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Estate Agent ( Episode 8344 ) The unnamed Estate Agent showed Marcus Dent round a showhome on a new development where he and Maria Connor were thinking of buying a house . A plotting Todd Grimshaw knew that Maria couldn ' t make the appointment and turned up himself part - way through the visit , pretending to be Marcus ' s boyfriend and asking the agent if they could look round by themselves . She left them to it and it wasn ' t long before the two men were naked , nor was it long after that that Maria with Audrey Roberts entered the house on and caught the two of them together - just as Todd had planned .
Simpson & Simpson Estate Agents Simpson & Simpson Estate Agents was a Weatherfield - based firm in operation in the late 1980s and early 1990s . Much of their business was conducted by Mr Simpson , presumably in partnership with a family member . Among the properties whose sales were handled by Simpson & Simpson were 11 Coronation Street in 1989 , 1 Coronation Street in 1990 , and 3 Coronation Street and 17 Elmgate Gardens in 1991 . The former resulted in a quick sale after Jim and Liz McDonald saw an advert for the house in the estate agent ' s window . No . 1 ' s sale to Newton & Ridley fell through after the brewery ' s plans to turn the adjoining Rovers Return into a theme pub were cancelled , while the latter two were taken off the market by the sellers Emily Bishop and Jackie Ingram respectively . In February 1991 , Mike Baldwin called at the estate agent to demand an explanation for his partner Jackie ' s bedroom duvet being slashed , assuming that the deed had been done during a viewing at 17 Elmgate Gardens . Mr Simpson gave Mike a description of Alma Sedgewick , Mike ' s former lover who had been dumped for Jackie some months earlier . Out of guilt for the way he ' d treated Alma , Mike decided not to call the police .
Episode 5698 ( 23rd February 2004 ) Plot . Roy and Hayley must wait two weeks before seeing their solicitor , as he ' s on holiday . Maya is still furious with Dev about Geena Gregory . He tells her everything ( except for his fling with Deirdre ) and she forgives him . Gail continues to spoil Nick and to make negative remarks about mortgages . Tracy goes to the bank to withdraw the remaining £17 , 000 of the Croppers ' money . Liz warns Tracy that she ' ll be watching her every move from now on . Bev corners Charlie into agreeing to a date that evening . Candice and Jason pair off Harry and Eileen for another date . Dev takes Maya to a posh country hotel for lunch , but he ' s not forthcoming with a proposal . She lures him outside to the car and insists they run off without paying . Tracy is disheartened to learn that to get a new birth certificate for the baby she ' ll have to write to the Registrar General and get Steve to agree to a DNA test . She ' ll also have to change Patience ' s name to Amy by deed poll . Deirdre tries to make amends with Liz , but Liz insists they keep their distance . Maya drives the car off at high speed . She accelerates faster and proposes to Dev . He ' s terrified when she tells him that she ' ll keep putting her foot down until he accepts . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Nicky Goldie Nicky Goldie appeared in " Coronation Street " as cat owner Mrs Parry in September 2003 and educational professional Jade Greyson in August 2010 . She trained at the Drama Studio in London , graduating in 1984 . He television roles include " Doctors " , " The League of Gentlemen " and " Wire in the Blood " while on stage her roles include parts in " Happy Families " and " April in Paris " for the Library Theatre in Manchester and " The Arbour " and " Battina and the Moon " for the Sheffield Crucible .
Michelle Butt Michelle Butt appeared in " Coronation Street " in November 2013 as Laura Montgomery , the manager of the Llewellyn House museum in Wrexham which employed Brian Packham . She has also appeared in three different roles in " Emmerdale " as well as " The Bill " and " Rosamunde Pilcher " .
Rover ( 2015 dog ) Boo - Boo ( nicknamed Rover ) was discovered by Steve McDonald in the back of his Street Cars cab . He took in the dog at his home at the Rovers Return Inn and bonded with her . He later had her scanned , but she wasn ' t micro - chipped . He later discovered the actual owners were on the other side of the world working on a way to get a ticket back to the UK . Steve nicknamed the dog Rover , as he didn ' t want to keep referring to her as " Dog " . Rover was eventually returned to her real owner Paula Longmore in August 2015 , much to the sadness of Steve . However he was delighted when on two occasions the dog returned to him , although forced by his mother Liz to return her back to the owners . After a third time , the owners allowed Steve to keep Rover as they were going to live with their pregnant daughter and didn ' t want a dog around the baby .
Stan Potter Stan Potter was a friend of Duggie Ferguson ' s . On 8th December 2000 , Stan printed out a fake preservation order for Coronation Street which had been e - mailed to him from Ken Barlow ' s computer . The Street ' s residents were protesting the tarmacing of its cobbles and , upon learning that the real preservation order would not arrive until the next day , Duggie and Ken concocted a plan to delay the tarmackers . Stan had to leave a Christmas party to get to the Street as soon as possible and deliver the faked document , purportedly from the Weatherfield Preservation Society . When the tarmacking was called off for the night , Stan went on his way , wishing the residents a merry Christmas .
Episode 6261 ( 2nd April 2006 ) Plot . Sophie ' s looking at Chesney ' s birth certificate . She queries why there ' s no mention of his dad . Chesney ' s embarrassed and tries to make excuses . Living under the same roof is starting to get on both Emily ' s and Rita ' s nerves although neither wants to admit it . Chesney tries to find out who his real dad is but Cilla ' s got no idea . Mike has a great time in the Rovers with all his friends and family . Danny ' s gutted knowing this will be Mike ' s last evening in the pub before going into a home . Norris throws a party in Rita ' s flat . Rita ' s upset to see he ' s re - arranged her furniture and cleared away all her knick knacks . Vernon tells Liz the vocalist of his band has just quit and they ' re having an emergency meeting . Jamie ' s surprised to find Sean ' s come clean and told everyone about his abortive date . Norris ' s party is a flop and everyone leaves early and heads for the Rovers . Only Blanche stays even though Bev apologises to her and offers her a free drink . Chesney asks Les if he ' ll adopt him as he ' s more of a dad to him than anyone else . Les is touched and agrees to do it . Danny comes to the decision that Mike would be best off in a nursing home . He doesn ' t tell Jamie . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Waiter ( Episode 6534 ) The unnamed Waiter worked at " Il Bistro " in Weatherfield , where Vernon Tomlin had booked a table to take Liz McDonald for a romantic meal following his surprise proposal to her in April 2007 . Liz had arrived at the restaurant alone , having arranged to meet Vernon there . The waiter showed Liz to the table and asked to take a drinks order , whereby she ordered a sparkling water and explained she was expecting company . With the waiter sensing that she had been stood up , Liz phoned son Steve who told her that Vernon was back at the Rovers , asleep on the sofa - having been drinking all day . In order to show face , Liz invited Derek , the new drayman at Newton & Ridley to join her . When the waiter came to see if the pair were ready to order food , Liz commented that she knew the menu off by heart .
Peter Armitage Peter Armitage ( born 26th January 1940 in Sheffield , Yorkshire ) first appeared in " Coronation Street " in 1977 playing corrupt decorator Maurice Allen . He has since played Bill Webster for three extended runs in the 1980s , the 1990s and the 2000s . Away from the programme he has appeared in episodes of " Strangers " , " Medics " , and " Heartbeat " . He was a regular actor in the short lived " Sam Saturday " . In the early 1980s he appeared in a memorable Yellow Pages commercial as a father who tried to dissaude his son from having a racing bike for his birthday , the advert ending with the line " I was right about that saddle though ! " . It was this which brought him to the attention of Granada Television and an audition as Bill Webster . Previous to his acting career he worked as an engineering apprentice , from 1960 served in the Merchant Navy and from 1964 onwards worked on digging the London Underground Victoria Line from where he got an interest in acting after talking to the producer of amateur plays in a folk club . He enrolled at the East 15 Drama School in Loughton , Essex and worked steadily after graduating in theatre and on television in series such as " Lucky Fellar " , " The Professionals " and " The Sweeney " . In 1980 after a season at the Royal National Theatre , he went on a 13 , 000 mile tour of Australia on a motorbike , busking for a living with his guitar . In February 2014 it was reported that Peter had beaten bowel cancer . He has expressed interest as returning as Bill Webster , especially after Michael Le Vell was cleared of abuse charges and due to return as Kevin Webster .
Episode 5146 ( 4th November 2001 ) Plot . Les can ' t work out why Janice seems so down and voices his concerns to Eileen . Dennis feels really guilty . He confesses to Janice that he loves both she and Eileen and is torn between them . Janice tells Dennis that she loves him too . Molly has spent her first night in Kevin ' s flat . She gets on really well with the girls . Sally finds out that she ' s moved in and is happy for them when she realises the girls like Molly so much . Sarah and Luke Ashton go on their first date . Luke takes an interest in Bethany which impresses both Gail and Sarah . Audrey accompanies Mike to the Police Station for his identity parade . He is very relieved that he not picked out . Sunita is becoming more and more aware of the age difference between her and Duggie . Dennis suggests to Janice that they should end their relationship as he doesn ' t want to hurt Eileen . However he then realises that he just can ' t let go of Janice as he loves her too much .
Episode 3647 ( 17th January 1994 ) Plot . Charlie spends the night at the Rovers . Bet makes sure Raquel realises that he stayed in Vicky ' s room . Sally is upset that she won ' t see Jonathan again . Kevin is adamant he ' s going to return Joe ' s £800 . Alma is horrified when Sally tells her how Kevin thumped Joe for paying the fine . Alma confesses to paying the fine and then is forced to tell Mike . He thinks she ' s barmy . Kevin is amazed that Alma paid the money but tells Sally he ' s glad that she thought it was Joe otherwise he wouldn ' t have found out what was going on . Reg and Maureen tell Maud about their plans . She tells them that they ' ll soon be sick of the sight of each other but wishes them well . Alma refuses to let Kevin pay her the money back but Mike tells him that they ' ll come to an arrangement . Alma is amazed when Mike tells her that he ' d like to pay Kevin ' s fine but they have no money .
Connor Hayton Connor Hayton was a fellow pupil of Craig Tinker at Weatherfield High . In September 2013 , Connor and his friend Dean McGinley were accused by Craig of bullying him , but this was a plan orchestrated by Karl Munro who needed Craig to make up an excuse as to why he was acting shiftily , to cover the fact that Craig thought he caused the fire at the Rovers Return Inn several months previously when it was Karl , the real arsonist , who needed to cover his tracks . Dean and Connor were wrongly suspended from school over the incident . They tracked Craig down to Coronation Street and cornered him but Karl spotted them chasing Craig and came to " help " . Karl was close to punching the two lads and had to be pulled off by Stella Price and Dev Alahan . After making a scene , the pair took off . Craig later confessed to making up the whole story .
Episode 6013 ( 25th April 2005 ) Plot . Standing by Katy ' s grave , Angela says how she too wishes she were dead . Craig ' s distraught as his mum ' s led away by the prison officer . Tracy excitedly tries on a dress for her date with Steve that evening . Kevin admits Tyrone and Nathan have done a good job while he was away and agrees to keep Nathan on . Chesney ' s very upset he ' s still heard nothing from Cilla . Roy tries to help him with his homework - venn diagrams . Tracy calls round to Steve ' s . He leaves her there changing Amy ' s nappy and accidentally deadlocks the front door on his way out . Justine marches Ian into the garage . She makes him admit he ' s been having an affair with Lisa Ditchfield and then sack her in front of Sally . Justine makes Sally promise to keep an eye on him in future . Sally ' s guilt - ridden and furious with Ian . Steve ' s at the Clock restaurant thinking Tracy ' s stood him up . Tracy ' s trapped on the flat staircase with Amy unable to get out and unable to phone . Violet wins the £500 prize at bingo . Vera ' s furious accusing of Sean of fixing the game . She ' s man - handled from the bingo hall and has her " Golden Balls " brooch withdrawn . Steve discovers Tracy on the stairwell . They both see the funny side and kiss . Roy and Hayley find Chesney trying to book a flight to Spain on the Internet with Roy ' s credit card . Angela sobs uncontrollably in her prison cell .
Episode 6557 ( 16th May 2007 ) Plot . Kirk tells Cilla and Chesney that Fiz has dumped him . Cilla ' s only concern is how he ' s going to pay his rent now he ' s jobless . Claire and Gail confront Darryl again about the volume of his music and asks that he turns it down in future . Jerry assures them that they won ' t be bothered again . Maria tells Fiz how upset Kirk is and accuses her of fancying John . Fiz denies it . Michelle and Steve have their first date together but are thwarted firstly by Amy and then by Ryan . Dev complains to Leanne she ' s still not sorted out some Spanish villas for him to look at . Liam becomes suspicious . Doreen tells Rita and Norris that the council have said her flat won ' t be ready for another month . Under sufferance , Rita tells her she can continue to stay with her . Darryl , David and Rosie are all in the Mortons ' shed listening to loud music . Claire flips , storms round and unplugs the stereo . Jerry tries to calm things down but Claire ' s incensed and threatens to burn the shed down if they don ' t get rid of it . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Episode 6699 ( 3rd December 2007 ) Plot . Liam confides in Michelle that Maria ' s going to have an abortion athough it ' s obvious Liam ' s not sure they ' re making the right decision . Harry and Dan Mason the new bookmakers arrive on the Street . Liz is nervous of Jim turning up at the Rovers again . Vernon promises he ' ll protect her if he does . Liz is touched . Liam stakes out Tony ' s house again but is shocked when Lindsey confronts him . Dan demands that Lloyd clears his old debt of £400 at the bookies but Lloyd ' s evasive . Lindsey tells Liam that Tony ' s a control freak and Carla better watch herself . Steve secretly takes Amy to meet Jim . Jim ' s delighted to meet his granddaughter . Liam tells Carla about his conversation with Lindsey . Carla ' s furious that he ' s been spying on Tony and accuses him of being jealous of Tony because of his relationship with her . Liam vehemently denies this . Eileen ' s chuffed when Jerry suggests they have a big night out together . Liam storms out of the factory and round to the Salon . In front of Audrey - who ' s eating her lunch , Liam gets down on one knee and proposes to Maria . She ' s stunned .
Mena Parekh Mena Parekh , the mother of Sunita Alahan , first arrived on Coronation Street with husband Suresh looking for their daughter when she had fled to Weatherfield to avoid the prospect of an arranged marriage with Deepak in India . After Sunita refused to return , her parents told her she was no longer a member of the family . However , Mena forgave Sunita following an underhanded visit for a blessing from fiancé Dev Alahan , and her parents attended their wedding in October 2004 . Mena was distraught when she found out through Maya Sharma that Sunita had previously been engaged to Ciaran McCarthy , but supported her daughter when she was up in court on bigamy charges and got behind an idea to free Sunita when she was imprisoned . Mother and daughter were finally reunited in November 2004 . List of appearances . 2001 2004
Episode 8057 ( 8th February 2013 ) Plot . Fiz and Tyrone stock up with supplies and then head off for the ferry port . Sally accompanies Kirsty back to No . 4 to collect Ruby . Kevin pretends to have been asleep . Sally goes upstairs to fetch Ruby but finds to her horror that Ruby has gone . When Sally discovers the unlocked patio doors , Kevin acts shocked whilst Kirsty sets off in frantic search of her daughter . Convinced that Tyrone ' s snatched Ruby , Kirsty barges into Tina ' s flat demanding to know where they are . Tina ' s none the wiser . Beth and Kirk take Marcus and Maria to a gay bar in town . Maria ' s put - out when Marcus , clearly at home , greets some of his old friends . Kirsty hammers on Fiz ' s door but on finding only Chesney and Katy at home , the penny drops and Kirsty realises that Tyrone and Fiz have run off together taking Ruby with them . Kirsty ' s incandescent . Kirsty and Sally report Ruby ' s abduction to the police . Kevin hovers nervously in the background . Sylvia babysits Faye and dozes off on the sofa . Faye takes the opportunity to do a runner and slips out of the front door . Gail begs Nick for a pay rise and Nick agrees . Gail then tells him how she ' s banished to the box room at No . 8 and is desperate for somewhere else to live . Under duress , Nick tells her that she can move in with he and Leanne . Leanne ' s furious . When Marcus and the barman exchange lingering looks , Maria declares that she ' s had enough and leaves in a strop . Beth and Kirk go after her . Faye searches out Tim on the building site . She lies to him telling him that Anna ' s cool about their meeting up . Leanne lays down the law to Nick and tells him that Gail is not welcome in their flat and he needs to make that clear to her . Tim takes Faye to a café where they chat and get on well . Kirsty discovers the break - in at No . 9 and the missing passport . She realises with alarm , Tyrone ' s intentions to take Ruby out of the country . Sean finds Marcus alone in the bar . As Tyrone and Fiz queue up for the ferry , Tyrone sees the police stopping each car . Convinced they ' re on to him , Tyrone does a U - turn and speeds off in the opposite direction .
Episode 5400 ( 15th December 2002 ) Plot . Angela feels guilty at having let their secret slip to Hayley . She can ' t bring herself to tell Tommy . She makes Hayley promise to keep it to herself . Dev finds out that Vik has taken Karen and Steve to Tenerife and assumes that he ' s used the money he gave Vik to pay off his debt . He ' s very angry . Sarah makes an effort to be friendly to Katy but Candice upsets her by saying that her dad must be a criminal on the run from the police . Kevin finds a wallet on the floor of the garage which contains a union card with the name " Harris " on it . He assumes it was dropped by a customer . Patrick Tussel , an old taxi driver friend of Eileen ' s starts work at Street Cars , helping out while Steve and Vik are away . Roy leaves for his week in Paxos . Fiz and Maria meet John Arnley , Toyah ' s new boyfriend . They are shocked to find that he ' s forty - one and is Toyah ' s lecturer at college . Tommy offers to buy a drink for Kevin and Tyrone . Tommy pulls out the wallet which Kevin found earlier . Kevin accuses Tommy of having stolen it . Tommy is adamant that it ' s his wallet but can ' t explain to Kevin why it has the name " Harris " in it . Kevin sacks him , calling him a thief .
Betty Alberge Manchester - born actress ( 27th January 1922 - 18th May 1991 ) who , as Florrie Lindley , was part of the original cast of " Coronation Street " from Episode 1 in 1960 and appeared in the programme ' s first scene . After leaving the role in 1965 she continued to act until the late 1980s , and joined the cast of " Brookside " in 1983 as Edna Cross .
Episode 6726 ( 7th January 2008 ) Plot . Michelle , Steve and Ryan arrive at the hospital . Michelle ' s thankful to hear Liam ' s going to be okay . Tina McIntyre tries to get an appointment at the Medical Centre but the best Gail can offer is a cancellation the following day . Tina has to settle for that . Tyrone arrives back from Blackpool having visited all the estate agents . He gives Jack and Vera a pile of house details at affordable prices . Sophie can ' t hide her resentment towards Rosie and as they begin to bicker , Sally insists they lay off one another for Kevin ' s sake - he ' s worried enough about his case without his family falling apart . Despite her bravado Rosie is genuinely upset at all the chaos she ' s caused . Maria confides in Michelle that Liam was calling out for Carla while unconscious . Michelle tries to reassure Maria that Liam loves her and not Carla . Jack and Vera reminisce about the good and bad times they ' ve had in No . 9 . Tyrone gets upset at the thought of them leaving . Molly comforts him . Violet delivers the news to Carla about Liam and his accident . Carla pretends in front of Tony not to care but it ' s clear she ' s worried sick . Liam regains consciousness with Maria at his bedside . Carla phones Michelle wanting to know how Liam is which only heightens Maria ' s suspicions about their relationship . Maria ' s upset as she tells Michelle she thinks it ' s the end of their relationship .
Ray MacAllan Ray MacAllan played Vinny Evans the ex - lover of Frankie Baldwin on " Coronation Street " in July 2004 . From his first television credits in the late 1990s , he has appeared in series such as " Doctors " , several roles in " The Bill " and several episodes of " EastEnders " but is probably best known for his role as football agent Jeff Stein in the Sky Television drama " Dream Team " from 2000 to 2004 . On the big screen , he has played parts in " Oscar and Lucinda " , " The Lost Son " and " Phoenix Blue " while on stage he performed in " Sonny De Ree ' s Life Flashes Before His Eyes " for the Richmond Orange Tree Theatre .
Episode 1565 ( 14th January 1976 ) Plot . Blanche waits anxiously for news about the shop . Jill starts working for Fairclough and Langton . Albert is ready to criticise her work when she repairs a leaky windowframe at No . 1 but he has no complaints . Deirdre suggests Blanche go back on her deal with Mrs Needham . Blanche comes round to the idea but when the moment comes she doesn ' t have the heart to tell her . Ray is pleased with Jill ' s work . Betty tells Blanche that Gordon isn ' t sure about selling the shop at the moment . Blanche doesn ' t know what to do with her corsetry business sold and her other job finishing should Gordon make up his mind to sell the shop . Deirdre is upset by the fact that she has no real skills , unlike Jill . Mavis cooks Albert and Alf a meal but the men swap their dishes round as Albert would prefer Alf ' s steamed fish while Alf doesn ' t want slimming food but would prefer Albert ' s beef ragu . Jill tells Ray she doesn ' t want to work at the Yard ; it ' s not a proper firm as neither Ray or Len served trained apprenticeships . Betty tells Blanche that Gordon wouldn ' t object if she found another job . Notable dialogue . Blanche Hunt ( about Mavis Riley ) : " Summat ' s put the bone in her corset . " Blanche Hunt : “ I ' d never pass for 28 , not even in a power cut . ”