Episode 5445 (21st February 2003)

Plot
Sarah receives a letter from Ade telling her that he's got fresh evidence proving his innocence. He later phones Sarah and asks her to visit him on Sunday. Richard buys the family a new people carrier. He takes them out in it and drives them to a new five bedroomed house on which he's put a deposit. Lucy shows Tracy the picture from her first scan. She tells Tracy that the baby's father proposed to her last night. Shelley looks after Joshua while Fred and Ashley go to the solicitors to get the results of the paternity test. The test proves that Ashley is not the father of Joshua. Ashley is gutted. Karen has another set to with Janice and Fiz. She manages to exert her authority successfully. She is annoyed with Joe when he steps in and lends his support without being asked. Steve is delighted that she's angry with Joe. Ashley takes Joshua for a walk. He takes him to No. 4 where he talks out loud asking God what he's done to deserve so much misery. Martin calls round and he tells Martin that he's not the baby's father. However he tells Martin that he still loves Joshua and intends to be the best father he can to him. Ashley is shocked when Fred says that now that he knows Joshua isn't really his grandson he's not sure if he can support him.

Regular cast

 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O’Brien
 * Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
 * Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
 * Richard Hillman - Brian Capron
 * Gail Hillman - Helen Worth
 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Lucy Richards - Katy Carmichael
 * Tracy Preston - Kate Ford
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Angela Nelson - Kathryn Hunt
 * Joe Carter - Jonathan Wrather
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati

Guest cast

 * James Brentnall - Anthony Schaeffer
 * Aidan Critchley - Dean Ashton