Seasons & episodes

It is an unhappy new year for Diane, as she receives the bad news she feared at the hospital. Jimmy helps Bev out in her hour of need, and Ray threatens to send Kitty back to "Shady Pines" if she does anything to spoil his wedding.

As Brigid tries to comfort Diane after she flushes her baby away, Steve and Adele conclude that praying is a waste of time. Anthony, on the other hand, has achieved the outcome he prayed for....... Kitty has some last-minute advice for Ray on his wedding day - which, as Mike is indisposed, Ron agrees to video for him. Max tells Jacqui he won't go to Susannah's funeral.

Cheryl has some unpleasant tasks lined up for Emily's community service, until Emily discovers that she has fiddled her insurance claim and is seeing Leo. Anthony makes a confession to Father Pat, and Mike is not confident about his future. Jacqui promises to stand by Max, even though Robbie has shown her the "yellow card" because he believes he is too low on her list of priorities.

Jessie and Ray arrive home after shortening their honeymoon because they receive news that Kitty has been taken ill, but they are not prepared for what they find at the bungalow. Jacqui forces Max to get himself ready to go to Susannah's funeral. Robbie panics when Clint struggles with his guilt over the car accident, and Marty's behaviour pushes Diane over the edge.

Diane and Marty battle with their confused emotions after the loss of their unborn child. At Susannah's funeral, Max launches into a speech angrily accusing everyone who made her last days so unhappy, and when Darren tries to persuade him to sit down, Susannah's coffin is knocked over onto the floor. Leanne, keeping Bev informed by mobile phone, is convinced that Susannah's death was no accident.

Marty erects a porch. Mick goes to see Vonnie again, but discovers that she is packing to go to Canada. Anthea doesn't like being taken for granted, Josh wonders whether he and Bev are Jewish, and Shelley plans to tie up a few loose ends.

Jacqui suggests that Mick asks Max to be maitre d' at "The Shelf", but he has decided to move away from Liverpool and make a fresh start elsewhere. Jerome can't stay away from Nisha, Craig warns Tim not to underestimate Sotto, and Shelley believes that she is beginning to make progress with Jackie.

Mike reduces Rachel to tears. Jimmy confides in Shelley that he thinks Jackie deserves someone better than him. When Robbie accuses Jacqui of trying to talk Max out of leaving by making him loads of promises, she denies it - having already succeeded in talking Max out of leaving by making him loads of promises.

Robbie is still not convinced that Jacqui isn't trying to get a ready-made family for herself, but she reassures him. Bev discovers that Dave has taken more money from her than she realised, and wonders if there is any way that she can find him. Jackie tries to set the record straight regarding Shelley's fantasies, but may just make things worse. Leanne is injured at Emma's birthday party, but plans to take advantage of this to earn herself some money.

Rachel asks Christy to buy back Mike's video equipment, but he isn't able to help her. Adele's play is so bad that it helps to reunite Diane and Marty. Jimmy is released from hospital, and Jackie resolves to make her marriage work. Darren is mystified by Leanne's behaviour in his surgery.

Darren suspects that he is in real trouble because Nisha tends to believe Leanne's allegation, even though Katie doesn't. Anthony doesn't want to live with Diane and Marty any more, and asks Brigid if he can move in with her. Lindsey wants Jackie to tell Jimmy the truth about Shelley. Rachel tells Mike she is worried about how they are going to cope financially, and suggests ringing a loan company.

Darren writes down his version of the Leanne Powell story, and Victoria confronts Leanne. Max apologises to Lisa for his behaviour at Susannah's funeral and helps her sort out her belongings - but will he agree to give anything away? Marty thinks it is about time that some of Anthony's religious illusions were shattered, as Diane blames Brigid for his faith in the power of prayer. Bev tracks down Dave - and he's going to regret it.......

Bev's accountant tells her that she needs to start running the bar as a profitable business. Darren resolves to fight back against Leanne, and tells her that if she persists in her defamation he will drag her through the courts and sue her for every penny she hasn't got. Jackie and Jimmy seem to be reconciled, leaving Shelley furious. Mike is shocked as Rachel offers a frank assessment of their financial position.

Shelley seizes an opportunity to place Jackie in a compromising situation that she will find it very difficult to talk her way out of - she strips off and joins her in her bed. Leanne seems to have been shocked into submission, and Robbie tries to persuade Mike that no-one will gain, and he will definitely lose, if the truth about the car crash comes out.

Jimmy gets his old job back, Leanne increases the amount she wants to blackmail out of Darren, and Lindsey and Jackie unite to rid themselves of the poisonous little fake that has been wrecking their lives. When they hear that Katrina and Steve have an announcement to make, Diane is convinced that they are getting engaged, but Marty thinks it is more likely that Steve has got Katrina pregnant. Are either of them right?

Lance is not sure whether he is willing to be a sperm donor. Adele encourages Leo to make his first arrest. Victoria decides that it's time to get boring and anal, and Steven's behaviour appals Diane.

Darren is not pleased when Victoria explains why Leanne is no longer going to blackmail him. Emily considers whether she is willing to pose topless for Carl. Fred catches Lance in a compromising position, and Cheryl needs to find a new venue for a knicker party.

Jimmy tries to work out why Shelley has gone and Jackie and Lindsey are at loggerheads. Bev is depressed that first Dave, then Shelley, walked out on her, and asks Lance to father a baby for her.

A few secrets are revealed at the knicker party, before it is gate-crashed by some of the men. Lance explains that he was only kissing Bev because he was trying to get her pregnant, but Fred is not impressed. Katrina turns down Carl's offer of topless modelling, but Emily doesn't.

Anthony receives a Valentine card, but tears it up after Marty teases him. Diane is not impressed that Steve is building a relationship based on lies. Sotto beats up Craig when his girlfriend breaks up with him, but Tim makes sure he pays for it. Nikki is stood up by Jerome.

Leo prepares for his passing-out parade, and tells Gemma he is thinking of moving to London. When Steve abandons his principles and gets a credit card, Marty considers doing likewise. Nisha agrees to sleep with Jerome just one more time, but Nikki arrives home unexpectedly.......

Lance insists that careful planning is necessary if Bev is to marry Fred to help him to stay in the country. Nisha tells Jerome she will not be hiding in his wardrobe again, nor will she be responsible for him breaking up with Nikki. Max spoils Katie's birthday celebration at "The Shelf".

Mick offers to collect Vonnie from the airport, and tells Jerome he'd like to start seeing her. Nikki takes Emily to Carl's to retrieve her topless photographs. Fred is nervous on the morning of his wedding, and hopes he remembers to kiss Bev rather than Lance. Robbie tells Max he must stop taking advantage of Jacqui's good nature.

Jackie tells Jimmy about her night with Shelley, and he wants to talk about it with Lindsey, who is convinced her mother is in the wrong, and ensures that he doesn't believe her. After a shouting match, and spending some time in the garden to clear his head, he goes to sleep in the extension.