A disillusioned Colette turns to Simon when Josh fails to turn up for the Christmas party. Josh meanwhile is trapped in a car with a mentally unstable man who has lost his wife; the car loses control and crashes into the ambulance shelter outside A&E. Josh escapes just before the car explodes.

| Michael Jacobs | Des McAleer | |
| Beth Harper | Lynda Rooke | |
| Emma | Seeta Indrani | |
| Lawrence | Dominic Power | |
| Avril | Rosei Alvarez | |
| Des Lord | Simeon Andrews | |
| Wendy Lord | Rosie Ede | |
| Barry | Richard Rycroft | |
| Signor Panucci | Sidney Kean | |
| Maria Panucci | Miriam Brown | |
| Farmer Bernie Walsh | Roger Heathcott | |
| Fi Palmer | Clare Boland | |
| Dr Robert Hammond | Burt Caesar | |
| Terry Hollingsworth | Liam Noble |