East Street (Children in Need)

"East Street"
EastEnders/Coronation Street crossover episode
Written by	Daran Little
Original air date	19 November 2010 (2010-11-19)
Running time	15 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Kylie Babbington as Jodie Gold Jamie Borthwick as Jay Brown Laurie Brett as Jane Beale Beverley Callard as Liz McDonald Sue Cleaver as Eileen Grimshaw Antony Cotton as Sean Tully Nitin Ganatra as Masood Ahmed Shobna Gulati as Sunita Alahan Jimmi Harkishin as Dev Alahan Charlie G. Hawkins as Darren Miller Julie Hesmondhalgh as Hayley Cropper Shona McGarty as Whitney Dean Kym Marsh as Michelle Connor Ricky Norwood as Fatboy Diane Parish as Denise Fox John Partridge as Christian Clarke Shane Richie as Alfie Moon Ryan Thomas as Jason Grimshaw Nina Wadia as Zainab Masood Jessie Wallace as Kat Moon Helen Worth as Gail Platt

"East Street" is a charity crossover mini-episode between British soap operas Coronation Street and EastEnders. It was broadcast on 19 November 2010 as part of children's charity Children in Need's 2010 telethon on BBC One. It stars several actors from both television shows, and depicts humorous encounters between their characters.

Sean Tully (Antony Cotton), Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver), Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh) and Sunita Alahan (Shobna Gulati) greet Christian Clarke (John Partridge), Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins), Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia) and Jodie Gold (Kylie Babbington) as they arrive in Weatherfield (in Greater Manchester) from Walford (in Greater London). Sean takes an immediate liking to Christian, while Zainab and Sunita argue about Asian accents and dress. Jodie is unable to walk on Coronation Street's cobbles in her high heels. Sean flirts with Christian and invites him out clubbing, but Christian says he has a boyfriend who he loves. Sunita, Hayley and Jane talk about life in their respective boroughs, saying that they are similar as nothing out of the ordinary ever happens. They say that Weatherfield and Walford would therefore be perfect for town twinning. Eileen invites Zainab into her home and Zainab is shocked to learn that Eileen has a gay son and a gay lodger, so she hurries out, and walks into the door frame. This scene can also be seen as a precursor to the December 2010 tram crash, as when the house shakes and Zainab asks what that was, Eileen says "Oh it was the tram - I've always said they'll be the death of me!"

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