Episode 5416 (10th January 2003)

Plot
Ken and Deirdre are doing their best to re-build their relationship. Sarah agrees to help Todd plan something for his eighteenth birthday. Norris leaves for his course in Liverpool. Sarah visits Aiden in his squat again and tells him the outcome of Ken's court case. Peter offers £20,000 for No. 11 but Steve turns it down but he doesn't know that it's Peter who's made the offer. Ashley and Maxine desperately want Fred and Doreen to call off their engagement but Fred and Doreen each think the other will be upset. Deirdre calls to see Dev, saying that she needs some time off. Dev is angry with her thinking that she confessed to Ken about their affair. Sunita overhears them and has to confess that she was the one who told Tracy. Peter ups his offer on No. 11 to £20,500. Richard thinks Emily is on her own at home. He approaches via the back yard intent on murdering her but is shocked when Toyah opens the door. He makes his excuses and leaves. Dev is furious with Sunita and blames her for being jealous. Sunita is very upset. Tracy tries to move back in to No. 1 but Deirdre throws her out again for ruining her own marriage and then trying to wreck her relationship with Ken. Karen tells Dev that she and Steve do want him to take over half the business. She assures Dev that she will get Steve to agree to it.

Regular cast

 * Sarah Platt - Tina O’Brien
 * Richard Hillman - Brian Capron
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Patrick Tussel - Trevor Dwyer-Lynch
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Maxine Peacock - Tracy Shaw
 * Doreen Heavey - Prunella Gee
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Tracy Preston - Kate Ford

Guest cast

 * Aidan Critchley - Dean Ashton