Episode 6143 (21st October 2005)

Plot
Hayley leads the factory girls in their picket outside Underworld. Sally crosses the picket line to go to work. The girls call her "scab" and push her around. Hayley's unimpressed when hungover Janice is late for the picket. Danny and Adam cross the picket line. Danny pretends he hasn't a care in the world.

Gail tries to talk to David about Phil;s phone messages but is unsuccessful. Sarah tries to persuade David that Gail needs a life too and to stop having such a downer on Phil. David's unconvinced. Later, Phil has dinner at Gail's. They kiss and Phil leads her to the stairs but Gail pulls back. She's in emotional turmoil and break down crying, and asks Phil to leave.

Ken's caffeine withdrawl is taking its toll. Deirdre tells him he's become a grumpy old man and suggests she could have the odd fag and Ken the odd coffee but this only hardens Ken's resolve not to be beaten.

Meanwhile, Lloyd tells Steve he's got a mate who sells second hand stretch limos but Steve's not interested. Les however is interested - thinking about his wedding. Les asks Kirk to be his best man but Cilla's already asked her son Billy. At Sophie and Cilla insists Kirk must performed 12 tasks to prove himself (like Hercules) then she'll let him be best man.

Elsewhere, Martin and Robyn are loved up after a night together. Yana waxes lyrical about the various men in uniform that she's had over the years.

Regular cast

 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Sophie Webster - Brooke Vincent
 * Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Adam Barlow - Sam Robertson
 * Jessie - Nailah Cumberbatch
 * Joanne - Zaraah Abrahams
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Cilla Brown - Wendi Peters
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Phil Nail - Clive Russell
 * Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
 * Martin Platt - Sean Wilson

Guest cast

 * Yana Lumb - Jayne Tunnicliffe