Episode 5188 (2nd January 2002)

Plot
Dennis is in intensive care, Janice at his bedside. Toyah tells Janice about Les's attempted suicide. Janice is furious with Les and shouts at him. She blames him for Dennis's condition. Les is beside himself with guilt and shame. Fred and Eve move their belongings into the Rovers. Shelley tells Eve she's taking a job at the Rugby Club. Emma and Curly are hardly getting any sleep as Ben keeps crying. To their amazement Norris manages to get Ben off to sleep by singing to him. Dev shows Geena the tickets he's booked for their Tobago wedding. Vera goes to visit Julie Reardon, the policeman's wife who Terry had the affair with to try and get her to tell truth but she pretends she's never heard of Terry. Matt and Maxine call a truce. Eileen goes to the hospital to see Dennis. She watches as the crash team try to revive him with Janice crying by his bedside. Dennis dies and both Janice and Eileen are distraught.

Regular cast

 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
 * Dennis Stringer - Charles Dale
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Duggie Ferguson - John Bowe
 * Eve Elliott - Melanie Kilburn
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Sam Kingston - Scott Wright
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Geena Gregory - Jennifer James
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
 * Emma Watts - Angela Lonsdale
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Matt Ramsden - Stephen Beckett
 * Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell

Guest cast

 * Doctor Kin - Rani Moorthy
 * ICU Nurse - Maeve Larkin
 * Nurse - Gloria Benjamin
 * Julie Reardon - Julie Brown