Episode 5246 (9th April 2002)

Plot
Archie invites Blanche to go to Blackpool for the weekend with him. Blanche says she'll think about it. Deirdre is horrified. Charlie is hitting the bottle again. She staggers into the Health Centre looking for Matt but he isn't there. Sarah sees her and later when she's telling Candice about it, Miss Johnson, the Headmistress overhears. Fred visits his new grandson in hospital and is surprised to find that Ashley isn't there. Maxine is upset that Ashley hasn't been to visit and tells Audrey that she's worried that she's lost Ashley forever. Jack offers his services to Archie as a pall-bearer Archie says he'll bear it in mind if they're ever desperate. Fred buys drinks for everyone in the Rovers and they wet the baby's head. Matt calls to see Maxine to try and win her round. Maxine tells him that if he doesn't leave her alone she'll get him struck off. Audrey calls to see Ashley and tells him how sorry Maxine is and that he should be at his wife's and son's side. Ashley cries.

Regular cast

 * Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Archie Shuttleworth - Roy Hudd
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Charlie Ramsden - Clare McGlinn
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Matt Ramsden - Stephen Beckett
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O’Brien
 * Molly Hardcastle - Jacqueline Kington
 * Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn

Guest cast

 * Midwife Sheila Cunningham - Rebecca Lamb
 * Miss Johnson - Barbara Dryhurst