Episode 5945 (23rd January 2005)

Plot
Les opens the door and is stunned when Grant Peters, a stranger, tells him to stay away from his girlfriend and punches him. Kirk asks Les if he'll walk Lou Lou for him as he doesn't want to upset Fiz. Eileen enjoys winding Cilla up saying how Les has always been a bit of ladies' man.

Les lets himself into Thelma's house. Lou Lou takes a dislike to him and Les ends up cowering in a bedroom with the dog growling at him. Les is shocked when Thelma's boyfriend turns out to be Grant. Grant punches him again. Les explains it's a case of mistaken identity but to no avail.

Charlie tells Shelley he's taking her for a night out at a posh restaurant. Dev confronts Charlie about the insurance scam and tells him he's off the job from now on. Charlie gutted. Menacing Charlie accuses Shelley of blabbing to Sunita about the invoices. She assures him she didn't. Furious he rips her earrings out of her ears making them bleed and storms out.

Meanwhile, Maria meets Tyrone and Vera for lunch. When Candice and Warren arrive with Stuart, it's obvious Maria fancies him. Vera asks Maria if she'll join she, Jack and Tyrone on holiday in Blackpool. Maria agrees under sufferance, but later she tells Tyrone she's changed her mind about the holiday. Tyrone's gutted.

Katy breaks down and pleads with Martin to give her and the baby a chance. Martin forgives her and agrees to support her.

Regular cast

 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Sunita Alahan - Shobna Gulati
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Cilla Brown - Wendi Peters
 * Katy Harris - Lucy-Jo Hudson
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Tommy Harris - Thomas Craig
 * Angela Harris - Kathryn Hunt
 * Craig Harris - Richard Fleeshman
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Patrick Tussell - Trevor Dwyer-Lynch
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Warren Baldwin - Danny Young
 * Martin Platt - Sean Wilson

Guest cast

 * Grant Peters - Ian Ralph
 * Stuart - Junior Laniyan
 * Thelma Clegg - Jackie Downey