Episode 6062 (3rd July 2005)

Plot
Jamie's staying with Leanne in Janice's flat. Janice moans the flat's too crowded. Danny apologises to Jamie and asks him to move back home. Jamie's unimpressed and suggests to Leanne they should get a place together.

Emily and Rita are seriously worried when they read in Norris's novel that Naurice proposes to Emilia or Riba and that if they reject him he plans to kill himself. Norris tells Rita he can hide his feelings no longer and proposes to her. Rita declines. Disappointed, Norris asks Emily instead. Emily accepts concerned he might otherwise try and kill himself. Norris is horrified. However, Rita and Emily continue to read Norris's novel on the sly only to find he's tricked them and it was a wind-up on his behalf.

Ashley fixes up a practice boxing match for Fred] with [[Diggory Compton, but Diggory knocks Fred out in round one. Fred tells Ashley he's pulled out of the boxing match with Eddie and instead arranged for Ashley to fight Eddie's son, Marvin. Ashley's horrified pointing out Marvin is the East Lancashire featherweight amateur boxing champion.

Elsewhere, Sean and Fiz take Schmeichel to see Tim the vet. Sean becomes completely tongue tied and fails to find out whether Tim is gay or straight. Jessie and Joanne have fallen out but refuse to discuss it.

Regular cast

 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
 * Jamie Baldwin - Rupert Hill
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Frankie Baldwin - Debra Stephenson
 * Diggory Compton - Eric Potts
 * Kelly Crabtree - Tupele Dorgu
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Jessie - Nailah Cumberbatch

Guest cast

 * Tim the Vet - Edward MacLiam