Episode 5839 (6th September 2004)

Plot
Penny is trying to get hold of Ciaran with no luck. Tracy stayed at Ciaran's and is running late but she was meant to pick Amy up from Roy and Hayley's. Karen gets up early and has made Steve some lunch and is doing some ironing. She heads to work and is waiting outside the factory and starts talking to Kelly Crabshaw, a machinist at Underworld who is leaving today as she is getting married. Hayley and Janice arrive and offer Karen a fag but she says no. Karen tells Kelly she will buy her a drink at lunchtime at the Rovers. Kelly comments about their being a clique and Karen says that Underworld is too small for that. Tracy asks Blanche to look after Amy because she has kept her up all night. Sunita has got a copy of her birth certificate and is thinking about contacting her parents. When she does her mum hangs up on her. Todd tells Dev he is starting college and can only work evening shifts. Leanne overhears and offers to work in the shop. Karen makes the girls in the factory tea while Janice is still trying to tempt her to into having a fag. Sean orders a taxi – it's an emergency. He has been sacked from his cosmetics job, but having stolen a tube of firming cream for Eileen, she lets him stay another week. Karen orders drinks for the girls and water for herself. Karen tells Hayley that she has been trying to pray to help her become a better person. Tracy suggests to Ciaran that he sells the restaurant, does a runner and does not pay Penny back.

Regular cast

 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Penny King - Pauline Fleming
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Kelly Crabtree - Tupele Dorgu
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Sonia Marshall - Tina Gambe
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
 * Katy Harris - Lucy-Jo Hudson
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones

Guest cast
None