In December 2010, Coronation Street did have a Tram Crash storyline to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary. Claire's husband Ashley was killed in the storyline. Post-natal depression Haworth summarised the plot line as having been "very draining", explaining; "You can't help take some of it home with you, but that's how you really learn about your character." Regardless, she stated that the post-natal depression had been her favourite storyline as Claire; "because it stretched me as an actress and gave me the chance to follow something from beginning to end and make it my own." Of her initial reaction to the plot line, she explained: "I was delighted with it because I've been in the show for three-and-a-half years and this seemed like the storyline I could finally get my teeth into and show the different sides to Claire. I do believe she is a multi-faceted person whereas a lot of people just say 'I think she's a bit dull, a bit boring and a bit nice', so this was a chance to say 'well no, she's a lot more complex than you take her for'." Child abduction The storyline which saw character Casey Carswell set fire to the Peacocks' home while Claire was inside with son Freddie, was initially intended to be the beginning of a four-month-long child abduction plot. However, the coinciding disappearance of Madeleine McCann caused the event to be quickly rewritten. Departure In April 2010, it was announced that the Peacock family would be written out by the end of the year, after a mutual decision with producer Phil Collinson that the family had run their course. Producers were said to be working on a "suitable" exit for both of the characters. Storylines Claire first arrives in Weatherfield as nanny to Joshua Peacock, after his mother Maxine (Tracy Shaw) is murdered by Richard Hillman (Brian Capron). A romance develops between Claire and Joshua's father, Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold); however, Ashley is apprehensive about entering a relationship so soon after his wife's death and they separate. But they reconcile in June 2004, and Ashley proposes to Claire and the couple marry on Christmas Day 2004. On their first wedding anniversary on Christmas Day 2005, Claire tells Ashley that she is two months pregnant. On 17 July 2006, Claire gives birth to their son, Thomas. However, she suffers severe post-natal depression and avoids spending time with Thomas and