The opening music is an extended version of "
Where Dreams Begin".
Esther Dawson (Jessica Fox)
Esther smiles at the camera as a book falls to the ground. She jumps up and catches it, holding it in the air. The background is a pale blue. The book reads “Gerard Avenue”.
Zachary “Zach” Haycock (Gary Lucy)
The background is dark green. Zach throws a bucket of water at the screen and smirks. The scene cuts to…
Lori Berridge (Hetti Bywater)
Lori cunningly stares at the screen, her arms folded. A lightbulb appears above her head.
DI Edward Ford (Paul McGann)
Edward stands outside of a Police station. The background is blue. He points a Taser at the screen and fires it. The camera rapidly moves to…
PO Padraig “Paddy” Keet (Christopher Eccleston)
Paddy handcuffs a silhouette and winks at the camera.
Gabriel “Gabe” Clarke (John Partridge)
The background is bright pink. Gabe juggles with three apples before dropping two and taking a bite out of the final one.
Amelia “Amy” Ashmore (Jo Joyner)
The background is dark grey. Amelia clutches a heart-shaped soft toy before ripping it to shreds.
Nurse Laura Ellis (Gemma Merna)
Laura (dressed in her nurse’s outfit) stands in a hospital room. A silhouette sits on the bed. Laura holds up a syringe and blows the top of it.
Doctor Rick Cormick (Joseph Thompson)
Rick strolls into the hospital room and past Laura. He watches as a trolley is wheeled past. He pulls back the white blanket dramatically, revealing a saw, which he glares at, smirking manically.
Simon Yates (Matt Smith) & Lewis Yates (Alex Bain)
Simon and Lewis hold up a painting of each other. Simon’s painting of Lewis is quite accurate, but Lewis’ looks like a scarecrow.
Warren Walker (Charlie Behan) & Brooke Clifford (Uncredited)
The background is red. Warren cradles Brooke in his arms. Brooke starts to cry. Warren produces a dummy from his pocket and gives it to Brooke, who throws it at the screen.
Blaine Cooke (Danny O’Donoghue) & Storm (Duffie)
Blaine & Storm are stood in a field. Blaine holds a tennis ball up into the air. Storm jumps up in an attempt to grab it. Blaine turns his head to face the camera. He grins.
Nicola Haycock (Lacey Turner) & Mackenzie “Kenzie” Haycock (Charlie Clements)
The background is a rainbow. Nicola snuggles closer to Mackenzie’s arm before kissing his cheek. She moves away from him. The background changes drastically to a dark colour and a witch hat grows on top of Nicola’s head. She picks up a poison apple and chucks it, referencing that she is the “wicked step-mother”.
Ruby Haycock (Jorgie Porter)
Ruby catches the apple. She takes a bite of it before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Tyson Haycock (Tyger Drew Honey)
Tyson appears where Ruby disappeared. Tyson sprays his hair with hairspray before rubbing his hand through his hair.
Julie Haycock (Anne Reid) & Derek Haycock (Chris Chitell)
The camera flies over to Derek who clicks his fingers. Julie stands in front of him and opens her hand, revealing a small fire. She blows it out and winks.
Janie Doherty (Laurie Brett)
Janie jumps through a glass wall and it smashes into little pieces.
Isa Loman (Kaley Cuoco)
Isa clutches a pink balloon. She grins before flying up into the air.
[b]Margaret “Margie” Dawson (Elizabeth Estensen)
Margie stands in a bare, grey field. She spins around and the sky changes to blue and daisies sprout from the ground. She smiles at the camera.
Jean Bates (Gillian Wright) & Grace Bates (Persephone Swales-Dawson)
The background is purple. Jean waves at the camera. Grace skips past her.
Chloe Clifford (Ruby O’Donnell)
Chloe watches as Grace skips over to her. Chloe pulls out her phone and takes a selfie with Grace.
Tina Berridge (Kellie Bright)
Tina stands in xCel. She runs at the pool and dives in.
Paula Jackson (Alison King)
Paula stands in the pub. She takes a sip of her drink before winking and knocking her glass against the camera.
Natalie Clifford (Kirsty-Leigh Porter)
The background is black. The camera zooms in on Natalie’s face. She looks up and stares at the camera secretively.
Ross Brown (David Kennedy)
Ross clutches a hammer. He hits a nail into the wall with it before chucking it into the air.
Dean Green (Nick Pickard)
Dean stands behind the counter of King Pizza. He passes a silhouette a box of food before smiling at the camera.
Barnabas “Barney” Ireland (Timothy West) & Marge Butlin (Pam St Clements)
The background is the countryside. Barney sits in his wheelchair. Marge stands behind him and they smile.
Augustus “Auggie” Loman (Johnny Galecki)
Augustus sits in the club, his legs up on the desk, counting money. He smirks menacingly at the camera.
Rui Yates (Ellis Hollins)
Rui stands in a superhero costume. He flies through a silhouette city towards the camera before he smirks at the camera.
Bob Omukhui (Don Gilet)
Bob folds his arms and grins at the camera. The background is a bright orange.
Samantha Roscoe (Gillian Taylforth)
Samantha poses as a spider crawls along her shoulder. She brushes it off before looking back at the camera.
Elaine Green (Lindsey Coulson)
Elaine holds a stethoscope. She places it against a silhouette’s chest. She smiles at the camera.
Anthony Bates (Richard Whisker)
Anthony does a cartwheel before doing a front flip mid-air.
Shayla Carter (Helen Pearson) & Annie Brown (Barbara Windsor)
Shayla pops open a bottle of bubbly before pouring some into Annie’s glass, which she holds up into the air.
John Tomlinson (Kieron Richardson)
John stands in front of an explosion with his arms folded.
Hermione, Ronald, Gemma & Jamie Tomlinson (Ashley Slanina-Davies, Ralphie White, Elle Mulvaney, Harry Hickles)
Hermione lies on a sofa with a cherry in her mouth. Ronald is crawling around on the floor in front of her. Jamie and Gemma suddenly appear in front of the sofa. Gemma grabs the TV remote, but Jamie snatches it off of her. The pair continue arguing until Ronald grabs the remote, giggling to himself.
Mark Fletcher (Kelvin Fletcher)
The screen is split in half. In one half the camera zooms in on Mark’s upper body. He sits in a black hoodie and stares at the camera, emotionless. In the other half the screen is black and white. Mark wears a white shirt, a black and white striped waistcoat, a black hat and black trousers. He pulls his hat down before whipping it off and chucking it at the camera. The screen rapidly changes to…
Kevin Doherty (Adam Woodyatt) & Emelia-Emma Doherty (Shannon Flynn)
Kevin and Emmy sit on a horse. Emmy is smiling, while Kevin frowns.
Bobbi Lawson (Michael French)
Bobbi sits on a stool clutching a dozen red heart-shaped pieces of paper. He throws them all up into the air and they rain down on top of him.
Sarah Omukhui (Diane Parish) & Cora Ireland (June Brown)
Sarah sits alone in a library with a book in front of her. She clicks her fingers and the book rapidly opens. The camera zooms in on the open page to show a picture of Cora Ireland hoovering. The picture comes to life and Cora waves at the camera formally.
David “Dave” Roscoe (Victor Gardener)
A race car drives towards the camera rapidly. The car turns and drives past the camera. As it goes past it changes to slow motion. The window is wound down and Dave winks at the camera before the pace is resumed back to normal and David zooms away.
Jasmin “Jas” Hardy (Jazmine Franks)
Jasmin leans back against a brick wall. She is wearing a shiny blue dress. Jasmin looks straight on before turning her head to face the camera.
Zayn Ireland (Zayn Malik)
Zayn rides his BMX up a ramp. It turns to slow motion as the bike flies off of the ramp before landing on the ground again where Zayn skids to a stop.
Niall Cooke (Niall Horan)
Niall clutches a bouquet of roses. He knocks on a door before chucking them into the air, signifying that he is a hopeless romantic.
Aiden English (William Ash)
Aiden is stood in front of a choir of silhouettes. He whistles before they all start to play the opening song using instruments.
Declan Bates (Declan Bennett)
Declan wears a brown coat with a brown scarf. He clutches a guitar and strums a note before winking.
Michael “Mike” Blake (Ricky Whittle)
Mike stands in his bedroom wearing a pair of blue speedos and a Father Christmas hat. He frowns before clicking his fingers. His clothes magically change, leaving him dressed in a blue shirt and black jeans. He rubs his beard and smirks.
Matthew “Matt” Gray (Matthew Wolfenden) & Louis Kayne (James Farrar)
Matt chews on some bubblegum before blowing a bubble. Louis walks past with a pin and pops out before walking offscreen.
Joey Ireland (David Witts)
Joey looks through a photo album and smiles to himself before vanishing, leaving a picture of Zayn.
Jayden Young (Carl Au) & Alex Hades (Matt Di Angelo)
Alex sits on the bonnet of a car. The camera pans down to underneath the car, where Jayden pushes himself out from, covered in oil.
Joel Green (Fabrizio Santino)
Joel sits on an armchair dressed a baggy t-shirt and shorts. He grabs a can of deodorant and sprays loads on his body, leaving a cloud of mist. The mist clears and Joel’s clothes have changed to a dark grey shirt with dark blue jeans. His hair is styled. He winks.
Taylor Hardy (Harry Judd)
Taylor stands in a changing room, topless. He leans back against the dark green lockers and smirks.
Jeremy “Jez” Fletcher (Alex Walkinshaw)
Jeremy wears his Police outfit. He cuffs a silhouette before pushing the silhouette onto a car bonnet. Jeremy looks up at the camera and glares at it.
Freddie Evans (Scott McGregor)
Freddie leans against the bar in The Dolphin. He smiles and takes a sip of a pint of beer.
Callum Doherty (Adam Thomas)
Callum sits on a bench in the park, alone, signifying that he is the outcast of his family.
Christopher “Chris” Walker (Adam Levine)
Chris sits on a stool, his arms folded. The screen goes black for a split second before resuming to normal. The camera is now zoomed in on Chris’ face. In Chris’ pupil you see…
Jake Young (Jamie Lomas)
Jake stands in Chris’ pupil before nodding. The camera zooms in on him and he kicks a football at the camera.
Liam Carter (Liam Payne)
Liam sits in a limo in a white shirt with a black tie. He points at the screen warningly before grinning warmly.
Ewan Lawson (Danny Miller)
The mood changes rapidly as the background becomes a more gloomy colour. Ewan stands (staring at the ground) underneath a group of thunderclouds. Ewan looks up at the camera before lightning strikes.
Riley Brown (Rob Norbury) & Ryan Bates (Neil McDermott)
Ryan stands, staring at a mirror. Riley appears as his reflection and walks forwards before smashing through the mirror and posing.
Sammy Hardy (Mark Wright)
Sammy lies on a black leather sofa wearing a suit. He looks up at the camera.
Benjamin “Ben” Kayne (Nick Rhys)
Ben stands in front of a giant love heart as two silhouettes kiss his cheek.
Oliver “Olly” Carroll (Olly Murs)
Olly wears a tracksuit and a jacket. He sits on the ground by an iron fence and rubs his stubble with his hand.
Scott Lawson (Scott Maslen)
Scott sits on a deck chair on a beach. He wears sunglasses and takes a sip of the cocktail he is holding.
Damon “Damo” Cartridge (Emmett J Scanlan)
Damon stands in a completely blue room, adjusting his tie. He raises an eyebrow at the camera as he does so.
Tristan Carter (Bryan Parry)
Tristan stands in his army uniform. He salutes.
Harry & Oscar Dawson (Scott Haran & Parry Glasspool)
Oscar does some graffiti on a wall, while Harry practises his breakdancing. Oscar turns to spray the camera with spray paint, and the scene changes to…
JJ Ireland (Danny-Boy Hatchard) & Lee Masters (Max Bowden)
Lee stands by his turntable, wearing headphones. He has one hand pressing down on one of the ears and one hand spinning a disk. JJ stands in front of him, holding a glass of cider and chatting to a silhouette.
Kyle Kayne (Cameron Moore)
Kyle stands on a rooftop as light fills the sky. He stomps his foot and the sky rapidly starts changing colours.
Charlie Roscoe (Charlie Clapham)
Charlie pulls a leather jacket on before folding his arms and glaring at the camera.
Jack Ireland (Danny Dyer), Ashley Dawson (Ashley Taylor Dawson), Daniel “Danny” Brown (Danny Mac) & Lauren Ashmore (Jacqueline Jossa)
Lauren stands in the club holding a cup of alcohol. People are partying. Ashley strolls on-screen holding a bouquet of flowers but they are knocked out of his hand by Lauren who is knocked by a person dancing. Jack sneaks up behind her and wraps his arms around her waist, smiling at the camera, but Lauren frees herself from his grip. Danny appears on the right of Lauren and puts his arm around her, pulling her close. They all disappear except for Lauren, who is left standing, looking around as everything goes superfast.
Logo
A car is seen driving along the street. It stops at the end of the road and the camera pans to show what the headlights are pointing at. The headlights shine onto the street sign that reads “Gerard Avenue”.