Episode 5911 (10th December 2004)

Plot
Karen plans to get the Car, and Tracy offers a swap, the car for Steve. Ken decides to give Karen the spare key to the car, Karen responds by getting a "Karen and Steve" sticker on the windscreen. Tracy threatens to smash it. Tracy turns up at the Rovers giving Steve and Karen the sticker peeled off and cut in two.

Tommy and Kevin rumble Tyrone when he tells them he is going round to Maria's for dinner. They see his new shirt, and tease him. Maria sees and realises things may be getting out of hand. Before Tyrone goes round to Maria's Vera tells him to be careful. The dinner goes badly as Tyrone thinks Maria is trying to get rid of him. He's about to leave when Dave turns up to give Maria the money back. To Tyrone's surprise and delight, Maria suddenly blurts out that she loves Tyrone.

Fred goes to the pub to meet Yvonne for her inspection of the pub's finances, as Claire tells Ashley that Maria and Candice are planning her a hen night in the Rovers. Claire's worried that her mum is trying to stop the wedding by taxing Fred so much he can't afford it.

Meanwhile, Shelley is making secret plans to meet up with someone. She tells Charlie that it is a Brewery lunch, but upon ringing the Brewery he discovers there is no function. He makes her squirm before agreeing that she can go.

Sally tells Kevin after her first day that the other garage needs some sorting out.

Regular cast

 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Sally Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Tommy Harris - Thomas Craig
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Hallsall
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn

Guest cast

 * Yvonne Casey - Yvonne O'Grady
 * Dave Bellis - Michael Imerson