Seasons & episodes

Diane angrily confronts Debbie when she finds out what she has been saying from Emily. Gary grudgingly gives Alan the nicotine patches he wants. Mike discovers that Ron has cut him out of his will, Jimmy is missing Nikki, and Helen has an unexpected visitor.

Mike decides to make a few changes to Ron's laundry business, especially his customer base. Ruth is locked out by Sean, and feels that Alan has betrayed her. Jimmy begins to regret helping Helen to find her mother, and Debbie tries to resist the temptation to steam open the envelope containing Kirsty's "A" level results.

Tim follows Steve, and discovers exactly what kind of servicing he is carrying out. Max wants to replace Rachel with a qualified child-minder. Diane is anxious about Brigid's health, but still wants to know exactly what Marty is concealing. Alan's ladder is too short, so he borrows Sean's.

Tim is ready to do his next "job" - with or without Steve. Ray and Jessie brighten Ron's mood, and he almost splits his sides laughing. Anthony feels responsible for Brigid's illness, and Sammy considers cutting up her credit cards.

Diane discovers what is wrong with Brigid. Ron is horrified when a priest turns up at his bedside. Josh manages to steal scissors and cut the plaster cast off his leg without Rachel noticing. Tim is determined to complete his latest "job", but he needs to persuade Steve to repair the lorry he has procured.

Brigid volunteers to call in on Mike to check on how well he is handling the business in Ron's absence. Anthony forges a letter to the police from Imelda. Jessie feels unsettled, Sammy doesn't like being told that Louise is a bad influence on a gangster's daughter, and Marty swears Christy to secrecy about certain things in his past.

Gabby arrives back, with a new haircut, but Gary is not convinced that she is over Rob's death. Ted offers to take Sammy to Spain along with Tanya and Louise. Diane becomes concerned that she can't get any answers from Marty, and he doesn't come home from work.

While babysitting Josh, Gabby gives him back his water-gun, and joins in with him in drenching people on the parade below. But someone is able to retaliate. Sean is surprised to find out that Dan doesn't want to oppose him in his battle for the custody of Luke. When Marty finally reveals what happened between himself and Jan, Diane throws him out.

The police arrive at the Murrays' with a search warrant, and arrest Marty. Dan is irritated when Ruth receives a bouquet of flowers from Sean. Sammy decides to take Ted up on his holiday offer. A mix-up with Jacqui's carpet delivery provides Stuart and Baz with a mischief-making opportunity that is too good to pass up.

Diane tries to convince D.S. Casey that no-one in the Murray household could have sent the letter purporting to be from Imelda, but something is then found buried in their back garden. Debbie has some advice for Ruth, and Mike is becoming impatient with Ron.

Anthony confesses to forging the letter from Imelda. The police discover that Marty's computer was stolen from a pharmacy. Ruth panics when Sean doesn't return Luke at the time he promised to. Ron feels as if he is becoming a burden to everyone.

Emily is convinced that Marty is a serial killer or a paedophile, and undermines Diane at work. Ron has a small accident after Mike leaves him to fend for himself. Jimmy shows signs of developing green fingers, and Ray takes delivery of something that Jessie doesn't want to use before she is 100.

Jessie and Ray cannot agree on whether flat-pack or home-made furniture is better. Lance is becoming desperate for help in choosing Max's wedding anniversary present for Jacqui. Gabby disagrees with the school governors' decision to suspend Marty indefinitely, and Sean clashes with Ruth again when he goes to the bar after she keeps him waiting for his access to Luke.

On Luke's first day at school, Sean turns up and lays down the law to Dan. Max has several attempts at finding a suitable romantic gesture to celebrate the first anniversary of his wedding to Jacqui. Jimmy's garden designs lead Tim to wonder whether he is still taking his medication, and Brigid plans to move in with Ron to be his full-time nurse.

Adele returns from her holiday, and has a confession to make. Lance and Bev make a bet regarding whether Max, Jacqui, Gary and Gabby are wife-swapping. Stuart confronts Marty and tells him exactly what he thinks of him, and Leanne is also not afraid to speak her mind. But for others, actions speak louder than words.......

Sammy returns from her holiday. Ray unveils a work of art with smooth, rounded edges. Katie feels that she can't commit to Nick. Marty begins to panic, as his kidnappers demand answers, and Diane is concerned when he doesn't return home.

Sylvia returns to the Close, wanting Helen's forgiveness. When Marty is released by his captors and examined by Gary, he is advised to seek immediate hospital treatment or risk losing his eyesight. Leanne wonders whether she could benefit from botox, and Sean and Ruth attempt to resolve their differences.

Sylvia admits that she still can't handle being a mother to Helen, and doesn't want her husband to find out about her past. Debbie receives a card from Kirsty with a photograph of her and an Elvis lookalike at an American wedding chapel. Adele wants to leave school and live a little. When Bev reprimands him, Josh fights back.

Ruth considers whether to play Sean at his own game. Debbie offers Adele more hours at the petrol station, then realises that this will probably annoy Diane again. When Ray becomes frustrated with Stuart's insolence and cuffs him, Ali knocks him down. Steve panics when he is visited by his girlfriend's husband, who has decided to hit him where it will really hurt.......

Max comes up with a solution to Bev's problems, seconding Lance to the bar for some of his shifts. But Bev delegates to him the task of looking after Josh. Alan warns Ray that no-one disciplines his sons except him. Steve discovers that it is not his skills as a mechanic that Ian has highlighted on his website.

Nikki is shocked when Jerome announces a date for their wedding. Jessie gets drunk and uses one of Ray's hammers to make her feelings about his handiwork known. Sean is furious when he turns up to collect Luke from school and finds that they were expecting Dan. Steve's website is getting more hits than he would like.

Lindsey invites Jimmy on a holiday to Florida, and Nikki asks him to give her away at her wedding. Jessie insists that she did nothing to be ashamed of while she was drunk. Bev has to fish Josh's toothbrush out of the toilet, Sean gets drunk and falls asleep while Luke is with him, and Gabby receives notice to attend Rob's inquest.

When Ruth discovers that Luke arrived at school late, and he tells her why, she realises Sean has been drinking again. Jerome is pleased to hear that Jimmy will miss his wedding by being in America - but Nikki plans to postpone it so that he can be there. Steve is angry about the local newspaper's coverage of Marty - and when he receives a threatening phonecall, Tim urges him to get even with the Cloughs.

More hate-mail arrives for Marty. Bev becomes concerned when she sees Josh's new child-minder running away in tears. Alan discovers that Jimmy has gone on holiday without finishing his garden - but Emily volunteers Tim to take over the job. Nikki and Jerome have a difference of opinion regarding whether she is sleeping with Jimmy.