Coronation Street (1960) Season 44

Coronation Street (1960)

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.

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44x01 1st January 2003

01 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Deirdre phones Tracy's husband, Robert Preston, and asks him to come talk to her. Ciaran is proving an excellent chef in the cafe but Roy feels uncomfortable with him around. Robert arrives and it soon becomes clear that Tracy was lying - it was she who was caught in bed with Robert's best mate not the other way round. Karen tells Eileen that she will be taking over some of her shifts to save money for the firm, starting tonight. Eileen is upset. Robert says their marriage is over and leaves. Tracy doesn't care when he tells her that he's going to divorce her.

44x02 3rd January 2003

03 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Dev arranges to take Tracy out. Tracy agrees but later stands him up. Dev is very angry. Deirdre is delighted as she thinks Tracy has dumped him. Eileen tells Todd and Jason that the house is being sold. Roy tells Ciaran that they no longer need him in the cafe. However Aidan comes into the cafe and tries to steal a customer's bag. Roy tries to stop him, there's a scuffle and Ciaran comes to Roy's rescue.

44x03 5th January 2003

05 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Fiz tells Maria that if she doesn't tell Toyah what's been going on then she will tell Toyah herself. Maria is very worried. Sunita admits to Deirdre that she's still hung up on Dev. A prospective buyer, Eddie Hall, views No.11. Todd and Jason turn their music up to wind Vera up. She comes round shouting and yelling and the prospective buyer is put off the house. Todd and Jason are delighted. Shelley is upset to find that Ciaran is still working in the cafe. Peter suggests that they should have a look at buying No.11. Shelley likes the idea.

44x04 6th January 2003 - Part One

06 January, 2003 8:00 pm

It's the day of Ken's court case. Deirdre and Tracy are going to support him. Tracy tells a horrified Deirdre that she knows about her affair with Dev. Maria is relieved when Fiz says that for Toyah's sake she's decided not to tell her about Maria and John having sex. It's Sarah's first day back at school since the accident. Peter tells Ciaran that he's wasting his time trying to rebuild their friendship.

44x05 6th January 2003 - Part Two

06 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Tracy tells Blanche that Deirdre slept with Dev and that she told Ken just before he went into court. Blanche slaps Tracy across the face. Tracy says she's disgusted that her boyfriend Dev has slept with her mother. Dev tells Karen that he's offered to buy out Vik's half of Street Cars. Karen can't believe that Steve hasn't mentioned this. Joe looks round Vik's old flat above the taxi office and tells Karen that he wants to rent it. Deirdre and Ken arrive back home with Ken devastated at Deirdre's revelation. Deirdre and Tracy have a blazing row over what happened and Deirdre throws Tracy out of the house.

44x06 8th January 2003

08 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Ken has spent the night on Peter's sofa. Deirdre has spent all night crying. Blanche gives her a stiff talking-to. To Maxine and Ashley's horror they find out that whilst drunk, Doreen and Fred got engaged to each other. Now sober neither wants to marry the other but neither dare admit it. Blanche tries to talk to Ken for Deirdre's sake but he won't listen. Norris finds out that Toyah will be spending the day at No.3 studying on Friday, so thinking that Emily will be safe in her company, he accepts a place on a passport course in Liverpool for that day.

44x07 10th January 2003

10 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Ken and Deirdre are doing their best to rebuild their relationship. Sarah agrees to help Todd plan something for his eighteenth birthday. Norris leaves for his passport course in Liverpool. Sarah visits Aidan 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.

44x08 12 January 2003

12 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Richard catches Sarah making sandwiches for Ade. He's suspicious of her excuses. Steve is working too hard to keep the business afloat. Karen again tries to persuade him to accept Dev as a partner but Steve refuses. Steve finds out from Eileen that it's Peter who's trying to buy No.11 from him. Steve admits to Dev that he helped Joe break into his cousin's factory. Both Dev and Steve are wary of each other but the partnership is in place. Richard slips into Ade's squat unseen. He picks up a crowbar: his plan is coming together.

44x09 13th January 2003 - Part One

13 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Richard mixes some of Audrey's sleeping pills into a bottle of vodka. He puts the bottle into a carrier bag with some other goodies and then drops it round to the squat while Ade is out. Eileen is delighted when Steve tells her that he's no longer selling No.11 now that Dev has bought half of Street Cars. . Richard slips out of the pub whilst no one is looking, goes to the squat and checks that Ade is unconscious. He puts on Ade's trainers, hat and jacket and takes the crowbar. He goes round to No.4 and breaks in through the back door. He bludgeons Emily over the head with the crowbar but as he's doing so the door opens and Maxine walks in. She's come to check on Joshua. Maxine sees Richard standing over Emily's body holding the crowbar.

44x10 13th January 2003 - Part Two

13 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Richard realises that he has no option but to kill Maxine too. He bludgeons Maxine to death with the crowbar as she tries to run. He then makes a mess of the room to look like a burglary that's gone wrong. He steals a few items which he then plants on Ade back in the squat. He returns Ade's clothes and disposes of the empty vodka bottle in a bin at the back of the Rovers. Richard then slips back into the pub as everyone sings Happy Birthday for Doreen, nobody having noticed his absence.

44x11 15th January 2003

15 January, 2003 8:00 pm

The police interrogate Ashley over Maxine's death. Rita and Norris keep a vigil by Emily's bed. She's still critical. Police and reporters swarm all over the street, questioning everybody. A distraught Fred and Doreen look after baby Joshua. Richard does his best to behave as normally as possible. Dev tells Roy that he's not going ahead with the amusement arcade. Steve tells Peter that he's taken the house off the market. Gail and Richard are interviewed by two detectives; Richard mentions Aidan and his scuffle with Ashley at the Rovers on the night. Fred closes the pub for the day as a mark of respect. Audrey is devastated to hear of Maxine's death.

44x12 17th January 2003

17 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Ashley is keeping himself busy looking after Joshua. Ade is in custody. He keeps protesting his innocence. Emma tells him that because he's only sixteen he needs an adult representative. He asks for Ken Barlow. Norris is delighted when Emily regains consciousness. She can't remember anything about what happened. The police question Sarah as she is a friend of Ade's. She tells them that she doesn't believe he's a murderer. Richard enjoys telling the police that he witnessed Ade having a row with Ashley in the Rovers earlier in the evening of the murder. Ken agrees to be Ade's representative despite all that's happened as he feels that Ade is telling the truth for once.

44x13 19th January 2003

19 January, 2003 8:00 pm

The police let Ashley know that they've charged Ade with Maxine's murder. Blanche points out to Ken that if he represents Ade the locals won't like it. Ken says that he has to as something is telling him that Ade is innocent. Doreen and Audrey reminisce about what a lovely girl Maxine was. Emma calls round to the Rovers where Ashley is staying and gives him Maxine's rings back. Ashley breaks down. Richard gets a call to tell him that one of his clients died almost two weeks earlier and he will get £23,000 from the equity release scheme. He is guilt-stricken as he realises that he need never have tried to murder Emily. Gail is confused as to why Richard is so upset since this will solve his financial woes.

44x14 20th January 2003 - Part One

20 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Derek Heavey turns up at the Rovers. He's in a state of shock having just learned about Maxine's death. Ashley is completely distraught and finding it hard to cope. He worries that Joshua will be affected by all that's gone on. Emily comes out of hospital. Norris fusses round her. Peter tries to talk to Shelley about the holiday in Mexico but she's still very frosty with him. Maria confides in Betty that she's pregnant. Ken visits Ade. He tells Ken that he's being moved to a young offenders' unit and he's scared. Richard sees Emily arrive home and feels sick. He's wracked with guilt. Emma tells Fred and Ashley that the pathologist has finished with Maxine's body so they can now arrange the funeral.

44x15 20th January 2003 - Part Two

20 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Maria tells Toyah that she's pregnant. Toyah has no idea that the baby is John's. Peter calls to see Lucy. She tells him to leave as she can't bear to be hurt again. Norris fusses round Emily. He tries to fit a safety chain to the door. Sunita gives Ciaran a piece of her mind regarding Shelley but later she apologises and invites Ciaran to her flat for supper. They get on really well, Sunita asks him to stay and they kiss. Betty is shocked when Maria says she's going to have a termination. Sunita persuades Shelley that she's been a bit hard on Peter over his friendship with Ciaran. Shelley agrees and tells Peter that although she doesn't approve, he can still be friends with Ciaran. Gail and Richard call to see Emily. Richard is relieved when Emily says she can't remember a thing about her attacker.

44x16 22nd January 2003

22 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Ciaran has spent the night with Sunita. He arranges to see her again and she's delighted. Toyah tries to talk to Maria about the baby's father but Maria refuses to discuss it. Richard receives the cheque for £23,000 from an equity release scheme - he knows that this money could have saved Maxine's life. He pays it into the bank. Ken continues to protest Aidan's innocence. Gail is appalled. Roy tells Ciaran that he's got cold feet about expanding the cafe and going into partnership. Ashley asks Martin, Kevin and Curly to be pallbearers at Maxine's funeral. Norris overhears Ken talking about Aidan and how he reckons that Aidan has been set up and is actually innocent. Norris thinks Ken might be right. Ashley visits Emily. She tells Ashley how she wishes that she had died rather than Maxine. Ashley tells her that she mustn't think like that. Sarah tells Ken that she also thinks Ade is innocent and that he was far too drunk that night to have killed someone.

44x17 24th January 2003

24 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Shelley refuses to speak to Sunita. She thinks that Shelley's being childish. Ashley receives a sympathy card from Matt Ramsden. He rips it up. Toyah goes with Maria to the clinic where she has an abortion. Maria tells Kirk what's happened and he's both kind and supportive. Peter tries to talk Shelley into making up with Sunita but Shelley is adamant that Sunita is in the wrong and convinced that Ciaran will hurt her in the end. Norris asks round for lodgings. He is appalled when Les says he can share Kirk's room in No.5 for £50 per week but he is forced to accept. Audrey agrees to do Maxine's hair for the funeral. Archie is grateful. Emma tells Ashley that the police have finished at No.4. She returns his house keys. Emily calls round to see Ken and Deirdre.

44x18 26th January 2003

26 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Ken tells Deirdre that Ashley has asked him to stay away from the funeral. Toyah continues to look after Maria. Fiz hates Maria for the way she's treated her mate and Maria wallows in self-loathing. Gail tells Emily that she and Richard will give her a lift to the funeral. Ciaran tells how he once put a worm in Peter's drink when they were in Mexico for the day on leave from their ship. Ken goes to see Bob Critchley to try and persuade him to visit Aidan and listen to his side of the story as he tells him how his son is out of control and broke up his marriage with his behaviour. Ashley takes Joshua with him to visit Maxine in the chapel of rest. She looks beautiful. Ashley talks to her and breaks down sobbing. John is worried that Fiz is going to tell Toyah what's been going on. He suggests to Toyah that she should move in with him. Shelley and Sunita make up and they agree to disagree over Ciaran.

44x19 27th January 2003 - Part One

27 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Richard is dreading the funeral. He keeps trying to make excuses to get out of going but Gail insists he attends. After overhearing Rita on the phone, Kirk gets the wrong end of the stick and tells Norris that Emily wants him to move back in. Norris is delighted and tells Les what he thinks of his house. Norris is appalled when he sees Spider arriving at No.3 and realises the mistake. Ken doesn't attend Maxine's funeral but places some flowers on the doorstep of No.4 instead. Spider escorts Emily to the funeral. They get a lift with Gail and Richard. Martin, Kevin, Curly and Derek are the pallbearers at the funeral. Maxine's funeral takes place. Richard finds himself sitting just behind Ashley, Fred, Beryl Peacock and Doreen. He's sweating profusely and is on the point of cracking up.

44x20 27th January 2003 - Part Two

27 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Richard manages to regain his self-control and simply makes a nice speech about supporting Ashley in his time of need. Audrey is frustrated - she was convinced that he was about to confess to Maxine's murder. Ade is frustrated that his own father doesn't believe him. He takes his frustration out on Ken and tells him that he doesn't want to see him again. Maxine's burial takes place at the cemetery. Whilst the vicar is committing Maxine's body to the ground, Audrey suddenly flips and shouts across the grave calling Richard a murderer and saying that he killed Maxine. Archie calms her down. The funeral tea takes place in the Rovers. Ashley insists that Richard and Gail attend. He assures Richard that no one believes Audrey and her extraordinary accusations.

44x21 29th January 2003

29 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Everyone is shocked by Audrey's outburst. Doreen tells Audrey that she spoiled the funeral. Ken feels very low and decides he's going to resign from teaching before they sack him - his hearing is on Friday. Kevin is suspicious when David tells him how Craig wrote his name as "Craig Harris" on his school exercise book. He remembers the wallet incident with the name "Tommy Harris". Ashley and Doreen go across to No.4 to clear out Maxine's clothes but Ashley can't face it. He can't even bring himself to go inside. Harry is auctioning off a signed Manchester United football to raise funds to buy something in commemoration of Maxine. Doreen decides that she will move back in with Derek and give their relationship another try. Gail accuses Audrey of trying to wreck her marriage. Audrey is in tears.

44x22 31st January 2003

31 January, 2003 8:00 pm

Doreen and Derek leave to go back home. They suggest that Joshua should come with them to give Ashley a break but Ashley refuses. Sarah decides she's going to have two birthday parties, one for family and one for her mates. Ken goes to see Miss Johnson and hands in his resignation. He doesn't even turn up at the hearing as he thinks it's a foregone conclusion. Toyah tells Maria and Fiz that she's decided to move in with John Arnley. They are gutted but daren't say anything. Harry draws the raffle for the signed football. Tommy wins it. Ashley pours his heart out to Fred and tells him of Maxine's one-night stand with Matt Ramsden and how Joshua could be Matt's son. Fred is shocked. Ashley goes on to tell Fred that his biggest fear is that now Maxine has died Matt might insist on a paternity test. Should the test prove that Joshua is Matt's and not Ashley's, he could take Joshua away from Ashley.

44x23 Sun 2nd February 2003

02 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Maria has another one-night stand. Fiz is disgusted with her. Toyah is still oblivious as to what's going on. Norris has discovered the Shopping Channel on Les's TV. Norris finds himself doing all the housework and the cooking. Les keeps calling him "Doris" which annoys him. Tommy comes clean with Kevin and explains why he had to change his name. Kevin promises to keep it to himself and gives Tommy his job back at the garage. Les is appalled when Fiz tells him that Toyah is moving in with John. Ashley tells Martin about the question over Joshua's parentage.

44x24 Mon 3rd February 2003 Part One

03 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Hayley tries to persuade Roy to take up the offer of a partnership with Ciaran. Fiz reveals to Toyah that she thinks it is too soon for her to be moving in with John. Fred confides in Betty that he is worried about Ashley. John, getting nervous, asks Toyah to move in straight away, and she accepts. Ciaran offends Roy and his pride in the cafe whilst talking about ideas for improvements, which leads Roy to finally make up his mind and reject Ciaran's offer. Ashley tells Fred that he has booked the DNA test for next Monday. Joe tells Mike that the Fletchers order was finished two days early, and is annoyed at Mike's indifferent response. Sarah suggestively reveals her plans to get some time alone with Todd that night. Candice asks Jason if he is still going to Sarah's party. Toyah tells Fiz that she is moving out today, and Fiz is taken aback.

44x25 Mon 3rd February 2003 Part Two

03 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Toyah confronts Maria about John. She admits that it is true, and manages to unknowingly imply to Toyah that he forced himself on her. Maria confronts Fiz about the fact that she told Toyah everything. It dawns on Maria that she has led Toyah to believe that John raped her. Toyah enters John's classroom and reveals she has found out about his antics with Maria. Sarah and Todd coyly decide to have sex and retire upstairs. Toyah tells John that she thinks he raped Maria, and, when he denies it, she savagely attacks him whilst spilling the details of her own rape. Toyah eventually calms down and John forces her to see that Maria never actually said that he had raped her. Joe catches Karen in the corner shop, bunking off work, but goes on to tell her in his anger about his trouble with Mike and the offer from Stuart Fletcher.

44x26 Wed 5th February 2003

05 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Janice tells Toyah that she can move in for a while so as to avoid having to see Maria. Roy is still upset about Ciaran's betrayal, and Hayley decides to have a word with Ciaran. Fiz and Maria see Toyah on her return to the salon flat and she refuses to accept Maria's apology. Candice discusses party outfits and tactics of getting Jason off Katy to Sarah. Spider sees Toyah and asks her what is wrong. Toyah decides to go with Spider to London. Toyah tells Janice that she is leaving. Though Janice puts on a brave face, she is upset. Eileen reveals to Todd that, following a hint from Jason, she has worked out that he and Sarah are having sex. She gives him her blessing. Toyah tries to tell Les that she is leaving, but he convinces her to think about it for a week. Hayley does indeed talk to Ciaran, who confirms that he is setting up a rival cafe.

44x27 Fri 7th February 2003

07 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Norris tells Emily that he is still miserable about having to live with Les. David admires Tommy's signed ball. Richard asks Martin to keep an eye on Sarah's party. Tyrone tells Kevin that he is keeping close watch of Tommy after the disappearance of the wallet. Hayley tells Joe that Mike is not coming into Underworld that day. Emily confides in Rita that she misses having Norris around the house. Candice tells Sarah about her plans to ensure that she gets Jason that night. Joe takes the Underworld girls out for a drink to celebrate the end of his time with Baldwin. Joe tries to buy Mike a drink, but he refuses. He tells Joe that he has been spending the day sorting out his replacement. Dev is pleased to see Joe seething. Tommy gives the ball to Harry, saying that he has no use for it and that David would appreciate it a lot more. At the party, Sarah and Todd sneak upstairs.

44x28 Sun 9th February 2003

09 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Joe tells the girls that he is staying. Karen is more than a little pleased. Joe sacks Hayley from her position as supervisor. Sarah sees Audrey and tells her that one of Richard's home schemes paid out. The Underworld girls are shocked at Hayley's dismissal. Angela is elected to confront Joe. Dev hints to Steve that Joe and Karen have a "close" relationship. Infuriated that Angela will not talk to Joe, Karen confronts him herself. He gives her Hayley's old job. Todd and Sarah tell Gail that they are sleeping together. She is offended that they didn't tell her before it happened. Roy sacks Ciaran from the cafe believing him to be trying to woo his future clientele. He also tells Ciaran that he wants him to move out of his home.

44x29 Mon 10th February 2003

10 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen starts her new job as supervisor at Underworld. Janice makes her life hell. Hayley is quietly pleased that Karen is having such a tough time. Peter and Shelley arrive back from Mexico. Shelley is put out to hear that Ciaran has moved in with Sunita and is thinking of opening his own cafe. Against Fred's advice, Ashley goes to the clinic with Joshua to have the DNA test. Angela is feeling happier and more accepted by the factory girls. Janice and Fiz bitch about Karen, their ex-friend, who's crossed the management line. Shelley becomes suspicious about the amount of leave Ciaran seems to have from the navy. Janice announces in the Rovers that Maria got herself pregnant by Toyah's boyfriend.

44x30 Wed 12th February 2003

12 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen's new job as Underworld supervisor is getting her down. She feels an outcast from her mates. Janice continues to give her stick. Karen threatens to sack Janice but they both know she hasn't the authority. Angela suggests to Janice that she should report Karen to Mike. Angela and Janice start to warm to each other. Deirdre decides that she doesn't want her job back at the corner shop. She tells Dev. Ken is relieved. Tracy teases Dev, playing hard to get. Dev is frustrated. Les has a go at Maria for her affair with Toyah's boyfriend. Shelley sticks up for Maria. Les makes a point of letting Mick know that Janice got drunk and threw a pint of bitter all over Karen. Mick is unimpressed at her behaviour and tells Janice that as a copper he can't be seen to be mixing with violent, drunken people. Janice takes this on board. Richard slips Todd £20 to take Sa

44x31 Fri 14th February 2003

14 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve buys Karen a necklace for Valentine's Day and a heart-shaped helium balloon. He tries to persuade her to take the morning off but she refuses saying that she has to set an example in her new job. Karen promises to be home on time. Dev sends Tracy a £100 bouquet from Lucy's Florist. Tracy is impressed. Janice tries to warn Les that he'll be receiving something life-changing through the post. Les gets the wrong end of the stick. He thinks it's a Valentine's card and that Janice wants to get back together. Janice receives a dozen red roses, she thinks they're from Mick but later finds out they're from Les. She dumps them in the bin. Peter spots Lucy delivering flowers in the street. He goes to talk to her but she ignores him and drives off. Peter is hurt. Karen has to give Fiz a ticking-off for the standard of her work.

44x32 Sun 16th February 2003

16 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Shelley is furious at Ciaran's cheek wanting to be best man at the wedding and annoyed with Peter for even discussing it with him. Les is depressed that Janice wants a divorce; he asks Fiz to try and persuade her otherwise. Steve plans a romantic day with Karen. He nips out for a bottle of wine and when he returns is annoyed to find Joe in the flat, Karen and Joe flirting with each other. Joe's electric has gone off and Karen insists that he stays for dinner. Sunita is delighted when Ciaran give her a bracelet and asks her out for dinner. Roy has a meeting with the landlord of the Victoria Street shop units who agrees to let him rent the old hardware shop and extend the cafe. Roy is pleased that he's scuppered Ciaran's plans.

44x33 Mon 17 Feb, 2003 - Part One

17 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Fiz overhears Joe thanking Karen for dinner. She discusses this with Janice and they wonder if Karen and Joe are having an affair. Sunita is very upset that Ciaran didn't tell her that he was absent without leave from the navy. She feels used. Ade phones Sarah from the young offenders' unit but she refuses to talk to him. Richard is incensed when he reads an article in the Gazette about Chris Melton and the bribery and corruption he's involved in. Gail points out that Richard tried to bribe him too over the bail hostel. Tracy gets a job working for Lucy at her shop. The Underworld girls refuse to work overtime and Karen has to stay late and finish the order herself. Now that Ciaran has gone, Roy and Hayley decide not to expand the cafe. Roy tells the landlord and it costs him a month's rent to back out of the lease. Harry cleans No.4 so that Ashley can move back in.

44x34 Mon 17 Feb, 2003 - Part Two

17 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve admits to Karen that he's jealous and worried that there's something going on between she and Joe. Karen assures him that they are just work colleagues. Peter calls on Lucy and forces her to admit that she's pregnant with his child. Aidan phones Sarah again and asks her to come and visit him. Richard tells Gail that he would like them to move away from the street as he's fed up with all the gossip and accusations. Gail agrees. Kirk advises Les to be pleasant to Mick so that Janice will still talk to him. Les takes this on board. Lucy explains to Peter that she's going to bring the baby up on her own and that she doesn't want anything from him. Shelley tries to talk to Peter about wedding arrangements. Peter snaps at her and Shelley wonders what's wrong.

44x35 Wed 19 Feb, 2003

19 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve is still unhappy about Karen and Joe's relationship. He tells Karen to keep it to strictly work. The factory girls continue to goad both Steve and Karen. Gail and Richard tell David and Sarah that they're going to buy a bigger house. David is pleased. Sarah doesn't want to move away from Todd. Peter talks to Ken about having children. Ken thinks he means with Shelley and tells Shelley that Peter wants a family. Shelley is pleased. Tracy starts work for Lucy. She talks to Tracy about the father of her baby but doesn't mention that it's Peter. Ashley goes over to No.4 to get some toys for Joshua. He can't bring himself to go in alone and grabs Richard who's passing and insists that he come in with him. Richard goes into a cold sweat in the house. Emma and Mick who are passing, notice that Richard seems visibly shaken.

44x36 Fri 21 Feb, 2003

21 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Sarah receives a letter from Ade telling her that he's got fresh evidence proving his innocence. He later phones Sarah and asks her to visit him on Sunday. Richard buys the family a new people carrier. He takes them out in it and drives them to a new five bedroom house on which he's paid a refundable holding fee. Lucy shows Tracy the picture from her first scan. She tells Tracy that the baby's father proposed to her last night. Shelley looks after Joshua while Fred and Ashley go to the solicitors to get the results of the DNA test. The test proves that Ashley is not Joshua's biological father. Ashley is gutted. Karen has another set-to with Janice and Fiz. She manages to exert her authority successfully. She is annoyed with Joe when he steps in and lends his support without being asked.

44x37 Sun 23 Feb, 2003

23 February, 2003 8:00 pm

David goes to visit Audrey and tells her that they are moving to the other side of Manchester. Todd is cross with Sarah who insists that she must go and see Aidan. Richard and Gail tells Martin that they will be moving to Wentworth Meadows, about half an hour away, but that he can visit David any time he likes. Betty is puzzled when Fred takes little interest in Joshua and she has to see to him. Sarah visits Aidan in the young offenders' unit. Aidan tells her that the police have found that the vodka he drank the night of the murder was spiked with Diazepam which knocked him out for the night meaning he couldn't have committed the murder. Peter and Shelley have Deirdre, Ken, Blanche and Tracy round for Sunday lunch. Tracy upsets everyone by bringing Dev with her. Dev leaves but the party is ruined. Richard gives Gail an eternity ring. Gail is ecstatic.

44x38 Mon 24 Feb, 2003 - Part One

24 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Fred and Ashley have a heart-to-heart. Fred explains how he was disappointed to learn that Joshua isn't a blood relation but he also knows that he can still love Joshua. Ashley forgives him and they make up. Karen compliments Gail on her new bracelet, but later Gail is visibly concerned when she overhears Steve telling Karen that the bracelet she's wearing wasn't bought for her by Richard - it had belonged to a potential client and was found on building site at the flats. Gail begins to get a bad feeling, and when Ashley walks into the bar while Richard is making a speech, Gail sees the look of guilt on her husband's face. As the pieces start to fall into place, Gail leaves the party without a word and goes home where she looks through the medicine cupboard for the Diazepam tablets. Richard walks in on her. She asks Richard outright if he murdered Maxine and he confesses that he did.

44x39 Mon 24 Feb, 2003 - Part Two

24 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Richard confesses everything to a stunned Gail. He admits to leaving Duggie for dead, killing Patricia, attempting to kill Audrey and convincing her that she was going mad, attempting to kill Emily for her money, killing Maxine and framing Ade. He explains that he loves her and the kids and only wanted to protect them and give them the best of everything. Richard protests that he loves her and the kids so much that he only wanted to give them the best of everything and was willing to anything he could to protect them. He then reveals that he can't have children himself and that it the reason that not only did he value David and Sarah as his "own" kids, but that was also why Marion had left him in the first place. Calling him "Norman Bates with a briefcase", Gail tells Richard that it is over between them and he leaves the house - ashamed with himself. Shortly afterwards, Gail phones Audrey and tearfully requests for her to come over.

44x40 Wed 26th February 2003

26 February, 2003 8:00 pm

Audrey rushes round to No.8. She gets Martin to babysit while she takes Gail to the police station. Gail tells the police all that Richard has confessed to. The police get Steve and Karen out of bed and get Steve to show them the spot where he found the bracelet at The Ridings. The police then start excavating the site. Ken tells Peter that he and Deirdre would like to pay for the flowers at the wedding. Peter tries to call Lucy to get an answer to his proposal of marriage but she puts the phone down on him. Peter psyches himself up to tell Shelley that their engagement is off but is frustrated when they're interrupted. Shelley is none the wiser. Audrey, Archie, Martin, Gail, Sarah and David are all at Audrey's house when the police call and tell them that they've found a body at The Ridings which they believe to be that of Patricia Hillman, his "missing" ex-wife. Gail is devastated. The kids, having not been told of all that is happening, are shocked.

44x41 Fri 28th February 2003

28 February, 2003 8:00 pm

The residents of the street have all heard that Richard has confessed to Maxine's murder before he absconded. The news is broken to Emily, who is upset when she realises that he was intending to kill her but Maxine interrupted him. She admits to Norris that he was right about Richard all along, and Norris proceeds to comfort her. At the same time, the police call on Ashley and Fred to inform them that Richard was the one who killed Maxine and that he also framed Ade for the crime. Ashley is distraught by this revelation and, upon thinking about Richard's speech at Maxine's funeral, decides to confront Gail about her husband.

44x42 Sun 2nd March 2003

02 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Fred asks Shelley and Peter to move into the Rovers rent-free while he goes to live with Ashley. Peter wants to tell Shelley that it's over between them and that he's marrying someone else but can't bring himself to. He agrees to move into the Rovers. Shelley is delighted. Gail decides that she and the family are going to move back to No.8. Audrey doesn't feel happy about it but Gail insists. Lucy tells Tracy that she's agreed to marry the baby's father. Emma leaves to go on a two-week course hoping for promotion. Gail feels slightly unnerved to find her house now has an alarm and panic buttons but she assures Audrey that Richard would never harm her or the kids. She is upset when she looks at the family portrait with Richard.

44x43 Mon 3rd March 2003 Part One

03 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Gail, Sarah and David are horrified to find a whole crowd of journalists at their front door wanting to get the Richard story. Shelley and Peter move into the Rovers. Gail makes Sarah and David go to school despite the press pack at the door. Martin collects them and bundles them into the car. David is really upset. Jack and Vera start to worry about the money they invested with Richard. Jack tries to call the phone number on the statement that Richard gave them but there's no such number. Peter calls to see Lucy. She insists that he goes with her to the register office to make their wedding arrangements. Tracy turns up and tells Peter that unless he tells Shelley what he's up to she will do it for him. A journalist bangs on Ashley's door wanting his story on Richard. Fred sends them packing. Rosie and her new friend Stacy Kingsbury get ready for a party. Kevin is furious when he sees Rosie in a mini-skirt and her face plastered with make-up.

44x44 Mon 3rd March 2003 Part Two

03 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Tracy is about to tell Shelley the truth about Peter when Shelley gets a phone call from her mum saying that her sister Sharon has been rushed into hospital with severe stomach pains. Tommy catches the man in the back garden. He's a photographer spying on the Hillmans. Tommy sends him packing. Boris Weaver calls in on Ashley and Fred saying he needs some help in the butcher's. Fred goes with him before Ashley has a chance to object. Rosie puts some old clothes on over the top of her party gear and leaves the house with Stacy Kingsbury. She bribes Sophie not to say anything. Ken has checked with Companies House and confirms Jack and Vera's worst suspicions that Richard has conned them out of their savings. The company doesn't exist.

44x45 Weds 5th March 2003

05 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Vera is fretting about the £20,000 they've lost through Richard and is convinced that Gail must have known what was going on. Jack notices she has started smoking again. Ashley goes back to work and Fred looks after Joshua. Shelley's sister Sharon has taken a turn for the worse. Peter persuades Shelley to go and visit her saying that he will look after the Rovers. Jack and Vera report their lost investments to the police. They explain that Richard insisted that they had to write the cheque out to "Richard Hillman" rather than a company. When DC Brett expresses incredulity that they did such a thing, Jack explains that it's because Gail is an old friend and they trusted her. They realise how naive they've been. Sarah gives Gail a letter from the bank telling her that her account has been frozen. Ken phones Bob Critchley and finds out that Aidan was released on Saturday.

44x46 Fri 7th March 2003

07 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Gail is concerned that everyone thinks she was in cahoots with Richard. Audrey suggests she make an appointment with a solicitor. Katy doesn't feel well, she's tired and listless and incredibly thirsty. Tommy lets her stay off school although Angela thinks she's putting it on. Craig tells the family that he's got the lead role in the school production of Bugsy Malone. Shelley arrives back from Bradford after visiting her sister Sharon, who is over the worst. The newspaper reporters are again sniffing round but not having much luck as the locals refuse to give anything away. Sally comforts Gail and tries to convince her that none of it is her fault. Gail is drinking again. Harry winds up the reporters by pretending to be a member of the SAS. Shelley asks Peter where he was when she tried to phone. He lies and says he was in the bath. Shelley believes him.

44x47 Sun 9th March 2003

09 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Sunita offers to go into town with Ashley to buy some new clothes for Joshua. Ashley is grateful. Sarah and David worry that they should be trying to earn some money to help Gail with the bills. Martin tells them it isn't necessary. Peter again tries to find the right moment to tell Shelley that the wedding is off but again fails. Katy feels dizzy and faint and has to be taken home from the cafe. Tracy tells Peter that she won't spill the beans to Shelley but that he must do it himself. Shelley asks Tracy to be a bridesmaid at the wedding; Tracy agrees to it. Craig says he wants to stay in to learn his lines for Bugsy Malone. Vera is delighted to see that their article is headline news in The Reporter: "Killer Suspect Robbed us Blind". Most everyone else is disgusted while Jack feels guilty.

44x48 Mon 10th March 2003 - Part One

10 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Sarah and David see the newspaper article accusing Gail of being in cahoots with Richard. They're angry that she hid it from them. Craig is still sulking with Tommy for having a go at him over the photograph. Karen hands out her new business cards which she got done herself from a machine. Jason asks Katy out. She turns him down. Karen tries to entertain buyer Karl Timms in Mike's office. Mike takes over, making Karen look small much to Janice and Fiz's delight. Mike is furious when Karen and Janice have a catfight in the factory in front of Mike's new client. Karl later hands Karen her business card back pointing out that she's misspelled "Superviser". Gail apologises to David and Sarah for hiding the article from them. She thanks Sarah for being so supportive. Gail decides it's time to face the street and explain that she had nothing to do with Richard's dealings. Unbeknown to Gail and the kids, Richard is watching the house.

44x49 Mon 10th March 2003 - Part Two

10 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Katy doesn't feel well again but Angela insists she goes to school. Tommy and Angela plan to take the kids bowling. As Katy isn't well Angela says they'll take David instead. Gail calls in to the medical centre to tell them that she'll be starting back at work tomorrow. Sarah and David start back at school. Shelley gets a call to say that her sister Sharon has got to have an endoscopy. Shelley returns to Bradford to visit her. Peter calls Lucy. Karen asks Mike to let her have a chance at dealing with the clients but Mike refuses. Joe however disagrees with Mike and decides to give Karen a break. . Sarah arrives back home with Bethany. She too is terrified to find Richard there. Gail sees a solicitor to find out where she stands with regard to hers and Richard's finances. When she returns, she is horrified to find Richard in the house. There's no sign of Sarah, David or Bethany and she goes frantic demanding to know what he's done to them.

44x50 12 March 2003

12 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Richard tells Gail he can't live without her, Gail is able to pick up a pair of nail scissors without Richard noticing. She is led to the garage where she finds Sarah and David tied up with tape and gagged in the back seat of the car while Bethany is asleep having been given sedatives. Gail asks to give a goodbye kiss to the children and uses the opportunity to pass the scissors to Sarah. Martin comes over and they hear the music and running engine in the garage and realise that Richard is trying to kill the whole family. Tommy and Kevin force the garage door open. Richard in desperation drives at them. Sarah and David manage to free themselves and David fights with Richard for control of the wheel while Sarah frees Gail, but it's too late; Richard drives to the canal-side and straight off the end. The car plunges into the canal.

44x51 Fri 14th March 2003

14 March, 2003 8:00 pm

David manages to get out of the car and swim to safety. Sarah struggles to free Bethany but manages to do so and they reach the water's surface. Gail is having greater problems as Richard is trying to stop her getting out of the car. Tommy comes to her rescue and eventually Richard lets go. Gail is made safe. Tommy dives in again to look for Richard but finds the car empty. He has to give up. Audrey, Archie, Norris and Rita among others are in the Rovers awaiting news. Karen goes out for a business dinner with Joe and client Chrissy Barker, who is thoroughly rude to Karen. Steve is worried that there's something going on between Karen and Joe and later turns up at the restaurant. Karen is furious and sends him packing.

44x52 Sun 16th March 2003

16 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Gail, Sarah and David are trying to get their lives back on track. David insists on throwing out all of Richard's belongings. Martin points out that the police might need them for forensic evidence. Peter tries to tell Shelley that he's leaving but before he can the phone rings. It's Shelley's mum to say that her sister Sharon has died. Shelley is distraught. Peter drives her to Bradford to be with her mum. He can't break the news. Vera realises that now Richard is dead she has even less chance of ever getting her savings back. Steve is still feeling possessive and jealous. He talks to Joe and realises that it really was a business dinner although he's still suspicious of Joe's intentions. Mike is pleased with the new contract. Joe gives Karen the glory. Aidan calls to see Ken. He gives Ken a copy of Crime and Punishment as a present. Ken is pleased to see that Aidan has changed and is less cocky.

44x53 Mon 17th March 2003 Part One

17 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve finds out that Joe is taking the factory girls for a night out. Kirk wins a year's supply of toilet paper in a competition. Tyrone can't believe his luck when Katy asks him to take her for a drink in the Rovers but she just wants to get out of having to cook Tommy and Craig's tea. Kirk tells Jason and Tyrone how he's got the edge with women. Audrey suggests to Gail that she and the children should have a holiday but Sarah and David say they'd rather stay at home and get back to a normal life. Joe takes the factory girls to an Irish pub for St Patrick's night. Janice isn't impressed. Tracy realises that Peter still hasn't told Shelley that he's leaving her and has lied to Lucy. Fred persuades Ashley that it would be a good idea to hire a nanny for Joshua.

44x54 Mon 17th March 2003 Part Two

17 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Tommy is furious with Tyrone, Jason and Kirk thinking that they got Katy drunk. They explain that she didn't have any alcohol but Tommy doesn't believe them. Steve is frantically looking for Karen. He knows that she's out with Joe and is in torment. Tracy and Lucy go out for a drink. Tracy stops herself from telling Lucy about Shelley but she is disgusted with Peter for lying. Martin hears about Katy and goes round to see her. He calls an ambulance and she's rushed to hospital in a coma. Tommy and Angela are distraught. Joe comes on to Karen in the Rovers. He confesses that he fancies her. She admits that she fancies him but tells him that she loves Steve and is faithful to him.

44x55 Wed 19th March 2003

19 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve is still convinced that Karen has been sleeping with Joe. Karen has spent the night at Fiz's flat and is expecting Steve to realise he's made a mistake and come crawling back. Steve confides in Dev that he thinks Karen and Joe are having an affair. The raffle money which Harry raised has disappeared. Fred asks Harry where it's gone. Harry thinks that Fred is accusing him of stealing and resigns. Kirk manages to sell the last of his free toilet rolls to Kevin. Tommy apologises to Tyrone and Jason for accusing them of getting Katy drunk and thanks them for carrying her home. Katy is upset to learn that she's diabetic.

44x56 Fri 21st March 2003

21 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Joe turns up at the factory sporting a black eye. Mike sends him home. Karen is furious to find that Steve has changed the locks on the flat. She tries to talk to Steve but he is still adamant that their relationship is over. A tearful Karen bursts into the corner shop and tells Dev how she's been wrongly accused of sleeping with Joe. Dev believes her. Peter tells Fred that he paid the raffle money in to the bank with the rest of the takings. Fred realises that he's going to have to apologise to Harry. Katy arrives home from hospital. She can't bring herself to inject so Martin comes round and does it for her. Katy is very grateful. Dev talks to Steve about Karen and says that he's sure she's telling the truth. Lucy asks Peter to move in with her. He wriggles out of it saying he'd rather wait until they're married. Karen calls round to see Joe. He begs her to give up on Steve and stay the night with him.

44x57 Sun 23rd March 2003

23 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter confides in Tracy about the funeral and the wedding. Tracy is unsympathetic. Karen and Steve have spent the night making up. Karen forces Steve to throw a sickie so they can spend the day together. Peter panics when his mobile rings in front of Shelley and Lucy has obviously changed the ring tone to "Here Comes the Bride". In desperation, Peter suggests to Lucy they could postpone the wedding. Lucy refuses. Martin calls round to No.6 again and teaches Katy how to inject. Fred apologises to Harry and asks him to come back to work. Harry considers it. Steve apologises to Joe for thumping him. Joe reiterates that there was nothing going on and looks regretfully at Karen. Shelley calls into the florist's. She sees that Lucy is pregnant and congratulates her. Tracy manages to stop Shelley from talking about her wedding in July.

44x58 Mon 24th March 2003 - Part One

24 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Tracy asks Peter which he's going to attend, his wedding or Sharon's funeral in Bradford. Peter attends Sharon's funeral with Shelley. Shelley's mum Bev is very upset. Karen and Steve are getting on really well. Joe persuades Mike that Underworld should branch into men's designer underwear. Gail asks Archie to sort out Richard's funeral. She wants the least fuss with no guests and no service. Joe comes on to Karen again in the factory. She tries to ignore him. Later Joe pretends to chat up a girl on the phone. Karen is immediately jealous. Lucy is excited to be getting married in three hours' time. Tracy feels guilty for not putting her straight about Peter. Audrey tells Gail that Stephen wants to treat them all to a holiday in Canada.

44x59 Mon 24th March 2003 - Part Two

24 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Lucy, Tracy and friend Mandy Pearce prepare for the wedding. In desperation Peter tells Shelley that he can't stay for the wake and has to leave immediately for an important meeting. Shelley is furious with him. Lucy tells Tracy that she's booked a surprise honeymoon for them in a couple of weeks' time. Joe goes out for lunch with a girl called Lisa Ibbetson just to make Karen jealous. Ashley phones Harry and asks him to come over and see where they're going to put Maxine's memorial bench which was paid for with the raffle money. Peter is late for his wedding. Lucy is distraught and thinks he's changed his mind. She accuses Tracy of hiding something. Tracy is about to spill the beans about Shelley when Peter turns up. Lucy and Peter are married. Fred asks Harry to reconsider taking his job back at the Rovers. Harry agrees.

44x60 Wed 26th March 2003

26 March, 2003 8:00 pm

It's day one of married life for Peter and Lucy and Peter pretends that he's got to go to a meeting in Bradford. To Peter's horror, Lucy says she'll go with him. Peter phones Shelley. Shelley tells him that she's going to stay in Bradford for a few more days to look after her mum and doesn't want picking up today. To Peter's relief he tells Lucy the meeting has been cancelled and that he's free all week. Tyrone asks Katy if she wants to come with him when he delivers Mike's car back to his flat. She agrees. Joe brings Lisa Ibbetson into the Rovers. Karen is consumed with jealousy. Gail changes her mind and attends Richard's funeral. She feels bitter and empty. Archie conducts the service - they are the only two people present. Tyrone and Katy drop Mike's car off at the flat and Katy insists on having a look round. Katy persuades Tyrone that they should use Mike's flat while he's away. Lucy overhears Peter on the phone to Shelley.

44x61 Fri 28 Mar, 2003

28 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Gail goes to see her solicitor who tells her that the police are investigating Richard's finances and that their accounts will be frozen for months. Audrey tells Gail that she will help her out with money in the meantime. Stephen phones and asks Audrey, Gail and the children to go to Canada the following day for a break. Audrey, Gail and David decide to go. Sarah stays behind with Bethany. Lucy looks at Peter's mobile and sees all the calls from Shelley. She later talks to Tracy. She is forced to admit to Lucy that Peter is still seeing Shelley. Lucy is disgusted. Joe tells Karen that Lisa Ibbetson is just filling a gap and that really it's Karen he wants.

44x62 Sun 30th March 2003

30 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter is hung-over and distraught. He's been up all night fretting. Sarah asks Martin if it's okay for Todd to stay the odd night while Gail is away. Martin reluctantly agrees. Eileen is delighted when Todd remembers it's Mother's Day and gives her a card. Janice is more determined than ever that she's going to get a divorce from Les. Katy phones Louise Crawley, an old friend from Sheffield whilst in Mike's flat. Lucy is furious with Tracy for witnessing her wedding whilst knowing what Peter was up to. She fires Tracy from the florist's. Tracy is furious with Peter and blames him for her losing her job. Tyrone tries to kiss Katy but she pushes him away explaining that she doesn't fancy him. Tyrone is disappointed. Todd stays over at No.8 and he and Sarah have a mock fight. Les has another go at Mick and Janice across the bar. Janice is upset. Peter forces his way into Lucy's flat and pleads with her to take him back.

44x63 Mon 31st March 2003 - Part One

31 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter has spent the night on the sofa at the Rovers, but tells Shelley and Bev that he met up with his accountant and ended up drinking all night with him. Todd and Sarah settle into domestic bliss at No.8 whilst Gail is away in Canada. Katy is concerned that Tyrone will tell her parents that she phoned her friends from Mike's flat. Les goads Janice and Mick - Janice has to be restrained, but Mick stays calm in the face of Les's insults. Jason confides in Todd that he's seeing his dad behind Eileen's back. Peter goes to the florist's to find that Lucy has gone, leaving no forwarding address with Debbie Eaton, the woman working there. Emma casually mentions that she's on the shortlist for promotion. Curly is annoyed that she had neglected to inform him about such an important event. Bev is hurt to discover that Shelley has chosen a wedding dress without her. Steve sends Les to pick up the new vehicle for Street Cars.

44x64 Mon 31st March 2003 - Part Two

31 March, 2003 8:00 pm

Emma is furious with Mick, as Les lies injured on the floor. Faced with being in deep trouble himself, Mick has no choice but to arrest Les for assaulting a police officer. Emma is frustrated and angry, but calls for back-up for the arrest. Peter is remorseful as it dawns on him how badly he's treated Shelley - he assures her that he wants to go ahead with the wedding. Tony Stewart tells Jason that there may be a job for him at his building site. As Les is taken away in a police van, Emma keeps quiet despite Les's pleas for her to tell the truth. Mick is scared of the consequences of his lack of control. Steve has to collect Les's abandoned car. Mick is advised to get his injuries photographed as he discloses the personal relationship between him, Emma and Les. Emma doesn't contradict Mick's story, but is obviously uncomfortable. Angela admits to Tommy that she knew that Katy was seeing Tyrone.

44x65 Wed 2nd April 2003

02 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Janice is outraged to see Mick's injuries and believes his story that Les had acted out of jealousy. Les meets with his solicitor, Wendy Clements. He's advised that backed by the two statements from Mick and Emma, he'll be charged with assault. Mike tells Tommy and Kevin about Katy and Tyrone's exploits and warns them that he may go to the police. Kevin warns Tyrone that he could lose his job if Mike prosecutes. Les returns home on bail. Mick warns Emma that they need to stick together in the face of Les's accusations, or they themselves could face prison. Joe is thinking of taking Karen with him to a trade fair in Wolverhampton - Mike warns him that he's playing with fire.

44x66 Fri 4th April 2003

04 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Les is dressed up for a court appearance. Curly tackles Emma to tell the truth. He's horrified that she's taking the side of someone who's framing an innocent man to save himself. Tyrone confesses to Vera that he's been using Mike's flat and accused of stealing money, but Vera is quick to blame Katy. Mick pleads with Emma to stand by him when she tells him that she's considering changing her statement. Mike delights in covertly confirming the rumour to the factory girls that £1,000 of his has been stolen. Dev sacks Les for bringing the cab firm into disrepute. Peter takes Tracy on at the bookies, even though Sally says she's no longer short-staffed.

44x67 Sun 6th April 2003

06 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen pretends to be a dutiful housewife then makes her feelings clear to Steve that she is entitled to an opinion and storms out. Mike plays the heavy with Tyrone and orders him to be in the Rovers at 6.00pm with his money. Sally tells Kevin how useless Tracy is in the betting shop. Katy tries and fails to talk Tyrone out of stealing a car to pay Mike's money back. Steve brushes off Les, telling him that he'll deal with his sacking when he's less busy. Karen is touched when Steve gives her his support in her efforts at a career. Emma is defensive with Curly and says that Les brought on his troubles himself. Tyrone is bracing himself to steal a car, when Vera gives him praise for putting all his past behaviour behind him.

44x68 Mon 7th April 2003 Part One

07 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen leaves for the business trip, despite Steve's entreaties to reconsider for the sake of their marriage. Janice gives Mick a set of keys to her flat. Steve watches Karen and Joe leave the street in a flash hire car. Jack, Kirk and Tyrone ponder a competition to describe a dream house in twenty words or less. Peter suggests to a disbelieving Shelley that they try for a baby straight away. Emma tells Curly that Les's allegations have been officially logged but that she's not going to change her story. With Karen's mobile switched off, Steve phones the hotel in Wolverhampton to discover that there is only one room booked, in the name of "Joe Carter".

44x69 Mon 7th April 2003 Part Two

07 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen leaves a message on the answerphone, saying she'll be home within half an hour. Terrified, Steve throws Julie Roxburgh out and tries to hide the evidence of their liaison. Mick and Janice unpack Mick's belongings in the flat. Steve goes on the offensive with Karen and questions why she has come home early. She is annoyed that has to explain herself, when he should be pleased that she's back. Katy meets Louise Crawley and is persuaded to join her at a concert in Manchester on Saturday night. Karen insists to Steve that without trust their marriage is worthless. Craig gives a lacklustre performance of Bugsy Malone to his parents. Les confronts Janice, Mick, Curly and Emma in the Rovers.

44x70 Wed 9th April 2003

09 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve is hung-over in the flat whilst Karen has spent the night at Janice's flat. Janice is providing a sympathetic ear and tells that her she can stay as long as she likes. It's Joshua's first birthday and Fred and Ashley interview three candidates for the nanny position. Tyrone provides an alibi for Katy's absence the previous night, and Tommy again warns him to keep away from her. Joe returns to Underworld from Wolverhampton - Janice tells him that Karen's not well and won't be in, but he's suspicious that there's more to the situation. Roy helps Jack and Kirk with a crossword. Steve confides in Eileen as Janice gives him a hard time for what he's done to Karen. Tommy tells Katy that she's grounded and can't go to the concert. Steve confronts Joe in the Rovers for taking his wife off him. Joe convinces him that nothing has happened between him and Karen, and Steve realises how big a mistake he's made.

44x71 Fri 11th April 2003

11 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Janice advises Karen that it should be Steve that has to leave the flat, not her. The Nelsons are becoming aware of Katy's new dietary regime to ward off her diabetes. Joe is pleased to hear that Karen has left Steve. Karen rebuffs him when he instantly makes a move on her. Claire Casey calls round to collect some references she'd forgotten from the previous day's nanny interview. She proves an instant hit with Joshua, and Ashley offers her the job, despite having misgivings the previous day over her lack of experience. Fred is disappointed in Ashley's choice, preferring Ginnie Redman, a stricter and more experienced candidate. Steve restrains himself from hitting Joe, when he gloats over the fact that Karen won't talk to him.

44x72 Sun 13th April 2003

13 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve has spent the night camping on Eileen's sofa. Emily is uneasy at the attention Norris draws to her in Roy's Rolls - he's concerned that she's withdrawn into herself. Katy is able to go to the concert under the ruse that she is accompanying Craig to a dress rehearsal for his play. She meets her friends and is watched with interest by a strange man - Andy Morgan. Jack and Tyrone win the £50 prize for a crossword competition. Maria shows interest when she thinks they've won the lottery. Karen tells Janice that she still loves Steve. Blanche has tricked the whole family into another meal. The atmosphere is uncomfortable and Dev makes to leave early. Blanche berates them for making no effort, apart from Ken, when he should have the biggest grievance.

44x73 14th April 2003 - Part One

14 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Craig pretends to have lost his voice. Angela is suspicious. Sarah gets Emily to look after Bethany so that she and Todd can enjoy their last day of freedom in the house together. Ashley leaves Joshua with Claire the nanny for the first time. He worries about him. Jack thinks he's won £100 in a competition. Later he finds out that he hasn't. Vera is furious and belts him in the Rovers. Angela overhears Katy and Craig rowing. She accuses Craig of lying about his voice. Craig comes clean and admits that the school play was last Saturday and that he never had a part in it. He then runs away. Angela and Tommy want to know where Katy and Craig were on Saturday night but Katy doesn't tell them.

44x74 14th April 2003 - Part Two

14 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Andy and Nick Morgan hold Katy hostage and lie in wait for Angela. Katy is becoming really ill as they won't let her have her insulin injection. Karen and Steve fight over their belongings. Steve walks out with the TV but Karen hides the remote control. Angela and Tommy find Craig in the cafe. Craig explains that he made up the story about being in the school play for a bit of fun. Angela and Craig forgive him. Ashley and Fred return home to find that Claire and Joshua are getting on really well. Claire takes Joshua out for a walk. Sally tells Kevin about the two men who called looking for the Nelsons. Knowing that they are on a witness protection scheme, Kevin is worried and goes to check on their house. He can't get any reply and asks Sally to call the police. Sally is bemused but does as she's told. Dev gives Tracy a credit card on his own account. Tracy is delighted. The Morgan brothers threaten to kill Katy. She is petrified.

44x75 Wed 16th April 2003

16 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Tommy has been shot in the top of the arm. Katy is okay but suffering from lack of insulin. They are taken to hospital by ambulance. The police catch Nick Morgan but Andy escapes. Ashley, having seen what's going on next door, panics that Joshua might have been hurt. Claire returns with Joshua who is fine but Ashley sacks her saying that he needs to be with his son. Claire feels terrible. Sally is furious with Kevin for keeping the Nelsons' secret from her. She now worries that the Morgan family will be after them too for calling the police. Sarah and Todd discuss how much they've enjoyed living on their own with Bethany. Rita and Norris feel guilty for having thought the worst of the Nelsons now they know the truth. Angela visits Tommy and is told that they're not sure that they can save his arm.

44x76 Fri 18th April 2003

18 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Tommy's operation is successful and Katy is now allowed home. Angela is relieved. She hugs Craig and tells him that she couldn't have got through it without him. Maria complains to Fred about Bev. Fred has a word with Shelley. Shelley and Bev fall out but soon make up and Shelley realises that Bev is right about Maria - she's bone-idle. Eileen goes on at Jason to get a job. Todd moves back home from No.8. Katy confesses that it's her fault the Morgan brothers found them. She admits to meeting up with her old Sheffield friends at the concert. Angela goes berserk but soon calms down and forgives Katy. To Dev's horror, Tracy invites Shelley and Peter round for Sunday lunch.

44x77 Sun 20th April 2003

20 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Tommy feels better and discharges himself from hospital against Martin's advice. Sally is still cross with Kevin for keeping the Nelsons' secret from her and not trusting her. Tommy arrives home and makes it clear to Kevin and Sally that he's not impressed with Sally for having a go at Angela. Fiz lets slip to Roy that Hayley knew the Nelsons' secret. Roy is disappointed that Hayley didn't confide in him but admires Hayley for her loyalty to Angela. Audrey talks to Archie about reopening the salon and finding a replacement for Maxine. Shelley and Peter go for lunch at Dev and Tracy's flat. Nobody really wants to be there and Peter worries that Tracy might spill the beans about Lucy. Gail is furious when she finds out from Eileen that Todd has been living with Sarah the whole time she's been away. She shouts at Martin for not keeping an eye on them.

44x78 21st April 2003 - Part One

21 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve and Karen bump into each other - neither knows what to say. Independently they admit to their friends they still love each other. It is Roy and Hayley's fourth wedding anniversary. He buys her a bracelet with tulips on it and she buys him driving lessons which Roy secretly dreads. Bev thinks Fred fancies her and is worried he might propose. Peter tells Shelley that Dev thinks Tracy is good in bed but not marriage material. Shelley is worried as she knows Tracy is expecting Dev to propose. Todd insists on talking to Gail. At first Gail refuses to listen but gradually Todd wins her round. Gail invites him for tea. Sarah is delighted when Gail apologises for flying off the handle. She says they can still see each other but they must do plenty of revision.

44x79 21st April 2003 - Part Two

21 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Bev tries to chat up Roy but to no avail. She tells Roy that she's lonely - he suggests she gets a dog! To Tony and Merle's horror, Jason turns up saying that he's left his mum and has come to live with them. Les is delighted when Steve gives him his job back at Street Cars. Eileen tracks Jason down to Merle's house. She and Tony have a huge row. Jason is disgusted with them and storms out. Bev holds a lock-in at the Rovers but it's girls only. Shelley warns Deirdre that she thinks Tracy is going to end up getting hurt by Dev. She explains that Tracy thinks he's going to propose to her and that Dev has told Peter that it's just a casual relationship. Karen and Janice get drunk at the pub lock-in. Karen admits to Janice that she still loves Steve and starts to cry.

44x80 25th April 2003 - Part One

25 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Roy is worried that Bev fancies him and he doesn't want to hurt her. He asks Fred and Harry for some advice on handling women. They offer to lend him a copy of "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus". Merle Jackson demands that Tony Stewart must get rid of Jason as it's her house and she doesn't want him there. Tony can't bring himself to tell him. Shelley persuades Maria to take her job back at the Rovers. Eileen confides in Patrick how upset she is about Jason living with Tony. Hayley finds out that Bev tried to seduce Roy for a joke. She tells Bev exactly what she thinks of her and storms out of the pub. Jason starts his new job on the building site with his dad. Tony chats to him about his family. Jason is intrigued and wants to know more.

44x81 25th April 2003 - Part Two

25 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Merle encourages Jason to go and make up with Eileen as she wants rid of him but Jason doesn't take the hint and refuses. Audrey starts getting the salon ready for reopening. Maria and Candice both ask her for a job but they end up rowing with each other and Audrey refuses to take either of them on. Tracy goes shopping with Shelley for her bridesmaid dress. She natters on to Shelley about what sort of wedding she and Dev will have. Shelley keeps quiet. Tony calls to see Eileen and asks her to try and persuade Jason to come home. Eileen agrees although she realises that she will be doing Tony's dirty work for him. Vera has another go at Gail over her lost savings. She tells Gail that as Richard spent the money on her and her family, she ought to pay Vera back.

44x82 27th April 2003

27 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Tracy gets Peter to tell her exactly what Dev said about her. Tracy is furious. Mike overhears Joe trying to chat up Karen again. Mike tells Steve that if he wants Karen back he'd better get in there quick before Joe takes over. While Dev is out, Tracy takes the scissors to all his designer clothes. Les goes to see his solicitor. It's not good news. She tells him that without a witness the jury are likely to believe Mick and Emma and that with his record he'll get a prison sentence. Les bumps into Peter who has an appointment at the same solicitors. Peter wants to find out how quickly he can get divorced and is shocked to find out that it's eighteen months minimum. Maria persuades Audrey to give her another chance working at the salon. Shelley wants to know what Peter was doing at the solicitors. He lies and says he was sorting out some bad debtors at the bookies.

44x83 28th April 2003 - Part One

28 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Tracy tells Deirdre that she's dumped Dev and is now enjoying herself with his credit card. She's booked into a swanky hotel. Rosie has a tantrum because Kevin won't let her have a mobile phone. Audrey reopens the salon once again under her own name. They are packed out and she and Maria can barely cope. Kirk asks Les to think hard if there were any witnesses when he got thumped by Mick. Les remembers there was a dog. Kirk makes a canine photo-fit kit and between them they make up a picture of the dog. Deirdre goes to give Dev a piece of her mind for the way he's treated Tracy. She can't help herself and slaps him across the face. She later tells Tracy who is unimpressed and accuses Deirdre of gloating. Dev is annoyed with Peter for having passed on his comments about Tracy. He blames Peter for their break-up. Les and Kirk go looking for the dog who fits Les's description. Tony Stewart and Merle take Jason to the Rovers where they bump into Eileen.

44x84 28th April 2003 - Part Two

28 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve is starting to win Karen round. She asks Steve to go and wait in the flat for her as she just wants two minutes with Joe. Reluctantly he goes. Kirk continues to look for the dog. He fails to notice a beggar with a dog which fits the photo-fit. Kirk doesn't realise he's in a red light area and is arrested on suspicion of kerb-crawling. The policeman lets him go when he finds that Kirk only has 70p on him. Deirdre apologises to Tracy for gloating and asks her to come home. Tracy says she will eventually but not yet. Jason is gutted when Tony Stewart, under pressure from Merle, tells him that he'll have to move back to Eileen's house. Eileen can see that Jason is upset. She asks him if he wants his old bed back and he admits that he does. Kirk offers to perjure himself for Les and pretend that he witnessed Les's thumping.

44x85 30th April 2003

30 April, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve sits in the cab office listening to Karen and Joe making love in the flat above. Tracy has to borrow £150 from Deirdre to pay her hotel bill as Dev has stopped her credit card, but not before she managed to run up £1,000 on it. Kevin gives in and buys Rosie a mobile phone. Rosie is unhappy because it's an old one and therefore uncool. Steve accosts Joe and Karen on Rosamund Street and tells Joe that he's got until midday to shift his stuff from the flat. Karen points out that legally he can't do that. Vera goes for a colour and perm at the salon. She is horrified when Maria turns her hair purple by accident. Candice finds it funny. Maria is mortified. Jason agrees to help Steve clear all Joe's stuff out of the flat. They pack everything into boxes and bin liners and dump it outside the factory. Rosie has two friends, Jodie Pepper and Kayleigh Borthwick, round.

44x86 2nd May 2003

02 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Todd suggests to Steve that he could move into the flat above the cab office now Joe's gone. Steve says he'd rather continue to live with Eileen and the boys. Rosie continues to be a teenage nightmare. She brings up the subject of Kevin's and Sally's affairs much to their embarrassment. Jack wins six boxes of toilet cleaner. Vera tells him to get rid of it as it matches her purple hair. Gail tells Vera that she's seeing her solicitor about Richard's affairs and that she hopes there will be enough money to pay her and Jack back their £20,000. Les tells Curly that Kirk is going to stand as a witness against Mick and Emma. Curly, realising that Kirk is lying, explains to Les that Kirk could go to prison for perjury. Gail sees her solicitor,

44x87 4 May, 2003

04 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Kevin goes berserk with Rosie when he sees that she's had her belly button pierced. He tells her that she's grounded. Vera is delighted when Jack tells her that he's won £250, but then she finds out that he's run up nearly £300 on the phone bill. She bans him from doing any more competitions. Steve decides it's time to move into the flat above the cab office. Eileen helps him move. Steve breaks down and Eileen comforts him. Gail explains to Emily that the creditors may have a claim on her house too. Rosie sneaks out of the house while nobody's looking. Sally and Kevin are angry at first but then they start to worry. Sally phones the police. Todd suggests to Sarah that they get a place and start living together. Gail calls on Jack and Vera. She apologises to them and explains that they won't be getting their £20,000 back as there's simply no money to pay it.

44x88 5 May, 2003 - Part One

05 May, 2003 8:00 pm

As glazier Rod Franks repairs the damage, David can't believe Gail's calm reaction to Vera throwing a brick through her window. He thinks she should call the police but she refuses. Kevin interrogates Rosie about what she was doing in Birmingham. She tells them that she went to audition for a girl band but she wasn't picked. Kirk likens Les to Nelson Mandela and suggests they drum up some support for him. They call on different neighbours asking them to be character witnesses for Les but they all refuse. Audrey is appalled to hear about Vera and insists that Gail and the kids should come and live with her while they sell the house. Gail agrees to ask them. Kevin tells Rosie that she's not allowed out. Sally thinks he's being too strict.

44x89 5 May, 2003 - Part Two

05 May, 2003 8:00 pm

David admits that he put the brick through the window. Initially Vera is furious but she calms down when David tells her how he can hear Gail crying at night. David starts to cry. Vera feels guilty and later she apologises to Gail. Sally suggests to Kevin that they compromise with Rosie and offer to pay for singing lessons and dancing lessons if in return she starts to behave herself. Tony Stewart tells Jason that he's found him some more work but it's on a building site in Warrington. Fred plans a night out with Petula Peach, the widow of the abattoir owner. He's hoping to win some business from her. Vera finally accepts that their savings are gone and that she and Jack have to make the best of it. Les, Kirk and Swanny Gillen, an ex-wrestler, carry out Kirk's plan in the Rovers.

44x90 7th May 2003

07 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Vera gets a phone call to say she's won a dream house - she's ecstatic. Norris goes to the bank and gets all the mortgage forms to buy Emily's house. Emily is seriously worried, especially when Norris tells her of the alterations he's going to make. Audrey admits to Gail that she's had second thoughts about her and the kids moving in but that instead she will pay off Gail's debts for her so they don't have to move. Kevin makes up with Rosie. He tells her that she can have her mates round so they can practise their singing and dancing. Jason arrives home worn out after his first day at the new job in Warrington. Jason moans to Tony Stewart about the fact that Eileen has bought Todd a laptop and Todd is her favourite.

44x91 9th May 2003

09 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Eileen has a go at Jason for waking her up at 5.30am on his way to work. Jason feels just as picked on as when he was on the dole. Todd asks Eileen if Sarah can stay over occasionally. Eileen agrees so long as Gail is happy with the arrangement. Emily is delighted when Gail tells her that her solicitor has told her that No.3 is safe and will not be sold. Emily and Rita keep quiet from Norris and continue to let him think he's going to be Emily's landlord. Joe gives Karen a gold necklace. He's put out when she threads her wedding ring onto it. Jack decides to keep the greenhouse and move it to the allotment. Audrey can't bring herself to tell Gail that she's unable to bail her out so instead she confides in Archie that she's going to take out a loan against her own house.

44x92 11th May 2003

11 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Jason asks Eileen to take out a loan so that he can buy a car. He promises to pay her back but she refuses. Jason is depressed. Claire the nanny calls round to No.4 needing a reference to give to the agency following her dismissal. Ashley realises that he made a mistake sacking her and offers her the job back. Claire is delighted. Eileen overhears Sarah saying how Todd gets a much better deal than Jason and that Eileen doesn't seem to give a toss about Jason. Eileen is shocked. Karen hires Harry to do fifteen hours cleaning a week at Underworld. Joe is unnerved when Karen says that she's been looking at the Underworld accounts. Vera catches Jack skiving at the allotment. He's supposed to be planting vegetables that they can sell and not drinking lager!

44x93 12th May 2003 - Part One

12 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen tries to impress Mike with Harry's standard of cleaning. Bev tells Shelley that it's time she moved on. She goes to have a look at a pub by Dyserth Falls, North Wales. Bev doesn't really want to go but feels she should for Shelley's sake while Shelley doesn't want her mum to go but keeps quiet for Bev's sake! Archie persuades Blanche to attend a tea dance with him. Blanche plays hard to get but is delighted on the quiet. Les goes to see his solicitor and barrister John Rivers, who tells him that he must only answer "yes" and "no" to the questions thrown at him as he stands no chance if it gets personal. Curly admits to Emma that he's dreading going to her colleague's leaving do as he doesn't want to see Mick. Gail apologises to Eileen and tells her that Sarah is talking about moving to Oxford. Eileen advises Gail to ignore it as it probably won't happen anyway. Eileen is delighted when Jason turns down the offer of a drink with Tony Stewart in favour of going out in his new car.

44x94 12th May 2003 - Part Two

12 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Mike receives a call from the school - Adam has absconded because he was caught drinking. Adam tells Mike and Peter how none of them really care about him. Karen is furious with Joe and points out that they could both end up in prison. Shelley tells her mum how much she enjoys having her around and Bev admits that she's enjoyed it too. Emma, Curly, Mick and Janice meet in the Rovers on their way to the party. Mick thanks Curly for lying on his behalf. Curly tells him that he is disgusted by the whole thing and is only lying because he feels he has no choice. Adam spends the night at the Rovers with Peter, Shelley and Bev. Joe takes Karen to see a loft-style apartment. He tells her that if she comes in on the scam with him they will have the money to buy one of these. Karen starts to crack. Tommy and Martin arrange to go fishing together.

44x95 14th May 2003

14 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Joe tells Karen that as partner in crime she will have to get Mike to sign cheques to his bogus company, Artrec, too. Tommy and Martin go fishing together. Adam continues to give Peter and Mike a hard time for being too busy to bother with him. He eventually agrees to go shopping with Mike but on condition Peter goes too. Peter asks Bev if she could stay around for a bit longer as they might need someone to look after Adam. Mick plans to take Janice away for a long weekend. She is delighted. Blanche introduces Wally Bannister to Deirdre and Ken. He invites them all to come and use his swimming pool. Les asks Ken to be a character witness for him. Ken refuses. In desperation Les asks Shelley and Archie, both of whom refuse.

44x96 16th May 2003

16 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Shelley tells Peter that he's got to spend more time with Adam to show him that he cares. Tracy and Deirdre gently tease Blanche about her new fancy man Wally Bannister. Tracy suggests to Candice she should go out with Adam but Candice dismisses him as a child. Martin tries to interest Katy in doing the hospital fun run. Katy, Todd and Sarah agree to do it. Candice thinks it's childish. Adam wishes he could join in but realises he'll be back in Scotland. Mike has a heart-to-heart with Adam and tells him how much he means to him. He asks Adam to come away to Spain with him but is disappointed when he refuses.

44x97 18th May 2003

18 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Jason, Katy and Martin go for a run. Todd and Sarah dip out and go to the cafe. Adam asks Peter if they can spend a few days in Plymouth as he knows Susan took him there to see Peter when he was a baby. Peter agrees. Les delights in telling Emma and Curly that he now has a witness. Mike is hurt to find out that Adam is going away with Peter and Shelley having turned down his offer of a holiday in Spain. Joe starts putting pressure on Karen to get a divorce. Karen feels unnerved by this. Curly tries to persuade Emma that she has to come clean and that she can't risk lying in court. Emma tries to stand up for Mick saying that he's a good policeman. Joe and Karen are shocked when Mike says that not only has he cancelled his holiday but he's decided to use the time to go through Underworld's paperwork.

44x98 19th May 2003 - Part One

19 May, 2003 8:00 pm

It is the day of the court case: Les is confident that he's going to get off. Emma is nervous about telling the truth and Curly is being very supportive. Tommy and Angela plan to throw a house-warming and name-changing party for the neighbours. Sunita looks after Ben so that Curly can go to the court. Blanche also goes along to watch from the public gallery. Mike starts to go through the company's paperwork. Joe keeps fairly cool but Karen is panicking. Just as Mike starts to query the Artrec invoices his phone rings - it's Adam who asks Mike to join him, Peter and Shelley in Plymouth for a couple of days. Mike goes off leaving a relieved Joe in charge. Dev arrives back a day early from his holiday to find Deirdre standing in for Sunita in the corner shop as she has had to go to No.7 to change Ben's clothing.

44x99 19th May 2003 - Part Two

19 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Emma changes her mind again at the last minute, and lies to the court saying that it was Les who attacked Mick and not the other way round. Mick thanks Emma but she tells him that she was just scared of telling the truth and what it would mean to her relationship with her police colleagues, not because she was supportive of him. Emma hates herself for being a coward. Curly is appalled by what she's done. Les's witness Dave Arden turns up at the last minute and backs up Les's story but under cross-examination admits to having had run-ins with the police himself. Les himself doesn't give convincing evidence and barrister Simon Darcy points out that both parties had injuries.

44x100 21st May 2003

21 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Mick and Janice go for a celebratory drink and insist that Emma comes with them. Curly refuses and goes home in disgust. Kirk is distraught that Les has been wrongly imprisoned. Fiz tries to cheer him up. Claire confides in Maria that she has a rather possessive boyfriend who is unhappy about the amount of hours she's working for Ashley. Dev presents Sunita with a beautiful sari and tells her how his holiday in India has changed him and he feels spiritually awakened. Blanche gets her hair done as Wally Bannister is coming to tea. Claire takes Joshua to see Ashley in the butchers. Ashley thanks her for working so hard and asks her if she's got a boyfriend. Claire lies and says not. Martin and Katy arrive back from their run.

44x101 23rd May 2003

23 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Roy quotes from the Highway Code to people in the cafe. Kirk receives a letter and visiting order from Les in prison. Curly and Emma are hardly speaking. They continue to row over Les's wrongful imprisonment. Joe and Karen forge a cheque for £8,000. Norris is fed up - five days of jury service and he still hasn't been picked. Angela, Tommy, Katy and Craig throw their house-warming party. The factory girls give them a joke name plaque for the house - "Dunhidin". Curly confides in Kevin that his marriage is on the rocks. Ashley takes Claire to the party. Ashley misses Maxine but Claire enjoys herself. Roy tells Hayley that they need to buy a spade in case they break down when they get a car! Emma follows Curly to the party and tries to talk to him but he refuses to respond. Kirk has a go at her over Les and Emma feels thoroughly humiliated.

44x102 25th May 2003

25 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Katy is embarrassed when she sees Martin. He tells her just to forget about it. Katy is disappointed. Emma gets called in to see her superior - Superintendent Greenbank. Fiz and Kirk visit Les in prison. Les is very down. Steve hears that Karen has given notice on flat above The Kabin. He calls round and again tries to patch things up with her but to no avail. Superintendent Greenbank tells Emma that she's to be promoted to inspector but in a different area so that she will no longer be Les's next-door neighbour. Rosie practices her pop idol routine in her bedroom. Wally calls to see Blanche but she's at the salon having her hair done. Instead he chats up Tracy while he's waiting.

44x103 26th May 2003 - Part One

26 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Katy tarts herself up in the hope that she's going for a run with Martin. She's disappointed to learn that he's taking David fishing with Craig instead. Blanche has gone to look after her sick sister in Morecambe. Curly confides in Emily that his marriage is on the rocks because Emma thinks more of her job than she does of him and Ben. Steve accuses Karen of only wanting a divorce because it's what Joe wants. Karen denies this but Steve can see she that he's hit a nerve. He agrees to be cited for adultery in the divorce. Fiz and Kirk wind Curly up by having a barbecue and playing Les's Status Quo records very loudly. Dev invites Sunita out for dinner in front of Tracy. She is jealous. Sunita accepts.

44x104 26th May 2003 - Part Two

26 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Curly refuses to let Emma in the house. Mick and Janice offer to put her up. Katy is sulking because Martin cancelled their run. Karen and Steve meet for a drink and discuss the divorce. Both of them are secretly regretting that they split up in the first place. Karen tells Joe that her divorce is going ahead. Joe is delighted. He tells her that they only need one more cheque signed by Mike and they can buy their dream apartment. Dev finds Steve looking very depressed in Street Cars. He insists that Steve has a couple of hours off but stresses that he must be back for 7.30pm when he has a date with Sunita. Steve is grateful. Sarah and Todd go the Weatherfield Arms to meet Stuart Fergus, a friend of Todd's. Stuart and Todd talk about university and Sarah feels really left out. She starts to realise that moving to Oxford with Bethany is just a pipe dream.

44x105 28th May 2003

28 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Emma hammers on her front door demanding to see Ben. Curly refuses to let her in. Norris calms Emma down and promises to speak to Curly for her. Wally asks Tracy out for dinner as Blanche is still away. Tracy is delighted - he's a millionaire and should be dead soon! Norris persuades Curly to talk to Emma. They row over custody of Ben. Emma asks Curly to let her have a couple of hours on her own with Ben. Curly agrees. Dev gets Steve to explain to Sunita why Dev failed to make their date together. Sunita forgives Dev and agrees to go out with him on Friday instead. Sarah cheers up when Todd explains his plan to her. He's worked out how they could afford a one-bedroom flat in Oxford together if she gets a full-time job. Katy is disappointed when she goes for a run with Martin and he brings David along too. Curly returns home and is distraught to find that Emma has locked him out of the house and refuses to let him in.

44x106 30th May 2003

30 May, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve is feeling really depressed at it's his second wedding anniversary. He wonders if Karen has remembered. Karen is thinking the same thing. Dev confides in Mike that he's a changed man and wants to settle down and get married. He tells Mike that he's planning to propose to someone that evening. Curly tries to get back into his house while Emma is out but finds, to his dismay, that she's changed the locks. He and Emma have another slanging match and agree that it's better they live apart for the time being for Ben's sake. Katy and Sarah revise together. Candice turns up. Katy is interested to hear that it's Martin's birthday on Monday. She steers the conversation round to age and admits that she fancies an older man. Sarah and Candice are intrigued.

44x107 Sun 1 Jun, 2003

01 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Dev confides in Mike that he proposed to Sunita and she turned him down. Joe and Karen are nervous as they get Mike to sign the last cheque to Artrec. The plan is that the cheque will clear while Mike is on holiday in Ireland. Mike decides to ring round a few other suppliers to see if he can get a cheaper deal than Artrec. Karen is a bag of nerves but eventually Mike signs the cheque and leaves. Martin and Katy complete the fun run. Katy helps Martin over the finish line and Martin hugs her. Katy is ecstatic. Fiz and Kirk visit Les in prison and tell him that Curly and Emma have split up.

44x108 Mon 2 Jun, 2003 [Episode 1]

02 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Sunita tells Dev that the answer to his proposal is "no". She feels that Dev doesn't really want to marry her and that it's just a passing phase. Katy gives Martin a sports watch for his birthday. Martin feels uncomfortable and embarrassed. Joe and Karen manage to stall Mike from doing the full stocktake by arranging a lunch with a client, Simon Lang. Joe then gets an ex-con friend of his, Frank Marsden, to drive an empty van round and pretend to supposedly deliver the Artrec order. Claire's boyfriend Gary Jenkinson calls to see her. Claire pretends to Ashley that he's just a friend. Curly accepts Martin's offer to come and stay with him rather than at No.9. Wally invites Tracy to his mansion.

44x109 Mon 2 Jun, 2003 [Episode 2]

02 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Wally takes Tracy to his mansion. Tracy is dumbstruck. She didn't realise how rich Wally is. Joe and Karen convince everyone they're going to have a cosy night in. Wally spoils Tracy with champagne and caviar. Tracy takes a swim in Wally's pool. Tracy thinks she's hit gold. Wally enjoys leching at her in her swimsuit. Curly moves in with Martin. He confides in Curly that he fancies someone half his age and doesn't know what to do. Claire is annoyed when her boyfriend Gary Jenkinson parks outside No.4 and continually blasts the horn. Gary's annoyed because of all the overtime she's working. Claire admits to Ashley that Gary is her boyfriend.

44x110 Wed 4 Jun, 2003

04 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Mike discovers the factory has been broken into. Wally persuades Tracy to spend the day with him. She agrees. Emma dumps Ben on Claire as she has an urgent meeting. The police question Mike, Joe, Karen and Harry. Harry explains how he came back to the factory to get his wallet. Mike accuses him of not resetting the alarm and sacks him. Harry is very upset. Jack receives a letter from the allotment society complaining about the state of his patch. He considers giving up the site but Fiz volunteers herself, Tyrone and Kirk to help maintain the upkeep.

44x111 Fri 6 Jun, 2003

06 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Deirdre and Tracy row over Wally. Deirdre is worried what they will tell Blanche. With Fiz's supervision, Kirk and Tyrone start work on Jack's allotment. The woman on the next allotment, Maz O'Loughlin introduces herself and takes a shine to Kirk. Mike and Joe pay Naveen Alahan a visit. Mike accuses Naveen of fronting Artrec, a false company, ripping him off and stealing all his stock. Naveen denies everything. Roy gets Steve to take him out in his taxi so that he can study a professional driver at work. Roy is appalled with the standard of his driving. Claire's boyfriend Gary Jenkinson calls round to No.4 and is annoyed that she isn't ready.

44x112 Sun 8 Jun, 2003

08 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Gail is worried about David as she can tell that he's upset about something. Sarah feels guilty. Dev stands by his cousin Naveen and tells Mike that Naveen had nothing to do with the robbery. Mike doesn't believe him. Harry is positive that he did reset the burglar alarm in the factory. He tells Mike but Mike doesn't believe him. Ashley bumps into Claire on her day off. Claire admits that she's killing time as she's trying to avoid Gary Jenkinson. Ashley invites her for a cup of tea and pours his heart out to her. Blanche phones No.1 and tells Deirdre that she is over Wally. Tracy is relieved. Kirk and Tyrone visit the allotment again just to ogle at Maz O'Loughlin. Hayley borrows Kevin's car to take Roy for his first lot of driving practice.

44x113 Mon 9 Jun, 2003 [Episode 1]

09 June, 2003 8:00 pm

It's the first day of exams for Todd and Sarah. Todd feels very depressed and blames Eileen for Sarah finishing with him. Tyrone spends another day at the allotment chatting to Maz O'Loughlin. He introduces Maz to Jack. Jack agrees to let her use his greenhouse. Claire turns up at No.4 in tears as she's finished with Gary Jenkinson. She tells Ashley how she told Gary that Ashley said she could do better. Ashley wishes he'd never said anything. Norris sees Ashley comforting Claire and misreads the situation. Audrey and Fred worry that Claire has got a crush on Ashley.

44x114 Mon 9 Jun, 2003 [Episode 2]

09 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Sunita admits to Deirdre that she does still love Dev but she wants to be sure that he really loves her as she doesn't want to get hurt. Ashley is shocked when he hears a dedication on the radio from Claire to Ashley. Norris hears it too and immediately starts spreading the gossip. Janice, Angela and Fiz are worried that they're going to have to look for new jobs as there's still no work at Underworld. Todd tells Eileen that he didn't sit his exam and that he's decided he's not going to Oxford University after all. Eileen is devastated. Todd and Eileen have a huge row. Todd tells Eileen that he never wanted to be a lawyer and was only going down that road to keep her happy.

44x115 Wed 11 Jun, 2003

11 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Gail is shocked to find out that Sarah was thinking of moving to Oxford with Todd. Rosie tells Sally and Kevin that she wants to go on a fat-free diet like Kylie Minogue. Sally takes her at her word and serves up brown rice and steamed fish. Rosie isn't impressed. Mike phones the bank and finds out that Underworld is £50,000 overdrawn. He can't understand it and insists that Joe gets copies of all the bank statements. Joe and Karen start to panic. Sunita is starting to warm to the idea of marrying Dev. She tells Shelley that he's a changed man. Sarah and Todd get back together to both Eileen's and Gail's disappointment. Norris continues to gossip about Ashley and Claire when he sees an article in the Gazette announcing their engagement. Emma lets Curly have an hour with Ben but they end up arguing again.

44x116 Fri 13 Jun, 2003

13 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Claire assures Ashley that she's had a word with Gary Jenkinson and that there won't be any more problems. Eileen thinks that Todd has spent the night at No.8 and lays into Sarah again. Gail assures her they haven't seen Todd. Audrey and Fred are horrified to see posters with the message "Congratulations to Ashley & Claire on your engagement. Love & kisses Maxine xx". Dev insists on closing the corner shop and taking Sunita to lunch. She has a lovely time and confides in Shelley that if he proposes again she will accept. Mike realises that he's not going to be able to pay the women. He explains to them there's a cash flow problem. The girls are seriously worried.

44x117 Sun 15 Jun, 2003

15 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Sunita is the happiest person alive. Dev is coming round for dinner tonight and she knows he's going to propose. Curly is surprised to receive a visiting order from Les. Sunita and Dev have a mock fight with their pricing guns. Todd calls back home to collect his stuff. Eileen tries to talk him out of leaving but they have another row and Todd goes. Claire is very upset when Ashley tells her Gary's latest game. Ashley sets off for Gary's house intent on killing him. Fred follows him with Jason, Tyrone and Kirk. Between them they manage to pull Ashley off Gary. Ashley is upset and shaking. It's brought back all his memories of Maxine's murder. Maz O'Loughlin meets Tyrone, Kirk and Fiz for a drink in the Rovers. She admits to Fiz that it's Tyrone she's interested in and not Kirk.

44x118 Mon 16 Jun, 2003

16 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Ciaran makes it clear that he still fancies Sunita. He tells her that he sent her a letter apologising and explaining everything. Sunita doesn't believe him as she never received it. Sunita asks both Dev and Ciaran to leave as she feels confused. Later Ciaran lets himself back in saying he's nowhere to stay. Sunita lets him have the sofa. Ashley is ashamed that he beat up Gary Jenkinson as he realises that Gary was simply jealous. Ashley apologises to Claire for thinking that she was in on his games. Dev is shocked to see Ciaran coming out of Sunita's flat in the morning. He thinks that Sunita must have slept with him. Sunita is furious that Dev should make such an assumption. Dev apologises. Mike bluffs and tells the Underworld girls that they will be paid tomorrow.

44x119 Wed 18 Jun, 2003

18 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Mike pays the girls half their wages as it's all the business can afford. He instructs Joe to make four of the girls redundant and demote Karen to machinist. One of the redundancies is Fiz. Sunita pours her heart out to Bev and explains how she's torn between Dev and Ciaran. The police drop a bag containing a few of Maxine's belongings off to Ashley now the case is closed. In the bag is the digital camera containing footage of him and Maxine at Christmas. Ashley watches the film and is absolutely devastated - he misses Maxine so much. Claire is shocked to see him in such a state. Peter asks Ken to be his best man at the wedding and not Ciaran, so as to please Shelley. Karen feels terrible about the way Fiz has been treated. Both Janice and Fiz make a point of blanking her in the Rovers.

44x120 Fri 20 Jun, 2003

20 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen confesses everything to Mike. He agrees not to press charges against her if she produces a list for him of every deal with Artrec, every cheque she forged, etc. Sarah asks Katy how her relationship with the older lad she fancies is going. Katy says it isn't and tells Sarah that he's called Mark. Mike lets Joe know that he's uncovered the whole scam. He tells Joe that he's calling the police and that he can look forward to going back to prison. Karen overhears Joe telling Mike that the only reason he started a relationship with Karen was so that he could use her for forging cheques, etc. Karen is hurt and angry. To Joe's horror, Karen gives Mike the list of information he requested and tells him that she's transferred all the money they stole from him back into his account. To avoid being a laughing stock in the rag trade,

44x121 Sun 22 Jun, 2003

22 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Sunita finds out that the flowers were really from Dev. She's amused at Ciaran's cheek. Roy arranges his first driving lesson but later cancels it when Martin tells him he's got to vacate his flat because of cockroaches and that they will probably want to check out Roy's flat too. Mike tells the girls that Joe has left and that they no longer have a supervisor as Karen is now sacked. Mike tells Hayley that she's is now unofficially the supervisor again. Peter tells Ciaran he can stay in his old flat. Candice fancies Liam Strong, a pizza delivery guy. She climbs on the back of his scooter wearing a very short skirt. Mike tells Karen that she has three choices - either she pays him £8,000 for lost business, or he calls the police or she leaves Weatherfield. Karen confesses to Janice, Fiz and Hayley what she and Joe did.

44x122 Mon 23 Jun, 2003

23 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve finds out that Karen and Joe have left after trying to rob Mike. He thinks they've gone together. Martin has no choice but to accept Tommy's offer of the sofa for a couple of nights. Roy continues to worry about cockroaches and he and Hayley code name them "Dave" so they can discuss them freely in the cafe. Todd agrees to rent the flat from Peter. Peter waives the deposit if in return Todd cleans the flat up. They agree on £65 per week. Todd gets a second job working for Dev at the corner shop. Eileen is appalled at him throwing his future away. Kirk and Fiz visit Les who is more depressed than ever.

44x123 Wed 25 Jun, 2003

25 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Mike offers Harry his job back as cleaner at Underworld. After some persuasion Harry accepts. Eileen is shocked to hear from Shelley that Todd and Sarah are moving into Peter's flat above the bookies. She is even more upset when she finds out from Todd that he's sold his laptop to pay the rent. Tyrone goes to visit Maz O'Loughlin on the allotments. She's busily planting seeds which she says are tomatoes. She agrees to meet Tyrone for a drink just to get rid of him. Steve clears all Karen's belongings out of their flat. He gets upset when he finds some of their wedding photos. Emma confides in Mick that she's got an interview on Friday for an inspector's job in Newcastle and that she's not told Curly yet.

44x124 Fri 27 Jun, 2003

27 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Todd is doing his best to make the flat more homely but it's still a hovel. It is Jason's birthday. Eileen gives him a CD, Todd gives him the same CD and Tony Stewart gives him a sovereign ring. Tyrone worries what to wear for his date with Maz O'Loughlin. Fiz dresses him up as a New Age traveller but Tyrone gets cold feet at the last minute. Martin meets Katy for a coffee. They agree to just remain friends. Jason and Tony agree to help Todd do the flat up. Sarah tells Todd that she really loves him but doesn't think the flat is suitable for Bethany. She promises to move in when he's done the flat up. Todd is disappointed. Gail is relieved.

44x125 Sun 29 Jun, 2003

29 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve and Tracy have spent the night together. Tracy is pleased as punch. Dev asks Sunita to come back to work at the corner shop. Sunita says she'll think about it. Tommy asks Martin to get Katy a summer job at the hospital. Martin tells Katy there's a job going in the hospital canteen. Tyrone chats to Maz O'Loughlin about vegetables. He doesn't realise that the greenhouse is full of cannabis that she planted. Jason agrees to help Todd paint his flat so that Sarah might move in with Bethany. Hayley finds out from Mike that Karen split on Joe, told Mike all about the scam to try and save her mates' jobs and left without him. Hayley then tells Steve. Curly is delighted to find that Emma has arranged a surprise party for him in the Rovers.

44x126 Mon 30 Jun, 2003

30 June, 2003 8:00 pm

Sunita goes back to work at the corner shop. Todd worries that they will be overstaffed and he might lose his job. Ciaran plays a trick on Dev and gets him out of the way for a few hours so that he can take Sunita out for a long boozy lunch. Katy tells Roy that she's leaving the cafe as she's starting a job at the hospital. Emma and Curly row in the street. Curly is worried that he will rarely see Ben. Curly is shocked when Emma says she wants a divorce. Shelley is cross with Peter when she finds out that he's letting Ciaran live in their old flat. Angela arrives back from visiting her mother. She is delighted to hear that they've been able to help Martin out as he's been so good with Katy. Bev persuades Tracy to help her organise Shelley's hen night. Steve takes out a bank loan for £8,000 and pays Mike the money that Karen owes him.

44x127 Wed 2 Jul, 2003

02 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Sarah enquires about the part-time job at the cafe. Tracy tells Bev that she can pull any man she wants. She bets Bev that she can get Roy into bed. Hayley is upset to hear that her Aunty Marge has had a stroke. Audrey is concerned to find Archie sitting on the bench outside the salon looking unwell. The girls set off on Shelley's hen night. Bev is annoyed when Maria turns up but Tracy invited her. Curly calls to see Emma. He tells her that he loves her and reiterates that he's willing to move to Newcastle. Emma is worried that he's just lonely. Tracy is jealous when a lad called Bob Cummings chats up Shelley and dances with her. Roy is concerned when Sally tells him that Hayley was crying about her aunt when she left to go on the hen night.

44x128 Fri 4 Jul, 2003

04 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Curly and Emma finally make up. They agree that Emma will start her new job in Newcastle while Curly sells the house, then he'll follow her. Everyone's having a good time at Shelley's hen night except for Tracy. Bob Cummings and his mate Phil Crane fancy Shelley and Maria. Tracy is jealous. Roy arrives at the Weatherfield Arms and explains to Hayley that he was worried about her. He tries to persuade her to go and visit her Aunty Marge. Candice has a date with Liam Strong, the pizza delivery boy. Bob spikes Shelley's drink but Tracy sees him do it. Tracy picks up the drink and throws it in his face. The girls think she's lost the plot. Tracy rows with Bob and snatches the bag of Rohypnol tablets from him. Ciaran arrives and sees Tracy struggling with Bob.

44x129 Sun 6 Jul, 2003

06 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter goes to the hospital to see Lucy. At first she refuses to see him but as the baby starts to arrive she realises she's glad of the support. Ciaran borrows the window cleaner's ladder and enters Sunita's bedroom via the window. Sunita thinks it's funny. Dev is not impressed. Curly visits Les in prison. Curly explains to Les that he and Emma are moving away because Emma has been promoted. Les tells Curly that wherever they go he will find them and get his revenge on Emma and Mick. Peter helps to deliver the baby. Lucy has a baby boy. Both Peter and Lucy are very proud. Steve is trying to track down Karen but still to no avail. Eileen feels sorry for him. Curly arrives home and tells Emma about Les's ranting and raving. Emma wants to know if Les issued any threats. Curly lies and says not. Peter arrives back from the hospital. Ciaran quietly congratulates him on becoming a father. Peter feels really confused about his feelings towards Lucy, the baby and Shelley.

44x130 Mon 7 Jul, 2003

07 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Rosie is excited. She's got an audition for the school production of My Fair Lady. Archie still doesn't look well. Audrey arranges to go round and cook him a meal. Sunita feels a bit guilty about stringing both Dev and Ciaran along while she decides who she wants but Bev tells her she's doing the right thing. Steve tracks Karen down to her aunt Eva's flat. It's obvious that Karen hasn't told Eva the whole truth. Rosie arrives home very upset. She failed to get any part in the production other than one backstage! Sally is cross with the school and promises to sort it out. Maria chats up Candice's boyfriend Liam Strong. Candice is furious.

44x131 Wed 9 Jul, 2003

09 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Shelley reminds Peter that they've got an appointment with the vicar in the afternoon. Sarah is working in the cafe. Todd has just finished his shift at the corner shop. Peter tells Ciaran that he refuses to give up his son that easily. He visits Lucy again but she tells him again that she doesn't want to see him. Tony Stewart and Jason rewire Todd's flat so that Todd's electricity now runs off the bookies' supply downstairs. Todd is a little bit worried. Much to Rosie's embarrassment Sally goes to see Miss Crocker, her drama teacher. She tells her that Rosie will be famous in ten years time with or without her help. Tracy tries to come on to Roy in the Rovers. Roy feels very uncomfortable.

44x132 Fri 11 Jul, 2003

11 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Bev talks to Peter about marriage. He convinces her that marrying Shelley is what he really wants. Porter Jimmy Mullins asks Katy if she will partner him to the hospital disco on Sunday. Katy agrees and Martin is jealous. Steve persuades Karen to give Weatherfield another go. She agrees to give it a three week trial. She's worried that she will be public enemy no.1. Tracy pretends to lose an earring, Roy finds it. Tracy kisses Roy and drags him into the Rovers. Roy is most uncomfortable. Hayley starts to worry that Roy will find Tracy more attractive than her. The Rev. Graham Broadbent calls to see Shelley and Peter and talks to them about the wedding and the serious commitment they're about make.

44x133 Sun 13 Jul, 2003

13 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Curly touches up the paintwork on No.7, preparing it for sale. Peter tells Ciaran that he's going to visit Lucy again. He's determined to see his son. He asks Ciaran to lie for him if anyone asks. Bev is starting to have her suspicions about Peter. Curly, Tommy, Kevin and Martin meet up for a lads' night out. Martin suddenly cries off with a headache. He goes to the hospital disco instead. Tracy comes on to Roy again. Hayley flips and tips the ice bucket all over Tracy. Tracy makes some really bitchy comments to Hayley. Steve insists on taking Karen to the Rovers although she'd rather stay in the flat and hide. Mike spots her and tells her to stay away from the factory. Peter calls round to Lucy's flat.

44x134 Mon 14 Jul, 2003

14 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Bev's suspicions about Peter grow further when he lies to cover up making out a shopping list for Lucy. Dev is preoccupied, mulling over the strength of his feelings for Sunita. Curly tells Tommy and Kevin about Martin's young nurse girlfriend - they tease Martin for sloping off the night before to meet her at the hospital disco. Peter looks after Simon whilst an exhausted Lucy has a sleep, but he's late for his wedding rehearsal. Karen is rattled by last night's hostile reception in the Rovers. Steve tells her that the old feisty Karen would face everyone and persuades her not to run away. Harry tells Karen that Underworld is desperate for a machinist. Todd relates the story of Martin threatening Jimmy Mullins to a disbelieving Candice and Sarah. Katy later plays down the incident to the girls.

44x135 Wed 16 Jul, 2003

16 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Tommy confronts Katy for coming in late last night. She tells him she'll be working overtime tonight and will be late again. Kevin and Tommy press Martin for more information on his young nurse. Ciaran tries to convince Bev not to tell Shelley about Peter. Peter is pleased when Lucy accepts a building society book with £300 in it for Simon. Martin apologises to Jimmy Mullins. Katy and Martin kiss in a quiet corner of the hospital and arrange to meet that night at Martin's flat. Tracy flirts with Roy in the Rovers and insults Hayley by questioning her "natural" state as a woman. Ciaran is delighted to receive his wedding invitation. Dev is forced to admit to Steve that Sunita and Ciaran really do seem happy together. Peter is shocked when Ciaran tells him that Bev is onto him.

44x136 Fri 18 Jul, 2003

18 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Shelley again refuses to admit that Peter is having an affair, and accuses her mother of trying to spoil her big day. Deirdre is distraught when Adam accidentally smears shoe polish on her new wedding outfit. Ken touches her by surprising her with a new dress he's bought with money put aside for a new printer. Peter feigns nonchalance when Lucy tells him that she's going to register Simon's birth tomorrow. Sunita and Betty persuade Roy that he should attend the wedding without Hayley. Bev denies that she has always been jealous of Shelley and assures her that she's just trying to protect her. She hopes that Peter loves Shelley as much as she does. Shelley resolves to ask Peter outright about an affair to prove her mother wrong. Dev warns Ciaran not to hurt Sunita.

44x137 Sun 20 Jul, 2003

20 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Shelley is dazed as Bev busies herself with cancelling the wedding. Peter hammers on the back door of the Rovers until Bev lets him in - he's determined to talk to Shelley. Peter begs for another chance and Shelley finally relents and agrees to marry him, believing him when he tells her that he loves her and will make her happy. Dev tells Sunita that he'll be thinking of her and him when he listens to the marriage vows later that day. Bev asks Shelley to postpone the wedding to give Peter the chance to prove himself trustworthy. Adam tells Peter and Ciaran that Tracy has been making odd comments about the wedding, so Peter asks Ciaran to keep an eye on her throughout the service. Peter frets when Shelley is late, but the wedding goes ahead without incident.

44x138 Mon 21 Jul, 2003

21 July, 2003 8:00 pm

The morning after the wedding and Roy is terrified to wake up in Tracy's bed, with the Barlows downstairs eating breakfast. He's mortified when Ken, Deirdre and Adam spot him trying to leave. Curly and Ben wave Emma off as she leaves for Newcastle. Kirk comments that Les will be waiting for her when she gets back. Roy is in shock, the night before being a complete blank, and he closes the cafe for the day. Mike takes Adam back to Scotland. Deirdre and Ken confront Tracy and are disgusted that she messed with an innocent man's life. Tracy protests that Roy hadn't been forced at gunpoint. Tommy suspects Katy is seeing a boy, and asks an uncomfortable Martin to keep an eye on her. Archie hatches a plan to surprise Audrey on her birthday.

44x139 Wed 23 Jul, 2003

23 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Ciaran tells Sunita that his mother will post his grandmother's engagement ring for her to wear. Meanwhile, he looks at adverts for bargain jewellery. Ken talks Roy into questioning Tracy's version of events. Bev reluctantly agrees to Tracy staying at the Rovers until Shelley's return. Les's cellmate, Arnie Scanlan, is released from prison. He poses as a potential house-buyer, Mr. Poole, and puts in an offer for No.7 on the condition that Curly takes the house off the market. Deirdre confronts Bev in The Kabin for her part in Tracy's bet. Norris, Angela and Fiz are intrigued to hear the gossip, and take delight in later teasing Roy. Fred persuades Bev to take Ciaran on as a potman at the Rovers. Dev tries to talk sense into Sunita about her engagement.

44x140 Fri 25 Jul, 2003

25 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Roy has spent all night at the dining room table, head in hands. Mike invites Audrey to Delphines for her birthday. Archie persuades Mike to cancel as he's already secretly booked a table. Deirdre defends Tracy, upset at all the attacks on her daughter. Ciaran presents Sunita with his "grandmother's" ring, but says they can't marry until next year, as he'll need to save up. Sarah persuades Todd to come on the camping trip. Eileen makes peace with Todd, and looks around his flat. Fiz is worried about Roy. She looks after him and arranges for Vera to open the cafe. Katy lies to Angela about an all-night party at the weekend, so she can spend the night with Martin. Angela suspects her real motives and asks Gail for advice.

44x141 Sun 27 Jul, 2003

27 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Fred is shocked and jealous when Archie tells him that he's proposed to Audrey. Audrey seeks Gail's advice about Archie. Gail admits that life is always easier with a good man beside you. Katy tells Angela that she's seeing Jimmy Mullins and is forced to give Angela a mobile number in case of emergency. It's Tyrone's number and she warns him not to answer if he sees it's her parents on the line. Martin forgets that David is coming round. He gives him money to go bowling instead. Sunita takes Ciaran by surprise and informs him that she's moving in with him. Dev tells her that he'll leave the flat empty so she'll have somewhere to live when it all goes wrong. Roy has a disastrous driving lesson and as he opens the car door to make his escape. He walks into the path of Jason's car.

44x142 Mon 28 Jul, 2003

28 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Katy sneaks out of Martin's flat unseen. Tommy demands to know where Katy's been. She pretends she was at an all-night party with her hospital friends. Eileen tells Jason he needs to contact his car insurance company. Jason looks guilty. Audrey is worried about Archie. He's left her a note saying that he's gone away. Tommy questions Tyrone about Katy's mystery boyfriend. Tyrone feels uncomfortable. Katy confides in Angela that she's sleeping with her new boyfriend. Angela tells Tommy. Karen asks Dev for a job at the corner shop. Dev manages to avoid the question. He later tells Steve he doesn't want Karen working for him. Sunita moves out of the flat and in with Ciaran. Merle Jackson throws Tony Stewart out. She drops him and his belongings off at Eileen's house.

44x143 Wed 30 Jul, 2003

30 July, 2003 8:00 pm

Eileen is fed up with Tony Stewart living under the same roof. The atmosphere between Katy and Tommy worsens. Angela tries to calm Tommy down but he's hell-bent on finding out who Katy's boyfriend is. Fiz is annoyed with Kirk when he says he's planning to take the lads for a week at his uncle's caravan in Blackpool and not her. Jason explains to Tony how he lied to the insurance company and told them he was twenty-seven to get cheaper car insurance. Fiz persuades Roy to phone Hayley, but he still can't bring himself to tell her that he slept with Tracy. Roy is wracked with guilt. Rita gives Sally the name of a friend of hers who runs a dance and drama school. Sally intends to book Rosie some lessons.

44x144 Fri 1 Aug, 2003

01 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Katy apologises to Tyrone for Tommy's behaviour. Eileen is fed up with looking after Tony and Jason and worried about how she's going to pay the car loan now that Jason isn't earning. Angela is cross with Tommy for using his fists and setting a bad example to Craig. Tracy is stunned when Bev tells her a few home truths and explains why nobody likes her. Sally is sick of covering for Tracy at the bookies as she's always skiving. Sally sacks Tracy in Peter's absence. A friend of Les's called Sean Wakefield pretends to be a surveyor and looks round No.7. Kevin tries to smooth things out between Tyrone and Tommy but to no avail. Fiz reluctantly agrees to lend Kirk £100 to pay Arnie Scanlan who's organising the scam on Curly's house. Steve pleads with Mike to give Karen her old job back.

44x145 Sun 3 Aug, 2003

03 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Tommy decides to make an effort with Tyrone as he thinks Tyrone is Katy's boyfriend. He insists that Tyrone should come round for afternoon tea. Sally invites Rita to come with them to Rosie's open evening at the dance school. Emily finds Tracy sitting out in the street and she takes her home. Mick sees Arnie Scanlan leaving No.7 He recognises him and tells Curly and Emma that he's a petty thief who was in prison with Les. Curly and Emma realise they've been conned and that Les will be out before they can sell the house. Emily talks to Tracy about the way she's behaved. Tracy is very depressed. Tyrone has afternoon tea at No.6. Tommy makes a point of embarrassing both Katy and Tyrone who just can't wait for it to be over.

44x146 Mon 4 Aug, 2003

04 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Emily assumes that Roy is the father of Tracy's baby. Tracy is adamant that she wants an abortion. The factory girls send Karen to Coventry when she arrives back at work. Emma allows Arnie Scanlan to view the house again. She fools him with a scam of her own, accusing him of being part of a criminal syndicate of house-buyer impersonators. He leaves with a flea in his ear, and a warning to stay away from Les. An excited Hayley arrives at the cafe. Roy asks her to wait upstairs away from the watchful eyes of the customers. Ciaran is doing a great job at the Rovers. Bev agrees to put a word in for him with Shelley. Mike is dreading a meeting with a difficult customer, Preston King.

44x147 Wed 6 Aug, 2003

06 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Hayley desperately tries to explain away what could have happened, but Roy gives her the irrefutable evidence that he woke up in bed with Tracy. Thinking of Tommy's reaction, Katy's not so certain about going public with Martin. Hayley accuses Roy of being attracted to Tracy all along. She's mortified when it sinks in that the whole street knows what went on. Mike gets fed up of waiting for Preston King, leaving Harry alone in Underworld. When the extremely obnoxious Preston turns up, he suffers a heart attack. Harry gives him CPR and saves his life. Peter and Shelley return from honeymoon. Tracy begs Peter to let her stay at the Rovers, but a disgusted Shelley insists that she leaves.

44x148 Fri 8 Aug, 2003

08 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Hayley is frustrated that she didn't get the chance to confront Tracy. She can't accept Roy's story that he can't remember a thing and thinks he's holding something back from her. Steve receives a letter notifying him that their decree nisi has been granted - he asks Karen to get onto her solicitor to sort it before they're legally divorced. Hayley returns to work and makes it clear that she won't accept any snide comments from the girls. She's touched when Fiz and Angela give her their support. Peter looks after Simon for a couple of hours while Lucy goes to the gym. Harry visits Preston King in hospital and returns his wallet, impressing his wife Penny. Karen tells an incredulous Steve that she wants the divorce to go ahead, so that they can remarry. She wants the wedding she missed out on the first time round - they'd be marrying for love instead of for a bet.

44x149 Sun 10 Aug, 2003

10 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Hayley's sorry she doubted Roy and persuades him to stay and fight for their marriage. Karen continues to hassle Steve to go along with the divorce idea. Katy is livid with Martin and searches his flat for evidence that Sonia spent the night there. Curly and Emma have found the perfect house in Newcastle, and drop the asking price on No.7 by £5,000 for a quick sale. Arnie Scanlan returns with a £10,000 cash deposit and offers them £5,000 over their original asking price. They don't believe he's serious and throw him out. Then they wonder if they've done the right thing. Tommy quizzes Martin about Sonia, but Sonia thinks Martin's not interested because she got so drunk at the barbecue. Martin persuades Katy that although their relationship may be difficult, he's not about to leave her. Hayley takes Roy to the Rovers, showing a united and defiant front.

44x150 Mon 11 Aug, 2003

11 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Les is disappointed with his homecoming - or lack of it - as no one knew he was being released. Emma and Curly start packing up their house. Hayley surprises Roy with the news that she'll be joining her workmates for a drink at lunchtime. She amazes the factory girls by drinking lager. Karen and Steve fail to change their divorce plea to mutual unreasonable behaviour. Steve isn't happy that they'll have to carry on under the grounds of his adultery. Martin and Katy make plans to spend the day together at the weekend. Despite Todd's misgivings, Sarah pays his rent with money from her savers' account. Les is upset when Steve tells him he won't be getting his job back. Todd's reactions impress Sarah when Bethany bumps her head. Sarah plans to tell her mother that she and Bethany are moving in with Todd.

44x151 Wed 13 Aug, 2003

13 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Curly is furious when a stray cat scavenges his bin. Norris admits to feeding it, and reveals that he has named it Monty. Gail notices the bump on Bethany's head. She accuses Sarah of not looking after her properly. Roy notices that Hayley is wearing lipstick. She tells him that she's going shopping. Les admits to Fiz that he has lain awake worrying about Mick's threat to get him back inside. She warns him to leave well alone. Emily is infuriated that Norris has fed Monty with the fish she'd bought for tea. Gail is adamant that Sarah can't take Bethany to live with her and Todd. Gail asks Martin to look at Bethany, concerned that she may have had concussion. She asks him to talk to Sarah. Les does his best to put off Curly's prospective house buyers.

44x152 Fri 15 Aug, 2003

15 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Les aggravates Curly by continuing to play the neighbour from hell. Les wangles his way out of paying Fiz back her £100. Audrey asks Fiz for her rent money. Sarah takes a load of stuff from No.8. Kevin is annoyed when he arrives home to find Fred, Rita and Nicole Farnsworth practising dance moves with Rosie, egged on by Sally. Curly comprises his principles and asks Councillor Naysmith to help him evict Les by any means possible. Eileen is upset when the debt collectors ring her at work. Gail is stunned to hear about Sarah. Martin is uneasy when Tommy points out that teenagers may act like they know everything,

44x153 Sun 17 Aug, 2003

17 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Audrey points out to Gail that although Sarah is making a mistake, she should be there offering support. Mick tries to persuade Janice to help evict Les, but she's uneasy about getting involved. Eileen is mortified to hear that the debt collectors have contacted Steve as he was a referee for her loan. Steve is concerned that she's in over her head. Emma isn't pleased to hear about Curly being in league with Councillor Naysmith. Sophie refuses to go to Rosie's open evening. Tommy volunteers Katy as a babysitter for the evening. Les makes a fire in the yard, sending the smoke over to next door. He's taken aback when Curly threatens him with eviction. Martin tells Gail how miserable she's making everyone.

44x154 Mon 18 Aug, 2003

18 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Norris is concerned when Monty the cat goes missing. Sophie lets slip that Katy dropped her at Sarah and Todd's flat when she was supposed to be babysitting her. Kevin is furious. Tracy phones Deirdre to ask if she can move back home. Both Deirdre and Ken feel that she should stay in London until she shows some remorse and shame, not realising that she's already back in Weatherfield. Kevin tells Martin about Katy's babysitting scam expecting Martin to be as appalled as he is. Kevin is surprised when Martin sticks up for Katy. Martin and Katy meet on the street. Martin tells Katy off for lying about the babysitting. Kevin sees them deep in conversation and thinks it's rather odd. Todd asks Eileen to lend him some money but she explains that she can't.

44x155 Wed 20 Aug, 2003

20 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Curly and Janice arrive at the flat where they find Les threatening Mick with the crowbar. Mick tells Les he'll call the police and have him thrown back in jail. Les doesn't care he just wants revenge. Martin calls round to No.13. Kevin and Sally show him the video of Rosie performing in the stage school show. Kevin suddenly feels uneasy and switches the video off. He sees Martin out and then leads him over to the garage. Kevin asks Martin if he's seeing Katy. Martin admits that he is. Kevin is disgusted. Janice finds out that Mick was lying all along and that Les served three months for something he didn't do. Mick starts to beat Les up again and Curly drags him off. Les smashes Curly's glasses.

44x156 Fri 22 Aug, 2003

22 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Katy gets her GCSE results: 7 A's and 2 B's. She's delighted. Janice is furious with Mick for lying to her. She makes him promise to be Les's alibi for breaking his curfew. Gail drops round Sarah's GCSE results. Sarah is disappointed to find that she only got 3 B's and 2 C's. Emily talks at length to Tracy and tries to make her see the error of her ways and dissuade her from having an abortion. Tracy won't listen. Curly confides in Emily about the whole police brutality incident. Emily tells him that he's a good and honest man. Martin and Katy try to persuade Kevin to keep their relationship a secret. Kevin refuses to make any promises. Kevin laughs when Martin and Katy tell him they're in love.

44x157 Sun 24 Aug, 2003

24 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Todd calls an ambulance but in the meantime Roy uses his first aid experience and manages to revive Bethany. Sarah rushes to Bethany's side. Todd tells Sarah not to mention the dodgy wiring to the hospital. Katy phones Martin on her new mobile and is put out when he cuts her off. Roy and Hayley discuss Tracy's pregnancy. Roy admits that he could be the father but he has no recollection of what happened. Hayley is beside herself and accuses Roy of fancying Tracy and wanting the child which she can't give him. He tells her that she's wrong. Hayley feels a failure as a woman and tells Roy that she must leave.

44x158 Mon 25 Aug, 2003 [Episode 1]

25 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Hayley has spent the night at No.6. She's very depressed. She tells Angela about Tracy's pregnancy. Angela is shocked. Roy tells Tracy that he will share responsibility emotionally and financially for the baby. He is gutted when Tracy says she's going to have an abortion. Bethany is discharged from hospital. Sarah and Todd are worried when they are told that they will be getting a visit from social services. Peter enjoys spending the morning looking after baby Simon. Gail tells Peter about the dodgy wiring in the flat. Peter arranges for Tony Stewart to sort it out. Tony pretends that he's never been to the flat before. Roy visits the estate agents and then telephones the bank and transfers some money.

44x159 Mon 25 Aug, 2003 [Episode 2]

25 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Roy finishes taking all his pills. Hayley leaves to catch a bus to the airport. She tries to phone Roy to give him her forwarding address but he refuses to pick up the phone. Emily calls to see Tracy. Tracy tells her she's made an appointment for her abortion on Friday. Emily and Tracy have a heart-to-heart. Tracy tells Emily how ashamed of her Ken and Deirdre are and what a lousy mother she would make. Roy sees Hayley through the window. He phones her on the pay phone near the bus stop. Hayley detects that there's something really wrong with him.

44x160 Wed 27 Aug, 2003

27 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Janice bumps into Les. Les apologises for his behaviour. They agree to be friends again. Mick witnesses this and is jealous. He nags Janice about speeding up her divorce. Norris is becoming increasingly worried about Monty the cat. He makes some leaflets intending to slip them into the Gazette but Rita won't let him. Against Sarah's better judgement, Tony Stewart and Jason turn up at the flat to fix the wiring. Roy and Hayley visit Tracy and try and talk her out of the abortion. Roy tells her it's his only chance of children. Tracy refuses to listen. Viv Wright, the social worker visits Sarah, Todd and Bethany. She is satisfied that Sarah is a good mother. She tells Sarah she will be visiting Gail. Peter looks after Simon again and introduces him to his first horse race on the TV.

44x161 Fri 29 Aug, 2003

29 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Roy and Hayley discuss Tracy's proposition. Hayley tells Roy that if he wants to "buy" the baby she will stay with him and help bring it up. They decide that although they're worried that buying a baby is illegal, and they despise Tracy for her callous and selfish attitude, they will go ahead and raise the money. Tracy tells them she wants £5,000 by 3.00pm and then the rest in instalments. Curly decides they can't wait until they've sold the house to move. Emma makes arrangements for them to rent a colleague's flat. Kirk and Tyrone arrive back from Blackpool. Les is enjoying a birthday drink in the Rovers. Mick instructs Ciaran not to serve Les any more.

44x162 Sun 31 Aug, 2003

31 August, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter is put out when Lucy cancels his coming round to look after Simon. Tyrone buys a bottle of wine to take to the allotment to share with Maz O'Loughlin. He's disappointed when there's no one there. Katy forces Tyrone to kiss her so that Tommy will think they're boyfriend and girlfriend. Tyrone is unimpressed. Emily is pleased when Tracy tells her she didn't have the abortion. Mick continues to pressurise Janice over her divorce. She and Mick row. Tracy announces she's booked a fortnight's holiday in the Caribbean. Ken and Deirdre wonder where she's got the money from. Sarah asks Roy if she can work full-time in the cafe - she lies and says that Gail is happy about it. Roy is distracted and agrees to it. Roy and Hayley call to see Tracy.

44x163 Mon 1 Sep, 2003 [Episode 1]

01 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Roy and Hayley continue to worry about Tracy, the baby and their money. Vera is slightly put out when she finds that Sarah is working in the cafe full-time. Audrey chases Fiz and Maria for the rent on the salon flat. Fiz and Maria realise they need another lodger and decide to ask Claire, Ashley's nanny. Curly and Emma pack up No.7. Emma is relieved to be moving whereas Curly is heartbroken. Martin finds out that Sarah has left school and is now working full-time for Roy. He is unimpressed and insists that she must tell Gail. Curly tries to make the peace with Les before they leave but Les isn't interested. Les says that shaking hands will never make up for the three months spent in prison.

44x164 Mon 1 Sep, 2003 [Episode 2]

01 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Curly is determined that he's not going to Newcastle. He and Emma have a huge row. She tells him she doesn't care if he comes with her or not. Mick keeps asking Janice if she'll marry him. Janice becomes more and more irritated. Maria asks Claire if she wants to share their flat. Claire says she'll think about it. Sarah tells Gail that she's left school and is now working at the cafe full-time. Gail tells her how one day she'll regret it and Todd will blame her for his lack of career. Candice calls in to see Sarah and Todd. Candice is very depressed about her mum's new boyfriend who she thinks is a pervert. Gail phones Viv Wright at social services and leaves a message saying how Bethany is neglected.

44x165 Wed 3 Sep, 2003

03 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Sarah is surprised and pleased when Audrey is supportive of her decision to get a job. Candice is getting more and more upset about the situation at home with Gerry, her mum's boyfriend. Les gets his hopes up when he hears that Janice has slung Mick out. Norris is confiding in Harry that he fears that Monty may have died when suddenly the cat turns up. Monty is wearing a different collar with "Phoebe" engraved on the tag. Viv Wright from social services visits Sarah and Todd again and quizzes them about Bethany's care arrangements. Mrs Parry turns up at No.3 saying that Monty is called Phoebe and is her cat. Audrey lends Candice the salon keys to get her mobile phone. Candice can't bear to go home and spends the night in the salon. Debt collector Rob Drury is chasing Eileen for her payments.

44x166 Fri 5 Sep, 2003

05 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Audrey and Gail make up. Nick tells Gail that he's not returning to Canada but is only staying in Weatherfield a few days as he has a job interview in London on Monday. Sarah is furious with Gail. She makes Todd promise that he won't let her anywhere near Bethany. Nick tells Martin about Gail reporting Sarah to social services. Eileen is seriously worried about their lack of money. She asks Dev for a sub but he refuses her. Audrey and Maria leave Candice on her own in the salon over lunchtime. Gerry Burton, her mum's boyfriend lets himself into the salon and terrorises Candice. Luckily Audrey pops back for her purse and rescues Candice. She realises that Candice wasn't lying and that Gerry is a pervert.

44x167 Sun 7 Sep, 2003

07 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter tells Sarah and Todd that they had to be out of his flat by tomorrow, as he found out about Tony and Jason's scam. Candices mum gives her an ultimatum, stop her 'lies' and move home with her mum and her mums boyfriend, or move out. Candice can't cope with her mums boyfriend and therefore decides to leave. She moves in with Maria and Fizz. Janice tells Nick that Maria was pregnant with his baby, but she had an abortion.

44x168 Mon 8 Sep, 2003 [Episode 1]

08 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Eileen tells Tony to clear out. Jason tries to change her mind but she's adamant. Nick manages to rearrange his interview for the job in London. Gail is disappointed. Dev gives Eileen the takings for banking. She puts the money in a drawer. Tony gives a tearful Jason his forwarding address and leaves. Peter is angry and upset because Lucy has cancelled his visit to see Simon again. Ciaran advises him not to take it out on Shelley. Tony calls into see Eileen before he leaves and whilst Eileen's back is turned he steals the takings from Street Cars. Kevin refuses a drink from Martin and tells him to finish with Katy or come clean to Tommy.

44x169 Mon 8 Sep, 2003 [Episode 2]

08 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Jason realises that Tony must have stolen the £700. Steve is cross with Dev for having Eileen arrested. He tells Dev that Eileen is a good friend. Eileen is locked in a police holding cell waiting for the duty solicitor to turn up. She is distraught and keeps proclaiming her innocence. The hash cake is taking effect and Jack and Vera are completely spaced out and giggling uncontrollably. Nick takes Bethany round to see Gail for an hour. Gail is delighted. Sarah is cross when she finds out. Jason and Todd pay Tony a visit. He admits that he stole the money and gives it to Jason.

44x170 Wed 10 Sep, 2003

10 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Dev is cross with Sunita when he finds the empty wine bottle and pizza box and discovers she closed the corner shop early. Jack and Vera are suffering from hangovers but can't understand it as they hardly had anything to drink! Jason finally admits to Dev and Steve that it was Tony Stewart who stole the money so they agree to drop the charges against Eileen. Nick and Todd try to persuade Sarah to let Gail look after Bethany occasionally but Sarah refuses point-blank. Eileen is released from the police station. Steve apologises to her. Katy and Martin worry about Tommy's reaction when he finds out about their relationship.

44x171 Fri 12 Sep, 2003

12 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Shelley tells Peter that she wants to start trying for children. Dev and Steve plead with Eileen to take her old job back at Street Cars. Eileen is too proud and refuses even though she's desperate for the money. Emily tries to drum up support for the church fundraising meeting to be held in the cafe on Sunday. Jason tries to persuade Eileen to go back to work but to no avail. Peter calls to see Lucy. He is upset when he finds Dan Kelly there. He tells Lucy that he's sick of her cancelling his visits to Simon and demands better access. Maz O'Loughlin calls into the cafe and gives Vera some potatoes from the allotment, along with the recipe for chocolate brownies and some cannabis which she passes off as "baking spices".

44x172 Sun 14 Sep, 2003

14 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter visits Lucy and apologises for his behaviour. Lucy agrees that he can still see Simon. Martin delivers some bad news, Neil Fearns, Bethany's father, has been killed in a car accident. Sarah is shocked. Hayley tells Roy that Tracy is due back from the Caribbean tomorrow. Steve calls to see Eileen and again tries to persuade her to take her job back. To Steve's and Jason's amazement, Eileen agrees. The church fundraising meeting takes place. Vera unwittingly serves up hash cakes. Emily, Roy, Norris and Rita are spaced out on cannabis. In desperation Katy tells Tyrone that her boyfriend is Martin, hoping that Tyrone will realise the importance of the cover-up and agree to continue to pretend to be her boyfriend. Lucy's friend, Mandy Pearce suggests that Lucy and Peter should get back together and try again. Lucy agrees and says she will call round to see Peter tomorrow.

44x173 Mon 15 Sep, 2003 [Episode 1]

15 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Lucy suggests to Peter that they should give their marriage another go. Peter panics and tells Lucy that he isn't good enough for her. Hayley and Roy call in on Tracy who tells them she's still pregnant. Lucy goes to look for Peter and bumps into Jack outside the bookies. She asks Jack where she can find Peter. Jack suggests she should go and ask his wife Shelley! Lucy is amazed. Lucy calls in the Rovers and realises that Shelley is none the wiser. Shelley shows Lucy her wedding album. Lucy is angry and upset but doesn't show it. Katy tells Angela that she's finished with Tyrone. Bernie Allbright, the allotment inspector, tells Tyrone that Jack could get into trouble for sub-letting. Lucy calls back in the Rovers. She asks Shelley to show her the wedding album again. This time Lucy pulls her own wedding picture from her bag and shows Shelley. It's Shelley's turn to be gobsmacked when she realises that they are both married to the same man.

44x174 Mon 15 Sep, 2003 [Episode 2]

15 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Lucy tells Shelley everything about her relationship with Peter and their baby Simon. Norris and Emily work out that Vera's brownie cakes must have been the cause of their strange behaviour at the church fundraising meeting. Vera shows them the herb she used. Ciaran identifies it as cannabis. Vera phones the police. Shelley and Lucy discuss Peter's double life and Shelley realises to her horror that Lucy is telling the truth and that her own wedding to Peter was just a sham as he is already married. Tracy tells Roy that she's going for a scan tomorrow. Roy says he will go with her as he wants to be sure that she really is pregnant. Peter arrives back at the Rovers and is shocked to find both his "wives" in the back room discussing him. Lucy tells Peter that she never wants to see him again and that from now on he can pay for everything for Simon but he will never be allowed to see him. Shelley throws Peter out. Shelley feels completely devastated.

44x175 Wed 17 Sep, 2003

17 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Bev is shocked to hear about Peter's bigamy and tries to comfort Shelley. Nick has spent the night at Todd and Sarah's flat. Peter persuades Tracy to let him stay at No.1 while Ken and Deirdre are away. Roy accompanies Tracy to the hospital for her first scan. Roy is overcome with emotion when he sees the baby. Peter is very depressed. He tries to talk to Shelley but she tells him that he's barred from the Rovers and from her life. The police turn up at the allotments. They discover the cannabis growing in Jack's greenhouse and arrest him. Jack tries to explain that he knows nothing about it. Sarah decides that she and Bethany will attend Neil Fearns's funeral.

44x176 Fri 19 Sep, 2003

19 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Jack is worried when the police inform him that they can't track down Maz O'Loughlin and they will be taking him to court over the cannabis in his greenhouse. Sarah and Bethany attend Neil Fearns's funeral. Todd feels slightly jealous. Shelley and Lucy report Peter to the police for bigamy. Roy and Hayley consult solicitor Maya Sharma regarding the baby. He finds that he really has no legal standing and will have to rely on Tracy's goodwill. At the funeral Sarah meets Brenda Fearns, Neil's mother. Brenda explains that her husband has left her, and Bethany is now all she has left. She asks Sarah if she can visit her sometimes. Sarah agrees.

44x177 Sun 21 Sep, 2003

21 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Norris is first in the Rovers hoping to get all the latest gossip on Peter and Shelley. Martin and Katy start to panic about telling Tommy their secret. Martin is worried about telling Sarah and David. Tyrone calls round to Maz's house. He is upset when he realises that he's been taken for a mug and that Maz is leaving Weatherfield. Brenda Fearns calls round to see Bethany. Sarah lets her in. Todd is suspicious of her. Eileen takes out a loan to consolidate all her debts. Jason tells her that he's leaving tomorrow as he has got a two-week job in "Sluff" (Slough)! Kirk tells Fiz all about the voices in his head. Fiz is concerned until she realises that he means thoughts. Peter calls to see Shelley. She is forced to take him through to the back as all the punters are gawping at them.

44x178 Mon 22 Sep, 2003 [Episode 1]

22 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Martin and Katy start preparing to break their news to Tommy and Angela. Janice winds Karen up, telling her that by divorcing Steve just to remarry they are committing perjury and could go to prison. Karen tells Steve that they will have to pretend their divorce is for real. Brenda calls again to see Bethany. She brings Sarah and Todd a toaster. Sarah is grateful. Todd feels uncomfortable. Preston King insists that he does business with Harry who saved his life, and not Mike. Mike has to agree. Harry meets up with Preston. Preston gets Harry drunk but Harry pulls a blinder and gets a huge order at a great price. Mike is so impressed he suggests to Harry that he should become trainee assistant manager at Underworld.

44x179 Mon 22 Sep, 2003 [Episode 2]

22 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Martin does his best to explain to Tommy and Angela that he loves Katy and that he's not a pervert as Tommy keeps suggesting. Ken and Deirdre are embarrassed and ashamed of Peter. Everyone in the Rovers is shocked at Shelley and Lucy's revelations. Back at No.1, Peter tries to explain to Ken, Deirdre and Tracy how he got himself into this mess. Ken tells him to pack his bags and go. Karen slaps Steve across the face and tells him he'll have to live somewhere else. She does all this just for show to make their impending divorce look more authentic. Eileen assumes that Steve has been unfaithful again and she slaps him too! Martin admits to Tommy that he's slept with Katy.

44x180 Wed 24 Sep, 2003

24 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Katy is beside herself when Tommy and Angela ban her from going to school and keep her locked up in the house with Tommy "babysitting". Jack appears in court over the drugs offence - growing cannabis. He gets off with a £200 fine which Tyrone says he'll pay, and a slap on the wrist. Both Deirdre and Nick independently decide to apply for the trainee assistant manager's job at Underworld. Harry tells Mike he wants to remain a cleaner. Mike is relieved. Bev is slightly concerned with Lucy and Shelley's thirst for revenge which is becoming unhealthy. Eileen and Dev are appalled with Steve, thinking that he's cheated on Karen again. Karen tells Steve that they only have to keep up the charade for another week when the divorce comes through. Katy receives a text from Martin telling her that he loves her. Tommy stamps on her phone breaking it.

44x181 Fri 26 Sep, 2003

26 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Audrey is appalled to hear that Martin is seeing Katy, while Nick doesn't think the age difference matters. It's Katy's seventeenth birthday but she refuses to accept a present from Tommy and Angela. Secretly Katy starts eating sugar, biscuits and cake knowing that if she slips into a diabetic coma they will have to let her out to go to hospital. Steve is sick of all the flak he's getting from people who think he's done the dirty on Karen. Lucy is still hell-bent on revenge. Shelley isn't so keen. Between them they plaster the bookies in posters saying Peter is a fraud and can't be trusted and have put an advert in the paper to the same affect. Peter turns up and gets Sally to close the shop. He is distraught. Shelley feels guilty. Martin tries to see Katy but is warned off by Tommy. Audrey then lays into him, accusing him of taking advantage.

44x182 Sun 28 Sep, 2003

28 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Tommy, Angela and Craig are relieved when the doctor tells them that Katy will make a full recovery. The doctor questions them as she's suspicious that this was a cry for help. Tommy and Angela refuse to discuss it. Peter turns up at Lucy's Florist's drunk. He demands to see Simon but Lucy refuses him access and throws him out. Katy comes round from her coma to find Martin at her bedside. They declare their love for each other. Deirdre is disappointed to find out from Mike that she didn't get the job. Nick on the other hand is delighted to hear that he's been successful. Eileen sets up Karen and Steve on a "blind date" in the Rovers hoping to bring them back together. They continue with their "pretend falling-out" and Karen throws a drink all over Steve.

44x183 Mon 29 Sep, 2003

29 September, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen doesn't want Steve eyeing up other girls, even if it is just for show. He tells her he only has eyes for her. David and Sarah are offhand with Martin over his relationship with Katy and Ashley tells Martin that he thinks he should finish with Katy. Mike introduces Nick to the factory girls as the trainee assistant manager. Todd asks Eileen if she'll babysit for Bethany that evening so that he and Sarah can go to the pictures unaware that Sarah has asked Brenda Fearns. Katy is let out of hospital and tries to get in the flat, buzzing on the intercom. Although he's up there and listening, Martin doesn't answer. Sally tries to find out from Ken and Deirdre where Peter is. Angela appeals to Martin to finish his relationship with Katy. Deirdre tells Shelley and Lucy that Peter has left the area to go and stay with a friend from the navy.

44x184 Wed 1 Oct, 2003

01 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen and Steve make up and apologise to each other. Tommy, against Angela's wishes, tells Craig that Katy is no longer a part of their family and that he's to snub her. Karen admits that all she wants is to be married to Steve but it's too late to go back on the divorce proceedings. Later, Karen rushes to the court in an effort to stop the divorce proceedings. Norris finds out that Katy is living with Martin. "That's the world told", says Martin. Fred tells Bev about a trip to Scotland with the Weatherfield Butchers Guild, but he can't go and leave Shelley in charge as it wouldn't be fair. Bev agrees to help out so that Fred can go. Sarah tells Gail that Brenda Fearns babysat for her as she's so kind and supportive. At the court, Karen learns that the decree absolute has been already stamped and she's now no longer legally married. Karen goes back to the street and blames Steve. David snubs Martin when he tries to talk to him.

44x185 Fri 3 Oct, 2003

03 October, 2003 8:00 pm

The next morning, a blissful Karen plans an engagement party for that night. Dev tries to contact Maya Sharma, his solicitor, as he fancies her. Ciaran arranges a night out with Sunita. Steve and Karen book the Rovers for their party but Janice lets slip that their divorce was a scam. Fred receives a visit from Petula Peach, a local abattoir owner and Fred-admirer, who is organising the trip to Scotland. Scared of her, he decides he'll have to cancel his trip. Karen invites the Underworld girls to her party but they are not pleased at the trick played on them. Bev persuades Ciaran to forego his night out with Sunita as they'll be busy tonight with the party. When Sunita finds out they row and Ciaran tells her to go back to Dev. Only Norris and Kirk turn up for the party as everyone else is annoyed at Steve and Karen's actions.

44x186 Sun 5 Oct, 2003

05 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen is still very upset about their engagement party. Nick has spent the night at Todd and Sarah's flat. Sarah is delighted that her brother and boyfriend get on so well. Bev feels embarrassed and Ciaran feels guilty about their night of passion. Sunita, oblivious to what's gone on, apologises to Ciaran for rowing with him. Todd starts to question whether or not he really loves Sarah. Sarah can sense there's something wrong but he pretends it's just work-related. Ashley and Claire see Fred off on his coach trip to Scotland. Shelley gives Steve his bill for the engagement party. Steve is horrified. Karen tells Steve that she wants the biggest most impressive wedding ever. Gail invites Angela round for a drink.

44x187 Mon 6 Oct, 2003 [Episode 1]

06 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Todd worries about the previous night's events. He tries to talk to Nick, but Nick angrily accuses him of being gay and warns Todd to stay away from him. Angela is unhappy when Craig asks if he can have Katy's old room. Tommy ignores Katy in the street, and she receives an equally frosty reception from Sarah at the cafe. Todd attempts to explain to Nick his mixed emotions about the kiss. Nick thinks Sarah has the right to know that her boyfriend is gay or, at the least, bisexual and orders Todd to tell her everything. Katy refuses when Angela asks her to come home. Angela tells her that she's on Tommy's side on this issue and hopes Katy comes to her senses. Dev has been researching other cab firms and informs Steve that the way forward is satellite navigation and women drivers.

44x188 Mon 6 Oct, 2003 [Episode 2]

06 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Bev is suspicious of Lucy's motives as she arrives at the Rovers to ask Shelley to join her for a drink. After Nick's angry assertions that Todd is gay, Sarah asks for time alone with Todd for his version of events. A confused Todd questions his sexuality as he tells Sarah that although he loves her, kissing Nick felt right at the time. Nick asks Ashley if he ever gave him the impression that he was gay. Karen orders Steve to stand up to Dev over his plans for Street Cars, so Steve gives Les his job back to show Dev who's boss. Sarah is devastated at what she sees as Todd's betrayal of their relationship. Angela is furious with Tommy for allowing Craig to move into Katy's room - she accuses him of trying to erase Katy from their lives.

44x189 Wed 8 Oct, 2003

08 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Sarah and Bethany have spent the night at Brenda Fearns's house, where Brenda takes care of them. Todd accuses Nick of trying to ruin his and Sarah's lives. Nick asserts that his sister was entitled to know the truth. Kevin gives Sally a hard time about how much time she's spending at work. Ken and Deirdre think that Tracy is suffering with a hangover when she's nauseous in the morning. Dev is less than pleased to see Les at Street Cars and fires him immediately. Bev and Ciaran warn Shelley against getting pally with Lucy. Eileen is delighted when Jason returns from Slough, flush with cash. Steve gives Les his job back, and to prove even more of a point to Dev, offers Tracy a job too. Sally hands over the keys to the bookies to Shelley, fed up with being taken for a mug. Brenda talks to Sarah about forgiveness and convinces her to talk to Todd.

44x190 Fri 10 Oct, 2003

10 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Sarah is uncomfortable with Todd's physical advances towards her. She wants reassurance that he still fancies her. Emily presses Tracy to tell Ken and Deirdre about the baby. Todd assures Gail that all is fine between Sarah and himself. Dev is scornful when Steve sends Tracy out on a trial run in one of the cabs. Roy and Hayley ponder Ken's future relationship with Tracy's baby when Ken expresses sadness about his lack of contact with Peter's son, Simon. Lucy argues that Peter owes her and Shelley for all the suffering he's put them through. She persuades Shelley to reopen the bookies with her and to pocket the profits between them. They'll pay Sally to run the place for them. Karen is furious with Steve for hiring Tracy, but later revels in the fact that an extremely flustered Tracy makes a complete hash of her trial run. Ciaran takes an hour off from the Rovers, and later surreptitiously presents Ken with a birthday card from Peter.

44x191 Sun 12 Oct, 2003

12 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Bev is dubious about Shelley's part in running the bookies and points out that Shelley has no legal claim over Peter's property. Hayley thinks that if Deirdre knew that Tracy were pregnant, she'd be able to stop her driving a cab. Shelley sees a "For Sale" sign outside the bookies. She and Lucy are convinced that Peter is trying to sell his assets before they can make a claim against him. Maria offends Nick by teasing him about his close friendship with Todd. Candice takes advantage and asks Nick out on a date. Roy and Hayley find Tracy drinking lager in the Rovers. Tracy insults Roy when he tells her that it's time she told Ken and Deirdre about the baby. Emily warns Tracy that she won't be able to keep her secret for much longer, as her bump will start to show.

44x192 Mon 13 Oct, 2003 [Episode 1]

13 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Bev is curious as Shelley nervously surveys the wad of cash from the bookies. Tracy receives a letter telling her that her divorce from Robert is final. Ken worries that it will affect her more than she's willing to admit. Craig and his friend Bradley Diggins annoy Norris and Rita by kicking a ball against their garage door. Norris eventually keeps the ball, and Bradley declares war. Roy and Hayley deliver an ultimatum to Tracy to tell Ken and Deirdre about the baby that afternoon, or she'll be sorry. Lucy persuades Shelley that they've done the right thing in keeping the money, and they make plans to go shopping to spend it. Brenda Fearns asks to take Bethany out. Sarah agrees, but insists on accompanying them.

44x193 Mon 13 Oct, 2003 [Episode 2]

13 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Ken and Deirdre are left reeling at the news of Tracy's pregnancy. The Norris - Gang war continues. Norris is driven to puncturing Craig's football with a pair of scissors. Dev asks Maya out on a date. She heightens his interest by playing hard to get. Maria is extremely put out at Candice seeing Nick. Deirdre is choked at the misery Tracy has brought them - after Tracy's transplant, a baby should have been such happy news. She accuses Tracy of not being deserving of the kidney that Samir had donated. Tracy finally breaks down when Deirdre tells her how hard it is to love her, and be proud of her. Deirdre's mothering instinct prevails and she comforts Tracy. Roy and Hayley feel guilty at the misery they've brought on Ken and Deirdre. Roy confirms to Ken that his suicide attempt had been as a result of Tracy threatening abortion.

44x194 Wed 15 Oct, 2003

15 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Deirdre tries to persuade Tracy into keeping the baby herself. Ken meanwhile wonders if the baby is really Roy's, as they only have Tracy's word that it is. Tracy tells Roy and Hayley that the deal is still on, as all she wants is the money. Maria is disappointed when Audrey approves of Nick and Candice's relationship. Tracy furiously denies Ken's accusation that Wally Bannister fathered her baby. Maya comes to the corner shop and Dev is delighted to finally set up a date with her. Deirdre is initially cold with Emily for not telling her about Tracy. Mike is impressed when Nick stands up to the factory girls and gets them working. Roy and Hayley are devastated when Ken voices his suspicions about Wally. Roy goes to see Wally to hear the truth. He is relieved to hear that mumps as a fifteen-year old had rendered him sterile, so Wally couldn't possibly be the father.

44x195 Fri 17 Oct, 2003

17 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Hayley explains to Roy that he is free to marry Tracy, as their own marriage isn't recognised. He would divorce Tracy immediately, but his rights over the baby would be guaranteed with a marriage licence, and his name on the baby's birth certificate. Martin gets Angela thinking when he tells her that Katy would love to talk to her. Jack tells Les that Barlow's Bookies have given odds of 11/1 on a dead-cert horse instead of 11/10. Les rushes off to place his bet, with an extra £50 that Ciaran has liberated from the till. Angela begins to talk to Katy, and is furious when Tommy shouts at her across the street and orders her home. She thinks it's time he thought of her feelings that she's missing Katy.

44x196 Sun 19 Oct, 2003

19 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Roy and Hayley resolve to stand firm. Deirdre offers to help bring up the baby when Tracy tells her and Ken that the Croppers have changed their mind. Angela persuades Tommy to be civil to Katy and later asks Katy to meet her and Tommy at the Rovers. Ken argues with Deirdre that he's too old to look after a baby. She counters that he's never been hot on parenthood and only cares about his children at a distance. Sarah admits that she's jealous of the attention that Gail is showing Candice. Ken and Deirdre apologise to each other and agree to give Tracy all their help. Lucy takes down the "For Sale" sign outside the bookies, watched by Peter at a distance. Peter tells Ciaran that he's back to sort things out. Lucy gives Peter a hostile reception but Shelley thinks he's being fair by offering to split the proceeds of the bookies three ways when he sells it.

44x197 Mon 20 Oct, 2003 [Episode 1]

20 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Angela has slept in the spare room, and is still seething over Tommy's behaviour. Katy resolves to have nothing more to do with him. Peter is incredulous to learn about Tracy's pregnancy, although he thinks that she's made the right decision to bring up the baby together with Ken and Deirdre. Roy and Hayley are upset to hear that the Barlows are going to bring up the baby and they plan a holiday to take their minds off things. Les visits the Weatherfield Arms, where he meets Lulu, a barmaid with ambitions of becoming a singer. He tells a very impressed Lulu that his name is Clint and that he's a talent scout for a record company. They arrange a date for early that evening however Les has to be home before his curfew, although he obviously doesn't mention this. Peter tells Lucy that she doesn't own the licence for the bookies, and could be shut down. She retorts that he'll be behind bars soon anyway.

44x198 Mon 20 Oct, 2003 [Episode 2]

20 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Les cajoles Tyrone into coming on his date, as Lulu is bringing a friend, Gaynor Slack. Norris wonders what's going on with Ashley and Claire. The police tell Shelley that she's wasting their time as she offers no new evidence. Shelley is reluctant to embellish the facts, or to portray Peter as a monster, and tells the police that she's changed her mind and has nothing further to add. Katy and Angela reconcile, but behind Tommy's back for the time being. Roy tells Tracy off for drinking, she retorts that he shouldn't care any more. Tyrone loses his nerve when he sees the look of the two women who he and Les are supposed to be seeing and legs it. Les impresses Lulu with more name-dropping and they end up leaving together for a "private audition". Shelley keeps the truth about her change of heart from Bev and Lucy.

44x199 Wed 22 Oct, 2003

22 October, 2003 8:00 pm

After spotting Claire in a dressing gown, Norris excitedly tells Rita that Claire has obviously spent the night with Ashley at No.4. Peter has spent a restless night and a supportive Ken agrees to accompany him to the police station to hear the CPS's verdict. Shelley agrees with Sunita and Bev that she wants Peter punished, but says she doesn't feel as strongly as Lucy does. Ciaran notes her discomfort. Tracy comes on to a disinterested Steve. Fred returns from Scotland and is quickly filled in on the gossip by Norris. He's pleased at the thought of Ashley and Claire together, but later realises that nothing has gone on. Maya is proving elusive and is giving Dev the runaround. Les and Lulu arrange another early evening rendezvous. In a panic to get back before his 7.00pm curfew, and unable to explain his hurry to Lulu, he leaves a trainer behind. His feet are ruined after running home in his socks, but he's officially in love.

44x200 Fri 24 Oct, 2003

24 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter tells his family that he plans to move away. Shelley looks after Simon whilst Lucy visits her solicitor. Martin breaks the ice with Kevin when he asks him to repair his car. Tracy flirts with Steve, but he refuses to drive round with her to brush up on her "knowledge". Peter shows up at the Rovers, and finds Simon there. In the face of Peter's obvious devotion, Shelley can't refuse his request to be allowed to feed Simon. Lucy flips when she returns to find a scene of apparent domestic bliss. Lulu is desperate to track "Clint" down. Claude Beasley, a regular in the Weatherfield Arms informs her that her Clint is actually Les Battersby and tells her where to find him. In the face of Lucy's fury, Peter is determined to stay in Weatherfield to fight to play a part in Simon's life.

44x201 Sun 26 Oct, 2003

26 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Lucy accuses Shelley of trying to get back with Peter behind her back. Les is ecstatic to receive a phone call from Lulu, who tells him that she understands why he hadn't told her about prison, and asks if they can try again. Lucy invites Peter to come round to the flat to talk about Simon. Roy and Hayley ponder that they can't trust Tracy, but they can rely on her desire for money. They plan to ask her to go back to the original agreement. On Peter's arrival at Lucy's flat, she accuses him of getting back with Shelley. Lucy calls Shelley on her mobile to tell her that Peter is there pleading to give their marriage another try. Ashley and Claire have a confused debate about what to do next after their kiss, until they finally decide that Claire should stay as nanny. Kirk, Tyrone and Fiz decide to go to the Weatherfield Arms to check out Lulu.

44x202 Mon 27 Oct, 2003 [Episode 1]

27 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Lucy begins to write a poison pen letter to Peter. Tracy receives a bill for £400 from her divorce solicitor. Claire arrives for work dressed entirely in black. The atmosphere is awkward. Fiz tells Les that Cilla is only using him and tries to persuade him to finish with her. Steve and Karen have both found wedding venues - Karen at Walcot Manor, Higher Wincham and Steve at Mawdley's Guest House, Whalley Range. Shelley serves Peter at the Rovers, despite Bev's misgivings. She hopes that Lucy is now out of their lives for good. Roy offers Tracy an extra £5,000 to marry him. She wants an extra £10,000 and gives them until that evening to give her their answer. Les takes Cilla to the Rovers, where he makes a great play of being the most popular man in there. Fiz insults her mother and storms out.

44x203 Mon 27 Oct, 2003 [Episode 2]

27 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Tracy stuns Peter that Steve is the father of her baby. Ken asks Lucy to consider letting Peter see Simon. Tracy confides in Peter how much she has always liked Steve. Peter is appalled when Tracy relates the story of drugging Roy. She and Roy didn't have sex, but she did sleep with Wally Bannister. When Roy and Hayley attacked her, she lost her temper and told them that Roy was the father. Things got out of hand and there was no going back. Shelley has a word with Cilla and Les for getting over amorous in the Rovers. Peter tries to persuade Tracy to keep the baby, until she is forced to admit that she is selling it to the Croppers. He asks her what sort of woman she's become. She breaks down, overcome by shame and guilt. Roy and Hayley's bank manager, Matthew Dowley, agrees to lend them £5,000. Peter tells Tracy to go and tell Steve the truth.

44x204 Wed 29 Oct, 2003

29 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Hayley confides in Roy that she feels left out of things with him and Tracy. Peter is furious with Ken for going to see Lucy. Ashley warns Fred not to interfere between him and Claire. Sally is telling anyone who'll listen to tell them about Rosie's starring role in Grease. Lucy accepts that Peter has been a good dad so far, and agrees that he can see Simon for two afternoons a week. Hayley is thrilled when Fiz tells her that she would make a good mum, and can't resist telling the gobsmacked factory girls about the deal with Tracy. Kirk's love life is suffering since Cilla and Les got together. Fiz agrees to a night of passion, but she storms out of No.5 when she sees Cilla there again.

44x205 Fri 31 Oct, 2003

31 October, 2003 8:00 pm

Tracy and the Croppers go to the register office to arrange their marriage. Roy is wretched when he has to declare himself single. It's Halloween at the Rovers and the regulars are in fancy dress. Steve is disgusted to find out that his werewolf facial hair is made of cuttings from the salon floor. Fred asks Terri Metcalfe, the tarot card reader, if she'll pass Ashley a message from Maxine to start living his life again. Roy and Tracy's wedding date is set for 17th November. Fred asks Ciaran to remove the axe from his head, as it's disturbing Ashley. Terri tells Karen that she'll be married for a long time, but her husband will spend time in prison. Shelley is told she will only have one true love, just as Peter walks in. Les asks Cilla to move in with him. Terri tells Bev she'll marry a man connected with the Rovers.

44x206 Sun 2 Nov, 2003

02 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Shelley is quietly convinced that Terri Metcalfe's tarot reading may be true. Ashley is dismissive of Maxine's "message" and tells Fred not to mention it again. Fiz plans to move into No.5 in an attempt to drive out Cilla, but Les chooses Cilla over Fiz. Lucy allows Peter to look after Simon for a few hours. He bumps into Shelley on the way to the park with Simon. He tells Shelley that he still loves her, but after all his lies, she wants to take things slowly. Lucy watches from her van. She's livid with Peter, but hides her feelings later. Peter reiterates his warning that he'll tell Steve about the baby if Tracy doesn't. Steve is annoyed at how much the wedding will cost him and informs Karen that they can't have a big wedding.

44x207 Mon 3 Nov, 2003 [Episode 1]

03 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Sally is concerned about her job if Peter sells the bookies. Jack is worried that there won't be a bookies! Steve and Karen make up and she says she's willing to scale down her wedding plans. Steve is relieved. Norris is appalled by the "Dracula Pie" promotion at Elliott & Son, accusing Fred of encouraging cannibalism. Later waxing lyrical in the corner shop about "jobsworths", he gets short shrift from Dev. Peter begs Shelley to consider taking him back and she later considers the proposition. Dev is put out when Maya cancels their date at the opera. Peter again leans on Tracy to tell Steve the truth about the baby. Tracy turns up for her first day as a cab driver at Street Cars and is upset when they tell her that she's on the night shift.

44x208 Mon 3 Nov, 2003 [Episode 2]

03 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter is torn; he wants to be with Shelley but he also wants to be a part of his son's life. Dev gives a delighted Norris and Emily his opera tickets by way of an apology for being rude to Norris. Norris arranges to borrow Rita's car but have a flat tyre on the way there. Tracy embarks on her first night of taxi driving. Eileen and Patrick are put out by the preferential treatment which Steve is giving her. Maya tells Dev she wants to treat him to lunch tomorrow. Dev is delighted. A jealous Sunita feels increasingly annoyed at her relationship with Ciaran as they spend so little time together. Shelley confides in Sunita that she wants to give her relationship with Peter another go. Bev is appalled when Shelley tells her the same thing. Shelley explains that despite everything she still loves him and can't bear life without him. Tracy arrives back at Street Cars having been cheated out of her fare by a plastic dummy.

44x209 Wed 5 Nov, 2003 [Episode 1]

05 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter tells Ken that he's going to live in Spain. Ken is sad but approves. Les and Kirk are suffering from food poisoning and blame Fred's pies. Mike receives a large cheque from Preston King for his order but it is unsigned. He sends Nick to go and get the signature. Tracy thanks Steve for being so kind to her and kisses him on the cheek. Nick tells a shocked Mike that Preston has died after suffering another heart attack. Mike vows to get Preston's wife to sign the cheque instead. Lucy insists that before she and Peter depart he must tell Shelley what he's decided to do. Peter is filled with dread but realises he has no choice. Maya continues to mess Dev around; she cancels lunch but then invites him for dinner instead. Dev wants to install satnav equipment in the taxis but Steve is against the idea. Shelley phones Peter and asks if they can meet up.

44x210 Fri 7 Nov, 2003

07 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Peter feels angry and humiliated. Shelley is devastated and inconsolable. Kirk and Les are planning to report Fred to environmental health as a result of their food poisoning. Fred tries to bribe them with cans of beer. Dev goes for dinner at Maya's flat. He is completely smitten with her but just as he's hoping to lure her into bed, Maya says she's too drunk and asks him to leave. Sunita consoles Shelley who hates herself for being taken in twice by Peter. Peter and Ken set off for the airport hoping to stop Lucy from leaving with Simon. They find Lucy and Peter is shocked when he notices that her tickets are for Sydney, Australia and not for Spain at all. Lucy admits that she and Simon are leaving for Australia where she has family and that there's nothing either Peter or Ken can do to stop her.

44x211 Sun 9 Nov, 2003

09 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Dev calls Maya to try and arrange another date but she says she's busy. Fred launches his new meat pies at the butchers with the Gazette covering the story. It all turns sour when Les and Kirk turn up and tell the Gazette how Fred's pies gave them food poisoning. Ciaran explains to Peter that he can't be seen to be friendly towards him as he values his job at the Rovers. Peter realises that he has no friends left. Steve sends Dev out in a taxi with satnav and Les out with a road atlas. Les arrives back first. Dev realises that he's been set up and agrees to drop the satnav idea for now. Fred tries to use Joshua as a guinea pig on his pies and is shocked when Claire refuses to let him. Ashley backs Claire up.

44x212 Mon 10 Nov, 2003 [Episode 1]

10 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Builder Charlie Stubbs's lorry breaks down on the street in front of the factory. Mike blocks the lorry in. Charlie threatens to move the car with a JCB. Ciaran asks Bev for some nights off so that he can see Sunita. Bev refuses as Shelley is away. Sunita arranges to go out with Fiz and the factory girls as Ciaran is never available. Todd is worried about his and Sarah's future in the flat now that Peter has left. Deirdre tells Todd that the bookies and the flat are in the hands of the solicitors. Dev confronts Maya about her other man and she admits that she's been seeing Gavin Parks who is married with two children. Dev tells her that she will have to choose between them. Tommy bans the mention of Katy's name in the house.

44x213 Mon 10 Nov, 2003 [Episode 2]

10 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Bev tells Betty that Ciaran was simply comforting her. Betty isn't sure what to think. Charlie Stubbs and Mike continue to spar with each other. Fred gives Ciaran a warning for serving substandard beer to Les and Kirk. Sunita is still fed up with Ciaran as he never takes her out and is always working. Fiz arrives at her mum's flat to find that Cilla has gone out and that it was simply a ruse to get Fiz to look after her little brother Chesney. Cilla turns up in the Rovers. Les is delighted to see her and takes her back to No.5 knowing his luck is in. Ciaran tells Maya how Dev proposed to Sunita and still loves her. Maya gives Dev an ultimatum - if he wants a relationship with her then he has to sack Sunita. Fiz decides to take Chesney back to the salon flat with her. Katy is furious with Martin when he turns up late having been in the pub. She'd cooked a special meal for him. Sunita goes out early with the girls but comes back early as she's missing Ciaran.

44x214 Wed 12 Nov, 2003

12 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Maria and Candice are not best pleased to find that Fiz's tearaway brother Chesney is staying in the flat. Sunita and Ciaran book their wedding for 29th December. Mike is annoyed to find that Charlie Stubbs has taken over the builder's yard and is obviously here to stay. Fiz calls round to No.5 and tells Cilla what she thinks of her for leaving Chesney on his own. Cilla manages to win her round and gets Fiz to agree to look after him for a further few days. Jason asks Charlie for work at the builder's yard but Charlie says he's already got a builder's mate, Paul Atkinson. Katy has a few friends round to the flat while Martin is out. Initially she enjoys showing off to her mates but things soon get out of hand. Mike finds out that Penny King has taken over Preston's business interests and now a signatory on the cheques.

44x215 Fri 14 Nov, 2003

14 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Martin and Katy make up. Katy is pleased when Martin asks if he can come with her to her careers' evening. Chesney is driving the girls mad. Fiz takes him round to No.5 and tells Cilla that she'll have to look after him. Angela decides to attend Katy's careers' evening. She lies to Tommy and says she's going Christmas shopping. Sunita finds out that she was sacked at Maya's request. She furious with Dev and gets her own back by calling on Maya for some legal advice. Maya has no choice but to admit that Sunita does have a claim for unfair dismissal. Kirk is appalled when Les arrives home with flat-pack bunk beds explaining that Chesney can now share Kirk's bedroom. Martin and Angela both attend Katy's careers' evening with her. Initially they're uncomfortable with the situation but Angela is pleasantly surprised to learn that Martin is encouraging Katy to go to university and read medicine.

44x216 Sun 16 Nov, 2003

16 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Chesney is proving to be more than a handful. Roy is starting to get cold feet about marrying Tracy. Hayley persuades him that it's for the best so that they can secure the baby's future. Sarah lets Brenda Fearns take Bethany out for the day. Brenda takes Bethany to visit Neil's grave. Bev receives an invite to Cecil Newton's 70th birthday party in Blackpool. Dev suggests to Sunita that she should look for another job as the atmosphere between them is unbearable. Angela tries to reason with Tommy but he still refuses to have anything to do with Katy while she's with Martin. The row escalates and Angela walks out. Steve tells Tracy that he's going to visit Jim in prison. Craig arrives home and is upset to find that his mum has walked out. He tells Tommy that he's sick of all the arguing.

44x217 Mon 17 Nov, 2003 [Episode 1]

17 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Angela, Katy and Martin spend an uncomfortable morning at the flat. Katy tells Angela that she shouldn't go back to Tommy, but Angela thinks he may have learnt his lesson. Sarah And Todd receive a letter telling them their rent is going up. Roy tells Hayley that he might lose half of all his assets if he divorces Tracy. They agree to sign over everything to Hayley to prevent this and make an appointment with Maya later. Kevin comes to get Tommy when he's late for work because he got drunk last night. Steve persuades Tracy to do some extra taxi work despite her wedding plans which she does not tell him about. Roy and Hayley remind Tracy about the time and she says she won't be late. Dev tells Sunita that she might be happier working at another shop. Janice asks Angela if she wants to come out for a drink that evening, Angela says no at first, but when Tommy is difficult she accepts. Craig is upset when Angela doesn't come home.

44x218 Mon 17 Nov, 2003 [Episode 2]

17 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Craig goes to see Katy to ask if Angela is there. They argue over their parents and Craig has a go at Martin. Hayley persuades a jittery Roy to get married to Tracy, telling him it is for the baby. Tracy meets Ciaran outside the register office and gets him to be her witness. Angela tells Janice in the Rovers that she is going to try and make up with Tommy. Things seem to go well until the subject of Martin and Katy comes up. They argue and Angela tells Tommy he has to go. Craig is gutted. Steve visits Jim in prison. Jim asks him to check on Liz as he thinks she is having an affair with her boss - the landlord of The Black Dog pub in Blackpool. Roy and Tracy get married though Roy breaks down in the middle, and Hayley also finds it difficult. Todd manages to get a few extra hours at th

44x219 Wed 19 Nov, 2003

19 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve goes to see Liz in Blackpool, and finds out something is going on with her and Laurie Dyson, owner of The Black Dog pub. Liz asks him not to tell Jim. Brenda Fearns offers Sarah and Todd the chance to move in with her when she sees funds are tight in the flat. They're tempted, until they hear they wouldn't be able to share a room. Ciaran tries to console Tracy after the wedding. Roy is upset after the wedding. Roy and Hayley become more upset when Ciaran starts joking with them loudly in the Rovers later. They and Tracy make Ciaran promise that he won't tell anyone. Later Maya tells Roy and Hayley that Roy needn't marry Tracy to get rights over the baby, unaware he already has. Craig is still upset that Tommy hasn't come home. Katy comes to see Angela and although Katy is wary Angela tells her that her marriage is stronger than these problems. Tommy is seen sleeping in the garage on the back seat of a car.

44x220 Fri 21 Nov, 2003

21 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Liz meets Bet Lynch at the Newton & Ridley function. They meet up with Fred and catch up. They meet Cecil Newton and he takes them out for a drink. He invites Bet back to his, but she claims she is staying with Liz at The Black Dog. Fred hands his caravan keys over to Bet. Tommy tells a devastated Craig he isn't coming home, and Angela is furious. Kevin offers him a sofa for a few nights. Hayley and Roy go to see Dean Pomfrey and ask if Maya's advice about the marriage was right. He tells them that Roy didn't have to marry Tracy, but if he got an annulment now he would lose all his rights to the child. Blanche comes home, instantly spots that Tracy is pregnant and is shocked to be told that Roy is the father. Blanche tells the Croppers that she intends to do everything to keep Tracy's baby from them. Steve gets a phone call from Jim and rushes off. He returns to the flat with Jim who has escaped from prison. Karen is appalled.

44x221 Sun 23 Nov, 2003

23 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen is angry at Steve for letting Jim stay the night, but Jim persuades Steve to take him to Blackpool at night. Police come round to question Steve about Jim, and he manages to get rid of them, Cecil Newton invites Bet to come and see his boat. Philip Newton tries to persuade Bet that his dad Cecil is going senile. Cecil later asks Bet to marry him, but Bet says no. Ashley decides to take Joshua to Blackpool. Claire agrees to go with him. On the way back, their car won't start and they are forced to spend the night together in a local B&B. Todd and Sarah discuss Sarah moving in with Brenda Fearns and they agree that she shouldn't. They tell Brenda - she understands and gives them £300 towards their rent.

44x222 Mon 24 Nov, 2003 [Episode 1]

24 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Steve and Karen take Jim to Blackpool to see Liz. Bet gives Steve the keys to Fred's caravan so Jim and Liz can talk. Liz goes to see Jim, but Laurie Dyson follows secretly. Liz tells Jim the truth about Laurie. Meanwhile Laurie has phoned the police to tell them about Jim. Cecil Newton tells Philip that he plans to marry Bet and give her everything he has. Philip tells Cecil he will show him the real Bet. Philip hires a local private detective to follow Bet and take pictures. Cecil proposes again and tells Bet there are plans that they should marry tomorrow. Bet demurs. Brenda Fearns and Gail argue about looking after Bethany in the street. Fred persuades Ashley and Claire into staying with him for the week in Blackpool. Shelley comes back to the Rovers from her break in Anglesey.

44x223 Mon 24 Nov, 2003 [Episode 2]

24 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Bet tells Jim that Fred is coming back to the caravan, and she takes him to Cecil Newton's boat whilst avoiding police on the way. The private detective takes pictures of them kissing while they try to avoid the police. Fred arrives at his caravan to find out from the police that they've received a report that an escaped criminal has been staying there. Karen persuades Steve to take her out on the town as a treat since both his parents are busy. Sunita tells Shelley that she wants a big wedding, and not the small affair she and Ciaran are planning. When he sees the engagement ring that his father has bought, Philip Newton tells Cecil he will get evidence to stop him wanting to marry Bet. Bev and Deirdre go out for a drink and meet Cilla, and Ciaran admits to Tracy again that he doesn't want to get married. Bet agrees to marry Cecil, and Philip receives some photos of Bet and Jim together.

44x224 Wed 26 Nov, 2003

26 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Liz tells Steve that Jim is safe, but blames Karen for telling the police where he is. Sally asks Kevin to tell Tommy to sort things out with Angela. Steve accuses Laurie Dyson of shopping Jim to the police. Liz tells Steve that Jim is hiding at the marina so he can take him some food. Philip gives Cecil Newton the photographs taken by the private detective of Jim and Bet kissing. Fred has arranged a day out in Eric Roscoe's motorboat for himself, Ashley and Claire. Bev tells Deirdre that she picked up a man called Jon last night. His description is the same as Jon Lindsay and he also claims to be a pilot. Fred persuades Cecil to go and ask Bet about the photos. Sunita admits to Ciaran that she does want the big wedding but the problem isn't money it's her family. Cecil finds out the man is Jim when Liz comes clean about everything.

44x225 Fri 28 Nov, 2003

28 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Philip Newton finds out about Cecil and Bet's postponed marriage. Ashley and Claire go out in the motorboat but the engine breaks down. Liz tells Laurie Dyson that she is leaving and asks for her wages, and Laurie tells her it will end badly and admits to being the one who tipped off the police about Jim's whereabouts. Karen is upset that Steve is risking everything to take Jim to Ireland, but Liz tells them both that Steve isn't going to take Jim across, she is. Bev asks Deirdre to come along on her date to confirm that she's not meeting Jon Lindsay. By the time Deirdre arrives, Bev's date - Jon Stephens - gets fed up with her strange behaviour and leaves. Philip turns up at the church to try and stop the wedding but the commotion causes Cecil to have a heart attack and he later dies in hospital. Jim and Liz say a fond farewell to Steve and set off for Ireland.

44x226 Sun 30 Nov, 2003

30 November, 2003 8:00 pm

Liz is released on unconditional bail. Brenda Fearns asks Sarah and Todd if Bethany can stay with her that evening. Steve invites Liz to live with him and Karen. Bev blames Deirdre for losing her man yesterday in the wine bar. In the Rovers, Shelley and Sunita plan to go out and get a sari for Sunita's wedding, as Dev tells Sunita that he doesn't think Ciaran will go through with it. Liz argues with Karen over whether she is moving back to Weatherfield with her and Steve. Bet comes in with Steve later and tells Liz that Cecil Newton died. Dev tricks Ciaran into mocking Hindu wedding traditions in front of Sunita. Ashley and Claire are worried what Fred might say about their trip and also what people might think. Liz decides to go and live with Bet in Brighton. Brenda Fearns takes a picture of Bethany and puts it with many she has of Neil. Karen offers Steve an ultimatum - either Liz doesn't come to their wedding or the wedding is off.

44x227 Mon 1 Dec, 2003 [Episode 1]

01 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Karen and Steve continue to row over whether or not Liz should be invited to the wedding. Sarah and Todd become concerned when Brenda Fearns doesn't bring Bethany back as planned. Ashley thinks he's convinced Fred that nothing went on between him and Claire in Blackpool. Sunita takes the afternoon off to go shopping for a wedding sari with Shelley. In the Rovers, there's a leak in the gents toilets. Harry tries to fix it but fails. Shelley gives the job to Charlie. Dev has lunch at Maya's flat when Heather Parks turns up on the doorstep. Dev is shocked to learn that Maya is Heather's divorce solicitor but that she also had an affair with Heather's husband Gavin. Kevin tells Tommy that he needs to think about moving back home. Janice leads Candice to believe that Nick has got something special planned for her. Maya is sacked from her job for misconduct - having slept with a client's husband. Sarah and Todd phone 999 and report Bethany missing to the police. Sarah is distraught.

44x228 Mon 1 Dec, 2003 [Episode 2]

01 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Sarah is beside herself and Eileen tries to comfort her. Maya admits to Dev that she's been in trouble at work before, isn't really cut out to be a solicitor and she has huge debts. Dev shocks her by asking her to move in with him. Charlie starts work on the gents toilets in the Rovers. In the meantime the ladies toilets become unisex, much to Vera's disgust. Candice suspects that Nick is taking Maria out behind her back. In fact Nick takes Gail out for dinner and tells her that he's in love with Maria. Brenda Fearns turns up with Bethany with the excuse that they've been queuing up to see Santa in the shops. Sarah is hysterical with relief and anger. Todd orders Brenda out of the flat. Tommy moves into the flat above Street Cars. Brenda calls back round on Todd and Sarah with Bethany's doll.

44x229 Wed 3 Dec, 2003

03 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Sarah isn't feeling very well. She blames Brenda Fearns for all the panic she caused. Dev continues to press Maya to move in with him but as yet she hasn't made a decision. Tommy calls in at home. Angela and Craig are hopeful that he's moving back in but are disappointed to find that he's just come to collect his stuff. Craig is upset. Mike, Fred and Harry attend Preston King's funeral. Mike asks Penny King to sign her husband's cheque. Brenda is rude to Gail in the cafe. She tells Gail how she can give Bethany a far better home and more love than she ever did. Gail is furious. Sunita starts to regret the fact that she will be having a small wedding without her family present. Ciaran secretly tries to contact her family but Dev stops him and tells Sunita. Candice feels foolish when she finds out that Nick took his mother out for dinner and not Maria as she suspected. Nick is angry with her for bothering him at work.

44x230 Fri 5 Dec, 2003

05 December, 2003 8:00 pm

David and Craig commiserate with each other over their families. They agree to work out a way of splitting Martin and Katy up. Todd is shocked when Sarah suggests that she might get rid of the baby. Later they talk it through. Todd promises to stand by her and she agrees to keep the baby. Nick wants to finish with Candice but finds it difficult as Candice presents him with a ring engraved with "C&N". Ciaran suggests to Sunita that she might want to postpone the wedding. Sunita says she doesn't. Ciaran is disappointed. David causes a flood in the kitchen just so that he can get Martin round to fix it. Martin feels guilty when he realises that David is feeling neglected. Katy finds out that Tommy has left Angela and feels depressed. She is further upset when she realises that she has to play second fiddle to Martin's family. Eileen persuades Charlie to give Jason a job as his builder's mate.

44x231 Sun 7 Dec, 2003

07 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Todd is delighted that he's going to be a dad. Sarah is still apprehensive. David and Craig continue with their plan to drive a wedge between Martin and Katy. Candice is so upset over Nick that she has the day off from work. David engineers it so that Martin and Gail watch him play football together. Katy again feels left out. Craig finds Tommy hung-over, surrounded by empty beer cans and bottles and living in squalor. He is worried that Tommy and Angela may never get back together. Shelley puts Kirk on door duty of the unisex toilet at the Rovers. Nick decides that he's moving to London and packs his belongings. Charlie and Jason finish work on the gents toilets. Candice continues to pour her heart out to Maria about how much she loves Nick. Maria can't stand it any longer. She decides she must stop him from moving to London.

44x232 Mon 8 Dec, 2003 [Episode 1]

08 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Gail is delighted that Nick has decided to stay. Nick manages to retrieve his letter of resignation from the factory before Mike sees it. Katy is upset with Martin as she feels jealous of his relationship with Gail and David. Martin placates Katy and promises to take her out for dinner that evening. Cilla accuses Norris of eyeing up her underwear on the washing line. Shelley is surprised to hear that Peter has sold the bookies. Kevin is cross with Tommy when he finds him drinking in the Rovers during working hours. Nick has a go at Todd again. He accuses him of being gay and messing Sarah around. Todd tries to defend himself and tells Nick that Sarah is pregnant. Nick is shocked and in turn tells Gail. She is horrified and upset. Gail thinks that Sarah is ruining her life all over again.

44x233 Mon 8 Dec, 2003 [Episode 2]

08 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Katy tells Angela that she's finished with Martin. Craig is delighted. Sarah is still angry with Todd for telling Nick about her pregnancy. Nick calls round and tries to talk Sarah out of having the baby and tries to persuade her that Todd is gay. Sarah is furious and throws him out of the flat. Nick and Maria go out on their first date since getting back together. Martin takes Katy back to the flat to try iron things out between them. Katy is furious that Martin comes running every time Gail clicks her fingers. Gail calls to see Sarah and tells her that she wants her to have an abortion. Eileen has a go at Charlie for not paying Jason the wages which are owing to him. Katy accuses Martin of keeping something from her. Martin confides in her that Sarah is pregnant. Candice sees Maria and Nick together in the Rovers and goes mad.

44x234 Wed 10 Dec, 2003

10 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Sarah is considering having an abortion. Todd is beside himself. Tommy arrives at the garage reeking of alcohol. Kevin gives him a verbal warning. Katy apologises to Martin for walking out. They make up with each other. It's Wednesday and the last day of Les being tagged. Cilla gets everyone to wind him up and pretend that it's only Tuesday. Eventually Les finds out the truth. Angela sees Tommy who looks terrible. She tries to persuade him to come home but he refuses so long as she continues to see Katy. Maria and Candice continue to snipe at each other. Audrey takes them out of the salon to reprimand them. Mike offers Jason a job as van driver's mate. Jason tells Charlie who immediately pays Jason the money he owes him. Jason decides to stay working for Charlie. Sarah and Todd talk things through and Sarah decides that she wants to keep the baby. Todd is relieved.

44x235 Fri 12 Dec, 2003

12 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Angela finds out from Craig that Tommy has lost his job. She isn't surprised. Sarah finds a doll which doesn't belong to Bethany. She thinks Bethany has taken it from nursery and returns it to the teacher, Glenys Phelps. Tommy is now drinking round the clock and in a terrible state. Craig is worried about him. Jason realises that Mike only offered him a job to make Charlie's life difficult. Brenda turns up at nursery. She keeps giving Bethany presents and saying that they're from her daddy. She talks to her about when she will join her daddy in heaven and leave the house of sin in which she lives. Les arrives at No.5 with all sorts of loud tacky Christmas decorations, a sound system and a huge Santa for the roof. He gets Kirk to put it up. Todd and Sarah discover Bethany has brought another doll back home. Again they think she's "stolen" it, unaware that Brenda gave it to her. Norris and Emily watch in horror as Kirk erects a huge Santa on Les's roof.

44x236 Sun 14 Dec, 2003

14 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Nick and the factory girls arrive at Underworld to find that during the night, Charlie has bricked the door up just to wind Mike up. Bev persuades Sunita into having a Hindu hen do. Angela orders Craig to come home but he refuses. Tommy is pleased. Mike is furious with Charlie and tells Nick that he will have to get a sledgehammer and knock the wall down. Nick is less than pleased. Tommy and Craig have a lads' day out together watching the football in the Weatherfield Arms. Tommy proceeds to get very drunk. Tommy bumps into Martin and Katy in the Rovers. He calls Martin a nonce and Ciaran has to separate them. Craig is embarrassed at his dad's behaviour. Penny King calls in the factory and asks Mike to look over her books for her. Maya and Dev get invited to Sunita's and Ciaran's hen and stag parties though neither wants to be there.

44x237 Mon 15 Dec, 2003 [Episode 1]

15 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Mike gets Nick to deliver the bricks back to Charlie and dump them across the entrance of the builder's yard. Craig is worried about Martin's brakes. When he sees Martin and Katy getting in the car he can't stand the guilt and tells Tommy what he's done. Tommy and Craig climb in their car and give chase. Tommy is relieved when he sees Martin drop Katy off, knowing that she's safe. Brenda tries to wheedle her way back in with Sarah. She cries at the thought of her first Christmas without Neil. Sarah feels guilty and starts to thaw towards her. Sunita feels slightly jealous when she hears Dev ordering red roses for Maya. Tommy and Craig continue to follow Martin. They drive alongside him shouting for him to pull over, trying to warn him about his brakes but Martin thinks Tommy has lost the plot and drives faster to get away from him. Dev has Maya round for dinner. He is pleased when she says that she likes his flat - he's still hoping that she'll move in.

44x238 Mon 15 Dec, 2003 [Episode 2]

15 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Craig is panic-stricken that he's killed Martin. Tommy manages to drag Martin's body from the car just before the whole thing explodes. Craig dials 999. Dev again puts the pressure on Maya to move in with him. She explains that it's too soon. Dev takes offence. At the hospital, Audrey, Gail, David, Nick, Sarah, Todd, Angela and Katy all sit in shocked silence waiting for news of Martin. They're told he's critical but stable and that they can visit him two at a time. Sarah is livid when Gail allows David and Katy to go first. Terry sends Jack and Vera a surprise Christmas present - it's a huge fridge. Jack is suspicious whereas Vera is delighted. Kirk and Tyrone try to manoeuvre the fridge into the house but unable to get it through the front, get it stuck in the back doorway. Tommy and Craig are interviewed by the police. They stick to the same story: that Tommy noticed ther

44x239 Wed 17 Dec, 2003

17 December, 2003 8:00 pm

It's Tyrone's twenty-first birthday. Jason has to take Jack and Vera's door frame out in order to release the fridge. A huge crack appears up the kitchen wall. Charlie tells them that the whole kitchen extension is unsafe. Charlie promises to start in a couple of days. In the meantime he puts a tarpaulin over the hole. Jack and Vera decide to spend Christmas with the Hortons in Blackpool as the house is so cold. Tyrone is left alone with Monica. Sarah allows Brenda to drop Bethany off at nursery. Brenda is grateful. Martin regains consciousness. Eileen overhears Nick having a go at Todd and accusing him of being in denial. Dev grovels to Maya and she decides to give him another chance. Angela is impressed to learn that Tommy rescued Martin from the burning car. Katy however, is immediately suspicious and wonders if Tommy didn't tamper with the brakes himself intent on killing Martin.

44x240 Fri 19 Dec, 2003

19 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Angela is adamant that Tommy couldn't possibly have tried to kill Martin. Katy disagrees. Eileen confronts Todd and asks him if he's gay. Todd denies it and tells her that Sarah is pregnant and expecting his baby. Eileen is furious that he's throwing his life away. Deirdre is delighted when she finds out that she's got a job at the council as PA to the head of the planning department. Mike looks over some paperwork for Penny King and arranges to take her out for dinner that evening. Nick is furious to find out that Mike is leaving him out of the Christmas bonus scheme as he hasn't been there long enough. Maya invites Sunita and Ciaran for Christmas dinner at Dev's flat. They feel obliged to accept. Jason threatens to beat up Nick if he spreads any more scurrilous rumours about Todd being gay.

44x241 Sun 21 Dec, 2003

21 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Brenda calls round to the flat with some Christmas decorations and offers to look after Bethany later while Sarah visits Martin. Sarah agrees. The police call round and take Tommy down to the station for questioning. Craig is beside himself with guilt and worry. Blanche continues to give Tracy money to buy "bits and bobs" for the baby. Tommy repeats his story to the police. They let him go for the time being. Tracy picks up a passenger in her taxi who then threatens her and makes off with all her takings. She is very shaken up. Karen books a bespoke wedding package at Doveridge Hall for £11,000. Nick takes Maria to a swanky hotel for the night. Unfortunately they bump into Mike who's taken Penny King there for dinner. Steve comforts an upset Tracy. She enjoys the attention, particularly as she fancies Steve. In the middle of dinner, Mike receives a call. He tells Nick that he must leave his dinner and go back to the factory to resend a fax.

44x242 Mon 22 Dec, 2003

22 December, 2003 8:00 pm

The pressure of keeping his guilty secret is really getting to Craig. Mike reprimands Nick for putting his love life before his job at the factory, but Nick stands up to him and accuses Mike of treating him as a lackey and errand boy. Angela is worried about Craig but doesn't know what's wrong with him. Tommy tries to play it down. David calls Tommy a murderer and he and Craig have a fight in the street. Roy and Hayley realise that they will need more space when the baby arrives. They decide to put an offer in for No.7. Brenda tells Sarah that she and Todd ought to get married. Sarah tells her that she has no intention of getting married. Brenda backs down realising that she's overstepped the mark. The police question Kevin and Tyrone about Tommy and his relationship with Martin. Martin suddenly remembers that his brakes failed just before the crash. Katy tells him how she suspects Tommy of trying to kill him.

44x243 Wed 24 Dec, 2003

24 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Tommy tells Craig that he's lied to Martin, telling him that he was responsible for the car crash. Tommy is prepared to go to prison in order to protect his son. Martin tells Katy about Tommy's confession. Katy insists that Martin phones the police. Tommy explains to Angela that it was Craig who tampered with Martin's brakes. Betty leaves to go and spend Christmas with Gordon and Caroline. Roy and Hayley are disappointed to learn that No.7 has already been sold. Angela and Tommy blame themselves for Craig's actions. They realise that all the rowing and their splitting up led to Craig's desperate measures. Brenda takes Bethany to a nativity play dressed as an angel. She talks to Bethany about how one day she will meet her daddy in heaven. Deirdre realises that she hasn't enough food in for Christmas and has to borrow £50 off Tracy to get some more. Craig can't handle the guilt any more. He calls into see Martin and confesses everything explaining that Tommy was lying to cover for him.

44x244 Thu 25 Dec, 2003

25 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Roy reveals that he's bought a virtual baby off the internet. He and Hayley spend the day looking after it. Although it's not easy they both enjoy it. Norris is cooking Christmas dinner for Emily and Rita. He times the turkey with his new gizmo but fails to switch the oven on. Betty arrives at the Rovers in tears. When she arrived at Gordon's house she found that they'd gone away and left her a message saying that there was some undefined emergency with Caroline's mother. She returned home and then had a fire in the house. Shelley insists that she should stay at the Rovers. Craig is distraught having told Martin the truth. He barricades himself into his bedroom. Angela has to persuade him to come out. Brenda calls in to see Sarah, Todd and Bethany having bought them lavish presents.

44x245 Fri 26 Dec, 2003

26 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Betty is made at home in the Rovers where Shelley, Bev and Harry fuss around her. Betty says that she's had a call from Gordon who's worried about the fire. Martin tells Craig he wants to forget about what happened. Craig is relieved. Jack arrives back from the Hortons' unexpectedly. He finds Fiz asleep on the sofa. Tyrone is embarrassed. Fiz sneaks out of No.9 but is spotted by Cilla. Fred and Ashley push Joshua in his toy car. Claire records it on the camcorder. Tracy has a meeting with Steve at No.7. Steve tells her that he wants nothing to do with the baby. Tracy is upset. Sunita's hen night takes place. The girls enjoy some Bollywood dancing and the henna artist paints Hindu tattoos on them. Fiz and Kirk make up but Fiz fails to admit that she spent the night with Tyrone, albeit on the sofa.

44x246 Sun 28 Dec, 2003

28 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Ciaran asks Sunita if she's having second thoughts about the wedding. Sunita replies that she's really looking forward to it. Ciaran feels trapped. Tyrone tells Jack that nothing happened between him and Fiz other than a kiss. Jack is unconvinced. Betty is sure that Gordon is going to ask her to move in with him and Caroline. She wonders if it might be the best thing to do. Roy and Hayley are shocked to find out that Tracy is moving into No.7. They worry that she might be intending to keep the baby. Angela and Tommy are reunited. Tommy moves back into No.6. Ciaran's stag night takes place. Les insists they go to the Weatherfield Arms as Cilla is working there and has promised them free drinks. T

44x247 Mon 29 Dec, 2003

29 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Sunita prepares for her wedding with the help of Shelley and Bev. Ciaran has spent the night in a police cell. He secretly hopes that he won't be released in time for the wedding. Maya is suspicious of Ciaran's motive for hitting Dev. She wonders if Dev still fancies Sunita. Cilla is secretly pleased that she's lost her job. She does not intend to find another too quickly, but Fiz can see straight through her. Ciaran is miffed when the police release him. Dev accuses Ciaran of not wanting to marry Sunita. Ciaran can't deny it but insists that he mustn't let her down. Tracy tells Sunita that Ciaran doesn't really want to marry her. Sunita confronts Ciaran with Tracy's revelation but Ciaran insists that Tracy is lying. Roy and Hayley find out that Blanche has bought No.7 for Tracy.

44x248 Wed 31 Dec, 2003

31 December, 2003 8:00 pm

Maya suspects that Sunita jilted Ciaran because she's still in love with Dev. He denies this. Sunita forces Ciaran to admit that he didn't really want to get married. Sunita is now sure that she did the right thing. She tells Ciaran that this is the end of their relationship. Dev is delighted when Maya finally agrees to move in with him. Blanche and Deirdre continue to bicker about Tracy moving into No.7. Ken tries to keep the peace. Claire is distraught when she realises that she's recorded over the film of Maxine at Christmas on the camcorder. Ashley forgives her. Sunita calls to see Dev hoping that he will still want her but is disappointed to learn that Maya is moving in and that Dev sees her as his future and not Sunita. Maya asks if Sunita has been round. Dev lies and says not.

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