Jenny asks Carla for a loan to buy the Rovers, Ed's good fortune is short-lived, Audrey interviews Maria and David for the post of salon manager and Peter nervously meets the mother of his liver donor.

It's Christmas Day on the cobbles, and the Platts and Websters dine at the bistro, relationship trouble brews for the McDonalds, Ed hides his guilty secret from the Baileys and Carla's gift for Peter rocks the Barlows.