Episode 5245 (8th April 2002)

Plot
Maxine's baby is born prematurely. It's a little boy. Deirdre has a go at Blanche for staying out all hours with Archie. Ken sees Charlie at school with a terrible hangover. He tells her to go home. Later he is surprise and concerned to see her drinking again in the pub. Maria introduces her new boyfriend Dan Staveley who works in the car trade to Tyrone. Tyrone is jealous. Hayley persuades Mike to give Fiz her job back at the factory. Sally tells Gail that she won't be taking Richard's financial advice. Matt arrives at the hospital to see Maxine but Ashley tells him to get out. Sally tells Jason she can't afford to keep his job on and gives him two weeks' wages redundancy. Ashley realises that Maxine intended to keep the whole question over the baby's father quiet. He tells her he can never believe another word she says and breaks down.

Regular cast

 * Charlie Ramsden - Clare McGlinn
 * Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Matt Ramsden - Stephen Beckett
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Sam Kingston - Scott Wright
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay

Guest cast

 * Midwife Sheila Cunningham - Rebecca Lamb
 * Aidan Critchley - Dean Ashton
 * Nurse Cooper - Justine Adams
 * Dan Staveley - Robert Lonsdale