Episode 10263 (3rd March 2021)

## Plot

**Part One:** George considers buying the community centre to use as a funeral parlour. Dev masks his disappointment when Aadi and Asha only get him a card for his birthday, unaware that they're organising a secret birthday meal at the bistro. Nina tells Asha she can't go as Roy has asked her to mind the cafe. Dismayed by Jenny's unwavering loyalty towards Johnny, Daisy takes her stepmum's phone. Yasmeen opens a County Court judgement and goes into a state of panic, convinced she's being locked up again. Nick tells Toyah it's up to her to get through to Leanne as he has to prioritise Sam. George picks the wrong moment to tell Yasmeen that he's interested in the community centre, catching her as she's scuttling over to Speed Daal in a frenzied state to tell Alya about the letter.

**Part Two:** Alya assures her gran that she won't go back to prison and promises to sort out a repayment plan. Eileen berates George for his insensitivity with Yasmeen. Jenny is surprised when Neil, the man she met at the bistro, comes into the Rovers. Aadi gives Dev his real present of a round of golf at a top club, while Nina helps Asha make a photo album of Sunita. Tim calls at Speed Daal with the paperwork for the transfer of Geoff's assets. Still fretting about her debts, Yasmeen tells him to sign them over to someone else as she'll soon be going back to prison anyway. Neil asks Jenny to go for a drink with him but she turns him down, explaining that she's married. Neil asks why she messaged him then, causing Jenny to realise that Daisy's been playing cupid. Yasmeen runs from Speed Daal as she starts to crack under the strain. Aadi hears Roy thanking Nina for volunteering to hold the fort and asks her why she lied to Asha. Roy is equally annoyed that she's involved him in her deception and Nina is tongue-tied for once. Struggling to breathe, Yasmeen locks herself in the house and clutches her chest.

## Cast

### Regular cast

* Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
* Alya Nazir - Sair Khan
* Yasmeen Metcalfe - Shelley King
* Roy Cropper - David Neilson
* George Shuttleworth - Tony Maudsley
* Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
* Asha Alahan - Tanisha Gorey
* Aadi Alahan - Adam Hussain
* Daisy Midgeley - Charlotte Jordan
* Jenny Connor - Sally Ann Matthews
* Nick Tilsley - Ben Price
* Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
* Nina Lucas - Mollie Gallagher
* Ed Bailey - Trevor Michael Georges
* Paul Foreman - Peter Ash
* Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
* Tim Metcalfe - Joe Duttine

## Places

* Coronation Street
* Rovers Return Inn - *Public, back room and hallway*
* 6 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* 7 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* Underworld - *Sales office*
* Victoria Street
* Roy's Rolls
* Jamila House
* EGB Construction
* 12 Victoria Court - *Living room/kitchen*
* Speed Daal

## Notes

* Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this episode was made with social distancing rules being observed by both cast and production crew, even when they were playing family members or people who shared residences.
* *TV Times* synopsis: Alya finds Yasmeen in full meltdown, convinced she is going back to prison; Asha and Aadi plan Dev's party; and Jenny is flattered when Neil, the man who flirted with her in the bistro, calls at The Rovers and flirts with her again.
* Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 6,415,710 viewers (6th place).