Episode 5869 (17th October 2004)

Plot
Claire calls her mum in an attempt to iron out their differences but to no avail. Claire's upset. Ashley asks Claire to move in. Claire agrees. Claire tells Candice, Maria and Fiz she'll be moving out of the flat, while Ashley's apprehensive of telling Maxine's mum that he's met someone else.

Tracy collects her things from Ciaran's and returns his key. She's worried to learn Penny is threatening to go to the police about their scam. Tracy goes round to the Barlows and after a lot of persuasion and using Amy as a bargaining tool, they let her move back in.

Ciaran begs Penny not to go to the police. When she ignores his pleas Ciaran points out he'll deny everything anyway. Upset Penny pours her heart out to Mike about Ciaran's scam. Mike meets up with Mr Walker and discovers how Tracy pretended to be Penny and signed the sale contract in an act of fraud. Tracy's busy trying to mend bridges with Ken and Deirdre when, to her horror, Mike storms over and in front of everyone accuses her of fraud.

Elsewhere, Maria buys Tyrone a doughnut as a thank you for the previous night. He's made up.

Regular cast

 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Penny King - Pauline Fleming
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson

Guest cast

 * Mr Walker - Ken Kitson