Seasons & episodes

Rod and Damon are both convinced that they have won their bet. Petrochem is taken over. Lucy says her goodbyes as she prepares to leave for France with Barry, but she's leaving something behind her. Billy regrets not mentioning something important to Doreen.

Bobby advises Billy to go to his union, but he isn't hopeful. Rod and Damon both try to snatch victory in their programme collecting contest. Heather discovers that Nick's phone has been cut off.

Romance is in the air for Heather. Sheila feels guilty about lying to Teresa. Damon leaves home.

Paul is in for more than one disappointment. Doreen thinks her new acquisition will help out - but disaster is about to strike.

Paul takes his redundancy in his stride, but is dubious about news he receives of Lucy. Doreen is angry with Billy for not returning the bricks, fearing that they might jeopardise his court appeal.

Doreen is reluctant to worry Billy with the phone bill, but he's got a bigger problem to face anyway. Karen is frightened after receiving several phone calls in which no-one speaks to her.

Karen sleeps with Guy, Paul voices his feelings of insecurity, and Madge offers to help Harry learn to drive.

Just as Karen and Guy are happy with their relationship, he has a proposal that would make it permanent. Billy and Doreen discover why the phone bill is so high.

Heather meets Nick's children for the first time, and they're not all impressed with her. Then one of them is involved in an accident...

Billy convinces Doreen that the furniture should be moved upstairs while Rod has a party. Pat is determined to have an argument and eventually finds one. Heather and Nick reconsider whether they should marry if his children don't approve.

Rod decides that he would like to join the police, but Billy isn't impressed with that idea. A romantic kiss leaves Karen in an awkward predicament.

Bobby puts his job on the line by defying George Williams. Annabelle tries to talk Paul out of protesting. Ralph and Harry aren't speaking.

Harry and Ralph misuse a "disabled driver" badge. Paul buys timber to build a lollipop sign, and Sandra denies everything.

Paul's impression of a lollipop man is not appreciated by some of the schoolchildren, who relieve him of his sign, nor by a policeman, who visits him at home. Nick has forgotten something important, so Heather calls on Annabelle for advice.

When Tony arrives, Pat realises that Sandra may not have dropped the Cribbs-Baker case after all. Sheila is nervous about her seminar. Terry tries to find somewhere to go where there isn't a furious row blazing.

Harry finds a photograph that makes him believe his house is being used for immoral purposes. Sheila has even more to worry about.

Pat is shown up by a bottle of perfume. Sheila finally discovers who wrote the threatening letter to her. However, the person responsible wasn't making the phone calls.

Pat and Sandra don't go to Heather and Nick's wedding reception, and things become violent between them. Matty is in for a shock.

Bobby goes to London to face a disciplinary committee. Terry finds out about Vicki's photograph. Cribbs-Baker tries to intimidate Tony and Sandra. Matty accuses Sheila of turning Mo against him, and becomes aggressive.

Ralph finds himself giving Harry a driving lesson, and discovers it's not something he'd like to repeat.

Sally Dinsdale's husband has gone on the rampage, and she is fearful of what he might do. Sheila and Matty argue in the taxi home after class, and she gets out and walks into a horrific ordeal.

Sheila arrives home shaken and dazed, and although she tells Bobby what happened, she doesn't want to involve the police. The police pick up a drunken Pat, who looks like he's been in a fight.

Sheila is persuaded to call the police and discuss the attack, and Pat becomes the prime suspect.

Sheila isn't telling the police everything she knows. Matty tells Bobby who he thinks is the rapist.