Episode 5305 (17th July 2002)

Plot
Maxine persuades Doreen to go round and talk to Derek. Doreen agrees so long as Maxine and Ashley go with her. Richard is pleased to hear that a second flat has now been spoken for. Blanche pours her heart out to Shelley about Archie and how she misses him. Shelley convinces her that she can win him back. Blanche cheers up. Richard talks to Audrey about her will. Les lays the turf in the Peacock's garden. Ashley realises that he's nicked the turf from the local football pitch as it's got white lines all over it. He makes Les take it up again. Les re-lays it in his own back yard. Aidan accepts his invitation to the wedding. Candice is put out that she's not going. To Maxine, Ashley and Doreen's horror they arrive at Derek's house to find that he's moved his new girlfriend, Donna Stout, in. Doreen is distraught and admits that the reason she left was Derek's affair with Donna. Audrey tells Gail that she's invited Archie to the wedding as her guest. Rosie tells Sally that she's sick of being poor. David spots the stolen turf in Les's back yard. He's so fed up about the football pitch being vandalised that he kicks his football through Les's window. Maxine and Ashley tells Doreen she can stay with them. Maxine decides she's going to have it out with her dad, Derek.

Regular cast

 * Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Richard Hillman - Brian Capron
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O’Brien
 * Doreen Heavey - Prunella Gee
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Sophie Webster - Emma Woodward
 * Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell

Guest cast

 * Aidan Critchley - Dean Ashton
 * Donna Stout - Susan Twist