Episode 5501 (11th May 2003)

Plot
Jason asks Eileen to take out a loan so that he can buy a car. He promises to pay her back but she refuses. Jason is depressed. Claire the nanny calls round to Ashley's wanting a reference. Ashley realises that he made a mistake sacking her and offers her the job back. Claire is delighted. Eileen overhears Sarah saying how Todd gets a much better deal than Jason and that Eileen doesn't seem to give a toss about Jason. Eileen is shocked. Karen hires Harry to do fifteen hours cleaning a week at Underworld. Joe is unnerved when Karen says that she's been looking at the Underworld accounts. Vera catches Jack skiving in his new greenhouse at the allotment. He's supposed to be planting vegetables that they can sell and not drinking lager! Eileen surprises Jason when she takes out a loan for £1,800 and buys him a car. He has to pay her back £62 per month. Jason is over the moon. Sarah arrives home with Bethany. Gail is delighted thinking she's come to her senses. Fred finishes with Petula Peach as she had so many irritating habits! Norris is upset when the bank refuse his mortgage application. Emily puts him out of his misery and tells him that she's not selling the house anyway. Karen asks Joe to explain the Underworld accounts to her. Gail is shocked when Sarah says that she and Bethany are going to move to Oxford with Todd when he goes to university.

Regular cast

 * Sarah Platt - Tina O’Brien
 * Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Joe Carter - Jonathan Wrather
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Harry Flagg - Iain Rogerson
 * Archie Shuttleworth - Roy Hudd
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver

Guest cast
None