Episode 5517
Production code	P694/5517
ITV transmission date	2nd June 2003 (Monday - Part 1)
Script editor	Gareth Philips Jane Hudson
Story editor	Colin Steven
Story associates	Mark Bickerton Bryan Kirkwood David Millard Jane Pearson Nazrin Choudhury
Writer	Jan McVerry
Designer	Julian Perkins
Director	Steve Goldie
Executive Producer	Carolyn Reynolds
Producer	Kieran Roberts
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PlotEdit

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 the Duckworths. Wally invites Tracy to his mansion. Katy tries to talk to Martin - she tells him she considers him a mate. Martin explains to her that Tommy is his mate and that she's just a kid. Katy is gutted. Karen is panicking that they may have managed to put Mike off the scent for the day but he's soon going to realise that no material was actually delivered. She is shocked when Joe explains that he's planning to burgle the factory and clear the stockroom out so that Mike will never know.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Joe Carter - Jonathan Wrather
• Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
• Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
• David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
• Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
• Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
• Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
• Katy Harris - Lucy-Jo Hudson
• Craig Harris - Richard Fleeshman
• Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
• Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
• Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
• Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
• Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
• Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
• Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
• Betty Williams - Betty Driver
• Tracy Preston - Kate Ford
• Angela Harris - Kathryn Hunt
• Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
• Harry Flagg - Iain Rogerson

Guest castEdit

• Gary Jenkinson - Stephen Hoyle
• Simon Lang - David Corden
• Frank Marsden - Martin Walsh
• Wally Bannister - Bernard Cribbins

NotesEdit

• The storyline for this episode had to be rewritten when Maggie Jones fell ill. In the original version Wally Bannister took Blanche Hunt out for the day. He dropped Blanche back home, waited round the corner for Tracy Barlow and then took her out for the evening.
• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 12,910,000 viewers (2nd place).