Seasons & episodes

Eleanor has a few ideas on how to encourage Louise to stay. Molly decides whether she wants to see David again, after hearing about the women in his past. The tutor Mick hires for Leo turns out to have some unorthodox methods - but at least Mick will be able to recognise him again.......

It is Mick's 40th birthday party, but can he convince anybody that his party comes as a surprise to him? Jimmy finally tracks down the missing plumber, but the work still isn't finished. Rachel feels that she is doing all of Jacqui's work - and when she complains, she is promoted. Dinner at the Farnhams doesn't go quite as planned.

Max's attempts to prevent Tim cutting through the garden lead to him injuring himself. Ron refuses to let Jacqui pay for his petrol when he runs out of cash and credit, and syphons it out of the tank instead. Molly responds to David's proposal.

Carmel and Melanie have flu, but Tim is still causing trouble. David asks Ron to find somewhere else to live, and begins to make plans for alterations to the bungalow, but will Molly agree?

Jacqui gets the date for her first baby scan, but Susannah is disappointed to find out who she wants to go with her. David must decide whether he is willing to move away from the Close.

Lindsey is apprehensive about Peter's return. Jackie and Cassie both read an advertisement for the manager's job at the petrol station. When she suggests painting the kitchen red, Eleanor fears that Louise is being influenced by Marcus.

David interviews the best applicants for the manager's job, but will Ron be among them? Eleanor wants to confront Louise, and Lindsey hears that Peter is not coming home yet after all.

As Jacqui has her first baby scan, Max begins to panic that their cover-story is not sufficiently well planned. It is Rachel's 19th birthday, but will anyone remember? It is time for David to leave the Close and move in with Molly - but events take an unexpected turn.

Ron doesn't want to tell the neighbours what has happened to David, but the new manager of the garage reveals the truth. Max feels that it is now time to plan every stage of next few months so that the Farnhams' criminal activity can remain undetected.

Louise tells Eleanor that she is going back down south. Max tells Susannah that they may have to move away from the Close after the baby is born. Rachel tries to convince Jacqui to think again about having her baby adopted, and Ron applies for another job, but who is he up against?

Mike discovers that Ron has been making a few adjustments to the bungalow. Greg tries to interest Sinbad in a conservatory, and hints that Tim is up to no good at the builders' yard. Max tries to point one some more of the pitfalls of the agreement with Jacqui, and a postcard arrives from Peter.......for Kylie.

Lindsey tries to prepare again for Peter's return. A chance remark by Greg brings past events flooding back for Max and Susannah. Eleanor seems to lose interest in the extension when a letter from Marcus arrives. Jacqui reveals who she wants to be her "birth partner". When Ron begins work at "Dawn Til Dusk", his first customer is someone he knows.......

Jacqui and Susannah go shopping.

Lindsey doesn't feel like going to work. Jacqui begins to wonder if having the baby is more trouble than it is worth, while Max and Susannah reflect on a year without Matthew and Emily.

Ben returns home, and finds that someone has been sleeping in his bed. Max finds Greg's building materials littering the Close, and is not amused when he starts knocking walls down - and nor is Mick, when his car is covered in dust. Peter and Lindsey accidentally find themselves at the same party.

Louise returns home, but doesn't tell Marcus and Ollie what Marcus has sent her. Lisa is amazed to discover how Susannah's surrogacy plans have advanced. Mike shows Ron the flat that Jacqui has arranged for him, and he agrees to move in.

Susannah is convinced that Jacqui will still go ahead with the pregnancy, but Max has his doubts, and goes round to speak to her. The Shadwicks move into the bungalow. Kylie has a picture for Peter, but wanders off while Lindsey is talking to him. Sinbad does Ron a favour which may have unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Kylie is missing, several of the other residents are injured or trapped, and a second blast rocks the parade.

Survivors are found within the wreckage of the parade, but it is going to be difficult to dig them out. Susannah and Jimmy both return home, and react very differently to the news awaiting them.

Tension on the parade increases as rescue efforts continue, and a dead body is brought out of the wreckage.

As the emergency doctors prepare to amputate, more rubble comes crashing down on the trapped victims of the explosion. Louise visits Marcus, but he suspects there is something she is not telling him.

Time is running out for the trapped residents, and real bravery is required from some of the others.

Some of the injured residents are determined to get back to work as soon as possible, despite attempts to make them slow down. Others, however, are looking for someone to blame.

Louise reveals to Katie where she was at the time of the explosion. Jacqui and Ron are interviewed by the investigating officer, and Rachel becomes suspicious when Max seems to be doing a spot of groping.