Seasons & episodes

Thomas is lost and found, Sinbad is reunited with Marcia, and Frank has to convince Sammy not to commit suicide, in a special episode at Alton Towers.

Margaret tells Patricia she has found another job and is leaving. Ron tells Peter of his suspicions about John, but he may have left it too late.

Ron decides to become a squatter. Frank tries to persuade Owen not to divorce Sammy.

Ron discovers that being a squatter might create more problems than it resolves. Rod and Diana go to Peter's to watch a film, and when Rod falls asleep Diana betrays a confidence.

Peter advises John to tell Barbara about his arrest. Patricia makes a decision. At the end of the day, when the shops are all cashing up, a gang of men who have been lying in wait make their move.

Terry feels guilty for being drunk while the shops were raided. Jackie wants Ron to install a panic button, but he explains that this would cost money.

Mike and Keith set off for Edinburgh, unaware that Ron plans to follow them. Lyn makes Frank suffer before she agrees to go camping. Angela reopens the salon, but is far from happy. John learns whether he will be charged with shoplifting.

Diana is offered a job on the make-up counter, but it may mean moving to Manchester. Jacqui gets into some trouble in Scotland. John blows his top at Sinbad.

The campers return home, and Rod's career hangs in the balance. Tracy and Peter have a date, and end up in the spotlight. Julia interprets Jackie's instructions slightly differently than expected.

Jacqui tells Ron and DD that she is not going back to school, and already has a job lined up. Ron discovers that his shop is flooded. Patricia has a secret.

Ron discovers the source of the flood. Margaret and Derek plan their engagement. Ron resigns from the police force. After seeing her doctor, Patricia reveals to Max that she is pregnant.

Frank confronts Barbara about Katie's stolen coat. Rod studies his bad eye, and becomes distressed. Mick discovers that Ellis has misled him about the loan.

Margaret's mother says she won't come to the engagement party because she thinks Margaret is too young to get married. Tracy gets an offer she can't refuse. Ellis plans a date with Marianne, but has to deliver pizzas instead.

Everything comes to a head for a distraught John. Marianne has a date, but is it with the right brother? Patricia's parents are coming to visit, and she has sold their Welsh dresser.......

Julia is shocked to see a "For Sale" sign outside the Corkhills', and Rod has some explaining to do. Barbara is getting worried about John's disappearance. Max and Patricia try to convince Patricia's parents that they like the Welsh dresser.

Strange stickers reading "Strength Through Purity" appear on the window of the pizza parlour. Rod and Terry are rivals for a job. Max entrusts the repair of the dresser to David, who dyes it dark green.

Margaret isn't in the mood for her engagement party, but her mother convinces DD to come along and give Derek her blessing. Mike and Matty receive a sinister threat.

George Webb's unpleasantness means more headaches for Mick. Ron opposes the new nightclub development.

Patricia agrees to be a speaker at Max's Round Table meeting, and makes sure that Ron comes up with a cunning plan. Barbara suggests that Peter gives Diana a lift to work, and Diana discovers that Rod turned down a desk job in the police.

Rod returns to try to make things up with Diana, but it doesn't go well. Max serves Terry with a notice to quit. Patricia is determined not to lose the baby.

The pizza parlour is under threat, while Terry has no intentions of moving out of his flat. Barbara confesses to Peter that she fears she has lost John forever. Marianne takes Ellis and Mick van-hunting.

Max is surprised when he meets the new nightclub owner, Joe Halsall. Diana confesses a lie to Peter. Derek needs to find somewhere to live.

In the middle of making a speech to Max's Round Table, Patricia collapses in agony. Terry discovers he is going on a journey, but with whom?

Mick has an interview at the building society regarding his failure to pay the mortgage. Ellis finds something unpleasant in a milk bottle. Terry and Sinbad begin their holiday in Spain, but there may be a surprise in store for them.