Episode 5247 (12th April 2002)

Plot
Sally is increasingly worried about her financial problems. Kevin offers to lend her some money but she refuses, pretending everything is okay. Charlie is back in teaching in school but is drunk and the pupils can tell. Roy decides he wants to stage a Weatherfield Historical Society event in the summer. He settles on a Civil War re-enactment as it's relevant to Manchester. Sally tells Gail that the new owners of the shop have doubled the rent. Fred is getting more and more worried about Ashley's apparent disinterest in the baby. Archie and Blanche leave for Blackpool in Archie's hearse. Ken catches Charlie swigging from a Vodka bottle in the Staff Room, he tries to talk to her but she won't listen. In desperation Ken reports Charlie to Miss Johnson. Charlie is suspended. Ken feels guilty. Ashley visits the baby. He tells Maxine that he just feels numb. He feels like both she and the baby are strangers. Maxine is very upset.

Regular cast

 * Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
 * Sophie Webster - Emma Woodward
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Charlie Ramsden - Clare McGlinn
 * Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Eve Elliott - Melanie Kilburn
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Archie Shuttleworth - Roy Hudd
 * Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw

Guest cast

 * Aidan Critchley - Dean Ashton
 * Midwife Sheila Cunningham - Rebecca Lamb
 * Miss Johnson - Barbara Dryhurst