Year in Pictures 2009: 'Coronation Street'

Life on Coronation Street is by no means a peaceful one.

Carla's (Alison King) swift-but-temporary exit signalled the beginning of Tony Gordon's (Gray O'Brien) final few chapters of Weatherfield life.

Despite Maria's accusations of murder at the top of the year, Tony slowly wheedled his way into the life of the woman he widowed; delivering her baby in a beach hut, before proposing, suffering a heart attack, confessing his sins to Roy Cropper (David Neilson) on his deathbed and finally coming clean to the police.

Elsewhere on the Street, Molly (Vicky Binns) and Kevin (Michael Le Vell) embarked on an affair of the heart, while Ken (William Roache) found his perfect match in Martha Fraser (Stephanie Beacham).

Here, DS takes an in-pictures look at some of the key moments from the last year in Coronation Street.