Monday, December 23rd, 2024 on ITV1 at 8:00pm

Lisa confronts Betsy after finding a picture of Mason, taken in Betsy’s room, on social media. When Lisa calls in the factory, Carla announces to the factory workers that she and Lisa are now an item but when Betsy makes a sarcastic remark, Lisa’s mortified. Carla invites Betsy to join her and Lisa at the bistro for dinner and suggests they all start afresh but when Betsy shows up with Mason, how will Lisa react?

Returning from Tenerife, Nick calls at the bistro and is ushered into the office from Leanne who explains there’s a problem with the accounts. Going over the figures and discovering a series of payments made to TLH Holdings, he calls the bank to freeze their account. When Toyah arrives for work, excited that Nick is back, her excitement turns to shock when Kit arrests her on suspicion of theft and fraud by abuse of trust. Toyah assures Nick that she’s never stolen a penny from the bistro, someone has set her up and she reckons that someone is Leanne. Will Nick believe Toyah?

Dee-Dee asks Alya to report back to her about Lauren’s plea hearing and attends her appointment with the genetic counsellor who talks her through the tests she’ll have to establish if her baby is a suitable donor for Frankie. Lauren’s solicitor warns her that by pleading not guilty, the case will go to trial and the prosecution will rake over her unsavoury past. Max visits Lauren and warns her that if she pleads guilty for a lesser sentence, Frankie will grow up thinking his Mum killed his Dad when it’s not true. What will Lauren do?

At No.8, Jesse tells David that he’s managed to launder the last of the cash. When Gail wonders what they’re talking about, Jesse panics and makes out that he was telling David how he’s booked them a honeymoon in the Maldives. Unable to bite her tongue any longer, Audrey tells Gail that if she marries Jesse, she’ll never see her again. How will Gail react?

As Kit and Daisy sit down to dinner in Speed Daal, it’s clear there’s something between them, but the mood is broken when Daniel and Bethany arrive at the next table. Will both couples get along?

Cast

  • Alasdair Harvey as Solicitor
  • Alison King as Carla Connor
  • Andrew Whyment as Kirk Sutherland
  • Ben Price as Nick Tilsley
  • Cait Fitton as Lauren Bolton
  • Channique Sterling-Brown as Dee-Dee Bailey
  • Charlotte Jordan as Daisy Midgeley
  • Cherylee Houston as Izzy Armstrong
  • Elle Mulvaney as Amy Barlow
  • Georgia Taylor as Toyah Habeeb
  • Helen Worth as Gail Rodwell
  • Jack P. Shepherd as David Platt
  • Jacob Roberts as Kit Green
  • Jane Danson as Leanne Battersby
  • Jane Hazlegrove as Bernie Winter
  • John Thomson as Jesse Chadwick
  • Luca Toolan as Mason Radcliffe
  • Lucy Fallon as Bethany Platt
  • Paddy Bever as Max Turner
  • Rob Mallard as Daniel Osbourne
  • Sair Khan as Alya Nazir
  • Sue Nicholls as Audrey Roberts
  • Sydney Martin as Betsy Swain
  • Tor Clark as Moya Wadsworth
  • Vicky Myers as Lisa Swain

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