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Episode 5088 ( 6th August 2001 ) Plot . David is upset now he realises Gail has a boyfriend . Sarah manages to calm him down much to Gail and Martin ' s relief . David asks if he can spend the rest of the holidays at Martin ' s flat and they agree to let him . Matt and Charlie are reconciled . Matt decides that he doesn ' t want to lose Charlie . Ruth Audsley asks Hayley if she can talk to her alone . Ruth was a friend of Hayley ' s before her operation when she was Harold . Ruth tells Hayley that she is very uncomfortable with the situation as she cannot possibly condone the abduction of a child and also she admits that she used to have very strong feelings for Hayley when she was a man . Ruth had always hoped they would become boyfriend and girlfriend . Hayley is upset as she never realised . Ruth agrees to let them hide with her for a couple of days but insists they leave soon . Roy tells Hayley he is going to go back to Weatherfield to get their passports as to leave the country is now their only option . Toyah visits Phil Simmonds in prison . She is shocked to see that he has attempted suicide . She gets Phil to agree to plead guilty to the rape charges .
Episode 3621 ( 17th November 1993 ) Plot . Bet is amazed to discover that she has to promote a brewery poetry competition . Raquel is upset to discover someone off the course is doing really well . Bet feels sorry for her . Andy gets fed up with all the workers gossiping about Amy . He writes " she ' s dumped me " on the canteen whiteboard . Jim gets sick of Steve treating No . 11 like a pigsty and orders him to be more help . Bet is thrilled for Raquel when there ' s a message on the answerphone for her to model in an Armani show . Raquel is amazed . Reg realises Curly has gone above him to Bettabuy ' s Head Office and is furious . Reg tells Curly that one day he ' ll get him back . Jim plans to redecorate No . 11 and is annoyed when Steve tells him they need a break so he ' s returning to The Queens . Jim tells him that he ' s selfish . Derek and Mavis decide to enter the poetry contest for the £100 prize money . Andy breaks down , wondering what he did wrong . Alma comforts him and advises him to sort it out himself . Steve finds Alison Rathbone at the hospital and gives her his phone number .
Christopher Saul Christopher Saul appeared on " Coronation Street " in March 1998 as Mr Imison , the barrister acting for Deirdre Rachid prior to her upcoming trial at Weatherfield County Court on charges of fraud . Trained at The Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama , his other credits include roles in " Roberts Robots , The Professionals , Triangle , Doctor Who , Dempsey and Makepeace , Casualty , One Foot in the Grave , Waterfront Beat , Grange Hill , London ' s Burning , The Bill , Judge John Deed , Doctors , Emmerdale " and the films " Wilt , Sahara " and " Mr . Right " . On stage he has appeared in productions of " The Miser , Peer Gynt , Fiddler on the Roof , The Merchant of Venice , The Laundrette , Macbeth , Henry V , Richard III , Hamlet , Julius Caesar , Every Good Boy Deserves Favour , The Ancient Mariner , She Stoops to Conquer , The Thebans , Twelfth Night , As I Lay Dying , Waiting for Godot , The Crucible , Killing Faith , An Inspector Calls , King Lear , Dancing at Lughnasa " and " To Kill a Mockingbird " .
Episode 879 ( 26th May 1969 ) Plot . Dickie decides to fix the machines for Eddie Goulden . Emily tells Ray that Len is drawing more money than usual on expenses . The Ogdens plan a Bank Holiday bring - a - bottle party . Elsie persuades Dickie to stick firm with the promise of Ray as a heavy . The rain ruins Stan ' s barbeque . Bill Blakeley gives Dickie the sack because he ' s an easy touch .
Episode 1356 ( 14th January 1974 ) Plot . Rita is fed up at The Kabin on her own ; no one has answered her advertisement for an assistant . Alan returns without Elsie . Rita takes on sixteen - year - old Christopher Cullen but isn ' t sure she ' s doing the right thing . Alan tells Lucille they ' re settling in Newcastle . He plans to sell the Canal Garage and give up the tenancy of No . 11 . Hilda considers giving up charring to become Rita ' s assistant to prove her worth to Trevor . Albert suggests the Barlows take out the tenancy on No . 11 . Chris makes Rita feel very uncomfortable . Albert makes Janet see that renting No . 11 would give them time on their own . She tells Ken that she ' s not going to live in the Street . Alan tells Ken the house will be rented fully furnished . Chris makes advances to Rita when they close up for the night . She makes him realise it wouldn ' t work and he leaves for good . Janet is won round by the furniture and Ken makes plans to move Peter and Susan in .
Frank Gregson Frank Gregson was the owner of a TV repair shop where Jim McDonald worked after leaving the army in 1990 . Frank and Jim didn ' t get along at the best of times due to Frank lording it over Jim . When Jim took in the Roberts ' portable despite it not needing any repairs , Frank had Alf Roberts pestering him on the phone to have the set returned . Jim explained to Frank that he ' d brought it in as it was the only way to convince Audrey Roberts that the set was in working order , but Frank dismissed his idea and ordered him to take it back to 5 Grasmere Drive immediately . Later that day , Alf arrived at the shop with the smashed television which Jim had dropped intentionally upon returning the set . Shocked at Jim ' s behaviour , Frank agreed to give Alf another set free of charge and forget the repair bill . Alf considered suing Frank for personal damages but , finding Frank agreeable , he decided to go after Jim instead . Frank tried to get hold of Jim for an explanation , leaving messages with Liz , but it wasn ' t until Jim arrived at work the next day that he got the lowdown : that Alf had accused Jim of making a pass at Audrey , when in fact Audrey had repeatedly called Jim out so that she could flirt with him and Jim had had to fight her off . Frank didn ' t see the problem , and when Jim told him that Audrey was a good - looking woman , he stated his intention to go over himself the next time the set was on the blink ! Later , when Alf came to collect the new set , he demanded that Jim apologise both to himself and Audrey . As Frank tried to cool the ensuing argument between the men , Jim turned his anger towards his employer , telling him to stick his job , his apologies and his tellys , dropping the replacement TV on the floor as he did so .
Episode 5727 ( 4th April 2004 ) Plot . Maya ' s worried when Dev goes out on business at 6 . 00 am on a Sunday morning . Ashley and Claire have spent their first night together at the house . Fred puts a brave face on things for their benefit . The atmosphere gets even frostier between Bev and Shelley . Bev tells Ciaran that she has a plan to put things right . Dev asks Maya to look after the Corner Shop for the day . Sunita is delighted to get the day off . Penny feels awful about Fred and thinks that she and Mike acted shabbily . She ' s disappointed that Mike doesn ' t share her guilt and tells him that it ' s over between them . Bev tries to resign , but Fred persuades her to stick things out . Todd ' s increasingly uneasy that Karl is mixing with his friends - Nick in particular . He warns Karl off and storms out of the Rovers . A harassed Dev asks Maya to look after a large holdall and then dashes out again . Mike gets cornered into eating Sunday lunch with Fred and the family . He squirms as Fred makes a toast to " Family and Friends " . Todd ' s relieved when Karl suddenly gets a room in the nurses ' home and moves out . Penny and Mike make up when she goes to see him . Maya discovers that Dev ' s mystery bag contains £20 , 000 ' s worth of fake Rolex watches . He asks her to trust him , but he needs to look after them for Naveen for a few days .
Episode 123 ( 14th February 1962 ) Plot . Ken has concussion from a cut on his head from the fight . He reassures Frank that he doesn ' t want to leave him . The residents are bothered by sightseers and Frank is snubbed by Florrie ' s customers . Harry is offered a lot of money for Lucky Lolita . The " Banner " newspaper gets in contact with Ken and asks him to write articles on " Life in a typical Northern town " for 180 guineas . Frank thinks Ken should write the articles for the money . Mr . Fanakapan , the landlord , is stirred into action by the article and offers to do all improvements to the houses himself . Harry and Len refuse to believe the article inspired him . Ken decides not to write the articles , but when Len thinks he ' s not doing them because he ' s had enough trouble Ken changes his mind . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Episode 6667 ( 19th October 2007 ) Plot . Fiz is annoyed when John says he ' s arranged another English lesson with Sally that evening , so they can ' t go out . Rosie throws a sickie as she can ' t face Liam at the factory . Liam tells Sally about Rosie ' s crush and how he may have been a bit harsh with her . Roy and Hayley arrive back from their camping trip at the Lakes . They ' ve sorted out their differences and have decided to sign up for a charity project in Africa . Roger fits a new boiler at the takeaway for Jodie . Jodie finds out from Jerry that he ' s free to go if he pays a hefty fine . Sally talks to Rosie about her crush on Liam saying he ' s too old for her . Maria then has a go at Rosie for failing to pass on her message . She leaves the café in tears . Roy tells Becky he wants to make amends with Christian and would like her to act as a go - between . Becky ' s not sure it ' s a good idea . John calls at the Websters ' house intending to cancel Sally ' s lesson . He finds Rosie upset and alone . Rosie pours her heart out to him about Liam and John assures her she ' s an attractive girl . Rosie kisses John which takes him by surprise but he kisses her back . Ivor and George quiz Norris wanting to know if he ' s proposed to his lady - friend or not . Norris remains tight - lipped . John hugs Fiz and assures her that he doesn ' t fancy Sally .
Episode 1339 ( 14th November 1973 ) Plot . Emily is put out when Ernie ' s French is better than hers . Stan , Rene Dubois and Marcel Lebeque start a poker game at the Rovers but Bet beats them . She goes to bed while they play on . Albert thinks Alf is keeping him away from the Frenchmen so he won ' t offend them . Marcel spends the night on No . 13 ' s floor after passing out . Janet talks Ken into going to see a £10 , 000 house . Bet guesses Marcel is happily married but allows the regulars to fantasise about their night together . Alf introduces Albert to the Frenchmen . Albert is annoyed when they desert him right away . Janet is confident Ken will be a headmaster and tells him they ' ll need to pay more than £10 , 000 for a good house . The French return to Charleville . Betty embarrasses Bet by giving her Marcel ' s cufflinks which were found on No . 13 ' s floor . Ray and Len prepare for court .
Episode 5454 ( 5th March 2003 ) Plot . Vera is fretting about the £20 , 000 they ' ve lost through Richard and is convinced that Gail must have known what was going on . Jack notices she has started smoking again . Ashley goes back to work and Fred looks after Joshua . Shelley ' s sister Sharon has taken a turn for the worse . Peter persuades Shelley to go and visit her saying that he will look after the Rovers . Jack and Vera report their lost investments to the police . They explain that Richard insisted that they had to write the cheque out to " Richard Hillman " rather than a company . When the detective expresses incredulity that they did such a thing , Jack explains that it ' s because Gail is an old friend and they trusted her . They realise how naive they ' ve been . Gail receives a letter from the bank telling her that her accounts and all her assets have been frozen . Ken phones Bob Critchley and finds out that Ade was released on Saturday . Ken is disappointed that Ade never bothered to let him know . The police interview Gail over her finances . She is shocked to find that as Richard ' s business partner she now has to prove that she knew nothing of his malpractice . Peter tells Lucy that Shelley has gone away for the night so he can stay the night with her . Vera bangs on the Hillmans ' door and accuses Gail of stealing their money . Sarah tries to protect her mother explaining that she knew nothing about it . Gail breaks down .
Peter Tonkinson Peter Tonkinson wrote an episode of " Coronation Street " in January 1968 , another in March 1977 , and eight more between October 1983 and September 1986 , one of them co - written with H . V . Kershaw , making 10 in total . His main contribution though was as a long term storyliner for the programme for thirteen years in sixteen separate stints : His only other known credit was as a writer on the 1967 BBC comedy series " Three of a Kind " . Episodes written by Peter Tonkinson . 1960s . 1968 ( 1 episode ) 1970s . 1977 ( 1 episode ) 1980s . 1983 ( 1 episode ) 1984 ( 2 episodes ) 1985 ( 2 episodes ) 1986 ( 3 episodes )
Episode 5749 ( 3rd May 2004 ) Plot . Cilla keeps calm and states that Chesney is just making it up because she threatened Schmeichel . She nevertheless manages to make it clear to Chesney that he ' d better alter his story . Les asks the others to leave him and Cilla alone while they discuss the situation . Cilla smiles , thinking she ' s over the worst . Fred tells Dennis Stokes that he ' s a lucky man but he ' s still sharp with Mike . Tim Marsden phones Candice and says his plane has landed and he ' ll be round to see her tonight . Cilla tells Les that Ronnie is just a friend but he ' s not fooled and tells Cilla to pack her bags . Yvonne Casey calls round on Ashley , saying that she ' s heard that Claire is moving in and she wants to " inspect the premises " . She makes it clear that her attitude to Ashley hasn ' t changed . Fred learns out from Dennis how to find an Asian bride on the internet . Maria tells Audrey that she ' s hinted to Nick that she wants him to arrange something for her twenty - first birthday . Tim returns but he and Candice quickly row when she won ' t sleep with him so he leaves again . Claire finds her mother still at Ashley ' s house . Yvonne tells them that their relationship will never work . Cilla leaves No . 5 , blaming Chesney for what happened . The lad is distraught as she drives off in a taxi . The next day Chesney is blaming Fiz for what ' s happened . Fred gives Ashley the day off to sort himself and Claire out . Karen has bought an expensive pair of red boots , despite Steve ' s refusal . Candice persuades Nick to throw a party at their flat for Maria ' s 21st . Claire meets Yvonne for lunch and tells her that she ' s moving out of her mother ' s house . She walks out of the bar , meets Ashley and tells him that she is moving out of Yvonne ' s but she ' s not living with Ashley as she ' s not ready for that . Candice agrees that Claire can move in with them but Fiz is angry at not being consulted . Chesney overhears them rowing and sneaks out with Schmeichel . Rita meets Chesney in the Street who tells her that they ' re running off to London . Rita takes the boy and his dog back to the Corner Shop , ostensibly for food for the journey but once there she rings up Fiz and says that she will look after him and Schmeichel for the night . Notable dialogue . Rita Sullivan : " Did you never run away from home , Norris ? " Norris Cole : " I most certainly did not ! " Rita Sullivan : " Well , that must have been a great disappointment to your mother ! "
Episode 2608 ( 31st March 1986 ) Plot . Curly has nobody to take to Susan ' s twenty - first so Sally offers to set him up with her friend Lois Fairhurst . Mike is surprised when Ken invites him to Susan ' s party . Peter Barlow arrives from Plymouth with his girlfriend Jessica Midgeley . Peter is pleased to be with Susan again but is surprised to find that she ' s engaged . Curly is depressed when Lois has a cold and can ' t go to the party . Susan introduces Peter to Mike . Tina Wagstaffe calls at the Yard with a job . Curly thinks that she ' s beautiful and invites her to the party . He is stunned when she says yes .
Helen Cooper When Mike Baldwin ’ s fiancée Linda Sykes demanded that he promote her from the sewing machines at Underworld to take on a sales role , he was reluctant to comply with the request . Hearing that Helen Cooper had been trying to contact him , he saw an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and despatched Linda to see Helen , fully aware of her reputation as one of the most difficult people in the trade to deal with and , being a woman , someone that Linda would be unable to try her feminine charms on . He fully expected her to fail and told her so to her face , advising her that despite his best efforts , Helen had never placed an order with him . Linda stepped up the challenge , preparing her case well . She kept her nerve when shown into Helen ’ s office by a smirking receptionist and waited while Helen tore a trip off a supplier on the phone . However once the two got talking , Helen proved to be tough but reasonable and placed an order provided that sizes up to 18 could be made and an aggressive delivery schedule could be kept to . Linda was delighted , even when Helen informed her that she ’ d failed to place an order in the past because she found that Baldwin was an old letch who constantly tried it on with her ! Mike was amazed when Linda returned with the order , although he did complain that having to deal with larger sizes would cause difficulties . Twenty months later , after Mike ’ s marriage to Linda had failed and she had suddenly disappeared ( later to surface in Dublin ) , Helen turned up in Coronation Street and went for a drink in the Rovers with Mike where Linda ’ s mother , Eve Elliott , verbally attacked him for his supposed treatment of her daughter . Helen quickly left and Mike realised that the visit was just to pick up the gossip for the trade and not to discuss any further orders .
Dilys Watling Dilys Watling ( born 5th May , 1946 ) played Merle Baker on " Coronation Street " in 1966 just a few months after appearing in the spin - off " Pardon the Expression " . Her other credits include " The Two Ronnies " and " Minder " .
Episode 804 ( 4th September 1968 ) Plot . Emily keeps Dolores in the corner shop back yard . Audrey wins the area ' s heat in the contest on the strength of a photo she sent in . Dickie isn ' t that keen . Dolores puts people off shopping at the shop . Annie refuses to have Dolores in her yard before discovering Emily has already installed her . Steve phones Gregg and tells him that he wants to see Elsie .
Harry Clayton Harold " Harry " Clayton was a milkman who bought 11 Coronation Street in 1985 . He lived there with wife Connie and their teenage daughters Andrea and Sue but the family did a moonlight flit and disappeared from the area after Andrea got pregnant by Terry Duckworth . Biography . In January 1985 , Harry Clayton persuaded wife Connie that 11 Coronation Street was the perfect house for them and their daughters Andrea and Sue . Harry bought the house from Bill Webster when Bill moved to Southampton . Harry put his family first and had put his hopes on Andrea to go to University and do him proud . When she failed her mock exams and decided to leave school , Harry was having none of it and asked Ken Barlow to talk her round - but it was the fear of turning out like Vera Duckworth that made Andrea decide to stay at school and get an education ! Soon after the Claytons were settled into No . 11 , a row erupted between the family and the Duckworths . As an anniversary present for Vera , Jack asked Connie - a dressmaker - to make a dress out of some silver lurex he ' d got for free . It was cheap material and looked hideous but Connie did the best she could with it , but Vera wasn ' t happy with the dress and offered only £20 of the £38 . 50 Connie charged for altering it . Connie refused to accept it and the families went to war ; Harry stopped leaving milk for the Duckworths and told Connie not to pay Jack for cleaning their windows . While this was happening , Andrea was secretly dating Terry Duckworth although Harry and Connie found out when they caught them snogging on the sofa . Terry tried to settle the war by paying the money for Vera , but while Connie accepted it there was no love lost between the two families . A short time later , Harry found out that Andrea was pregnant by Terry and hit the roof , declaring that he was going to kill Terry . Andrea hadn ' t yet decided whether she was going to have the baby but Harry and Connie told Jack and Vera in the Rovers and Harry went for Jack when Jack insinuated that Andrea was a slut and that Terry might not be the father . Andrea decided to keep the baby but didn ' t want Terry involved . Harry and Connie supported her attempts to keep Terry away but it wasn ' t easy as the Duckworths lived next door . Connie and Harry agreed for the family to move in with Connie ' s mother until they found somewhere else and they left the Street overnight . The Claytons settled in Heaton Norris and Andrea had a baby boy , Paul Clayton , in February 1986 . In 1991 , Harry encountered Jack and told him in no uncertain terms that the Duckworths weren ' t welcome in Paul ' s life .
Colonel Cantrill Colonel Cantrill OBE JP was a guest at the grand opening of Newton & Ridley ' s newly - built Brookside Motel in February 1971 . He was there in the capacity of being the person who sold the land that the hotel was built on to the brewery for £65 , 000 . Although Annie Walker was the person who would be carrying out the actual opening , also present were Irma Barlow and Alan and Elsie Howard . They had been taken out there for the day by Billy Walker in the Mayoral Rolls Royce which he was repairing at the Canal Garage and the party was mistaken for the Mayor of Weatherfield and family . The Colonel chatted to Alan who told him that he was in the car business and the military man guessed that this meant he was on the board of British Leyland . Alan didn ' t bother to correct him . Later on , as the imposters beat a hasty retreat when the real Mayor arrived , the Colonel confided in Annie that he felt that the Howards and their " daughter " Irma weren ’ t top - drawer material .
Fred Olliphant Fred Olliphant was a candidate for the post of Community Centre caretaker . In March 1974 , Mr Olliphant and his wife had an interview before the committee , consisting of Mr Rogers , Alf Roberts , Ernest and Emily Bishop and Vera Hopkins . After the lengthy interview , Mr Olliphant left the room in a foul mood , and advised the waiting Stan and Hilda Ogden not to accept any water as it was filthy and remarked that he wouldn ' t touch the job with a bargepole . His words did not dampen the Ogdens ' enthusiasm , and they were relieved to have one less competitor to worry about . As a result of the Olliphants ' interview , in which Mrs Olliphant hadn ' t been able to get a word in , the panel decided to see the Ogdens separately .
Norma Radcliffe Bethany Platt ' s teenage father Neil Fearns was killed in a car crash in September 2003 and Sarah Platt felt obligated to attend the funeral for the sake of her daughter , even though the Fearns and the Platts had had nothing to do with each other since the birth of the child . Neil ' s devastated mother , Brenda was delighted to see Sarah and meet her granddaughter for the first time . Among the other mourners was Norma Radcliffe who back at the funeral tea at the Weatherfield Arms told Sarah that Mr Fearns had left his wife a couple of years ago for a " younger model " and that Brenda had really been through an awful lot recently - compounded by Neil ' s death . Norma explained that Neil was Brenda ' s only child and she couldn ' t have any more after him . Brenda asked if she could visit her granddaughter occasionally and Sarah , feeling sorry for her , agreed .