Monday, August 18th, 2025 on ITV1 at 8:00pm
SARAH FAILS TO GET AHEAD IN LIFE Sarah’s day goes from bad to worse. Agreeing to take over a client meeting from Carla she welcomes a late and flustered Eli to Underworld – unaware that Kit was the ‘over zealous traffic cop’ that had made Eli late by insisting on searching his car because he was parked illegally. As Sarah does her best pitch to Eli they are both shocked when Kit arrives at the factory. Furious that Kit is Sarah’s boyfriend, Eli makes to leave but pushing Kit out Sarah locks Eli in the office and continues with her pitch.
CARL GETS SOME UNEXPECTED ROOM SERVICE Abi is annoyed when Carl flirts with Tracy and lets slip that he’s staying in room 101 at the Chariot Square Hotel. Carl assures her that his exchange with Tracy was just a cover and suggests they meet up later at the hotel. Carl enters his hotel room and smiles as he hears the shower running, ready to have some afternoon delight with Abi. As Tracy pokes her head round the bathroom door, how will he react? At Number 13 Kevin and Abo share a tender moment and Carl calls at No.13 and tells Abi about his encounter with Tracy and how he turned her down. Abi bundles him out of the door.
STEVE MAKES THINGS EVEN WORSE Steve places some lagers in the fridge to try and make amends with Tyrone. But when Cassie asks him to show her some of his pole dancing moves he can’t resist Tyrone returns home and is horrified to find Steve and Cassie in a state of undress. Can Cassie persuade Tyrone to let Steve move back in?
ELSEWHERE At the hotel, Ronnie watches Debbie at work and worries she’s pushing herself too hard. Debbie is less than impressed when Ronnie gets Ryan to come in on his day off to help out. Adam and Dee-Dee welcome Alya back to the team. The meeting with Ollie over, Dee-Dee confides in Alya that she fancies him but worries about the conflict of interest.
At the station, DI Costello advises Lisa to keep her relationship with Kit purely professional; he wouldn’t want to see her get dragged down with him. Lisa’s taken aback.
Cast
- Alan Halsall as Tyrone Dobbs
- Alison King as Carla Connor
- Ben Price as Nick Tilsley
- Channique Sterling-Brown as Dee-Dee Bailey
- Claire Sweeney as Cassie Plummer
- Daniel Garcia as Eli Merton
- Daon Broni as DI Costello
- Dolly-Rose Campbell as Gemma Winter-Brown
- Jack P. Shepherd as David Platt
- Jacob Roberts as Kit Green
- Jason Callender as James Bailey
- Jennie McAlpine as Fiz Dobbs
- Jonathan Howard as Carl Webster
- Julia Goulding as Shona Platt
- Kate Ford as Tracy McDonald
- Michael Le Vell as Kevin Webster
- Raphael Akuwudike as Ollie
- Ryan Mulvey as Brody Michaelis
- Ryan Prescott as Ryan Connor
- Sair Khan as Alya Nazir
- Sally Carman-Duttine as Abi Webster
- Samuel Robertson as Adam Barlow
- Simon Gregson as Steve McDonald
- Sue Devaney as Debbie Webster
- Tina O’Brien as Sarah Platt
- Vicky Myers as Lisa Swain
- Vinta Morgan as Ronnie Bailey