2008 - The Barlows receive a phone call from Peter to tell them that his ex-wife Lucy has died.
Real world
1979 - After ten week's of blank screens due to strike action, the ITV network returns to the screens at 5.45pm. Coronation Street continues where it left off on 8th August with the next scheduled episode but with a specially filmed prologue of Peter Adamson and Julie Goodyear, both in character as Len Fairclough and Bet Lynch and out of character speaking directly to the camera, reminding viewers of the "story so far".
Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 24th October on the following years: