Perdita
15-04-2009, 11:58
Monday, 27 April 2009, 7:30PM - 8:00PM
It’s the day of Colin’s 70th birthday and Eileen (Sue Cleaver) is planning his surprise party with Rita (Barbara Knox). Paula (Sharon Duce) overhears the plans for the party from Rita but is horrified when she hears Pam (Kate Anthony) gossiping about Jason (Ryan Thomas) and Julie (Katy Cavanagh) getting it on the night before. She confronts an embarrassed but perplexed Julie with a hurtful tirade of abuse, leaving her daughter bemused about what she has done to deserve such fury.
Meanwhile as the guests gather at the Rovers, Colin (Edward De Souza) is delighted with his surprise party and stuns Rita with a surprise of his own.
With Steve (Simon Gregson) and Becky (Katherine Kelly) having reached an impasse over the situation with Amy (Amber Chadwick), Steve braces himself to tell Tracy that Amy knows the truth about where she is. But Becky is still determined to put her side of the story and tries to explain to Steve about her childhood, her father’s imprisonment and the constant lies. As Steve starts to understand Becky’s background a bit more the rift between them begins to heal.
Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) visits John (Graeme Hawley) and apologises for the mix up over her last visit – John is just delighted that she still wants to visit him and wastes no time in helping her with Chesney’s latest assignment. But he can’t help feeling disappointed when the bell rings for the end of visiting and he realizes he has spent the whole time discussing Jekyll and Hyde and not his feelings for Fiz.
Elsewhere Ken (William Roache) checks up on Peter (Chris Gascoyne) as he prepares to reopen the bookies following the fire.
Monday 27 April 8.30pm
A stunned but thrilled Rita (Barbara Knox) accepts Colin’s (Edward De Souza) marriage proposal to the delight of the party guests and the celebrations begin in earnest. Julie (Katy Cavanagh) is not best pleased that Jason (Ryan Thomas) appears to have been avoiding her all night but as the conversation turns from her annoyance with him to her upset at her mum having a go at her he can’t help but comfort her. When a drunken Paula (Sharon Duce) arrives at the party she spots Jason and Julie apparently getting cosy and outraged she decides the time has come for everyone to know the truth about why Jason and Julie can’t be an item.
Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) is excited to be getting stuck into Chesney’s (Sam Aston) Jekyll and Hyde project with him and he is impressed by how much work she is putting into his home schooling. When she fibs and tells him she has been helped by someone connected to the school he is convinced that her newly acquired glow means that she has a crush on them.
Steve (Simon Gregson) tells Lloyd (Craig Charles) that he has come to an understanding with Tracy over what happened and he apologises to Becky (Katherine Kelly) for being so hard on her. Amy (Amber Chadwick) shows he is right to give Becky another chance when she asks her if she will put her to bed.
Peter (Chris Gascoyne) arrives at the Peacocks to collect Simon (Alex Bain) and he and Ashley (Steven Arnold) are amused by Claire’s (Julia Haworth) insistence on feeding the boys a diet fit for a budding footballer. When Peter arrives home and contemplates raiding the flat for booze he is pleased when Ashley arrives with kebabs as a welcome distraction.
Meanwhile Ken (William Roache) is feeling smothered by the lack of interests he and Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) share and he can’t help comparing her to Martha in his mind.
Wednesday 29 April 7.30pm
As the party descends into chaos insults are hurled and questions asked as Eileen (Sue Cleaver) demands to know exactly what Paula (Sharon Duce) is trying to say. As Paula explains the truth behind Julie’s parentage a horrified Rita slips out of the Rovers. Meanwhile Colin (Edward De Souza) can’t look anyone in the eye and his lack of denial is enough confirmation of the horrific truth for Eileen. Julie (Katy Cavanagh) meanwhile is struggling to come to terms with the news and Jason (Ryan Thomas) is relieved when she confirms that nothing happened between them the previous evening. How will Paula’s devastating revelation affect the lives of Julie, Rita (Barbara Knox) and the Grimshaws?
Faced with another night spent in front of the television with Blanche (Maggie Jones), Ken (William Roache) decides it is time he and Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) did something different and suggests a weekend away. Deirdre is enthusiastic but her plans to see Grease in the West End don’t quite match with Ken’s desire to do some brass rubbing at a church in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Disconsolate, Ken finds himself down at the canal – will he pluck up the courage to visit Martha?
Elsewhere when Amy (Amber Chadwick) reveals she is being bullied by a boy at school Becky (Katherine Kelly) is determined to protect her.
Friday 1 May 7.30pm
A devastated Rita (Barbara Knox) is pleased when Norris (Malcolm Hedbon) turns up to help run things at the Kabin. Norris is concerned when he finds her engagement ring in the till and puts off making plans with Mary (Patti Clare) to be at Rita’s side.
Meanwhile Julie (Katy Cavanagh) is also coming to terms with everything she has discovered over the last 48 hours. She had spent years believing her father was a soldier who had died a war hero and now she finally understands why Paula (Sharon Duce) has resented her all her life.
Eileen (Sue Cleaver) is also reeling from the shock of Paula’s revelation and struggling to cope with the fact that her childhood memories of her dad and her friendship with Paula have all been destroyed in an instant.
Blanche (Maggie Jones) is frustrated when Ken (William Roache) refuses to gossip about the latest goings on in the street. With Martha on his mind he snaps at Blanche that there is life beyond Coronation Street and after telling Ted (Michael Byrne) that he feels that all his life’s hopes and dreams are with Martha (Stephanie Beacham) on the barge he decides to pay her a visit. Will she forgive him and accept him back into her life?
Friday 1 May 8.30pm
Ken (William Roache) is a man in love. Having persuaded Martha (Stephanie Beacham) to give him another chance, he has little regard for Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) and as Martha reminds him that they should savour life till the end he knows he has a big decision to make. Martha tells him that she is leaving Manchester at 4pm and if he wants to be with her then he should tell Deirdre and be on the barge by then. He returns home from his ‘walk’ to a full house and as he observes Peter (Chris Gascoyne), Simon (Alex Bain), Deirdre and Michelle (Kym Marsh) enjoying a game of hangman he is torn between duty and following his dream.
Paula (Sharon Duce) pays Eileen (Sue Cleaver) a visit and is adamant that she will not take the blame for what happened. Eileen apologises for what she said in the Rovers and listens as Paula tells her how it all began. Its then Paula’s turn to listen as Eileen explains how the whole situation has reawakened raw childhood memories of her relationship with her mother. But Eileen knows that she has to tackle this situation with her father and when he comes round to try and reconcile she tells him how she really feels – but as he listens to Eileen it soon becomes clear that Colin (Edward De Souza) is not a well man and he collapses. Jason (Ryan Thomas) and Sean (Antony Cotton) return to find paramedics wheeling Colin out on a stretcher and Eileen in a daze.
Becky (Katherine Kelly) and Amy’s (Amber Chadwick) relationship goes from strength to strength when Becky steps in to stop the bullying.
This episode is written by Simon Crowther and produced by Kim Crowther, the director is Ian Bevitt
It’s the day of Colin’s 70th birthday and Eileen (Sue Cleaver) is planning his surprise party with Rita (Barbara Knox). Paula (Sharon Duce) overhears the plans for the party from Rita but is horrified when she hears Pam (Kate Anthony) gossiping about Jason (Ryan Thomas) and Julie (Katy Cavanagh) getting it on the night before. She confronts an embarrassed but perplexed Julie with a hurtful tirade of abuse, leaving her daughter bemused about what she has done to deserve such fury.
Meanwhile as the guests gather at the Rovers, Colin (Edward De Souza) is delighted with his surprise party and stuns Rita with a surprise of his own.
With Steve (Simon Gregson) and Becky (Katherine Kelly) having reached an impasse over the situation with Amy (Amber Chadwick), Steve braces himself to tell Tracy that Amy knows the truth about where she is. But Becky is still determined to put her side of the story and tries to explain to Steve about her childhood, her father’s imprisonment and the constant lies. As Steve starts to understand Becky’s background a bit more the rift between them begins to heal.
Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) visits John (Graeme Hawley) and apologises for the mix up over her last visit – John is just delighted that she still wants to visit him and wastes no time in helping her with Chesney’s latest assignment. But he can’t help feeling disappointed when the bell rings for the end of visiting and he realizes he has spent the whole time discussing Jekyll and Hyde and not his feelings for Fiz.
Elsewhere Ken (William Roache) checks up on Peter (Chris Gascoyne) as he prepares to reopen the bookies following the fire.
Monday 27 April 8.30pm
A stunned but thrilled Rita (Barbara Knox) accepts Colin’s (Edward De Souza) marriage proposal to the delight of the party guests and the celebrations begin in earnest. Julie (Katy Cavanagh) is not best pleased that Jason (Ryan Thomas) appears to have been avoiding her all night but as the conversation turns from her annoyance with him to her upset at her mum having a go at her he can’t help but comfort her. When a drunken Paula (Sharon Duce) arrives at the party she spots Jason and Julie apparently getting cosy and outraged she decides the time has come for everyone to know the truth about why Jason and Julie can’t be an item.
Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) is excited to be getting stuck into Chesney’s (Sam Aston) Jekyll and Hyde project with him and he is impressed by how much work she is putting into his home schooling. When she fibs and tells him she has been helped by someone connected to the school he is convinced that her newly acquired glow means that she has a crush on them.
Steve (Simon Gregson) tells Lloyd (Craig Charles) that he has come to an understanding with Tracy over what happened and he apologises to Becky (Katherine Kelly) for being so hard on her. Amy (Amber Chadwick) shows he is right to give Becky another chance when she asks her if she will put her to bed.
Peter (Chris Gascoyne) arrives at the Peacocks to collect Simon (Alex Bain) and he and Ashley (Steven Arnold) are amused by Claire’s (Julia Haworth) insistence on feeding the boys a diet fit for a budding footballer. When Peter arrives home and contemplates raiding the flat for booze he is pleased when Ashley arrives with kebabs as a welcome distraction.
Meanwhile Ken (William Roache) is feeling smothered by the lack of interests he and Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) share and he can’t help comparing her to Martha in his mind.
Wednesday 29 April 7.30pm
As the party descends into chaos insults are hurled and questions asked as Eileen (Sue Cleaver) demands to know exactly what Paula (Sharon Duce) is trying to say. As Paula explains the truth behind Julie’s parentage a horrified Rita slips out of the Rovers. Meanwhile Colin (Edward De Souza) can’t look anyone in the eye and his lack of denial is enough confirmation of the horrific truth for Eileen. Julie (Katy Cavanagh) meanwhile is struggling to come to terms with the news and Jason (Ryan Thomas) is relieved when she confirms that nothing happened between them the previous evening. How will Paula’s devastating revelation affect the lives of Julie, Rita (Barbara Knox) and the Grimshaws?
Faced with another night spent in front of the television with Blanche (Maggie Jones), Ken (William Roache) decides it is time he and Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) did something different and suggests a weekend away. Deirdre is enthusiastic but her plans to see Grease in the West End don’t quite match with Ken’s desire to do some brass rubbing at a church in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Disconsolate, Ken finds himself down at the canal – will he pluck up the courage to visit Martha?
Elsewhere when Amy (Amber Chadwick) reveals she is being bullied by a boy at school Becky (Katherine Kelly) is determined to protect her.
Friday 1 May 7.30pm
A devastated Rita (Barbara Knox) is pleased when Norris (Malcolm Hedbon) turns up to help run things at the Kabin. Norris is concerned when he finds her engagement ring in the till and puts off making plans with Mary (Patti Clare) to be at Rita’s side.
Meanwhile Julie (Katy Cavanagh) is also coming to terms with everything she has discovered over the last 48 hours. She had spent years believing her father was a soldier who had died a war hero and now she finally understands why Paula (Sharon Duce) has resented her all her life.
Eileen (Sue Cleaver) is also reeling from the shock of Paula’s revelation and struggling to cope with the fact that her childhood memories of her dad and her friendship with Paula have all been destroyed in an instant.
Blanche (Maggie Jones) is frustrated when Ken (William Roache) refuses to gossip about the latest goings on in the street. With Martha on his mind he snaps at Blanche that there is life beyond Coronation Street and after telling Ted (Michael Byrne) that he feels that all his life’s hopes and dreams are with Martha (Stephanie Beacham) on the barge he decides to pay her a visit. Will she forgive him and accept him back into her life?
Friday 1 May 8.30pm
Ken (William Roache) is a man in love. Having persuaded Martha (Stephanie Beacham) to give him another chance, he has little regard for Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) and as Martha reminds him that they should savour life till the end he knows he has a big decision to make. Martha tells him that she is leaving Manchester at 4pm and if he wants to be with her then he should tell Deirdre and be on the barge by then. He returns home from his ‘walk’ to a full house and as he observes Peter (Chris Gascoyne), Simon (Alex Bain), Deirdre and Michelle (Kym Marsh) enjoying a game of hangman he is torn between duty and following his dream.
Paula (Sharon Duce) pays Eileen (Sue Cleaver) a visit and is adamant that she will not take the blame for what happened. Eileen apologises for what she said in the Rovers and listens as Paula tells her how it all began. Its then Paula’s turn to listen as Eileen explains how the whole situation has reawakened raw childhood memories of her relationship with her mother. But Eileen knows that she has to tackle this situation with her father and when he comes round to try and reconcile she tells him how she really feels – but as he listens to Eileen it soon becomes clear that Colin (Edward De Souza) is not a well man and he collapses. Jason (Ryan Thomas) and Sean (Antony Cotton) return to find paramedics wheeling Colin out on a stretcher and Eileen in a daze.
Becky (Katherine Kelly) and Amy’s (Amber Chadwick) relationship goes from strength to strength when Becky steps in to stop the bullying.
This episode is written by Simon Crowther and produced by Kim Crowther, the director is Ian Bevitt