Episode 10400 (11th August 2021)

## Plot

**Part One:** Shona hasn't been able to sleep and is up before 6.00am cleaning the house. She thinks handing herself in is the best option but they are interrupted when Todd suddenly turns up, bag in hand. Nina, Asha and Ed take delivery of the plants for Seb's memorial garden. Abi shows no enthusiasm. Alina tries to trace Rachel Healy's whereabouts, convinced she started the fire. Tyrone suggests they move into No.9 for safety. George and Sarah wonder where Todd has got to now after hearing he has discharged himself. Todd demands a place to stay. Shona is happy to butter him up but David refuses to be blackmailed. A downbeat Ryan reveals to Jenny that he's been given the afternoon kids DJ slot at the Val d'Isère ski festival which won't impress Daisy. With Hope in a foul temper, Fiz takes a call from Tyrone asking permission to move into No.9 to allay Alina's fears about the traffickers. Fiz agrees but warns him that Evelyn will be hard to convince. Abi confesses to Bernie that she can't see the point of the garden for Seb as he knew nothing about them and people are just virtue signalling. Nina doesn't register her lack of enthusiasm. Simon scrapes a couple of A-Level passes. Leanne takes Nick for lunch at the bistro to demonstrate how Debbie is struggling. David starts to grow impatient with Todd's presence. Craig reports to David that his car has been found in a pub car park several miles away.

**Part Two:** Once Craig is gone, Todd winds Shona up as he makes himself at home, wanting to be served on hand and foot. Evelyn finds it hard to accept Alina's presence. Brian, Cathy and Yasmeen help Nina plant the garden. Saying they need a new challenge in life, Leanne persuades Nick to make an offer for the bistro. Nick writes down a low sum and leaves it with the bill. Sarah tries to find Todd. He finally answers her phone call, confessing he's in No.8. Daisy's angrily disappointed when Ryan confesses that his DJ slot is for the under-12's, and in a hamlet several miles from the main venue. Sarah can't understand why Todd is in No.8, but he evades giving her an answer. Alina is frozen with fear when she sees Rachel trying the door of the salon. Rachel spots her watching from across the street. Venturing to the garden, Abi is hurt to see a huge mural of Seb that Nina's painted on the wall. Sarah and Shona are shocked when Craig arrests David for perverting the course of justice and failing to report a road traffic accident.

## Cast

### Regular cast

* David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
* Shona Platt - Julia Goulding
* Todd Grimshaw - Gareth Pierce
* Nina Lucas - Mollie Gallagher
* Asha Alahan - Tanisha Gorey
* Abi Franklin - Sally Carman
* Ed Bailey - Trevor Michael Georges
* Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
* Alina Pop - Ruxandra Porojnicu
* Sarah Barlow - Tina O'Brien
* George Shuttleworth - Tony Maudsley
* Jenny Connor - Sally Ann Matthews
* Ryan Connor - Ryan Prescott
* Hope Stape - Isabella Flanagan
* Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine
* Bernie Winter - Jane Hazlegrove
* Debbie Webster - Sue Devaney
* Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
* Nick Tilsley - Ben Price
* Craig Tinker - Colson Smith
* Evelyn Plummer - Maureen Lipman
* Yasmeen Metcalfe - Shelley King
* Brian Packham - Peter Gunn
* Cathy Matthews - Melanie Hill
* Daisy Midgeley - Charlotte Jordan

## Places

* Coronation Street
* Rovers Return Inn - *Public, back room and hallway*
* 2a Coronation Street - *Living room/kitchen*
* 8 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* 9 Coronation Street - *Back room/kitchen and hallway*
* Webster's Autocentre
* Viaduct Bistro
* Victoria Street
* Roy's Rolls
* B&B - *Living room/kitchen*

## 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: Sarah is shocked to witness Craig arresting David on suspicion of failing to stop and report a road traffic accident; and Abi watches events unfold in the memorial garden with dismay.
* Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 5,183,000 viewers (4th place).