Episode 10099 (10th August 2020)

## Plot

Passing Adam on Victoria Street, Bernie asks him to flash his watch from Sarah. Finding out that she gave it to charity, Bernie asks if it was because it had "Rick" inscribed on the back. Stunned, he asks her to repeat the full inscription and, for money, she tells him that it was found in Beacon Woods and Gary is also after it. Worried about Oliver and clearly on edge, Steve calls in the cafe for a sausage barm. When Nina explains that they're having a veggie day, he storms out. Toyah sets up another meeting with Karen to discuss fostering. Alya confides in Imran and Toyah that she's decided to sell her share of Speed Daal in order to distance herself from Geoff. Sally and Geoff have another slanging match in the street. Geoff warns her that Tim will always take his dad's side. Cathy suggests to Kirk that he wears his Buzzer the Bee costume to Gary's stag do. She also encourages Gemma to continue her postnatal depression vlogs. Alya visits Yasmeen in hospital and tells her about Elaine's disappearance and how she and Sally suspect Geoff is behind it. Yasmeen asserts that whilst Geoff is at large, she feels safer in prison. Craig returns Sarah's bag to her that she left in the back of the ambulance after Gary's accident. It still contains the watch. Chesney descends the stairs in his boxer shorts and carrying his shirt covered in baby sick. He's mortified to discover Gemma live streaming her vlog. Toyah reports to Imran that Karen's promised to put the fostering wheels in motion once she's received the reference from Leanne. Sally suggests Alya should buy Geoff out and offers her the wedding money, pointing out that it was rightfully Yasmeen's money anyway. Chesney is convinced he'll be a laughing stock. Steve is annoyed that all the meat-based sandwiches have gone from the corner shop. He rants about a vegan conspiracy supposedly happening all around him. Sarah leaves Adam alone with her handbag in the Underworld office. Steve takes sausages into the cafe for Nina to cook but she refuses and won't let him near the stove. Adam produces the watch he found in Sarah's handbag and demands to know what it was doing in there.

## Cast

### Regular cast

* Bernie Winter - Jane Hazlegrove
* Adam Barlow - Samuel Robertson
* Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
* Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
* Nina Lucas - Mollie Gallagher
* Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
* Imran Habeeb - Charlie De Melo
* Alya Nazir - Sair Khan
* Sally Metcalfe - Sally Dynevor
* Geoff Metcalfe - Ian Bartholomew
* Cathy Matthews - Melanie Hill
* Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
* Gemma Winter - Dolly-Rose Campbell
* Yasmeen Metcalfe - Shelley King
* Sarah Barlow - Tina O'Brien
* Craig Tinker - Colson Smith
* Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
* Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
* Amy Barlow - Elle Mulvaney

## Places

* Coronation Street
* 5 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* Corner Shop
* The Kabin
* Underworld - *Office*
* Victoria Street
* Roy's Rolls
* 19a Victoria Street - *Living room/kitchen*
* Weatherfield General - *Yasmeen's room*

## 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: Adam tells Imran he is convinced Gary murdered Rick Neelan; and Alya confides in Imran that she will sell her share of Speed Daal to distance herself from Geoff.
* Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 6,899,189 viewers (1st place).
* At 8.30pm, ITV1 broadcast the sixth of eight programmes entitled *Coronation Street: Compilations*, a series of retrospectives looking back at the most memorable storylines.