Episode 5929 (31st December 2004)

Plot
The residents get ready for the New Year. Gail and Eileen call a truce deciding to put 2004 behind them. Norris upsets Audrey by listing all the people who've died that year. Audrey and Blanche cry together over their dead husbands.

Chesney and Sophie hide under the buffet table. Sophie offers to snog him but Chesney's appalled. Sophie's annoyed when Blanche muses that because she lives in Rosie's shadow she'll probably end up going on a killing spree. Chesney winds up Vera, Blanche, Rita, Betty and Emily telling them what a terrible Christmas he's had. They each give him some money. Chesney's delighted his scam worked.

Charlie comforts Shelley and tells her he loves her. Shelley tells Deirdre how much she loves Charlie. Deirdre likens Charlie to Ray Langton.

Meanwhile, Sally bores Eileen about her management skills. Steve tells Liz he's only come out because he doesn't want to be at home if Karen phones.

Ken arrives back from Scotland with Adam.

Les starts dancing to Status Quo. Cilla's furious realising there's nothing wrong with his ankle. When Big Ben strikes 12, the residents conga up the street and Chesney gives Schmeichel a big New Year's hug.

Regular cast

 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Frankie Baldwin - Debra Stephenson
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Sophie Webster - Brooke Vincent
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Cilla Brown - Wendi Peters
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
 * Adam Barlow - Sam Robertson
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident

Guest cast
None