East-Street is a Children In Need mini-crossover between British soap operas, EastEnders and Coronation Street. It was broadcasted on BBC1 on 19 November 2010. It stars several actors from both television shows, and depicts humorous encounters between their characters. The crossover was watched by 98.199 viewers, making it the most seen programme that night.
Cast[]
- Kat Moon - Jessie Wallace
- Liz MacDonald - Beverly Callard
- Alfie Moon - Shane Richie
- Michelle Connor - Kym Marsh
- Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
- Zainab Khan - Nina Wadia
- Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
- Christian Clarke - John Partridge
- Masood Ahmed - Nitin Ganatra
- Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishi
- Sunita Alahan - Shobna Gulati
- Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Jane Beale - Laurie Brett
- Denise Fox - Diane Parish
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Whitney Dean - Shona McGarty
- Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
- Jay Brown - Jamie Borthwick
- Arthur 'Fatboy' Chubb - Ricky Norwood
- Darren Miller - Charlie G. Hawkins
- Jodie Gold - Kylie Babbington
Synopsis[]
Christian, Jane, Darren, Zainab and Jodie arrive in Weatherfield where they are greeted by residents, Sean Tully, Eileen Grimshaw, Hayley Cropper and Sunita Alahan. Sean takes an quick liking to Christian and comments about his muscles, while, Zainab and Sunita clash about Asian accents and dresses. In the Weatherfield Café, Jane makes friends with Hayley. Sean makes a move on Christian but Christian tells him he loves someone else.
Meanwhile in Albert Square, drama starts to irrupt for some residents. Newcomers, Dev Alahan and Michelle Connor take photos of the Square and are spotted by Jay who wolf whistles at Michelle. Inside the Queen Vic, Kat is having trouble understanding customer Jason's accent, so new barmaid, Liz accompanies him. Kat tells Liz off for her skirt being too short, and Whitney falls for Jason.
Back in Weatherfield, Zainab is invited to Eileen's house. They start to talk and Zainab is shocked when Eileen tells her she has a gay son and a gay lodger. She quickly makes an excuse to leave.
In Kathy's Café, Denise meets Gail Platt who asks if Denise is married. The two end up talking about their past husbands, where Fatboy overhears them and tries to figure out who's story is best. Gail is the winner. Elsewhere, in the pub, Kat sees Alfie and Michelle do karaoke but Kat gets jealous and stops it completely. Michelle leaves. Alfie tries to run after her, but Kat stops him and sends him upstairs. Just when the crowd are trying to leave, Liz and Kat have a shocking argument, with Kat saying 'You ain't my mother', with Liz saying, 'Oh yes, I am'.
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