Text Santa 2015 In 2015 , " Coronation Street " produced a sketch for ITV ' s annual " Text Santa " charity fundraising evening . The event took place on Friday 18th December and raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support , Make - A - Wish UK and Save the Children . Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the 1985 science - fiction film " " , the sketch depicts Tyrone Dobbs and Kirk Sutherland going on a journey encompassing Weatherfield ' s past , present and future in a DeLorean time machine identical to the one featured in the film trilogy . Sir Richard Branson guest - starred as the car ' s owner . The 13 - minute mini - episode was broadcast in two parts during the appeal which was shown on ITV at 8pm ( pre - empting that evening ' s regular episode of " Coronation Street " ) . Matt Hilton directed the episode . Plot . On Christmas Eve , Fiz is preparing dinner for Tyrone , Kirk and Beth , while Tyrone and Kirk await the last customer of the day at the garage . When the customer in question arrives , they are amazed at his strange - looking DeLorean , and once he leaves they jump inside the futuristic vehicle and take it for a test drive . The customer has instructed them not to touch any buttons but Kirk keys in a date - 25th December 1990 - on a panel in the gadget - laden interior while trying to get Christmas songs on the radio . When Tyrone puts his foot on the accelerator , the vehicle suddenly jumps to 88mph and vanishes into thin air , leaving streaks of fire behind . It reappears in the same place - but when they hear Jack and Vera Duckworth rowing inside No . 9 , Tyrone realises they ' ve gone back in time . A quest to get back to 2015 in time for dinner begins but they are unable to work the controls and arrive in black and white . Venturing into the Rovers to find out the year , they encounter Annie Walker , Albert Tatlock and Elsie Tanner , who tells them it ' s 1967 before laying into Annie for barring her . Refused service for being " three sheets t ' wind " , Tyrone and Kirk return to the car , only to find it missing . Kirk is lost at being stuck in the 1960s , but Tyrone encourages him to look at the bright side - they can meet and mini - skirts are in fashion . They are saved when the car returns , having been taken for a ride by a guitar - playing stranger . They arrive in another year , where they check at the Kabin to ask Rita what year it is , but instead they find Mavis Wilton at the counter who becomes flustered by their appearance . Kirk figures out how to work the time controls but gets a digit wrong and they briefly stop in the year 2025 , where they see a 21 - year - old Amy Barlow , now licensee of the Rovers , throwing out a punter . Meanwhile , back in 2015 , the garage customer has been at the Corner Shop listening to Dev complaining about being open on Christmas Eve instead of being with his family , and pitching terrible business ideas to him . When Leanne sees him , she is amazed at meeting and pesters him to get ' s autograph . Arriving back at the garage just as Tyrone and Kirk pull up , the customer decides to forego the repairs and leave , but - now late for dinner - Tyrone and Kirk persuade him to drop them off at No . 9 half an hour earlier , where they are warmly received by Fiz . Notable dialogue . Kirk Sutherland : " Is this 2015 ? What year is it ? " Mavis Wilton : " I don ' t really know ! "