Episode 5126 (5th October 2001)

Plot
Dennis is busy planning a birthday surprise for Eileen but she thinks he's forgotten. Peter takes over the Betting Shop and calls it Barlow's Bookies. He gives Rob Lucas his £5,000 back pretending that it's one-off "signing-on fee". Rob realises that it was Peter who nicked the money but can't do anything about it. Fred and Eve return from their honeymoon. Eve finds out from Geena that nobody has heard anything of Linda since the wedding. Eve is very concerned. Charlie's mother, Pam Hargreaves, calls round to see her. She tells Charlie she doesn't want her to have anything to do with Luke Ashton and that it would be best if she resigned. Charlie is very upset. Peter holds an opening ceremony for the Bookies. Shelley cuts the ribbon and she and Peter are an item again. Duggie wonders where Peter can have got the money from. Geena's mum Jill calls to see Dev. She makes some bigoted remarks and asks him to stay away from Geena. Later he pours his heart out to Vik. Sarah covers for Candice who's going out on the town with her work mates.

Regular cast

 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Dennis Stringer - Charles Dale
 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Geena Gregory - Jennifer James
 * Charlie Ramsden - Clare McGlinn
 * Matt Ramsden - Stephen Beckett
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Duggie Ferguson - John Bowe
 * Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Evelyn Elliott - Melanie Kilburn
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson

Guest cast

 * Rob Lucas - Mark Powley
 * Pam Hargreaves - Judi Jones
 * Gill Gregory - Michelle Newell