Episode 5528 (18th June 2003)

Plot
Mike pays the girls half their wages as it's all the business can afford. He instructs Joe to make four of the girls redundant and demote Karen to machinist. One of the redundancies is Fiz. Sunita pours her heart out to Bev and explains how she's torn between Dev and Ciaran. The police drop a bag containing a few of Maxine's belongings off to Ashley now the case is closed. In the bag is the digital camera containing footage of him and Maxine at Christmas. Ashley watches the film and is absolutely devastated - he misses Maxine so much. Claire is shocked to see him in such a state. Peter asks Ken to be his best man at the wedding and not Ciaran, so as to please Shelley. Karen feels terrible about the way Fiz has been treated. Both Janice and Fiz make a point of blanking her in the Rovers. She overhears Steve sticking up for her and saying that she always stands by her mates. Karen is distraught. Dev is gutted when Sunita hands in her notice saying she can no longer work for him. Karen goes to see Mike to confess Joe's plan of ruining him only to find out that Mike has already worked it out.

Regular cast

 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Sonia Marshall - Tina Gambe
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Joe Carter - Jonathan Wrather
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Harry Flagg - Iain Rogerson
 * Bev Unwin - Susie Blake
 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Ciaran Mccarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache

Guest cast
None