Episode 5620 (7th November 2003)

Plot
Peter feels angry and humiliated. Shelley is devastated and inconsolable. Kirk and Les are planning to report Fred to the Environmental Health Department as a result of their food poisoning. Fred tries to bribe them with cans of beer. Dev goes for dinner at Maya's flat. He is completely smitten with her but just as he's hoping to lure her into bed Maya says she's too drunk and asks him to leave. Sunita consoles Shelley who hates herself for being taken in twice by Peter. Peter and Ken set off for the airport hoping to stop Lucy from leaving with Simon. They find Lucy and Peter is shocked when he notices that her baggage labels are for Sydney, Australia and not for Spain at all. Lucy admits that she and Simon are leaving for Australia where she has family and that there's nothing either Peter or Ken can do to stop her. Peter watches them disappear through passport control and realises that he'll probably never see his son again. He's heartbroken.

Regular cast

 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Bev Unwin - Susie Blake
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Nick Tilsley - Adam Rickitt
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Maya Sharma - Sasha Behar
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Lucy Barlow - Katy Carmichael
 * Harry Flagg - Iain Rogerson

Guest cast

 * Security Officer - Tim Hennel