Episode 5127 (7th October 2001)

Plot
Eileen has a lovely surprise birthday: Champagne in the Café, a brass band and tickets to Paris. She thanks Dennis and kisses him but he looks wistfully at Janice. Dev disappears off for the day leaving Geena very upset about the whole parents issue. Sunita has dinner with Duggie in the Rovers and kisses him. Eve is still worrying about Linda and she's sure there's something wrong. Duggie tells her that Mike doesn't seem at all worried, in fact quite the opposite. Ken helps Peter out in Barlow's Bookies as he's short staffed. Roy places a bet on a horse called "Hayley's Hero" at 33-1 and it wins. When Dev returns Geena tells him she's leaving. Although she loves him she doesn't want to come between him and his family. Dev stops her and produces a ring from his pocket. He asks her to marry him and they get engaged.

Regular cast

 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Dennis Stringer - Charles Dale
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Geena Gregory - Jennifer James
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Evelyn Elliott - Melanie Kilburn
 * Duggie Ferguson - John Bowe
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson

Guest cast
None