Episode 5166 (2nd December 2001)

Plot
Les tells Vik that he's ready to go back to work but when Vik realises that he's drunk he tells him to go home. Les tries to argue and Vik ends up sacking him. Toyah and Sam are supposed to be having lunch at Janice and Dennis's. However they can't go as Les is so drunk that Toyah is seriously worried about him. In desperation she goes to fetch Janice. Vera tells Terry that Curly is going to tell Emma about him so Terry does a runner leaving a note saying that he's gone to stay with a mate. Norris tells Richard that he knows Richard has a co-director called Patricia. Richard is clearly rattled by this. Richard tells Gail that after his first wife Marion died he then had a two-year marriage to Patricia. He apologises for not telling her before. Gail feels that she's been misled. Jack is feeling really stressed out over Terry so they agree that he should go and stay with the Horton's in Blackpool for a while.

Regular cast

 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Dennis Stringer - Charles Dale
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Terry Duckworth - Nigel Pivaro
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Richard Hillman - Brian Capron
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
 * Sam Kingston - Scott Wright
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Geena Gregory - Jennifer James
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth

Guest cast
None