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Episode 1624 ( 9th August 1976 ) Plot . Annie decides to learn to drive . Gail is angry at Elsie ' s interference in her life . She accuses her of being jealous of her youth . Gail walks out of the shop . Annie is annoyed when the regulars hint she ' s too old to drive . Elsie threatens to tell Sylvia Matthews about the affair if he doesn ' t stop it . Deirdre agrees to talk to Gail for Elsie but Gail tells her she ' s only jealous . Roy Thornley ' s wife phones and tells Elsie she and the children will be returning from London in the morning . Gail tells Roy she loves him .
Valerie Georgeson Valerie Georgeson played two roles on " Coronation Street " : Jill Barrett in 1974 and Elaine Dennett in 1977 . As an actress she also appeared in " Emmerdale Farm " , and she found success as a writer on such shows as " EastEnders " and " Eldorado " .
Episode 3062 ( 27th April 1990 ) Plot . Martin wants to turn Gail ' s catering exhibition in Birmingham into a family day out but Gail insists on going alone . Deirdre tells Tracy she isn ' t going out with Dave . Curly has the work done on the car . Reg arranges to transfer Renee Dodds to Bolton but tells Curly he has to tell her . Sally realises Gail is going away to have an abortion and feels bad for Martin . Ivy is fed up being unemployed and disappointed that Audrey and Alf were asked first to have the kids . A rattled Gail tells Alma that she is not going to Birmingham but Liverpool to an abortion clinic . She says she doesn ' t want Martin to feel tied to her . Alma supports her and reveals that she has had one in the past . Renee is annoyed that Reg couldn ' t face her and swears vengeance over the transfer . Sally tells Kevin about Gail ' s termination , swearing him to secrecy . He thinks Martin has a right to know . Martin takes the next two days off to go with Gail . She angrily tells him she ' s going on her own . Deirdre entertains Dave to a meal to return the favour . Ken returns to the Street to speak to Curly about the car and sees Dave arrive at No . 1 . The Duckworths row with Ken in the Rovers . When Mike steps in , Ken hits him . A fight ensues and Mike lays into Ken , knocking him flat on his back . Deirdre and Dave share a passionate kiss .
Bridal Shopkeeper ( Episode 6728 / 9 ) The unnamed Bridal Shopkeeper worked at the " " Vincent Malone Bridal Boutique " " where Maria Sutherland went to pick out a wedding dress for her forthcoming marriage to Liam Connor . The shopkeeper made small talk about the late Princess Diana as Maria was browsing through the rails . After emerging from the fitting room in a stunning bridal gown , Maria was spotted through the shop window by Carla Connor , who promptly marched inside to confront Maria . The shopkeeper stood by helplessly as the two women argued and was horrified when Maria chased outside after Carla still wearing the expensive dress .
Brian Hallett Brian Hallett appeared on " Coronation Street " in two roles : firstly as the Police Surgeon in attendance in the backyard of 9 Coronation Street following the sudden death of Judy Mallett in September 1999 . He returned to the programme in December 2001 as a Consultant who tended to Jack Duckworth , hospitalised with a suspected heart attack . His other credits include roles in " Liverpool 1 , Nice Guy Eddie " and the TV movie " Mersey Cop " , while on stage he appeared in a 2001 production of " Equus " , at Oldham ' s Coliseum Theatre .
Episode 7477 ( 26th November 2010 ) Plot . Charlotte suggests that John could split his time between her and Fiz . Astonished John tells her that he ' d sooner return to prison than go along with it . Charlotte accuses him of leading her on . John leaves in disgust . Gary bottles out of going to see Quinny ' s parents and drinks in the Rovers instead . Claire and Ashley prepare to show potential buyers around their house and hope for a quick and easy sale . Molly drops off baby Jack with Tyrone while she goes for a drink at The Joinery with Sally and Rosie . Tyrone takes the baby round to No . 4 to see Kevin . Michelle tells Ciaran about her conversation with Peter . Ciaran advises her to leave well alone from now on . Gary tells Izzy he couldn ' t face reliving the horrors of Quinny ' s death . Izzy assures him that she ' s always there if he needs to talk . Peter informs Leanne that she missed Simon ' s school concert this morning . Feeling guilty that she was in bed with Nick , mortified Leanne tells Nick that their affair must stop . Nick proclaims his love but Leanne ' s resolute . Nick storms off . Fiz and John question their sanity in allowing Katy to stay with Chesney every weekend . Gary lets Anna believe he went through with the visit to Quinny ' s parents . David ' s worried about having further seizures . Gail and Graeme try to reassure him that medication will help control them but David ' s not placated . Molly calls Tyrone to check on Jack and is unsettled to find they are with Kevin . John bumps into Charlotte in the Street . She threatens to destroy his marriage if he doesn ' t agree to divide his time between her and Fiz . John has no choice but to agree . He arranges to see her on Monday evening . Charlotte ' s delighted . Kevin gives Tyrone £100 for Jack ' s Christmas present . Tyrone ' s bemused . John lies to Fiz , saying he ' s tracked Colin down to Doncaster and has arranged to go and see him on Monday . Fiz is hopeful that their worries are at an end . Leanne ' s tormented by her betrayal of Peter .
The Trouble With Ada Plot . Mr . Parbold is told by Head Office that his branch of Dobson and Hawkes is one and a third head overstaffed and he happily delegates the task of correcting this to Leonard Swindley . Keen to avoid getting rid of the last person to join the company – namely himself – he takes up Miss Sinclair ' s suggestion to " early retire " the elderly and lazy cleaner Ada Hadfield . But he has not reckoned on the fact that Ada looks on her work as her social life and is so bitterly upset at her dismissal that the counter staff , led by a militant Pam Plummer , goes on strike . The situation is solved by a suggestion from Mrs Edgeley : Swindley employs Ada as his own cleaner , although she prefers to be called his " housekeeper " and wants a pound a week more than she gets at the store . Commercial releases . This episode was included in Network DVD collection " Pardon the Expression - The Complete First Series " , released on 4th May , 2009 .
Episode 3751 ( 14th September 1994 ) Plot . Bet wants Raquel to do well in London but wishes she ' d return home . Des is annoyed when Jack implies he gives Steve racing tips . Curly tries his best to break Paula and Andy up at work . Andy can ' t stand the thought of being under Curly ' s thumb all winter . He writes his resignation , deciding to return to University . Raquel turns up , asking to stay for a while . She tells Bet how a photographer told her and the agency she was useless and she was thrown off the course . She begs her not to tell Tanya . Bet agrees but puts Charlie in the picture . Andy moves out of No . 7 and back to No . 11 . Mavis doesn ' t tell Derek when she draws a naked man at the art class . Samir tells Deirdre he is unhappy living off her and wants to find work . Deirdre begs him not to as it ' s against the law . He tells her he ' ll only stay if he can work . Mavis is astonished when instead of sketching the nude Roger Crompton draws her . Tanya is stunned to see Raquel back and tries to ferret out of her why she ’ s returned . Curly is delighted to see Raquel who tells him she ’ s thought a lot about him as he ’ s a true friend . Notable dialogue . Bet Gilroy ( about Raquel Wolstenhulme ) : " She ' s just the sort men walk all over . Time and again she ' ll team up with rats and time and again they ' ll treat her like dirt . Ask her what she thinks of ' em ' ' Oo , aren ' t they lovely ! ' " Bet Gilroy ( about Tanya Pooley ) : “ It ’ s like working with . ” Raquel Wolstenhulme : “ He said I ’ d never make a proper model and my career shouldn ’ t get beyond knitting patterns . ”
Gatley Gatley is a suburb of Stockport , one of the ten metropolitan boroughs which make up Greater Manchester . Until 1974 it was part of an independent urban district along with adjoining Cheadle but was assimilated into the nearby borough after the 1972 Local Government Act . Virtually a village which became encompassed within an urban sprawl in the twentieth century , Gatley ' s railway station is a hundred yards or so outside the main street and opened in 1909 . In March 1989 it was the scene of the arrest of Alan Bradley following his attack on and attempted murder of Rita Fairclough . Alan had fled the scene of the crime at 7 Coronation Street when he was caught in the act by daughter Jenny and Martin Platt . He laid low for several days , abandoning his car in Openshaw . He then contacted Jenny by phone and asked her to meet him at the station , bringing his passport with her . Despite being ordered to by the police , Jenny didn ' t make them aware of the call and persuaded Martin , against his better judgement , to take her to the rendezvous . What they didn ' t know was that they were being followed by Det . Con . Richardson and the police who , after a short chase , arrested Alan in the car park . Behind the scenes . Although resolutely set in the fictional borough of Weatherfield , " Coronation Street " frequently references factual places , particularly Manchester and Salford and occasionally makes use of locations that are set in the " real world " . The arrest of Alan Bradley is one such example , with location recording being conducted on the Styal - bound platform and car park of the station in 1989 .
Episode 4204 ( 1st June 1997 ) Plot . Natalie and Kevin enjoy spending the night together and she suggests they go away to a hotel together . The Baldwins return from holiday and Mike breaks the news that he told Curly not to employ Alma . She is furious that he felt she needed protecting . She tells him that she needs something to occupy her mind . Liz assures Andy that she does love him but he isn ' t willing to forgive and forget . They go with Jim to pick Steve up as he leaves prison . Kevin tells Bill he ' s worried about Sally and wants to see her . Bill agrees to look after Rosie for the night so he can go to Scarborough . Alma tells Curly that she still wants to work at Firman ' s Freezers and is furious to learn Mike told him she was mentally unstable . She gets Curly to give her a job stacking shelves . Steve comes home to No . 11 and thanks his family for standing by him . He is horrified when Jim tells him that he ' s got him a job as his apprentice and tells him he doesn ' t want it . Kevin pulls out the telephone wires at home so Sally won ' t phone in his absence . Gary worries that children will come between him and Judy . When she assures him they won ' t he agrees to have fertility tests . Kevin and Natalie book into a hotel but Kevin is stunned when she admits to having brought her previous boyfriend there . He is amazed that she had a lover for twelve years and feels that he ' s just another conquest . He walks out on her at the hotel . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Episode 5343 ( 20th September 2002 ) Plot . Peter leaves for his reunion . Gail is worried when David comes home from school with a black eye . He admits to Sarah that one of the older boys hit him . Richard asks Curly for any news on the bail hostel but there ' s nothing yet . Roy tells Curly that he wants to object to the building of an amusement arcade . Curly tells him to get a petition together . Mike tries to get Dev to drop the charges against Joe - he refuses . The Police interview Geena and ask her who threw the first punch . Geena tells them it was Joe . Joe tells guilt - ridden Geena that she has just provided them with the evidence they need and that now he will be sent back to prison . Les regrets not accepting Toyah ' s offer of £250 . He gets Kirk to tell Toyah that he needs the money for medical reasons . Despite not believing him , she gives Les the money anyway . Kirk thinks Fiz is really brainy , Fiz loves the attention . Les receives a letter from the council - they ' ve found out that he ' s sub - letting and they ' re going to evict him .
Policewoman ( Joan Walker ) The Policewoman called at The Kabin to inform papergirl Jenny Bradley that her mother Pat had been hit by a car and died in Albert Road in January 1986 . She first told the news to Mavis Riley , who stopped Jenny when she came into the shop and let the policewoman lead her up to the flat to break the news to her privately . Afterwards , the officer took Jenny to her aunt ' s house in Clegg Street . The policewoman had another encounter with Jenny three years later when she was one of two officers on the scene after Alan Bradley ' s assault on Rita Fairclough at 7 Coronation Street . Alan had fled when Jenny and Martin Platt walked in on him trying to throttle Rita . Jenny wanted to go into the ambulance with Rita , but the policewoman made her wait behind and took her and Martin into the house to question them .
Episode 2598 ( 24th February 1986 ) Plot . Sam boasts to Percy about the way Phyllis enjoys his company . Percy tells him that Phyllis is only interested in his money . Tracy is thrilled when Susan asks her to be her bridesmaid . Sam confesses to Phyllis that his houses are falling down and cost a fortune to maintain ; he ' s penniless . Deirdre is furious when Ken tells Tracy that she can ' t be Susan ' s bridesmaid as none of them will be going to the wedding . Deirdre asks him not to take out his feelings on Tracy . Terry starts work on delivering for Mike but has to do it alone as Curly is working on the bins . Phyllis is disappointed that Sam has no money and refuses to go to bingo with him . Jenny stays late at band practice , worrying Rita . When Rita tackles her about it Jenny tells her not to worry - after all she ' s being paid to look after her .
Ollie Barnett Ollie Barnett , along with his twin brother Elliott , played the part of Liam Connor Jr . in " Coronation Street " from 2010 to 2012 . The role was then taken over by Charlie Wrenshall . No other known parts have been credited to him .
Johnny Lister Johnny Lister was one of several supporters who travelled down to Manchester to watch their team play and ended up drinking in the Rovers Return Inn . He complained to Betty Turpin that the beer tasted like water so she served him a real pint of water in order that he could tell the difference ! The Geordie lads led a sing - song in the pub and Alan Howard , delighted to come across some of his fellow countrymen , joined in with gusto .
Episode 3645 ( 12th January 1994 ) Plot . Audrey wants Alf to agree to be Mayor as she likes the idea of being Mayoress . She asks him to take on another assistant but he refuses to pay someone else just so he can be Mayor . When Monty Harris asks Steve to do a printing job , Steve gives him the official and the unofficial prices . Reg asks Mrs Rogers to withdraw his resignation and is hurt when she refuses , saying that his redundancy is already being processed . Monty agrees to let Steve print five hundred properly and the other five hundred for cash , 15 % less which Steve will keep . The twins are delighted when Liz and Jim tell them that they ' re back together but are concerned Liz is giving up The Queens . Audrey hears about Reg ' s redundancy and suggests that he buys the shop . Curly hates making his workers redundant . Andy is thrilled to learn that he isn ' t leaving but has been accepted on the management training course . Liz hopes that she ' s making the right decision giving up her independence . Alma is annoyed when Mike agrees to pay for Mark ' s skiing trip . Kevin demands a rise from Mike ; he needs the money and he ' s sick of working hard for no profit . Alma is furious when Mike refuses , saying times are hard . Audrey gets Alf to go on about his bad day at the shop before telling him that she ' s found a cash buyer for the shop .
Episode 2327 ( 20th July 1983 ) Plot . Alf warns Bet that her relationship with Des Foster will end in tears - hers . Ivy talks to Bert whilst he ' s in a coma . He comes round to see her at his bedside . Phyllis asks Chalkie to pay her electricity bill . He gives her £30 . When she discovers that he ' s going to Australia she calls him a monster for not taking her with him . She begs him to take her but he refuses . Alf is forced to cover up for Des when Edith Foster telephones as Des is with Bet .
Episode 1046 ( 25th January 1971 ) Plot . Ray thinks someone ' s been sleeping in his bed . Handel is annoyed at the way that Ena bullies Minnie so he persuades her to lead Ena a dance . Lucille suggests that Albert puts up an advert for a housekeeper for company once Ken and Val have gone . Stan is sure Albert is wealthy . Albert tells Hilda he isn ' t . She is furious . Minnie and Handel hide in the shop and No . 14 as Ena searches for them . Ken gives Billy his car to sell . Albert advertises for a housekeeper . Len and Ray catch Gina Fletcher ' s taxi - driving boyfriend Charlie Braddock shaving at No . 9 . Notable dialogue . Handel Gartside : " I ’ ve been through the Old Testament a score of times . There ’ s a book of Ruth and a book of Esther but there ’ s no book of Ena . She speaks for herself . " Ena Sharples : " Minnie Caldwell - the scarlet women , living in sin ! " Ena Sharples : " Whenever I move out , the devil moves in . "
John Bamford John Bamford was the husband of " Weatherfield Recorder " secretary Janet Bamford . Because of John ' s disability , Janet only worked mornings at the " Recorder " and in 1988 she had to turn down overtime to care for John when he was confined to bed . Nick Cavanagh saw this as a problem and convinced Ken Barlow to sack Janet so that they could hire someone who could be in the office all day .
Episode 8119 ( 6th May 2013 ) Plot . When Kylie feels a twinge , David panics but Kylie explains that it ' s the baby kicking . David puts out his hand and feels the baby kick too , insisting Nick does the same . Kylie and Nick are mortified but have no choice but to go along with it . Stella tells Leanne that she can keep her money ; she refuses to be blackmailed and she loves Karl . Leanne warns her that she ' s making a terrible mistake . When Stella tells Karl how she chose him over Leanne ' s money , he offers to walk away but Stella won ' t hear of it . Karl is deeply touched . Gary moans to Anna about how desperately short of money he is as he ' s not been paid for three weeks . Anna ' s unsympathetic , pointing out that he should come clean to Izzy about the £200 he spent on Tina . Realising that she ' s little option , Stella tells Karl that she ' s going to have to break the news to Owen about the insurance money . Karl insists he ' ll come with her . Hayley runs Sylvia to the care home to visit Dorothy . She hands Sylvia a letter which came for her , apologising for the fact she ' s had it so long . Sylvia ' s face hardens when she immediately recognises the handwriting . David ' s cross with Kylie for doing the hoovering when she should be resting . Exasperated , Kylie points out that she ' s pregnant , not ill . Stella calls at the Rovers and breaks the news to Owen that she can ' t pay him . Owen ' s stunned and orders Gary and the lads to stop work . Owen tells Tina the bad news but promises her that he ' ll sort her surrogacy fee somehow . Tina assures Gary that money or no money , he mustn ' t worry about the baby . Sylvia reads the letter from St . John Cropper and reveals that he wants Roy to contact him . In a fury , Owen sets to and starts dismantling the Rovers ' fittings , grabbing anything he might be able to sell . Stella watches horrified and when Karl tries to block Owen ' s path , Owen threatens him with a crowbar . Notable dialogue . Roy Cropper : " Does my mother ' s behaviour appear strange to you ? " Hayley Cropper : " I think strange - er might be nearer the mark " .
John Evitts John Evitts had a long career playing television parts from the 1960s to the 1990s appearing in series such as " Z Cars " , " I , Claudius " , " Last of the Summer Wine " and " Agatha Christie ' s Poirot " . In " Coronation Street " he appeared in two roles : a postal Delivery Man in July 1963 and then in November 1974 as Derek Whitely , a potential suitor for Bet Lynch who she had met in Majorca when she was stranded there after being given the push - off by holiday serial romancer Martin Barrett .
Parvez Qadir Parvez Qadir appeared on " Coronation Street " between August & September 2002 and in June 2003 as Naveen Alahan , clothing trade businessman and cousin of Dev Alahan . His other credits include roles in " Cracker , The Cops , Casualty , Cutting It , Life on Mars , Dalziel and Pascoe , Spooks : Code 9 " and " Doctors " , along with the films " My Son the Fanatic " and " All or Nothing " . On stage he has appeared in productions of " The Immigrant Song , Two Days as a Tiger , Excluded , The Unsuitable Girl , Heroes , Quids ' n ' Dimps , Othello , Mr Placebo " and " Neville ' s Island " .
Lisa Sugden Lisa Sugden was Alma Halliwell ' s solicitor and visited her when she was living at 5 Grasmere Drive with Audrey Roberts . Alma had just been diagnosed with terminal cancer and asked Ms Sugden to visit her to discuss changing her will . The terms of the new will were bequests to Gail Platt and family , Roy and Hayley Cropper and the bulk of her estate to Audrey , provided that she change the name of the salon from " Audrey ' s " to " Alma ' s " so that she wouldn ' t be forgotten .
Episode 6881 ( 13th August 2008 ) Plot . Ken shaves off his beard . Steve ' s relieved when he thinks that Michelle ' s night out will only be to a gay bar . Gail notices that Jerry has made his way through his prescription too quickly . Gail and David turn up at the bowling alley . Tina isn ' t impressed when she sees them there . She stays a while then leaves saying she can forgive but not forget . Steve can ' t bear seeing Michelle dressed up and off out for the night . Michelle , Becky , Sean and Marcus head out for the night to a Karaoke bar . David leaves the bowling alley too , but Joe and Gail stay on for a game . Michelle bumps into a lad she used to know , JD . Ken and Deirdre have a make - up drink in the back yard of No . 1 . Michelle chats to JD about Steve sleeping with someone else . JD asks Michelle if she ' d stand in for a member of his band . She agrees . Joe wants another date with Gail but she is reluctant because of Tina and David . Michelle returns home with JD . Steve is irked .
Episode 3898 ( 21st August 1995 ) Plot . Alf rows with Reg for not wiping off the £26 worth of stock he took for a children ' s charity and later paid back . Jack decides to show the neighbours that he ' s a generous man by throwing a party . Curly thinks that Leo will be a good boss but Reg hopes he won ' t be around much . Reg fumes when Leo asks him to personally pack Vera and Jack ' s purchases away . Percy buys drinks for the regulars in order to toast the memory of VJ - Day . Jack installs an old set of optics behind the Spanish bar to show off at the party . Reg attends the party hoping to get the Duckworths to think again about the shop . Vera is thrilled when Jack toasts her and gives her an engagement ring as she ' s never had one . He announces he bought it with £460 that he won on the horses . Vera has never been so happy .
Spokeswoman ( Episode 894 ) The Spokeswoman was an unnamed pensioner friend of Alice Pickins who was part of the tour of the Fusiliers ' Museum in Bury made in July 1969 . She was the most voluble of the group in asking questions of caretaker and tour guide Albert Tatlock although he did get grumpy with her when he strode ahead into one room , lecturing at length , and then turned to find that the elderly ladies were in a previous part of the exhibit and had not followed him along . She was also witness when Alice , who had missed the bus there , burst into the premises and enthusiastically greeted a shocked Albert who fell off his lecture stand , breaking his ribs and an arm .