Episode 5295 (1st July 2002)

Plot
Eileen tells Jason to go and find a job so he can pay some board. Norris is giving Emily a migraine going on about the Commonwealth Games. Kirk, Jason and Tyrone persuade Les to let them hold Jason's belated birthday party in his house in exchange for £10. Norris arrives in the Kabin wearing his new Commonwealth Games Volunteer uniform. He's very proud. Richard is not pleased with Steve and Karen but that soon changes when Steve agrees to buy the show flat at the discounted price. Karen is ecstatic. Lillian Spencer, an old friend of Fred's, arrives at the Rovers as the Relief Manager. Geena and Shelley are put out as they knew nothing about it. She brings her Mynah bird with her - Dinah the Mynah. Lillian thinks the Rovers is a come-down after having worked in the Xanadu Cocktail Bar of the Majestic Hotel in Cleethorpes and then the Golf Club (where Mike plays). Curly is fed up with Emma who's late for supper having been drinking with her mates. Lillian bars Norris for being rude about the state of the bar top in the Rovers.

Regular cast

 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
 * Emma Watts - Angela Lonsdale
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Geena Gregory - Jennifer James
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson
 * Richard Hillman - Brian Capron
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls

Guest cast

 * Lillian Spencer - Maureen Lipman