Episode 8789/8790 (13th May 2020)

==Plot==
Part One: When Rhona brings over Johnny's legal guardianship documents, Charity's hurt. As Rhona continues to interfere with her and Vanessa's life, Charity acts distant. Dawn's hostile towards Will, fearing that his lies may have endangered Lucas. Billy's worried when he sees how much Dawn's words have hurt Will. Arthur's confused when he comes downstairs to find PC Swirling at the front door. Nicola defends Laurel when Rishi demands Arthur is punished for the fire. Archie's guilt turns to terror when he's told there's a cop car outside Mulberry. Arthur is hurt when Laurel and PC Swirling refuse to believe his innocence. Jai walks in with Archie, who confesses that he lied about Arthur pushing the cabinet onto him. Arthur says this is the reason he started the fire. Fearing that he's lost Harriet, Will swears on his family's life that he won't lie again. In light of this, Harriet agrees to give him one final chance. Laurel's horrified when Archie admits to everything. Laurel's left reeling as Arthur storms out and screams at her that she refuses to listen and believe him. In The Woolpack, Nicola and Jimmy talk about how Arthur and Laurel must be feeling. Wendy tells Bob how she wishes she could get Luke and Victoria together again as they are perfect for each other. Rhona and Charity argue over Johnny's guardianship while an anxious Vanessa watches on. Laurel finds an angry Arthur by Ashley's grave. She's left shocked when he says that Ashley would be ashamed of her. Vanessa's shocked to discover that Charity did in fact want to be Johnny's guardian. 
Part Two: Worried, Vanessa tells Tracy about Charity's row with Rhona. Despite Rhona and Tracy's attempts to cheer Vanessa up, she's gutted. Will asks Cain for his job back, but when he eventually agrees, he makes it clear that he'd better not cross him again. When Charity and Rhona are clearing the air, Charity expects Rhona to snap, but is surprised when she's genuinely upset. After working it out, Charity's eager to get to Vanessa at the hospital. Will tells Harriet he'll make it up to her, but he's gutted when she gets upset about him still being paranoid about Malone. Harriet's anger leaves Will looking like he's about to cry. When Charity and Vanessa return home, they tell Tracy and Rhona their news about Charity adopting Johnny. They're all left worried when Vanessa runs upstairs feeling sick. Billy notices that extra locks have been put on the door at Woodbine. He's shocked when Will reasons that he wants to be one step ahead of Malone returning.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Vanessa Woodfield - Michelle Hardwick
*Johnny Woodfield - Luca Hoyle (uncredited)
*Charity Dingle - Emma Atkins
*Rhona Goskirk - Zoe Henry
*Will Taylor - Dean Andrews
*Billy Fletcher - Jay Kontzle
*Dawn Taylor - Olivia Bromley
*Laurel Thomas - Charlotte Bellamy
*Arthur Thomas - Alfie Clarke
*Rodney Blackstock - Patrick Mower
*Jimmy King - Nick Miles
*Nicola King - Nicola Wheeler
*Jai Sharma - Christopher Bisson
*Archie Breckle - Kai Assi
*Rishi Sharma - Bhasker Patel
*Harriet Finch - Katherine Dow Blyton
*Leo Goskirk - Harvey Rogerson
*Moses Dingle - Arthur Cockroft (uncredited)
*Wendy Posner - Susan Cookson
*Ryan Stocks - James Moore
*Bob Hope - Tony Audenshaw
*Chas Dingle - Lucy Pargeter
*Tracy Metcalfe - Amy Walsh
*Cain Dingle - Jeff Hordley
*Paddy Kirk - Dominic Brunt
===Guest cast===
*PC Swirling - Andy Moore
==Locations==
*Jacobs Fold - Living room/kitchen
*Woodbine Cottage - Living room, hall and kitchen
*Mulberry Cottage - Living room
*Café Main Street - Interior
*The Woolpack - Bar and back room
*Cemetery
*Main Street
*Barton and Dingle Automotives - Forecourt and garage
==Notes==
*For this episode, two episodes were edited together into one half-hour with all scenes in part one coming from Episode 8789 with scenes in part two coming from Episode 8790.
*The episodes were originally due to be broadcast on Friday 17th and Monday 20th April respectively but were pushed back due to the programme reducing its weekly output from six to three episodes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
*Last appearance of Arthur Thomas until 1st December 2020.
*Last appearance of Ryan Stocks until 25th December 2020.
*Last appearance of Archie Breckle until 2nd December 2021.
*Last appearance of Moses Dingle until 27th December 2021.
*Last appearance of Johnny Woodfield until 4th January 2022 and final appearance of Luca Hepworth in the role.
*This episode marks the first credited appearance of Harvey Rogerson as Leo Goskirk and also his last until 11th December 2020.
*Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 6,217,400 viewers (6th place).
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