Episode 10052 (22nd April 2020)

## Plot

Corey joins Asha and Amy at the cafe and denies sharing the dirty video with anyone. Johnny only exchanges pleasantries with Scott, telling him that he'll be abroad for his entire four-week stay. Ken tells Claudia that Stillwaters will never be his home. With Claudia having the opposite view, they realise their relationship has run its course. Corey remembers that Kelly was nearby when he put his phone down at the party. Amy charges outside to confront her. Kelly admits what she did and turns nasty. Amy empties a bag of rubbish over the girl's head. Having heard the teens in the cafe, Gary intervenes and takes Kelly to one side before things get ugly. Carla practices her pint-pulling technique at the Rovers, with dismal results. Geoff hears about Tim's financial woes and offers to pay for the whole wedding, without clearing it with Yasmeen. The Barlows frame a photo of Eccles for Ken. All the local teens have seen Asha's video. David sees it on Max's phone. Ken packs his bags and leaves Stillwaters after saying goodbye to Claudia. Claudia puts on a brave face as he walks out of her life. David bites the bullet and tells Dev about the viral video. The Metcalfes invite Kevin and Abi to be their witnesses and Abi to be Sally's bridesmaid. They accept and Kevin jumps the gun by agreeing to be best man before Tim has asked. Johnny squirms as he watches Liz get to know Scott. An apoplectic Dev asks Asha how she could be so stupid. Her excuse that she only stripped for Corey doesn't wash with him. He tells her that he's disgusted and ashamed of her and Sunita would be too. Ken moves back into No.1. Tim admits to Sally that he's already asked Geoff to be his best man. The Connors set off for France. Scott checks that Johnny isn't leaving on his account and assures him that there are no hard feelings. Tracy doesn't want Ken back as she's only just getting rid of Peter. Reminding her that he still owns the house, Ken takes the front room. Dev takes a softer approach with Asha. His heart breaks for her when she says she did it as she wanted Corey to like her.

## Cast

### Regular cast

* Tracy McDonald - Kate Ford
* Amy Barlow - Elle Mulvaney
* Asha Alahan - Tanisha Gorey
* Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
* Jenny Connor - Sally Ann Matthews
* Johnny Connor - Richard Hawley
* Tim Metcalfe - Joe Duttine
* Sally Metcalfe - Sally Dynevor
* Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
* Claudia Colby - Rula Lenska
* Ken Barlow - William Roache
* Emma Brooker - Alexandra Mardell
* Nina Lucas - Mollie Gallagher
* Carla Connor - Alison King
* Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
* Kelly Neelan - Millie Gibson
* Abi Franklin - Sally Carman
* Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
* Gary Windass - Mikey North
* Geoff Metcalfe - Ian Bartholomew
* Max Turner - Harry McDermott
* David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
* Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
* Simon Barlow - Alex Bain
* Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell

### Guest cast

* Scott Emberton - Tom Roberts
* Corey Brent - Maximus Evans

## Places

* Coronation Street
* Rovers Return Inn - *Public and smoking shelter*
* 1 Coronation Street - *Back room, kitchen and hallway*
* 7 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms and Asha's bedroom*
* Victoria Street
* Roy's Rolls
* Stillwaters - *Ken and Claudia's apartment and lounge*

## Notes

* Last appearance of Johnny Connor until 24th August 2020.
* This episode, transmitted at 7.30pm, was the only episode shown on this date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to a temporary cessation of the programme's production which began on 23rd March, and a scaling back on the transmission of previously recorded episodes from six to three a week which began from 30th March onwards.
* This episode was produced with the intention of it being transmitted on Wednesday 8th April at 8.30pm.
* Due to time constraints before the MediaCity studios were locked down, the end credits for this episode were not remade but instead used that originally intended for both this and the previous episode. This means that the following were credited but did not appear: Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver), Aadi Alahan (Adam Hussain), Mary Taylor (Patti Clare), Kirk Sutherland (Andrew Whyment), Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden), Summer Spellman (Matilda Freeman), Charles Moore (Michael Elwyn), Teen 1 (Xavier Martinez), and the Administrator (Ruth Evans).
* *TV Times* synopsis: Gary intervenes in Amy and Kelly's fight; Asha finally realises who she can trust; and Ken tells Claudia that Stillwaters will never be his home.
* Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 7,362,774 viewers (4th place).

## Notable dialogue

Steve McDonald: "For a bloke who keeps finding out he's got more and more kids, I'm not getting any better at it, am I?"