blames Owen . Sick of being the bad guy , Owen tells Gary about Anna sleeping with Phelan . After a long wait at the police station , Carla is released without charge . Although shocked , Gary is sympathetic to Anna and hugs her . Back at the factory , Carla insults Hanlon , causing him to cancel the order . Lloyd offers to take Andrea with him on holiday but she suggests he takes Jenna instead . Jenna is thrilled when he offers . Anna finishes with Owen as she ' s fed up with his disgust . He says he could learn to forgive her but she thinks there ' s nothing to forgive . Tim warns Faye about her drinking . Tim and Sally realise that each of them thought the other wanted to get married when in actuality neither of them do . Marcus tells Todd he really does love him . Tim and Sally have their engagement party at the Rovers . Everyone is shocked when Tim gets down on one knee and asks Sally not to marry him . They agree to go on living in sin . A drunken Carla has a run - in with Ann McIntyre and badmouths Tina . Todd admits to Tony that he ' s just using Marcus and will move on once he ' s got everything he can out of him . Owen leaves No . 6 .
Episode 5595 ( 3rd October 2003 ) Plot . The next morning , a blissful Karen plans an engagement party for that night . Dev tries to contact Maya Sharma , his solicitor , as he fancies her . Ciaran arranges a night out with Sunita . Steve and Karen book the Rovers for their party but Janice lets slip that their divorce was a scam . Fred receives a visit from Petula Peach , a local abattoir owner and Fred - admirer , who is organising the trip to Scotland . Scared of her , he decides he ' ll have to cancel his trip . Karen invites the Underworld girls to her party but they are not pleased at the trick played on them . Bev persuades Ciaran to forego his night out with Sunita as they ' ll be busy tonight with the party . When Sunita finds out they row and Ciaran tells her to go back to Dev . Only Norris and Kirk turn up for the party as everyone else is annoyed at Steve and Karens ' actions . Bev persuades Fred to go to Scotland . Norris tells Karen why no one has turned up . She throws him and Kirk out . The DJ plays only rap music , mostly pointing out the party ' s lack of success and Karen throws him out too . Nick calls on Sarah and Todd to try to heal the breach with Gail . Sarah storms out and Nick and Todd have a heart - to - heart . Karen and Steve wend their way home , laden with bags of extra food from the abandoned party , only to meet the girls on their way back from bingo . They make fun of Karen who is in tears . Ciaran accepts a nightcap from Bev after having cleared up . He tells Bev that she ' s a very attractive woman . They embrace . Notable dialogue . Mc Dr Man ( rapping at the empty engagement party ) : " When the clock struck seven , Karen was in heaven . When the clock struck eight , she was thinkin ' they ' re late . When the clock struck nine , then she started to pine . She thought , this is a sign that the people ain ' t mine so she reached for the wine to make the feeling fine , easy now . . . " Karen McDonald ( to Steve McDonald ) : " " He " is really starting to annoy me . . . " Mc Dr Man : " ' Now for poor babe Karen , the night is turning barren . She is out of her groove because people disapprove . She is starting to moan , cos she is all alone . And so the evening ends , she ain ' t got no friends ! " Karen McDonald : " Get out ! ! "
Phil Dickinson Phil Dickinson was an insurance representative who arrived at No . 11 to assess the damage . Phil looked through the back window , leading to a misunderstanding as Jason Grimshaw thought he was trying to perv on his girlfriend Rosie Webster , who was in her bathrobe . Jason punched Phil in the nose , and , angered , Phil left without completing the job .
Larry Clark Larry Clark was a " Weatherfield Gazette " photographer who visited Coronation Street in November 1973 after a fireworks accident in which Mark Hillkirk was badly burned . He accompanied reporter Clive Shawcross and the two called into the Rovers to " sound out local opinion " and found Alan Howard there who Clark identified as the organiser of the event . The residents stood by Alan as Shawcross asked them if they thought that fireworks ought to be banned . Bet Lynch was interested if her photograph was going to appear in the paper . Their next port of call was the Kabin where they got Councillor Len Fairclough to be spokesman for a new anti - fireworks campaign that the paper was to run , with Clark taking a picture of him with Rita Littlewood , not realising that she had sold Mark a box a fireworks a week earlier .
Episode 5492 ( 28th April 2003 ) Plot . Tracy tells Deirdre that she ' s dumped Dev and is now enjoying herself with his credit card . She ' s booked into a swanky hotel . Rosie has a tantrum because Kevin won ' t let her have a mobile phone . Audrey reopens the salon once again under her own name . They are packed out and she and Maria can barely cope . Kirk asks Les to think hard if there were any witnesses when he got thumped by Mick . Les remembers there was a dog . Kirk makes a canine photo - fit kit and between them they make up a picture of the dog . Deirdre goes to give Dev a piece of her mind for the way he ' s treated Tracy . She can ' t help herself and slaps him across the face . She later tells Tracy who is unimpressed and accuses Deirdre of gloating . Dev is annoyed with Peter for having passed on his comments about Tracy . He blames Peter for their break - up . Les and Kirk go looking for the dog who fits Les ' s description . Tony Stewart takes Jason to the Rovers where they bump into Eileen . Candice again asks Audrey for a job at the salon . This time Audrey agrees as she ' s been so run off her feet . Dev lets slip to Steve that he slept with Deirdre . Steve is gobsmacked . Steve goes to find Karen just as she ' s leaving the factory . In front of Joe and all the factory girls he declares his undying love for Karen and begs her to give him another chance .
Episode 1376 ( 25th March 1974 ) Plot . Ken goes to Glasgow to fetch Peter and Susan . Albert is pleased when Janet tells him as he was resigned to sending them their birthday presents by post . Edith Tatlock can ' t see Janet as a stepmother . With Ken , Annie and Bet unavailable , rehearsals for " The Importance of Being Earnest " go ahead with a skeleton crew . Ernie makes Emily the prompter . Rita is cast as Miss Prism . Ernie doesn ' t like Rita ' s send up of Miss Prism and she walks out , branding the whole thing a farce . To get through the rehearsal , the actors have to play multiple roles . A peeved Len plays Bet ' s part . Billy think Danny Burrows is going out with Lorraine Binks . Lucille tells Billy the truth . Edith tells Ken to ask Peter and Susan if they want to return to Weatherfield . Notable dialogue . Billy Walker : “ Whoever had the idea of doing " The Importance of Being Earnest " with that lot must be round the flaming twist , all them posh accents god knows what they sound like , I reckon we ' ll have Stan and Hilda dancing " " for afters . ”
Sadie Pilbury Sadie Pilbury appeared on " Coronation Street " between 2011 and 2012 in the role of Hope Stape , the newborn daughter of John and Fiz Stape . She played the role alongside Harriet Atkins before the role was recast with twins Faith and Nicole Holt taking over later in the same year .
Cynthia Michaelis Cynthia Michaelis had an occasional recurring role on " Coronation Street " as Norah Seddon , the sister of Emily Nugent , between 1961 and 1978 . She also had a minor role in a 1966 episode of the spin - off " Pardon the Expression " . Her other credits include " The Caesars " , " Last of the Summer Wine " and " The Liver Birds " .
George Ormerod George Ormerod was the husband of Helen Ormerod , sister of Janet Reid . In 1971 , Janet cancelled a trip to Leicester for George and Helen ' s wedding anniversary party . When the couple visited Janet in Weatherfield a few days later , they inadvertently blew her cover by telling Stan and Hilda Ogden about Janet ' s no - show , as she ' d used the party as an alibi for a visit to Leeds to follow Alan Howard , with whom she was having an affair . George was middle aged and balding , and had a moustache .
Reporter ( Episode 7264 ) The unnamed Reporter worked for the " Weatherfield Gazette " and came to the Rovers Return in February 2010 to interview barmaid Betty Williams a few days before her 90th birthday . Betty was reluctant to talk to the reporter , since she didn ' t think that anyone would be interested in reading an article about her , but informed him that she pulled her first pint in 1969 and had seen many changes behind the bar . Explaining how she used to work under Mrs Walker and alongside Bet Lynch ( that was ) , it had been established that Betty was the oldest barmaid in the North - West . Landlady Liz McDonald , who was also present during the interview , was put - out however when the reporter asked whether she too was working at the Rovers when Betty first started , retorting that she was " barely out of nappies " at the time .
Episode 4899 ( 27th September 2000 ) Plot . Gail and Martin have an awkward wedding anniversary , trying to put on a show for the children . Vera worries when Mrs Wilberforce , a prospective buyer , looks around the Park Road B & B . Needing a mechanic , Kevin takes Sam on as an apprentice . Tyrone is disturbed to discover that he used to be a stripper and is uphappy when Maria chats to him . Audrey tells Gail she ' s doing the right thing pressing for a divorce . Mrs Wilberforce likes the B & B so Tyrone and Maria pose as dissatisfied boarders in order to change her mind , much to Vera ' s delight . Toyah finds Phil Simmonds begging in the precinct . She buys him lunch and determines to get Duggie back for evicting him . Hayley decides to give up work if they ' re given a baby to adopt . Karen and Bobbie decide to both go after Harvey , agreeing that there are no rules . Gail and Martin are horrified when Sarah overhears them talking about divorcing . They try to comfort her but she is devastated .
Episode 2477 ( 26th December 1984 ) Plot . Gail is annoyed that Ivy didn ' t let her cook anything for Christmas . Vera is shocked when Jack goes window cleaning on Boxing Day . He calls straight round to Dulcie Froggatt ' s house only to find her rigger husband Ralph is in . Ralph makes him clean the windows in the whole street to make sure that he isn ' t Dulcie ' s fancy man . Ivy feels sorry for Hilda who has spent Christmas alone and invites her round for a sherry . Debbie is annoyed that Kevin is sulking over Christmas . Bill doesn ' t want him to feel he ' s riding roughshod over him . Jack returns home worn out but £20 better off . He is horrified when Vera takes it for housekeeping . Rita feels uncomfortable with Tony Cunliffe in the evenings and she doesn ' t want him to spend the night . She tells him that she wants to continue seeing him . Bill is annoyed when Kevin tells him he ' s looking for digs . They have a stand up row in the Rovers . Tony realises that Rita will never forget Len and is only after friendship . He tells her that he wants more than that and finishes with her . She is upset that he won ' t wait for her .
Amy Forrest Amy Forrest was born in Keighley , West Yorkshire . She is a British actress who played Nikki in two episodes of " Coronation Street " in August 2012 . She has also appeared in " The Syndicate , Emmerdale " and " Fast and Furious 6 " .
Episode 2662 ( 6th October 1986 ) Plot . Kevin upsets Curly by asking Terry to be his best man . Jenny moves back to No . 7 as Alan leaves for Dubai . Hilda organises a buffet for Kevin and Sally . Mike is confident that Trevor Hargreaves won ' t employ Susan but was only being polite . Sally ' s friend Lois Fairhurst helps her select a peach dress for the wedding . Nervous Kevin spends the night at the Duckworths ' house . Terry and Jack insist that he has a stag night although Kevin just wants an early night . Bet lays on free drinks at the stag party as a thank - you to Kevin for saving her from the fire .