Corrie airs on ITV1 at 7:15pm
ALL MAGGIE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS IS…TO CRUSH EVA As a disgusted Maggie watches Ben and Eva lovingly exchanging gifts, Daniel and Bertie call at the pub with a gift for Megan. When Maggie insists they must stay for lunch, Will masks his fury. Adam gives Alya the necklace and telling her how much he loves her, suggests they move in together. Alya’s thrilled. A panicky Eva rifles through her bag and tells Adam that her letter is missing.
As Adam takes her hand, Ben enters and clocks their intimacy. As the Driscolls sit down to eat, Maggie throws Eva a murderous look whilst Will casts daggers at Daniel. Unaware of the tension, Ollie and Lauren get on famously. Lunch over, Maggie hands out the secret santa gifts. But as Ben unwraps his he’s floored by what he receives.
CARLA DOESN’T KNOW IT’S CHRISTMASTIME AT ALL Lisa watches Betsy fondly as she unwraps her presents. When Becky kisses the back of her neck, Lisa forces a smile. Having received a text from Roy informing her that Carla never checked into her hotel in Lanzarote, Lisa’s worried.
JAMES REALLY CAN’T STAY, BUT BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE Carl finds James and suggests they could both do with some fun. As Abi takes Alfie to visit Kevin, he asks her to stay and watch a film, but she texts Carl, keen to get back. In Abi’s flat, Carl and James tear at each other’s clothes, unaware of Carl’s phone buzzing on the side. Is Abi about to get a Christmas shocker?
ELSEWHERE George, Christina, Summer and Glenda join Todd and Theo for Christmas lunch. When Summer reveals that she’s bought Todd tickets to an Andrew Scott retrospective because she knows he’s always fancied him, Theo bristles. While their guests play charades, Theo loses his temper and smashes a wine glass on the floor. David moans to Shona about his missing present from Gail and how she swears blind it’s been delivered.
Cast
- Aaron McCusker as Ben Driscoll
- Alison King as Carla Connor
- Amy Cudden as Becky Swain
- Amy Robbins as Christina Boyd
- Aurora Bradshaw as Susie Price
- Beth Nixon as Megan Walsh
- Cait Fitton as Lauren Bolton
- Catherine Tyldesley as Eva Price
- Daniel Brocklebank as Billy Mayhew
- David Neilson as Roy Cropper
- Gareth Pierce as Todd Grimshaw
- Grace Ashcroft-Gardner as Lily Platt
- Harriet Bibby as Summer Spellman
- Helen Worth as Gail Chadwick
- Jack P Shepherd as David Platt
- James Cartwright as Theo Silverton
- Jason Callender as James Bailey
- Jodie Prenger as Glenda Shuttleworth
- Joe Duttine as Tim Metcalfe
- Jonathan Howard as Carl Webster
- Julia Goulding as Shona Platt
- Lucas Hodgson-Wale as Will Driscoll
- Lucy Fallon as Bethany Platt
- Maureen Lipman as Evelyn Plummer
- Michael Le Vell as Kevin Webster
- Molly Kilduff as Shanice Michaelis
- Patti Clare as Mary Taylor
- Pauline McLynn as Maggie Driscoll
- Peter Gunn as Brian Packham
- Raphael Auwudike as Ollie Driscoll
- Rob Mallard as Daniel Osbourne
- Rufus Morgan-Smith as Bertie Osbourne
- Ryan Prescott as Ryan Connor
- Sair Khan as Alya Nazir
- Sally Carman-Duttine as Abi Webster
- Sally Dynevor as Sally Metcalfe
- Samuel Robertson as Adam Barlow
- Savanna Pennington as Joanie Michaelis
- Sydney Martin as Betsy Swain
- Tony Maudsley as George Shuttleworth
- Vicky Myers as Lisa Swain
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