Episode 5192 (9th January 2002)

Plot
Vera thanks Fiz for her newspaper article without which Julie Reardon would never have come forward and offered to help. Anita calls round to see Ken and ask him to help her write her memoirs. Ken feels uneasy as she is a bit too familiar. Sunita and Vik organise a surprise hen/stag party for Dev and Geena in the Rovers. They deck the pub out with palm trees and tropical flowers to give a Caribbean theme. Toyah is worried about Janice who is very depressed sorting out Dennis's belongings. Les calls round and offers her a divorce. Vera is on pins wondering if Julie has been to the Police yet. Norris tells Curly he would have liked a family of his own but at least now he has Ben. Deirdre is depressed. She feels that her relationship with Ken is empty and she feels lonely.

Regular cast

 * Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Eve Elliott - Melanie Kilburn
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
 * Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
 * Emma Watts - Angela Lonsdale
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Geena Gregory - Jennifer James
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Bobbi Lewis - Naomi Russell
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver
 * Steve McDonald - [[Simon Gregson

Guest cast

 * Anita Scott - Nichola McAuliffe