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Episode 5419 ( 13th January 2003 ) Plot . Richard realises that he has no option but to kill Maxine too . He bludgeons Maxine to death with the crowbar as she tries to run . He then makes a mess of the room to look like a burglary that ' s gone wrong . He steals a few items which he then plants on Ade back in the squat . He returns Ade ' s clothes and disposes of the empty vodka bottle in a bin at the back of the Rovers . Richard arrives back at the pub . Nobody has noticed his absence . Steve and Dev leave the party to have a chat about the business . Tracy and Karen interrupt them and start bitching at each other . Todd and Sarah start going out with each other again . Todd is delighted . Ashley is ready to leave the party but Richard , knowing what he ' s about to go home to , buys him another drink . After talking about the future with Richard and Gail , he goes to join Maxine at home . Norris goes home to No . 3 . Ashley goes home and discovers the carnage . He is devastated and cradles Maxine to him . Norris comes round wondering where Emily has got to . He takes in the horror before him and phones for an ambulance . Norris goes to get Fred and Doreen from the pub . They are both horrified when they see the bodies of Maxine and Emily . The ambulance turns up and takes Emily and Maxine away . Emily is still alive . Maxine is dead . The police arrest Ashley and take him to the station for questioning as he ' s covered in blood from Maxine and he was first at the scene . Shelley sacks Tracy for being lazy and helping herself to drinks . Richard looks pensive when he hears that Emily is still alive . Notable dialogue . Richard Hillman : " ' You should have stayed at the party , Maxine . . . "
Bob Rodwell Bob Rodwell was the long lost cousin of Michael and the nephew of Keith Rodwell . In September 2014 , Michael decided to try and contact his family - having lost contact with his father ' s side for many decades . Searching the social media for answers , he found someone by the same name living in Swinton . Adding Bob as a friend , he replied to Michael ' s message confirming that he was related and knew Keith . However Bob was the bearer of bad news when he revealed that Michael ' s father had died twenty years previously .
Diggory Compton Diggory Compton was the local baker , owning Compton ' s Bakery in Victoria Street . He tried wooing Liz McDonald by inviting her to a Christmas dinner party in 2005 , however she ended up meeting her future drummer husband Vernon Tomlin at the event . He left Weatherfield when his business failed . Diggory ' s daughter , Molly visited him in 2008 after falling out with her fiancé Tyrone Dobbs . On 5th January 2009 , Molly received a call from the hospital that Diggory ' s appendix had burst . Several days later , it was revealed that Diggory would recover but would ultimately miss the wedding due to being hospitalised for a week . After Molly died following a tram crash in December 2010 , Diggory was devastated by what happened . He didn ' t attend the funeral as he was too upset . Quotes . " Thank - you . Get in there . . . Yee - haw ! " ( First line ) " How ' d you get one of them , eh ? ' Cos I ' ll tell yer , no - one has tried harder than me . Had me eye on that Liz McDonald for a while but oh no . . . was no more of a success there than I ' ve been with the shop . " ( Final line , to Roy Cropper )
Episode 5170 ( 9th December 2001 ) Plot . Fred tells Eve that she is right and that he will move to a smaller house . Toyah tells Les that she and Sam are going to Janice and Dennis ' s flat for lunch . Les takes it well . Then Les turns up all tearful at the house with a Christmas card from Leanne saying she may come home for Christmas . The bar staff are wondering what Duggie is up to , particularly Shelley , then Geena overhears him talking to his accountant on the telephone . Richard turns up at Gail ' s house . He tells her that he didn ' t get her messages because his mobile didn ' t pick up a signal in the Lake District . Ken ' s talk at the café goes down really well and Anita Scott tells Ken she is a fan . Blanche warns Deirdre to keep her eye on Anita . Betty , Shelley and Geena finally have it out with Duggie , and he tells them that he is selling the Rovers .
Episode 6145 ( 24th October 2005 ) Plot . Danny , Mike and Adam bicker about the factory strike and how to handle it . Ashley bans Claire from going into work and tells her she ' s not to let Joshua out of her sight all day . Hayley , Janice and Kelly continue to strike . They hound Sally as she arrives for work calling her a scab . Mike advises Danny to give Janice her job back but he refuses . Cilla insists she wants a proper wedding cake . Les promises he ' ll steal one for her . Claire ' s incensed when Ronnie tells her that Ashley has resigned her on her behalf from Street Cars . She insists she wants to continue with her job . Ashley and Claire are at loggerheads over her job . Ashley wants her to stay at home and look after Joshua . Cilla sets Kirk his next task which is to capture the girdle of the Queen of the Amazons - in other words , get one of Blanche ' s corsets off her . Gail apologises to Phil and explains that because of Richard Hillman she hasn ' t the confidence to start another relationship . Robyn celebrates buying a house in Liverpool . Martin ' s pleased for her . Rita talks about the forthcoming cruise she ' s booked . Norris thinks The Kabin needs a make - over to bring it up to date . Mike can no longer keep it a secret and tells Danny that he is actually his son and not his nephew .
Episode 5231 ( 15th March 2002 ) Plot . Vik tells Steve he doesn ' t believe that things are really over between him and Hazel . Ken agrees to help Blanche sort out her new bus pass . Curly organises a meeting to discuss ideas as to what can be done about the plans to close down the crèche . Everyone is supportive except Blanche , who later has to eat humble pie because she needs Curly to vouch for her at the council to get a new bus pass . He agrees provided that she babysits Ben . Hazel phones and orders a taxi with Street Cars . Maria and Maxine plan a night out , but Ashley tells her that she can ' t go in her state . Blanche is not finding it very easy coping with Ben . Vik is disappointed that when he goes to collect Hazel as John Wilding is with her . Martin is not happy that Sally seems to be calling all the shots about when they can see each other . John Wilding and Hazel ' s brother , Neil , make a terrified Vik drive to John ' s plant hire yard and threaten him never to contact Hazel ever again .
Police Officer ( Episode 7221 ) The unnamed Police Officer formally interviewed John Stape in December 2009 following his arrest when Rosie Webster had ( falsely ) accused him of assault . Rosie had attempted to blackmail John into giving her £50 , 000 but when he naturally refused , she made up a story about him locking her inside Roy ' s Rolls and assaulting her . She left the café and started screaming outside in Victoria Street . When grandfather Bill heard her pleas for help from the Builder ' s Yard , he took her home and the Websters phoned the police . John was immediately arrested . John protested his innocence throughout the interview but his version of events didn ' t appear to add up to the police officer - he couldn ' t understand why Rosie would " invent " a story since , if she wanted money she wasn ' t going to get any when she ' d accused him of assault . The officer also thought it was strange that his wife Fiz hadn ' t been in contact with the police station following his arrest . With no concrete evidence however , John was subsequently released without charge and later that evening in the Rovers in front of all the regulars , John and Fiz challenged Rosie on her story - forcing her to give herself away with the lies she had told .
Nona Willis Nona Willis was a flirtatious Londoner who was taken on as a barmaid at the Rovers Return Inn in 1961 . On her first night , Nona upset the snug regulars when she admitted she had been an exotic dancer . Nona and Ivan Cheveski were left in charge of the Rovers while landlords Annie and Jack Walker were at Harry and Concepta Hewitt ' s wedding . After only a month working at the Rovers , Nona quit , finding it difficult to understand the residents ' accents .
Ken Grieve Ken Grieve ( 17th March , 1942 - 15th November , 2016 ) worked as a director on " Coronation Street " from November 1974 to January 1983 with 42 episodes to his credit . He was also the director of the 1975 title sequence and the shots he captured in the spring of that year were re - utilised in the 1976 version which was seen by viewers until October 1990 . A staff director at Granada Television in the mid - 1970s , his other work for the company included " The XYY Man " , " Send In The Girls " and the John Finch - written series " This Year , Next Year " . After becoming freelance he worked on " Doctor Who " , " The Omega Factor " , " Bugs " , " Peak Practice " , " Bergerac " , " Cadfael " , " The Bill " and " Casualty " among many other series . Episodes directed by Ken Grieve . 1970s . 1974 ( 6 episodes ) 1975 ( 19 episodes ) 1978 ( 4 episodes ) 1980s . 1980 ( 6 episodes ) 1981 ( 1 episode ) 1982 ( 4 episodes ) 1983 ( 2 episodes )
Eric Bailey Eric Bailey was a scaffolding erector who was with Les Fox when Les chatted up Bet Lynch in the Rovers in July 1977 . Bet joked that Eric only spoke in one word sentences and finding Les amusingly cocky , she agreed to go on a double date with him and Eric , and to find someone for Eric . When Les found out that Bet lived in the flat above an off - licence and that Eric ' s date , Renee Bradshaw , owned the shop , he arranged another date in Ashton with the pair but instead of meeting the women , he and Eric took advantage of their absence to break into the premises and steal the stock , watching the Corner Shop from the viaduct to make sure they ' d left before making their move . Bet and Renee returned from being stood up to find the booze had been taken from the shelves . The police caught up with the pair in Stoke - on - Trent when they were arrested for drink driving just a few days later .
Episode 7810 ( 27th February 2012 ) Plot . Carla ' s efforts with Simon are in vain . Outside the flat , Peter tries to cajole Simon in to being nicer to Carla . Leanne looks out on them from the Rovers , unseen . Sally ' s happy that things seem to be going so well with Frank . Tracy continues to be wound up by the presence of Beth and Craig . Eva sympathises with a touched Leanne , who is still set on collecting her things from the flat and leaving . Stella ' s surprised that Eva ' s being so nice . Julie tells Hayley about Peter arriving the night before to confront Brian . Leanne lets herself in to the flat , shocked to come across Carla emerging from the shower . Owen and Anna amaze grateful Katy and Chesney with their babysitting rota for Joseph . Leanne and Carla quarrel . Leanne tells Carla that Peter is addicted to her but doesn ' t love her and sooner or later Peter will wonder what he ' s done . Frank is beginning to feel suffocated by the attentions of Anne and Sally . Upset Leanne returns to the Rovers . Nick sympathises . Eva ' s perturbed that Nick might still have feelings for Leanne . Carla tells Peter that Leanne is back . Peter comforts Carla telling her that he loves her and has made his choice . Leanne tells Stella she ' d change every single thing about the last year except for meeting her . Nick reassures Eva that his relationship with Leanne was over a long time ago . Frank shields a private call from Anne and Sally and refuses to tell them who it was . Simon sees Leanne about to leave in a taxi and flings his arms around her . Ken explains that Simon ' s back from school early for being in trouble . Simon pleads with Leanne to stay , and she can ' t help but give in . Tracy has hatched a plan and feigns an apology to Beth with beer and crisps before advising Beth to invite Steve over and seduce him . Frank ' s secrecy and caginess continues as he flips his laptop shut as Sally approaches . Simon tries to get Leanne to stay by fibbing about Peter and Carla drinking and Carla hurting him . Owen is about to start work on building Faye a new shed until Faye admits that she ' s got used to the pond now but wants to make it less boring . With Frank out of the office , Sally opens his laptop to see an email detailing Frank ' s plan to sack the whole workforce . Frank silently enters behind Sally and challenges her . Frank and Sally ' s exchange is interrupted by Leanne storming in to the factory and accusing Carla of getting drunk and hitting Simon .
Episode 7718 ( 21st October 2011 ) Plot . Marcus and Sean do their best to cheer Eileen up but she ' s deeply hurt . Owen ' s spent the night with Anna . She insists that he sneaks out of the house before Faye wakes up . Sophie lies to Kevin saying that she ' s got a church meeting so she can ' t babysit for Jack . In truth , she agrees to a night out with Amber . Rosie shows Jason some property details for some funky apartments but Jason ' s adamant that he ' s not saddling himself with a huge mortgage . Sally asks Julie and Eileen to come and work at Frank ' s factory . Eileen accepts pointing out that a job ' s a job but Julie tells them she ' d never work with traitors . Rosie tells Sophie she ' s got a plan to break Sally and Jeff up in the hope that Sally will then get back together with Kevin and they ' ll be a proper family again . Owen puts pressure on Anna to tell Faye that they ' re seeing each other but Anna insists that protecting Faye ' s feelings is her number one priority . Rosie tells Sophie that she ' s going to seduce Jeff so that when Sally arrives home she ' ll find them in a compromising position and dump him . Sophie ' s quick to point out the pitfalls of Rosie ' s plan but she refuses to be put off . Chesney visits Fiz in prison . Fiz tells him that she ' s worried about Hope being taken into care if she gets a life sentence . Eileen calls on Paul ' s wife and tells her about her affair with Paul . Lesley doesn ' t react and Eileen ' s perplexed . Paul explains that Lesley ' s suffering from Alzheimer ' s . Rosie tries to seduce Jeff but to her surprise he tries to push her away . Refusing to be put off , Rosie re - launches her attack and as she fumbles with Jeff ' s trousers , Sally walks in .
Episode 438 ( 22nd February 1965 ) Plot . Len asks Irma if she ' ll take Jerry out for some company . The residents delight in the fact that Elsie returned at midnight from seeing Norman . Jerry decides it would be alright to have Irma as a friend . Norman tells Elsie he ' s going to Iceland soon and he knows Florrie won ' t come to Canada with him . Jerry and Irma play push - penny together . Elsie tells Norman she can ' t go on lying . She tells him that if he wants her , she ' ll go to Canada with him .
Diane Mellor Diane Mellor visited Websters ' Auto Centre in December 2014 to try and track down her sofa that her estranged husband Robin sold to Kevin Webster . Diane told Kevin that Robin sold the sofa out of spite in their divorce and Kevin made up a lie that he sold it to a man named " Barney " in the Rovers . They went to the Rovers for a drink and to see if they could find " Barney " . That evening , they went to Just Nick ' s with Kevin ' s ex - wife Sally and her partner Tim Metcalfe joining them , covering for the fact that Sally was now in possession of the sofa . The following day , Owen Armstrong told Diane that Kevin had given Sally a sofa before they met again at the bistro . After their meal , Diane insisted on visiting Sally and barged into 4 Coronation Street where she saw the sofa , and demanded it to be returned or threatened to sue . List of appearances . 2014
Episode 2594 ( 10th February 1986 ) Plot . Hilda advises Susan to move out of Mike ' s flat ; he ' ll soon tire of her . Susan doesn ' t want to rush things with Mike . Phyllis plays Sam off against Percy , hoping to win one of them at her birthday party . Percy tells Sam that Phyllis is using him to make him jealous . George accuses Ivy of making Pauline Walsh ' s life a misery at the factory . Martin shows off his confectionery skills by making Phyllis a cake . Percy goes to Phyllis ' party as he wants a bit of cake . Sam sees them dancing together and accuses Phyllis of playing with his affections and walks out . She accuses Percy of ruining her birthday . Susan thinks Mike ' s been having second thoughts . He tells her he wants her to be his wife , she agrees .
Prison Officer ( Sian Polhill - Thomas ) The unnamed Prison Officer was one positioned at Norcross Prison at the time when Fiz Stape was incarcerated in 2011 . She was considerably more hostile towards Fiz than the other officers . She was chained to Fiz in November when the latter attended husband John ' s funeral . List of appearances . 2011
Episode 6200 ( 6th January 2006 ) Plot . David ' s rude to Phil and mimics his accent . Gail reprimands him but to no avail . Jason ' s fed up with Eileen ' s interfering in his relationship with Sarah . He tells her he ' s moving out . Eileen ' s upset . Mike tells Danny he ' s thinking of forgiving Penny and his son Mark . Danny ' s quick to put in the poison and suggests Mark ' s probably still with Linda . Eileen chats to Todd on the phone . She realises Todd ' s not bothered about Sarah and Jason any more as he ' s got a new boyfriend . Both Fred and Bev privately worry about the sleeping arrangements on the cruise and wonder if they ' re sharing a cabin or not . Penny wants to talk to Mike but Danny manages to head her off saying that Mike ' s in one of his moods and she ' d best leave it until later . Deirdre and Blanche arrive back from Lena ' s funeral with Lady Freckles , Lena ' s dog which she ' s left to Blanche in her will . Amy renames her Eccles . Eileen apologises to Jason and gives him and Sarah her blessing . Jason accepts and says he ' s changed his mind about moving out . Eccles takes an instant dislike to Ken who finds himself banished to the hallway . Mike ' s confused . He thinks Penny is Linda and Adam is Mark . Angrily he tells Penny he never wants to see her again and tells Adam to get out of his factory and flat . Danny starts to hate himself for fuelling Mike ' s confusion . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Van Driver ( Episode 1642 ) The unnamed Van Driver was employed at Baldwin ' s Casuals on the first day that it opened for business in October 1976 . He wolf - whistled Bet Lynch as she read the newly - erected factory notice board and swapped some suggestive banter with her . Later on , he laughed at Mike Baldwin who had just interrupted a card school organised by the workmen who were getting the factory ready , not realising who Mike was . When it became clear that this was his new boss , he started unloading from the van in double - quick time .
TV Times coverage in the 1980s Note : Almost all details below are taken from the " Granada " edition of " TV Times " which covered the programme ' s home region . 1984 . The magazine did not feature the programme on its cover during this year .
Nurse Denise Harris Denise Harris was a nurse who bid farewell to Don Brennan at the end of his five - week stay at Weatherfield General in July 1992 , having had his lower right leg amputated following a car crash . " The character ' s first appearance was uncredited and featured no dialogue . "
Coronation Street on the Road Coronation Street On The Road was a 1964 stage play referred to by Daran Little in his 1995 book " " . In reality no such play under that name was ever presented , nor was any play performed then which used characters or plotlines from the television programme . The play ' s actual title was Firm Foundations and was a Brian Rix - type farce about a Northern bra manufacturer . The play ' s draw for the audience was that if featured several of the cast of " Coronation Street " whose contracts had recently been terminated by incoming producer Tim Aspinall and who were household names both as themselves and as their characters , namely Lynne Carol ( Martha Longhurst ) , Doreen Keogh ( Concepta Hewitt ) , Ivan Beavis ( Harry Hewitt ) and Frank Pemberton ( Frank Barlow ) . In addition Ruth Holden who appeared irregularly as Ena Sharples ' daughter Vera Lomax also appeared . Little states that Susan Jameson ( Myra Booth ) was also due to appear but walked out when she saw the nature of the production . The script was written by " Street " writer Vince Powell and edited by his colleague John Finch , both of who later regretted their collaboration with the project , and was a production of the newly - formed Group North cartel of writers who worked for Granada Television and who had set up the consortium to promote their work of the profession in the North of England . The play ' s debut was at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool on 7th September 1964 when it garnered the following review by Benedict Arnold in " The Guardian " : Following a week in Liverpool , the play went on national tour until the end of the year taking in Manchester , Sheffield , Wolverhampton , Bradford , Blackpool , Nottingham , Newcastle , Glasgow , Stockton and Bournemouth among others towns and cities .
Elsie Duckworth Elsie Duckworth ( née Baxter ) was the wife of Cliff and the sister - in - law of Jack Duckworth . Cliff left his wife just before Christmas 1994 to stay at 9 Coronation Street and reconnect with Jack . However , Elsie tracked him down and , just after new year , barged her way into the Duckworths ' house . Cliff , having told Jack and Vera that he too was married to a Vera , was shocked . When Elsie introduced herself , Vera said : " I thought you were Vera ? " to which Elsie replied " No , " you ' re " Vera ! " before dragging Cliff home , with Cliff pathetically promising to keep in touch . Jack was mortified to her that , in June of that year , Cliff and Elsie had died in a car crash abroad . Vera , who had prayed for money the previous day , was guilt - ridden . Jack visited the couple ' s home in Rawtenstall a few days before the funeral and although pleased to learn that Elsie ' s brother Harold Baxter was footing the bill , Jack eventually managed to persuade Harold not to bury Cliff in his beloved camel coat . When solicitor Mr Deakin contacted Jack the following month , the Duckworths believed that they were responsible for Cliff ' s outstanding debts but were stunned to learn that they ' d inherited £30 , 000 from the couple ' s holiday insurance .
Episode 2212 ( 14th June 1982 ) Plot . Alf is alarmed to hear that the neighbours think he is after Bet as a wife . Mike tells the girls that he has taken Cleopatra to be put down . Vera goes to the RSPCA and fetches the cat back . Mavis completes her red , white and blue sweater and sends it off to the Palace as a present for the Royal baby . Mike tells the girls to get rid of Cleopatra or he ' ll drown her . Sharon tries her charms to persaude Len to let them have No . 7 . He maintains that they can ' t afford it . Emily suggests to the girls that they make Cleopatra a Union member so Mike can ' t get rid of her . Bet discovers her flat , and the whole of Ludlow Avenue has been demolished .