Episode 6030 (18th May 2005)

Plot
Sunita's upset that she and Shelley are no longer friends. Fred's furious with Charlie and Shelley's behaviour and threatens to fire Shelley. Betty overhears Charlie on the phone asking for a gun (sealant gun). She thinks he intends to kill Dev. Norris warns Dev his life's in danger but Dev doesn't believe him. Norris phones the police and reports Charlie for intending to shoot Dev. The police arrest Charlie, who's furious and denies all knowledge of agun. Shelley's distraught as he's driven off in a police car.

Danny's put out when Adam starts work at the factory. He takes it out on the girls. He's relieved when Penny offers Adam three days a week work at her factory.

Meanwhile, Hayley's worried that Roy's behaving furtively but Frankie tells her he's booking a surprise break for them in Naples. Hayley's delighted.

Norris intends to persuade the Book Club to raise the money to fund the publishing of Mel's next book. Mel's about to leave, having stolen some of Emily's ornaments, when Norris tells him his idea of raising money for his book. Mel secretly replaces the ornaments, and agrees to stay.

Elsewhere, Diggory bulldozes Roy into agreeing to buy his bread from him.

Regular cast

 * Sunita Alahan - Shobna Gulati
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Adam Barlow - Sam Robertson
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Kelly Crabtree - Tupele Dorgu
 * Joanne - Zaraah Abrahams
 * Jessie - Nailah Cumberbatch
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Diggory Compton - Eric Potts
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Frankie Baldwin - Debra Stephenson
 * Penny King - Pauline Fleming

Guest cast

 * Mel Hutchwright - Ian McKellen