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Police Officer ( Jackie Fielding ) The unnamed Police Officer was a female officer on the case of missing fugitive John Stape in June 2011 . In April 2012 , the officer came to question the staff of the Rovers after landlady Stella Price found there was £2 , 500 missing from the pub ' s safe . After establishing that there was no sign of breaking and entering , Stella assumed one of the staff to be the culprit . Following a visit from a bailiff , and after finding a stash of unpaid bills and reminders , Stella soon realised that her partner Karl Munro was behind the missing money but did not inform the police .
Episode 1156 ( 14th February 1972 ) Plot . Maggie gets a letter from Irma in Llandudno ; she wants all her money out of the shop and she wants it soon . The police continue to question Ena . Len reveals Ena forgot to lock the Community Centre and the TV room . She gets annoyed with Minnie for suggesting the job ' s too much for her and Albert for saying she fell asleep at her post and should be shot . Cyril is annoyed that Betty is off to work at the Rovers when he has a week off and he doesn ' t like her working nights . Bet has received a valentine ' s card . Elsie says she has five - all from the United States of America . The doctor agrees to look at Auntie May again and see if her condition ' s changed . The Town Hall leaves Ena ' s fate to the Community Centre committee . Len calls a meeting and offers Ena the chance to resign before it convenes . She refuses , saying they must sack and evict her themselves . Maggie wonders if she can buy Irma out herself . Len , Alf , Ernie and Emily meet in the Rovers snug . Ernie suggests Ena should be sacked . They come up with another suggestion and Len is " volunteered " to tell Ena . He asks for Alf ' s help . Lucille tells Betty that Maggie wants a business partner . Ena is told she should have a co - caretaker . Betty is hurt that Maggie didn ' t tell her about the shop . Cyril tells Betty they could put the money in and become Maggie ' s partners . Alf makes the same suggestion to Maggie and is told Betty would be the last person she ' d want in the shop .
Episode 1725 ( 27th July 1977 ) Plot . Hilda gets the tandem out again but Stan refuses to go on it . Rita advises Mavis to put Auntie Edie in a home but she refuses . Elsie sees a solicitor over her divorce from Alan . Mavis resolves not to go back to Auntie Edie but knows she will . Derek challenges Ethel Platt but she is adamant she ' s not moving in with Auntie Edie ; Mavis owes her Aunt for living rent - free all these years . Betty is angry when Annie gives Fred a key to the living room . She confronts her but Annie thinks she ' s lapsed into theft and recommends a psychiatrist . Stan borrows a car to give Hilda a day out . Mavis is furious with herself for giving in yet again . Annie is convinced Betty stole the money . Betty walks out of the Rovers .
Episode 1710 ( 6th June 1977 ) Plot . Deirdre tells Ray they ' re not going to London if they can ' t find someone to look after Tracy . Ray gets the Bishops to agree to look after her . Eddie and Ken talk Ena into being Queen Victoria on the Silver Jubilee float . Fred portrays Sir Francis Drake , with one of Jack Walker ' s bowls . Ernie is Walter Raleigh , Ken Sir Edmund Hillary and Eddie plays a caveman . Annie is Queen Elizabeth I . Emily is thrilled to have Tracy for a weekend . Stan has to move the lorry in the night and leaves the lights on . Deirdre refuses to have the Bishops looking after Tracy ; they ' ve never had children . The players sit on the lorry and wait for the off but the lorry ' s batteries are dead .
Tanya the Exotic Dancer Tanya the Exotic Dancer was an act on Alec Gilroy ' s books . Formerly of Murphy ' s Educated Chickens , Megan Morgan danced with a python . By 1989 , by which time Megan had a different agent , she ' d swapped the snake for twelve budgerigars . From February to April that year , Tanya and her budgies were part of Wally Simpson ' s Middle East tour , and by her return to Weatherfield Megan indicated that she had signed with Alec again .
Episode 5637 ( 1st December 2003 ) Plot . Karen and Steve continue to row over whether or not Liz should be invited to the wedding . Sarah and Todd become concerned when Brenda Fearns doesn ' t bring Bethany back as planned . Ashley thinks he ' s convinced Fred that nothing went on between him and Claire in Blackpool . Sunita takes the afternoon off to go shopping for a wedding sari with Shelley . There ' s a leak in the Rovers ' Gents toilets . Harry tries to fix it but fails . Shelley gives the job to Charlie . Dev has lunch at Maya ' s flat when Heather Parks turns up on the doorstep . Dev is shocked to learn that Maya is Heather ' s divorce solicitor but that she also had an affair with Heather ' s husband Gavin . Kevin tells Tommy that he needs to think about moving back home . Janice leads Candice to believe that Nick has got something special planned for her . Maya is sacked from her job for misconduct - having slept with a client ' s husband . Sarah and Todd phone 999 and report Bethany missing to the police . Sarah is distraught . Notable dialogue . Steve McDonald : " Oh , me dad ' s been banged up again , thanks for asking . " < br > Karen McDonald : " You ' re joking aren ' t yer ? I mean , all he did was try and leg - it to Ireland on the QE2 ! "
Episode 1276 ( 9th April 1973 ) Plot . Elsie and Norma try to find out how Maggie feels about Mike . Mike confides in Len that he ' s in love with a widow in the States but is waiting for her to say " yes " . Albert wears sunglasses in the Rovers as he thinks the new decor is too brightly - coloured . Jerry hates doing all the work himself , with Annie preparing herself for an elocution lesson from Sybil Cudlipp . Rita starts as a rep for Ernie . Emily thinks she ' s is the wrong person to promote the child portraits and will bring in the wrong sort of trade . Alf taunts Mike in the Rovers for the Americans ' late entry to the war . Everyone thinks he is out of order . A letter arrives for Mike from Wichita . Sybil Cudlipp arrives for Annie ' s lesson . Annie finds her breathing lessons pointless and doesn ' t like the way Sybil treats her like a beginner . Bet eavesdrops on their lesson and struggles to contain her laughter . Rita proves her worth by getting six orders with eight possibles . Emily is dismissive , thinking most of them will change their minds . Ernie tells Rita he can ' t pay her commission until the money is in the bank . Mike takes Maggie to a restaurant in Derbyshire . Maggie hands the letter to Mike , unaware that he ' s awaiting a reply from his love in Wichita . Notable dialogue . Norma Ford : “ She ' s funny , Maggie , she can be walking on air and still have her feet firmly on the ground . ”
Arlene Tinker Arlene Tinker is the granddaughter of Agnes , daughter of Nancy , sister of Beth and mother of Sinead . The family arrived at 5 Coronation Street in January 2015 to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Beth and her fiancé Kirk Sutherland . Upon seeing Jason Grimshaw fixing a radiator in the living room as soon as they were invited inside , the women initially mistook him for the groom - to - be and expressed stark disappointment when they were finally introduced when Kirk came back home . When Kirk realised that he , Chesney Brown , Tyrone Dobbs and Craig Tinker all planned to attend the 80s themed wedding as The Blues Brothers , Kirk decided to dress up as Adam Ant instead and after returning to No . 5 to collect his outfit he overheard Agnes , Nancy and Arlene putting him down for his meagre job as a packer at Underworld and poked fun at the way he spoke . Following the ceremony at Weatherfield Register Office , the couple held their reception at the Rovers where Arlene openly flirted with Dev Alahan and had her card marked by his drunken partner Julie Carp . The family left soon afterwards .
Episode 3399 ( 19th June 1992 ) Plot . Alma decides not to marry Mike ; he ' s a liar . Audrey tells her if she wants to humiliate Mike she should do it in style - in front of everyone . Kevin is annoyed that Sally has bought expensive glasses for Mike and Alma . She is furious when he accidentally drops them . Ken gives Alma a bottle of champagne and wishes her well . Mike is relieved when Alma turns up just in time . She lets him sweat before agreeing to marry him . Gail , Martin , Sally , Kevin , Bet , Alec , Alf and Audrey witness the wedding . Don decides he ' s going to leave Ivy . He is annoyed when Julie tells him it makes no difference to her feelings . She refuses to be bullied by him . She tells him she doesn ' t believe he ' ll leave Ivy completely . She urges him to go back to Ivy and forget about her . She wants him out of her life . Alec drops Sally ' s present again , Kevin stops her telling him it was already broken and Alec gives her £30 to replace it . Alma tells Mike she married him because she wanted to ; she understands him completely now and she ' s not scared of him anymore . She tells him he ' ll never be able to lie to her again . Don feels he should have never returned to Ivy in the first place . He feels he ' s got nothing left . Julie tells him that if his life is wrecked then he wrecked it , not Ivy , God or her . He is stunned and tells her she ' s right , but he still loves her . Ivy worries about Don ' s whereabouts . Don speeds along country roads without caring for his safety . He misses a bend and crashes the car .
Richard Holloway Richard Holloway was the area manager of a bar where Becky McDonald applied for a job in September 2011 . He and Martina Gaunt , the bar manager , interviewed Becky . Martina questioned her about her job at the Rovers Return and Becky seemed unfamiliar with many financial terms . However , Becky impressed them when she made it clear to them what she could and could not do and they offered her the job . This was pending a reference from Roy Cropper , as Becky had stated that she was manager of Roy ' s Rolls . Roy refused to lie and Becky was turned down the job after it became clear that she had lied about being manager .
Maureen Webb Maureen Webb was the wife of Eddie Yeats ' binman friend Johnny . The pair had a troubled marriage and when Johnny decided to leave Maureen in October 1980 , he paid Stan Ogden £25 in order to stay at 13 Coronation Street for a few days whilst Hilda was away visiting her son in Chesterfield . Following a tip - off from Vera Duckworth , Maureen turned up at No . 13 to confront Hilda - she was certain that Hilda was Johnny ' s mistress , even though Eddie had tried to convince her that Hilda and Stan were happily married . After waiting for several hours , Maureen left the house , only to find Hilda and Johnny approaching , him carrying her bag like a gentleman . With a cry of " bloody hell fire ! " , Johnny ran off leaving Hilda puzzled as to his behaviour and the accusations that Maureen threw at her . As the neighbours watched on , Hilda gave as good as she got with slanders and threats flying round the cobbles . Maureen backed off when Stan arrived with his window - cleaning cart and she saw the size of him . Hilda was satisfied that she had given as good as she got but gave Stan and Eddie hell and threw Johnny out of the house .
Episode 449 ( 31st March 1965 ) Plot . Swindley and Emily worry about what Mr Papagopolous will say about the case . Ken asks Irma to cook for him in Val ' s absence but Val ropes in Ena instead . The residents go to court to watch the proceedings . Emily pleads guilty . The Magistrate sympathises with her and fines her £5 . He threatens to send Swindley to prison for a month but only fines him £20 . The newspaper carries the report : " Magistrate Attacks Local Preacher " . Val goes into labour .
Carole Nimmons Carole Nimmons ( born December 1942 in Belfast ) appeared on " Coronation Street " intermittently between June 1983 and January 1985 as Sarah Ridley , a director of Newton & Ridley brewery . With an acting CV dating back to the mid - 1960s , her long list of credits include roles in " The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling , The Liver Birds , Public Eye , Crown Court , Within These Walls , Anna Karenina , Grange Hill , Harry ' s Game , The Gentle Touch , Dempsey and Makepeace , The House of Eliott , Dangerfield , The Bill , Doctors , Mile High , Heartbeat , Casualty " and " Hollyoaks " . On stage , she has appeared in productions of " After Magritte , After Liverpool , Mutatis Mutandis , Melon , What the Heart Feels , Bodies " and " Life Support " .
Episode 2454 ( 8th October 1984 ) Plot . Sally Waterman is embarrassed spending the night at the Rovers with Ken living next door . Deirdre talks Ken into going to Corfu , although he doesn ' t want to go . The Duckworths go to court where Jack is fined £200 and banned from driving for a year . He has parked in a restricted area and gets a ticket . Sally realises Ken finds her attractive and encourages him to talk about his feelings . He tells her that he doesn ' t want to go on holiday and be without her . She offers him a platonic relationship . Ken stands Deirdre up for lunch to take Sally out . An old police friend , Sgt Graham Ibbotson , tells Betty that a Police Sergeant called Tony Cunliffe is being transferred to the area and needs somewhere to lodge . He asks Betty if she ' ll take him in , she agrees to see him . Jack contemplates living off the state . Notable dialogue . Jack Duckworth : " Lace curtains round the dustbin , that ' s the Barlows . "
Gordon Kane Gordon Kane is a Scottish actor who , after training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London , has worked extensively on TV , film and in theatre . On " Coronation Street " he has played seven roles : Other TV and film credits include roles in " The Duchess of Duke Street , Crown Court , Danger UXB , Secret Army , Shoestring , Praying Mantis , Macbeth , The Comic Strip Presents . . . , Taggart , Heartbeat , The Bill , EastEnders , The Royal , Doctors " and " Emmerdale " .
DS Palmer DS Palmer was involved in two incidents involving Coronation Street residents . When Bethany Platt ' s teenage father Neil was killed in a car accident in September 2003 , Sarah attended the funeral and made hesitant contact with Neil ' s mother , Brenda . She had been hit with a double blow in that her husband had left her a couple of years before and Sarah agreed that the grieving woman could start seeing her granddaughter . After a period of time , it became clear that Brenda ' s losses had made her unstable and when Sarah discovered that she was taking Bethany to see Neil ' s grave and hysterically passing her off as her own daughter , she banned her from further contact . However Sarah forgot to take Brenda off the list of known guardians at the nursery and when she and Todd Grimshaw went to collect her at the end of one day in January 2004 , they discovered that she had already been taken . They rushed round to Brenda ' s house where they found a shrine of photographs to her son and granddaughter , the latter being pictures of her dressed in her father ' s clothing . Emily Bishop and Norris Cole joined in the search , Emily trying St . Saviour ' s Church as she knew that Brenda was a frequent attendant with the congregation there and discovered to her horror that she was in the bell tower with Bethany , determined to jump with the child and be reunited in heaven with her dead son . The police were alerted and DS Palmer came on the scene with a colleague and radioed in for an ambulance and a trained negotiator . In the meantime , strongly - religious Brenda had met her match in Emily up on the tower who was able to quote scripture back to her as to why her intended actions were so wrong . She managed to get through to Brenda in a way that a trained negotiator might not have been able to and Brenda returned to the base of the tower with Emily and the child . Palmer put Brenda in the ambulance to be taken away and mother and daughter were reunited .
David Cook David Cook ( born 21st September 1940 in Preston ) appeared in " Coronation Street " in two similar roles in the 1960s : Billy Whittaker in October 1962 who taunted residents over the kidnapping of Christopher Hewitt and as Colin in June 1966 , one of two lads who caused trouble at a dance at the Glad Tidings Mission Hall and threatened Ena Sharples and Lucille Hewitt . He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1959 to 1961 and his first role was in the 1962 film adaptation of " A Kind of Loving " . He has since appeared in " The Plane Makers " , " The Power Game " , several roles in " Z Cars " , " Crime of Passion " , " Catweazle " , " Man at the Top " , " The Famous Five " , " The Agatha Christie Hour " , " All Creatures Great and Small " , " the Bill " and " Doctors " . in 1972 he was the first presenter of the children ' s series " Rainbow " and since the early 1970s has been a writer of novels and drama including episodes of " Couples " ( which he also starred in ) , " Television Club " , " Heartland " , " Walter " and it sequels , " Weekend Playhouse " and both created and wrote for " Hetty Wainthropp Investigates " starring Patricia Routledge . External link . David Cook ' s biography with additional details of his writing work
Mrs Piper Mrs Piper was the mother of Grace Piper , a teenage schoolgirl who showed a bullying manner and psychopathic tendencies which were apparent to many but not to her parents . Grace freely admitted that she could wrap them round her little finger in order to receive what she wanted from them . Grace became friends with Faye Windass in the autumn of 2013 and almost immediately began to have a negative influence on her . Events reached a head when she pushed Faye into assaulting ten year - old Simon Barlow while recording the incident on her mobile phone . The footage made its way round Weatherfield High and Bessie Street School where it eventually came to the attention of Peter Barlow who confronted a distraught Anna with it . She visited Mrs Piper to have the matter out with her and her daughter , despite Faye ' s pleadings , but she returned disappointed , having been told by an unconcerned Mrs Piper that Faye was the one at fault . The police were alerted to the footage and both families were summoned to Weatherfield Police Station to discuss the matter . The Pipers were seen first and as they left Mrs Piper made it clear to Anna that she still felt that Faye was the one at fault as Grace watched on , smiling .
Episode 5103 ( 2nd September 2001 ) Plot . Emma and Curly are worried sick about the baby but eventually the contractions stop and the Doctor tells her that everything is fine . Eve accepts Fred ' s marriage proposal . Fred books the wedding ceremony for the following Tuesday in the Dales . Duggie offers Eve a proper job at the Rovers , where he will be paying the wages . Eve accepts . Sheila and Wayne visit Roy and Hayley . Hayley cheers up temporarily but she ' s can ' t stop thinking about the prison and feeling very depressed . Maxine finds out that Emma might lose the baby and blames herself . Maria puts Tyrone on a diet and an exercise regime . Audrey tells Fred that if he marries Eve then their friendship is over .
Lorry Driver ( James Culshaw ) The Lorry Driver employed by George Hill Builders Merchants worked at the building site in Coronation Street when Maurice Jones re - developed half of the street in 1989 . The driver was responsible for transporting cement to the site . While carrying out his duties , the driver had a couple of run - ins with the factory girls from the recently demolished Baldwin ' s Casuals , the first of which took place just after the girls had been told by the Department of Employment that Jones was responsible for their redundancy payments . As the girls congregated near the building site , the driver remarked to the site foreman that the one at the back was a " little cracker " ( referring to Josie Phillips ) , and joked that the peasants were revolting . This attracted the attention and ire of Vera Duckworth , who berated him and rallied the girls . A week later , with Jones unforthcoming , the girls started a sit - in on the site just as the lorry was about to enter . The foreman called the lorry forwards regardless , but the driver refused and returned the vehicle to the depot instead . The girls took this as a minor victory , and Deirdre Barlow gave him a peck on the cheek as a thank you . When a photographer from the " Gazette " got Deirdre to repeat the kiss for the camera , the driver cracked nervously that she ' d get him in trouble with his wife .
Frank ( Episode 1354 / 5 ) Frank , along with his dining companion Zilla , was a customer at Mario ' s Restaurant in January 1974 on the same night that Jerry Booth took Mavis Riley there . As the menus almost entirely in Italian , Mavis and Jerry had trouble working out what some of the choices were and were struggling over the word " Pollo " until Frank and Zilla , frequent customers of the establishment , sat at a nearby table and she included the meal in her choice , causing Angelo , the waiter , to say that the chicken was very nice that night . The shy Jerry and Mavis enjoyed their food but eat in silence as the confident and stylish Frank and Zilla chatted and laughed loudly over a story about a story about a mutual friend of theirs called Gerald . As they prepared to leave , they made plans to continue their evening at a place in Chester , causing Mavis to wonder why they were going so far so late in the night and if they were married . This caused Jerry to pluck up his courage and tell a shattered Mavis that he had once been married but was now divorced .
1st Man ( Episode 340 ) The 1st Man was a customer in The Grapes pub where Albert Tatlock and visiting Australian emigrant Ted Ashley went for a drink to relive their youth and revisit old haunts . Both were despondent that a decent Weatherfield pub had turned into a trendy bar with well - to - do posh people who talked of their wealth and looked down on the two old men . The 1st Man used their ashtray before returning to his friend to boast of his new car which had twin carburettors and a four - branch manifold . The two of them weren ' t impressed a moment later when Albert pushed his way between the two to try and gain the attention of the waiter , Jack .
Episode 6776 ( 17th March 2008 ) Plot . The police question Gail and all she can remember is arguing with Jason . She has no idea how she fell down the stairs . David is hugely relieved . Leanne persuades Paul that selling the restaurant is the best option so they can pay off all their debts . David sits by Gail ' s bedside playing the supportive son . Gail smiles at him . Jason is questioned by the police . He denies pushing Gail down the stairs . Michelle , Steve , Maria and Liam go for dinner at Tony and Carla ' s flat . Carla ' s surprised to see them all but takes it in her stride . Vernon shows Sean his proposed smoking shelter idea for the Rovers ' back yard . Sean thinks it ' s great . Leanne chats up Dan and tells him how she used to be a prostitute before he hears it from anyone else . Michelle knocks back the wine in an attempt to forget about Ryan wanting to go on holiday with Nick . Steve ' s concerned about her . Tony stuns Carla by asking her to marry him at the dinner table . Everyone stares at Carla until eventually she says yes . Tony gives her a huge diamond engagement ring . Tina visits David at the hospital . She regrets not telling him about the baby but David forgives her .