Episode 5242 (2nd April 2002)

Plot
Richard tells Gail he would like a big Church wedding in July - Gail agrees. Bobbi arrives for work and Karen starts shouting at her for trying to destroy Street Cars. Karen and Bobbi start fighting. Mike has to split them up. Matt tries to talk to Maxine again, saying that the baby is all he's got left. Maxine tells him to go away. Sol Pepper, a competitor of Mike's arrives at the factory. He accuses Mike of copying his designs and says he'll sue him. The designs are Fiz's designs. Fiz swears they were her own work but Mike sacks her anyway. Vik and Bobbi row over the letters of complaint which she wrote. Bobbi promises to try and put things right. Richard has a look at Sally's finances for her and suggests she remortgages. Sarah gets a letter telling her that Bethany has a place in a crèche over the other side of town. Richard promises to give her a lift each day. Matt gets very drunk, Ashley takes him home and tells Maxine that Matt will be staying with them for a few days. Mike receives a letter from Sol Pepper's solicitor threatening proceedings.

Regular cast

 * Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Richard Hillman - Brian Capron
 * Matt Ramsden - Stephen Beckett
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
 * Bobbi Lewis - Naomi Ryan
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Eve Elliott - Melanie Kilburn
 * Molly Hardcastle - Jacqueline Kington
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien

Guest cast

 * Sol Pepper - Michael Hamilton