Seasons & episodes

Max is definitely up to something, and Patricia is getting suspicious. Mandy has some good news, and Jimmy gets an ear-bashing from Julia.

Ron is worried because he hasn't heard from Bev. Lyn lays down the law to Alison. PC Coban turns up to follow up a complaint made by Charles against Mick.

Frank's guitar comes in handy. and Terry is called to a hospital urgently when Anna is beaten up by one of her clients.

David needs to decide whether he will go to Max and Patricia's wedding, and Anna also has a decision to make. Ron learns the truth about Bev, and walks out on her.

It is the final of the dancing championship in Preston, and most of the residents of the Close turn up to support David and Julia.

An innocent good luck kiss is wrongly interpreted. Barry returns from his holiday, discovers that Anna and Terry have broken up, and is determined to find out why.

Anna and Barry come to a business arrangement, but both of them have conditions. It looks as if Charles will walk away scot-free - but Marianne has other plans.

Charles is smug in the knowledge that Marianne will drop the sexual harrassment charges, but there is still time for the smile to be wiped from his face. Anna insists that if she is to have an AIDS test, so must Barry.

Mick and Marianne are celebrating, but Charles has the last word. Lyn is annoyed when Bev turns up at Frank's stag party.

Barry and Anna receive their test results. Ron is depressed when DD sets out her terms, and Max and Patricia are unable to discover why Clive's cheque has bounced.

Jean and David find a crowd of waiting journalists when they arrive at Banbury. Jimmy is desperate to dump his stash of drugs, but Brian won't help him.

The Crosbies return home. DD and Bev come face to face at Lyn and Frank's wedding.

The bad news is broken at the reception, and a distraught Lyn is at Frank's bedside when he dies. Jimmy decides he has got to get away.

A guilt-ridden Ron keeps vigil at Tony's bedside, praying that he will wake up. Lyn learns some horrifying details about the crash, but can't bear to tell Frank's children.

Keith manages to spend the night at the Farnhams'. A journalist arrives on the Crosbies' doorstep. Chrissy arrives to support her family.

Mandy can find no reason to prevent Rachel from going to see her father's grave. Mike begins to come to terms with what has happened to Tony.

On the day of Frank's funeral, a secret is revealed.

Anna hears the horrific truth about Barry. Sinbad convinces Mandy to have a night out. Adrian introduces Penny to someone she really didn't want to meet. David tries to obtain proof that Mike and Keith have been living with Margaret.

Penny comes face-to-face with Mike and Keith, and David declares war.

Ron is determined that Tony will pull through. The talent night is a great success. Terry tells Anna that he loves her.

Animosity continues at the Rogers' home, and between DD and Bev at the hospital. Terry and Anna go shopping. Mike and Keith move a piano into the Farnhams'.

Mandy's obsession with the dead man in Trevor's grave makes Sinbad concerned that she will ruin everything. There is no good news for Penny, and when Jimmy visits the hospital he sees what he has done.

Jimmy returns to the club, wanting his job back. A letter from Derek raises Keith's hopes, but there is no hope for Penny.

Ron is ecstatic by what he sees at the hospital, but his elation soon turns to devastation. Things go from bad to worse in the Rogers', forcing Katie more towards her strange friend Simon.