Episode 5998 (6th April 2005)

Plot
Liz, Tracy, Emily, Eileen, Sunita, Frankie and Rita all go out on Deirdre's hen night wearing specially printed t-shirts with pictures of Deirdre on them, while Adam and Danny drag Ken out for a stag night drink. Ken's unhappy when Ray insists on joining them followed by Dev and Mike. Ken agrees to stay at Mike's just to prove he no longer bears a grudge.

Deirdre tells the girls how lucky she is to be marrying Ken. Ken meanwhile says the same thing to the boys.

Meanwhile, Chesney dresses as a matador and practises his bull-fighting on Hayley in preparation for his move to Spain. Roy and Hayley try to convince Chesney he'll have a great time in Spain but Chesney's unhappy at the thought of leaving his mates.

Martin pours his heart out to Janice. He cries blaming himself for the murder as it would never have happened if he hadn't gone out with Katy.

Elsewhere, Ken and Roy discuss the possibility that Fred inadvertently fell into St Weatha's well from which the waters are said to have natural healing powers. Danny's annoyed he's got pigeon dirt on his suit. He tells Jack he owes him a tenner for dry-cleaning.

Regular cast

 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Kelly Crabtree - Tupele Dorgu
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Nathan - Ray Fearon
 * Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Frankie Baldwin - Debra Stephenson
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
 * Adam Barlow - Sam Robertson
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Sunita Alahan - Shobna Gulati
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls

Guest cast

 * Louise - Nora-Jane Noone
 * Lena - Maria Charles