Episode 2400 (11th August 1998)

Plot
Eric has lost his wine bar - and is in danger of losing his marbles too. Cocky as ever, he tries to make as much of a nuisance of himself, as he noisily packs crates, deliberately disturbing customers. Kathy simply wants him out of her hair, now she's in sole charge and Betty and Rachel are both happy to see him down at heel. Eric's sidekick Marlon has twinges of guilt about the way he maneovoured his bosses downfall. Kathy is roundly applauded by customers when she laces into him in the Woolpack but Marlon can sense the depth of his bosses despair as he leaves looking like a real outcast. Later, as Marlon looks for him, he can hardly imagine the horrendous scene he will walk straight into. Meanwhile, Zak turns knight in shining armour to a pregnant woman. Little does her husband know Zak is moonlighting as a taxi-driver in a car he doesn't even own. Scott makes an unceremonious return to the village hurled, kit-bag and all, from an unmarked military car. But what has he done to deserve such heavy-handed treatment?

Regular cast

 * Betty Eagleton - Paula Tilbrook
 * Zak Dingle - Steve Halliwell
 * Butch Dingle - Paul Loughran
 * Kathy Glover - Malandra Burrows
 * Rachel Hughes - Glenda McKay
 * Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
 * Terry Woods - Billy Hartman
 * Heather Hutchinson - Siobhan Finneran
 * Lyn Hutchinson - Sally Walsh
 * Lady Tara Oakwell - Anna Brecon
 * Christopher Tate - Peter Amory
 * Laura Johnstone - Louise Beattie
 * Biff Fowler - Stuart Wade
 * Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
 * Ned Glover - Johnny Leeze
 * Robert Sugden - Christopher Smith
 * Emma Cairns - Rebecca Loudonsack
 * Kirsty Hutchinson - Anne Marie Jowett
 * Roy Glover - Nicky Evans
 * Kim Marchant - Claire King
 * Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
 * Andy Hopwood - Kelvin Fletcher
 * Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
 * Scott Windsor - Ben Freeman

Guest cast

 * Lord Michael Thornfield - Malcolm Stoddard
 * Darren Rose - Mike Rogers