Episode 6043 (6th June 2005)

Plot
Fred, Betty and Ciaran become increasingly suspicious about Shelley's chickenpox. Shelley panic when Fred tries to get into her room and Jason's fixing the guttering outside her window. Charlie sends away with a flee in his ear.

Deirdre's worried about Shelley and decides to tell Bev what's going on. Bev storms into the Rovers, slaps Charlie and forces her way into Shelley's bedroom. On seeing Shelley's black eye, Bev assumes Charlie's been beating her up, though no-one believes Shelley when she explains how she walked into a door. Bev pleads with Shelley to get rid of Charlie but Shelley refuses and instead forcibly throws Bev out of the pub in front of all the locals. Bev's very upset. Deirdre calms her down with a brandy and tells her she's welcome to stay on their sofa.

Shelley's very upset after the row with Bev but when Charlie then accuses her of phoning Bev on the quiet and dramatising the whole situation in front of everyone she's astounded. As Shelley protests her innocence it falls on deaf ears and Charlie packs his bags. Emotionally distraught Shelley pleads with him not to go but Charlie insists he must, blaming her for everything and calling her a pathetic mess.

A delighted Sunita tells Dev she's pregnant. Dev's overcome with emotion. Dev and Sunita agree to keep her pregnancy a secret until she reaches three months.

Sally's depressed as she keeps getting job rejections. She suspects Ian's been blackening her name with all the local garages. She asks Diggory fora job but changes her mind when he suggests she'd be expected to work late - it reminds her of Ian. Kevin tells Sally the factory are looking for machinists. Sally's upset pointing out she used to be Supervisor at Underworld. Dev offers Sally a part-time job in the Corner Shop. Sally accepts.

Meanwhile, Bob's stayed the night with Liz. They bump into Steve who's disapproving. She's happy to receive a bouquet of flowers from Bob.

Leanne and Danny kiss passionately and are about to rip each other's clothes off when Janice arrives back. They manage to cover up their antics.

Elsewhere, Diggory chats up Sunita and offers her a job just to wind Dev up. And Norris enthusiastically tells Ken about the book he's writing.

Regular cast

 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Sophie Webster - Brooke Vincent
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Diggory Compton - Eric Potts
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Sunita Alahan - Shobna Gulati
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Keith Appleyard - Ian Redford
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Bev Unwin - Susie Blake
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Jamie Baldwin - Rupert Hill
 * Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle

Guest cast

 * Bob - Keith Drinkel
 * Flower Boy - Tarl Caple