Episode 7001 (30th January 2009)

Plot
It’s war between David Platt and Gary Windass. Gary speaks to Jason who fills him in on some interesting information about David’s history and all the scrapes he’s been involved in. Armed with some serious ammo, he sets about trying to wind David up and succeeds, despite Tina begging David to ignore his childish antics.

After suffering a day of antagonism, David finally flips and punches Gary. A brawl ensues and Tina tries to stop it but Gary gets the better of David and knocks him to the ground.

Ken takes Eccles for another walk along the canal and once more bumps into Martha who invites him for lunch on the barge. He discovers that she is appearing in a local production of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and asks him if he would mind helping her with her lines. As Ken sits enraptured, it's clear that Martha is worlds away from his problems back in Weatherfield.

Maria calls at the factory to apologise to Tony and Carla for wrongly accusing him of killing Liam. But Carla is intrigued when Maria can’t resist a dig about Tony evicting Jed.

Later, Carla decides to pay Emily a visit to try and find out exactly what went on and she’s surprised by what Emily has to say.

Elsewhere, Janice gets the shock of her life when she sneaks out of the hospital for a crafty fag with her new mate Mike and Mike collapses and dies.

Regular cast

 * Tony Gordon - Gray O'Brien
 * Carla Gordon - Alison King
 * Tina McIntyre - Michelle Keegan
 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Maria Connor - Samia Smith
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
 * Gary Windass - Mikey North
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Wiki Dankowska - Wanda Opalinska
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Colin Grimshaw - Edward de Souza

Guest cast

 * Martha Fraser - Stephanie Beacham
 * Mike Scott - Anthony Bessick
 * Nurse - Karen Asemper