Episode 10034 (18th March 2020)

## Plot

Alya remembers Rana on the first anniversary of her death. Too impatient to wait for the police to take the statutory thirty-five days to check on Geoff's records, she investigates his past on the internet herself. Geoff uses wily words to convince Yasmeen that "she" was right to disown her granddaughter prior to their move to Cyprus. Bernie's concerned to sees Gemma's continuous anxiety as she watches over her babies. She pushes herself in to join her on her appointment at the baby senses class. Tyrone enjoys teasing Evelyn when he sees that she's made an effort to dress nicely to walk Cerberus. Ken has a slight hangover after an evening in the bar with Charles. Alya finds a newspaper report from five years ago that Geoff and an ex-girlfriend named Jocelyn Walkey were charged with affray following an incident in a Manchester pub. She determines to get him away from her gran by showing her the report. Ryan advises caution. Imogen and Vanessa arrive at the class, and both they and Bernie mutually hate each other on sight. Seb suggests a night in but Emma has invited Maria, Tracy, Amy and Abi round for a girls' night and asks him to stay out. Imogen and Vanessa make excuses when Gemma suggests meeting up later. Alya watches No.6 and makes a move when she sees Geoff leaving the house. Norris is cynical about Stillwaters, saying Freda has changed since they moved into the complex. He wants Ken to help him convince Freda to move out. Yasmeen asks Alya to leave her alone and won't let her into the house. She only does so when she threatens to cause a scene. Bernie warns Gemma that Imogen and Vanessa are not to be trusted. Evelyn waits forlornly in Victoria Gardens and is delighted when Arthur turns up. Seb retreats to the Rovers where Eileen insists she and Alina join him in a booth. Bernie thinks the ginnel could be done up and made into a proper community hub. They spot Imogen and Vanessa getting ready to have a get-together in Imogen's back yard with the other baby group mothers. Having shown Yasmeen the report, Alya begs her gran to wait just one month before moving to Cyprus. They hear Geoff coming back home. Yasmeen begs her to leave by the back door but Alya refuses.

## Cast

### Regular cast

* Ryan Connor - Ryan Prescott
* Alya Nazir - Sair Khan
* Geoff Metcalfe - Ian Bartholomew
* Yasmeen Metcalfe - Shelley King
* Bernie Winter - Jane Hazlegrove
* Gemma Winter - Dolly-Rose Campbell
* Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
* Evelyn Plummer - Maureen Lipman
* Ken Barlow - William Roache
* Claudia Colby - Rula Lenska
* Seb Franklin - Harry Visinoni
* Emma Brooker - Alexandra Mardell
* Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
* Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
* Alina Pop - Ruxandra Porojnicu
* Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
* Cathy Matthews - Melanie Hill
* Aled Winter-Brown - Harry & Harvey Thompson *(Uncredited)*
* Bryn, Carys & Llio Winter-Brown - Charlotte & James Holt and Arthur, Lily & Lucy Taylor *(Uncredited)*

### Guest cast

* Vanessa Finney - Rachael Elizabeth
* Imogen Tatum - Lucy Farrar
* Arthur Medwin - Paul Copley

## Places

* Coronation Street - *Main street view and ginnel*
* Rovers Return Inn - *Public*
* 2a Coronation Street - *Living room/kitchen*
* 5 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* 6 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* 9 Coronation Street - *Back room/kitchen and hallway*
* 19a Victoria Street - *Living room/kitchen*
* Jamila House
* Victoria Gardens
* Stillwaters - *Ken & Claudia's apartment, lounge and exterior*

## Notes

* On the day that this episode was broadcast, in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, ITV announced that the programme's output would be halved to three episodes per week beginning on 30th March, but that production would continue with fewer cast and crew and scaled back location shooting [1]. Four days later, the network confirmed that all recording was being suspended with immediate effect in accordance with the UK Government's social distancing measures [2].
* *TV Times* synopsis: Emma confides in Maria that she is more into Seb than he is into her; and Norris confides in Ken that Freda has changed.
* Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 7,445,816 viewers (6th place).