Episode 6196 (27th March 2012)

Plot
Ashley is forced to leave Sandy at home looking after Gabby while he visits a parishioner. Sandy and Gabby enjoy themselves painting festive Easter eggs, until Sandy absent-mindedly leaves a tap running. Soon the kitchen is awash with water and Sandy tries to clean up the mess. Laurel is frustrated when she returns home and sees the colourful mess and leaves again to get the correct cleaning products. As a result, Sandy is left with Ashley - fearful of his reaction. Ashley is furious with Sandy over the mess and pushes Sandy when he makes a grab for the mop. Sandy slips in the fracas and hurts his wrist. Ashley is gutted to realise that Gabby has seen the whole thing. Ashley struggles to hide his shame and anger, but insists to Gabby that Sandy's fall was an accident. With Laurel out of earshot, Ashley is cold with Sandy - telling him that Gabby will back up his story. Sandy is left shaken and upset. Meanwhile, Chas and Paddy are thrown when Aaron tells them that he's not going to France with Ed. Chas is worried when Aaron tells her that it's because of Adam, and she tries to talk sense into him. Paddy also tries to intervene, but Aaron is adamant that he's staying for his friend. Elsewhere, Ruby is annoyed that Ali has got no further with the divorce, Lisa asks Chas to stop serving Zak alcohol in the pub, while Nicola tells Laurel that she needs a new plan to seduce Jimmy.

Regular cast

 * Gabrielle Thomas - Annelise Manojlovic
 * Sandy Thomas - Freddie Jones
 * Ashley Thomas - John Middleton
 * Paddy Kirk - Dominic Brunt
 * Chas Dingle - Lucy Pargeter
 * Aaron Livesy - Danny Miller
 * Ali Spencer - Kelli Hollis
 * Sean Spencer - Luke Roskell
 * Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
 * Ruby Haswell - Alicya Eyo
 * Adam Barton - Adam Thomas
 * Debbie Dingle - Charley Webb
 * Lisa Dingle - Jane Cox
 * Cain Dingle - Jeff Hordley
 * Laurel Thomas - Charlotte Bellamy

Guest cast

 * Ed Roberts - Lloyd Everitt