Episode 5868
Production code	P694/5868
ITV transmission date	15th October 2004 (Friday)
Script editor	Bryan Kirkwood Jenny White
Story editor	Mark Bickerton
Story associates	Jane Pearson Lyn Papadopoulos Cathianne Hall Jane Marlow Lesley Westhead
Writer	Mark Burt
Designer	Julian Perkins
Director	Charles Lauder
Executive Producer	Carolyn Reynolds
Producer	Tony Wood
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PlotEdit

Fred gives Ashley and Claire tickets to Paris as an engagement present. Fiz sets Maria and Tyrone up on a blind date to try to get them back together. Roy's worried when Charlie tells him the café needs rewiring. As excitable Tracy prepares for their holiday, she tells Ciaran that they'll need a bigger place when she and Amy move in. Ciaran's flattered by her commitment and thinks she really must love him. Sunita asks Frankie to tell Maya to stay away from them but she refuses. When Claire finally tells her mum that she and Ashley are engaged, Yvonne leaves accusing Claire of throwing her life away. Claire's very upset, saying if she's forced to choose she'll choose Ashley and not her mum. Tyrone and Maria meet for lunch and have a lovely time. Later they stand on the balcony of the builder's yard and pretend they're back up Blackpool Tower. Penny apologises to Ciaran for being angry with him and hugs him saying she knows he did his best. Ciaran's guilt-ridden and suddenly blurts out the truth. He explains how he got £60,000 for McCarthy's and not £30,000. Furious Penny takes the money and leaves. Tracy tells Ken, Deirdre and Blanche what she thinks of them and explains she's moving in with Ciaran. Ciaran tells Tracy that he came clean with Penny and has returned all her money but he's glad they've still got each other. He's shocked to the core when Tracy tells him that without the money he's nothing and she's never loved him. Ciaran's gutted.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
• Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
• Fred Elliott - John Savident
• Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
• Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
• Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
• Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
• Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
• Roy Cropper - David Neilson
• Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
• Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
• Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
• Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
• Frankie Baldwin - Debra Stephenson
• Penny King - Pauline Fleming
• Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
• Ken Barlow - William Roache
• Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
• Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
• Patrick Tussel - Trevor Dwyer-Lynch

Guest castEdit

• Yvonne Casey - Yvonne O'Grady

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 11,810,000 viewers (5th place).