Coronation Street

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27x1
Wed 1 January 1986
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Susan returns from Mike Baldwin's flat and an argument ensues when Ken discovers where she's been. Having heard Gloria and Frank's story, Bet believes Gloria and asks Frank to leave, and .. show full overview
27x2
Mon 6 January 1986
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Mavis's papergirl Jenny is taken to a children's home after her mother is killed. Bet has finished with Frank and Jack wonders if she'll need some help with the Rovers.
27x3
Wed 8 January 1986
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Bet offers Jack his old job back after Terry and Curly refuse to help. Jenny runs away from the children's hospital but Don, her social worker, takes her back again. Deirdre tries to persuade Mike to stop seeing Susan.
27x4
Mon 13 January 1986
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Ken is still concerned about Susan and gets even more upset when he learns that Deirdre has been to see Mike. Terry and Curly try but fail to get a drink out of Jack after getting him his job back at the Rovers.
27x5
Wed 15 January 1986
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Susan and Deirdre Barlow clash over an old affair. And the past catches up with Jenny Bradley when her father turns up.
27x6
Mon 20 January 1986
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Mike Baldwin returns from London - to face awkward questions from Susan Barlow over his affair with her stepmother, Deirdre.
27x7
Wed 22 January 1986
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Mike assures Susan he loves her for who she is. Don Worthington asks Rita to act as mediator between the Bradleys. Jenny refuses to meet Alan when he travels from Leeds. Susan stays away .. show full overview
27x8
Mon 27 January 1986
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Deirdre is worried that a row with Ken will affect Tracy's adoption if the social workers hear about it. Jenny agrees to have a meal with Alan.
27x9
Wed 29 January 1986
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Kevin is annoyed when Hilda keeps on about how unsuitable Sally is compared to Michelle. The social worker tackles the Barlows about Susan's departure.
27x10
Mon 3 February 1986
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Audrey has to flirt with Alf to get him to agree to a house. Phyllis discovers that Sam won a fortune on the pools in the 50s.
27x11
Wed 5 February 1986
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Mike tells Terry and Curly that he has some work for them but Curly refuses to do business with him. Mike tells Susan he dosen't want to rush her but he would like her to marry him.
27x12
Mon 10 February 1986
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Sam discovers Percy and Phyllis at a party dancing together and accuses Phyllis of playing with his affections.
27x13
Wed 12 February 1986
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Phyllis tells Percy she'll never forgive him for driving Sam away and throws him out of the café. Audrey is stunned when Alf tells her he has bought a house.
27x14
Mon 17 February 1986
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Hilda asks Terry and Curly to try to and get Kevin away from Sally by taking him on a lad's night out. Alf tells Terry he heard that Andrea has just had a baby.
27x15
Wed 19 February 1986
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Phyllis realises she's spending a small fortune on taking Sam out and paying for his drinks. Sally tells Hilda she has no right to be so protective.
27x16
Mon 24 February 1986
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Tracy is thrilled when Susan asks her to be a bridesmaid. Deirdre and Ken have a argument about Susan's wedding.
27x17
Wed 26 February 1986
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Jenny is impressed to learn that Rita used to be a singer and Sam confronts Percy about Phyllis.
27x18
Mon 3 March 1986
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Terry tells Curly he's had enough of working just to give Curly half. Susan considers returning to work for Ken at the Recorder.
27x19
Wed 5 March 1986
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Mike tells Susan that Ken is manipulating her, while Terry breaks the news to Curly that their job with Mike is finished.
27x20
Mon 10 March 1986
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Kevin is annoyed when Sally keeps missing dates, while Hilda is sad to find her old friend is in hospital.
27x21
Wed 12 March 1986
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Sally confesses to Kevin that she spent an evening with her ex-boyfriend, much to the surprise of Kevin.
27x22
Mon 17 March 1986
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Gloria is surprised to find that Jack has been sending her the roses and the Roberts move into their new home.
27x23
Wed 19 March 1986
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Gloria is surprised to find that Jack has been sending her the roses and the Roberts move into their new home.
27x24
Mon 24 March 1986
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Ken and Susan decide on a date for the wedding and plan a party for Susan's 21st birthday, while Rita makes a secret confession to Mavis.
27x25
Wed 26 March 1986
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Jenny leaves Rita's to go and live with her father in the flat he's rented. Ken surprises Susan by revealing he's booked the Belstaff Hotel for her twenty first party and that her twin brother, Peter, has got leave from the Navy to attend.
27x26
Mon 31 March 1986
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Curly is plunged into the depths of depression when the girl he planned to take to the Barlows' do calls off their date. He is uplifted when he meets Tina and she agrees to go with him. .. show full overview
27x27
Wed 2 April 1986
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Cunning Ken tries to make Mike feel his age by throwing a party for Susan and Peter's 21st. At the height of the celebration, Mike secretly reveals to Susan that he's bought her a car as .. show full overview
27x28
Mon 7 April 1986
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Mike, now the 21st is over, urges Susan to fix a wedding date. Susan approaches Ken and he tells her that he's spent so much on her birthday party that the wedding will have to wait! .. show full overview
27x29
Wed 9 April 1986
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Mike susses that Ken is prevaricating over the wedding plans because the 21st set him back financially. Mike confronts Ken, offering to fund the wedding himself. A row ensues and Susan, .. show full overview
27x30
Mon 14 April 1986
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There is concern in the Rovers for Gloria whose boyfriend has been unexpectedly released from prison and is in the flat. Ken is still angry that Mike Baldwin has offered to pay for the wedding - Susan is on Ken's side.
27x31
Wed 16 April 1986
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Jack is surprised to find Gloria at the Rovers in her dressing gown. Susan asks Ken how long it will be before he can afford a wedding. Bet and Gloria go to the flat to tell Steve he must leave.
27x32
Mon 21 April 1986
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Roy Turner, local shopfitter arrives to turn the Roberts' front room into a hairdressing salon. Alf is worried about the estimate, and thinks the cost will escalate. Mike tells Susan .. show full overview
27x33
Wed 23 April 1986
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Hilda's friend Ada Arrowsmith's condition has worsened to pneumonia. Susan decides that she does want to marry Mike regardless of how her father feels. They visit the Vicar and set the .. show full overview
27x34
Mon 28 April 1986
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Hilda's inheritance from Ada Arrowsmith is delivered by Terry and Curly. It turns out to be a bureau, a table and three chairs and a cat called 'Rommel'. Mike fails to persuade Ken to .. show full overview
27x35
Wed 30 April 1986
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Jack discovers a bill of sale in Hilda's bureau and Curly's research reveals that it could be worth quite a lot of money. Peter Barlow arrives unexpectedly and clashes with Ken over his .. show full overview
27x36
Mon 5 May 1986
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Curly and Terry discover to their horror that the bureau isn't worth a large amount of money. Curly has to break the news to Hilda and finds out she's already 'squandered' the expected .. show full overview
27x37
Wed 7 May 1986
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Ivy is pleasantly surprised when she meets her nephew and Emily offers Deidre a solution to Susan's problem.
27x38
Mon 12 May 1986
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It is the day before Susan and Mike's wedding but the happy occasion is marred by Ken's refusal to give his daughter away. There is much excitement in the Duckworth household when Vera discover's she has won a car.
27x39
Wed 14 May 1986
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Peter accuses Ken of packing Susan and him off to Glasgow because he couldn't cope with the responsibility of them. He is bitter that Ken washed his hands of them; they both needed him .. show full overview
27x40
Mon 19 May 1986
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Vera is presented with her prize car. Gail agrees with Brian that emigration may be the best thing for them and Kevin decides to take advantage of Hilda's absence.
27x41
Wed 21 May 1986
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Ivy refuses to give her blessing to Brian's emigration plans. Sally and Kevin both find themselves out of favour with their parents. Alan explains himself to Rita.
27x42
Mon 26 May 1986
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Kevin and Sally cover their tracks ahead of Hilda's return. Terry gives Vera her first driving lesson. Brian offers Ivy the chance to immigrate to Australia with the family.
27x43
Wed 28 May 1986
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With Brian away, Gail fears that Ian will pose too strong a temptation to resist. Hilda's opinion of Sally is shaken by a visitor. Jack schemes to get his hands on Vera's car.
27x44
Mon 2 June 1986
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Episode 2626 Gail is glad that she's spent the night with Ian Latimer. Martin celebrates his eighteenth birthday. Gail escapes from work to spend the afternoon with Ian. She stops .. show full overview
27x45
Wed 4 June 1986
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Episode 2627 Hilda refuses to accept housekeeping money from Sally, feeling it would bind her legally. Gail acts like a teenager, skiving off work to see Ian. She tells him that she .. show full overview
27x46
Mon 9 June 1986
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Episode 2628 Brian returns from Edinburgh. He finds Gail distant and swears to her that he didn't play around. Vera thinks Terry should have Alan charged with assault but Terry just .. show full overview
27x47
Wed 11 June 1986
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Episode 2629 Brian is confused as Gail is agitated and snappy. The Barlows go to court to have Tracy's name changed. Ivy is sorry to see Ian Latimer go. Audrey makes sure he knows .. show full overview
27x48
Mon 16 June 1986
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Episode 2630 Ivy is thrilled that the Tilsleys aren't emigrating. The fuse in the Rovers' cellar keeps going. When the beer pump goes off, Bet gets Julian to entertain on the piano. .. show full overview
27x49
Wed 18 June 1986
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Episode 2631 Kevin and Sally return at 5.30am from Sheffield. They spot smoke coming out of the Rovers' door. Sally wakes the residents whilst Kevin tries to wake Bet. Ken phones the .. show full overview
27x50
Mon 23 June 1986
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Episode 2632 Bet comes out of hospital and moves in with Betty. She visits the gutted pub and breaks down to Rita. She doesn't know what's going to happen to her. Bet tells Rita that .. show full overview
27x51
Wed 25 June 1986
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Episode 2633 Bet fears that she's going to be blamed for the fire by the brewery. Alec gets Sam to buy barm cakes from Alf's shop for 50p which he sells at the club for £1 each. Bet .. show full overview
27x52
Mon 30 June 1986
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Episode 2634 Alan and Gloria assure each other they want to see more of each other. Jack tries to interest people in the Graffiti Club, buying them free drinks. Vera rents a garage in .. show full overview
27x53
Wed 2 July 1986
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27x54
Mon 7 July 1986
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27x55
Wed 9 July 1986
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27x56
Mon 14 July 1986
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27x57
Wed 16 July 1986
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27x58
Mon 21 July 1986
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27x59
Wed 23 July 1986
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27x60
Mon 28 July 1986
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27x61
Wed 30 July 1986
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Hilda decides to have her hair coloured the same tone as Rita's. Audrey urges Gail to convince herself the baby is Brian's. Gail becomes run down and collapses in the cafe. Audrey .. show full overview
27x62
Mon 4 August 1986
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Episode 2644 Percy takes up Hilda's case, telling her that she can make a claim against Audrey. Betty tells Bet she's decided to retire and not return to the pub when it reopens. Bet .. show full overview
27x63
Wed 6 August 1986
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Episode 2645 Betty isn't happy when Bet interviews barmaids in her house. Sally is interviewed but storms off in anger when Betty makes it clear that she doesn't like having her in the .. show full overview
27x64
Mon 11 August 1986
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Episode 2646 The refurbishments at the Rovers Return Inn are finished . Bet thinks it's fantastic. Gail wants to talk to Brian to discuss the future but as far as he's concerned she's .. show full overview
27x65
Wed 13 August 1986
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Episode 2647 The residents attend the Rovers' reopening. They are surprised when the guest of honour turns out to be Hilda who proudly declares the pub open again and cuts the ribbon. .. show full overview
27x66
Mon 18 August 1986
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Episode 2648 Phyllis offers Gail support and tells her that she's looking after the cafe until she wants to return to work. Rita and the Bradleys return from Jersey having had a happy .. show full overview
27x67
Wed 20 August 1986
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Episode 2649 Bet learns that Alison Dougherty is now working at the Graffiti Club. She is furious as she's now a barmaid short. Gail pleads with Brian to come home. He refuses and tells .. show full overview
27x68
Mon 25 August 1986
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Episode 2650 Gail agrees to a family conference but doesn't think that it'll do any good. Susan is upset when Ken criticises her work, saying it lacks sparkle. Brian's mate, Tony Marsh, .. show full overview
27x69
Wed 27 August 1986
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Episode 2651 Ken and Susan have a row about their working relationship. She accuses him of ignoring the fact that she was a private life but he maintains her mind is never on her work. .. show full overview
27x70
Mon 1 September 1986
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Mike tells Susan she should make things up with Ken, otherwise she stands the risk of alienating herself from him completely. Ivy asks Alf to talk some sense into Brian before he sees a .. show full overview
27x71
Wed 3 September 1986
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Ida decides to give up the shop steward's job as it's too demanding. Mike goes to Birmingham on business. Audrey worries that Gail is close to a breakdown. Brian decides to fight for .. show full overview
27x72
Mon 8 September 1986
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Sally misses Kevin whilst he's in Southampton. Gail refuses to have an abortion and tells Audrey she couldn't have Brian back knowing that he wanted her to kill her child. Audrey warns .. show full overview
27x73
Wed 10 September 1986
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Vera accuses Susan of running to Mike with tales about her. Rita and Alan are pleased when Jenny suggests that they have another holiday. Vera accuses Susan of being "Little Miss .. show full overview
27x74
Mon 15 September 1986
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The news spreads around the Street about Gail's affair. Kevin returns from Southampton. Susan is upset that Vera has been sacked and she asks Mike to give her a chance to apologise. .. show full overview
27x75
Wed 17 September 1986
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Susan tells Vera she's sorry that she's lost her job but she had nothing to do with it. Vera believes her. Susan tells Mike that Vera has apologised for jumping to conclusions and should .. show full overview
27x76
Mon 22 September 1986
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Alan breaks the news to Jenny that he's been made redundant. Betty returns from Gordon's and maintains she's enjoying retirement. Bet sees through this and asks her to return to the .. show full overview
27x77
Wed 24 September 1986
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Betty returns to the Rovers. Hilda blames her for depriving Sally of her job. Jenny tells Rita about Alan's redundancy, hoping she can cheer him up. Alan tells Rita he feared she would .. show full overview
27x78
Mon 29 September 1986
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Mike tells Susan that he wants children soon. She tells him that she's determined to put her career first. Kevin is upset when Bill tells him they won't be able to attend his wedding as .. show full overview
27x79
Wed 1 October 1986
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Curly is depressed that Tina Wagstaffe has finished with him. The Seddons call at No.13. Eddie Seddon is aggressive and tells Sally that he's come to stop her marrying; Kevin isn't good .. show full overview
27x80
Mon 6 October 1986
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Kevin upsets Curly by asking Terry to be his best man. Jenny moves back to No.7 as Alan leaves for Dubai. Hilda organises a buffet for Kevin and Sally. Mike is confident that Trevor .. show full overview
27x81
Wed 8 October 1986
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Kevin's nerves get to him. He feels he made a mistake having Terry as best man as he thinks the whole thing's a joke. Emily makes the wedding cake. Hilda tries to give Sally advice, .. show full overview
27x82
Mon 13 October 1986
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Ken and his new secretary Janet Bamford are snowed under with winners of the bingo and Ken realises that the printers made a mistake with the cards. Jack and Phyllis are amongst the .. show full overview
27x83
Wed 15 October 1986
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Susan starts work at the factory, annoying Emily by sharing her office. She manages to win back a cancelled order by smoothing over an over-zealous manager. Ken holds the raffle and gets .. show full overview
27x84
Mon 20 October 1986
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Emily is upset that her engagement ring has been stolen. Brian wishes that he could see more of Nicky but doesn't want to beg favours from Gail. Emily celebrates her birthday. She .. show full overview
27x85
Wed 22 October 1986
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Mavis lives in fear of Angela tracking her down. Nicky pesters Gail to go to see trains at York with his dad. Gail is furious that Brian made plans with Nicky without consulting her .. show full overview
27x86
Mon 27 October 1986
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Curly refuses to speak to Emily over the insurance. Sally tells Kevin that he should go into partnership with Brian. Gail tells Brian he can take Nicky to York. He agrees with her that .. show full overview
27x87
Wed 29 October 1986
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Terry wants to buy a load of cutlery for £300 and sell it to a mate who has a wine bar for £400, using Curly's money. Curly refuses to let him use the money but Terry wears down his .. show full overview
27x88
Mon 3 November 1986
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Mavis is annoyed to receive an invoice for the stationary. She contacts Derek and demands he sorts the mess out. Brian tells Terry that it'll cost £280 to replace the van's clutch. Terry .. show full overview
27x89
Wed 5 November 1986
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Curly tells Terry they must keep proper accounts. Terry feels that would play right into the tax man's hands. Curly threatens to remove his money from the van repairs if they don't keep .. show full overview
27x90
Mon 10 November 1986
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The brewery tell Bet that they want to see more profits to help pay for the refurbishments. Terry sees red when Curly refuses to pay the van bill. Terry maintains he carried Curly whilst .. show full overview
27x91
Wed 12 November 1986
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Nicky gets upset when Gail and Brian row in front of him when Gail refuses to sign the divorce papers. He tells them that he hates it when they shout. Bet discovers Alec has booked .. show full overview
27x92
Mon 17 November 1986
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Terry still refuses to bring Emily in and goes for a job at the meat market, telling Curly that he wants to sell everything. Bet turns on her charm to get Alec to give her a turn on .. show full overview
27x93
Wed 19 November 1986
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Alf takes Gail to see a solicitor. She doesn't want to go but he makes her see that she must be prepared for the worse. Jack plans to sing at the open night in the hope that he will be .. show full overview
27x94
Mon 24 November 1986
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Mike decides not to give the girls a Christmas bonus as profits are down. Ivy gets upset as the girls plan how to spend their bonuses so she tells them that there won't be one. Hilda .. show full overview
27x95
Wed 26 November 1986
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Susan is cool towards Mike. He maintains change costs money and there's no guarantee that children's clothes would be successful. Sally tries to make up with Hilda by doing all the .. show full overview
27x96
Mon 1 December 1986
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Mike tells Susan that he'll set her up in her own business if she can prove to him that childrenswear is profitable. Alec tries to push Bet into having more acts. She tells him that she .. show full overview
27x97
Wed 3 December 1986
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Susan visits a playgroup to talk to the leader about what mothers want in clothing. She is advised to go for the fashion end aimed at grandmothers. Jack worries that Alec is after .. show full overview
27x98
Mon 8 December 1986
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Rita gets upset on the third anniversary of Len's death. Bet hears from Sam that Alec has been sacked by the brewery. When Jack tells her that Alec is taking her for a mug, she is .. show full overview
27x99
Wed 10 December 1986
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Mike tells Cheryl Crossley her designs are too complicated. Susan calls the company "Hopscotch". She asks Ivy to look at the designs for her opinion. Rita hears that Jenny is keen on .. show full overview
27x100
Mon 15 December 1986
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Bet is sad that she may not see Alec again. Rita misses Alan and wants to see him again. She fears that he'll take an extended contract. Sally's uncle, Tom Hopwood, gives her £50 as a .. show full overview
27x101
Wed 17 December 1986
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Ivy makes up samples of the children's clothes. Tom Hopwood shows Hilda his allotment. She enjoys the way he treats her like a lady. Bet finds nobody is putting money into the staff .. show full overview
27x102
Mon 22 December 1986
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Mike tells Susan that Mark is his son. She is upset he's never told her that he had a child. He tells her that he can't handle her emotions on top of his. Martin is glad he's going out .. show full overview
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Wed 24 December 1986
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Jenny wants to enter a talent contest in Rochdale. Rita agrees to Martin taking her when he promises to take care of her. Maggie apologises to Mike. He tells her that he intends to keep .. show full overview
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29 December 1986
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Terry is using the van so Martin can't use it. Jenny tells him she'll get Rita to lend them her car. Sally talks Hilda into holding a party on New Year's Eve, to stop Kevin going on a .. show full overview
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Wed 31 December 1986
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Unconscious Martin is treated in Salford Royal Hospital. Rita comforts Jenny. She tells Rita that the accident wasn't Martin's fault but doesn't tell her that she was driving the car. .. show full overview

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