Season 4
105 episodes · Jan 1, 1985
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Episode 228 - Working from Home
Jan 1, 198530mHeather tries to work from home, but she is continually interrupted. Ralph begins to miss Grace, but also starts to look to the future.
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Episode 229 - Still Here
Jan 7, 198530mSheila prepares for a home delivery, and Marie sets off on a long journey to visit George.
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Episode 230 - Baby Grant
Jan 8, 198530mAnnabelle has to act quickly when her dinner guests arrive early. Stuart has a belated Christmas present for Heather. Bobby and Sheila become parents of a new daughter.
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Episode 231 - Thanks Bob
Jan 14, 198530mBobby is determined to sort out the sexual harrassment case. Kate discovers that Pat is selling food to hospital patients.
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Episode 232 - Allegations
Jan 15, 198530mKate is in trouble at the hospital. Paul is accused of taking a bribe. Marie and Betty talk to Rick about George.
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Episode 233 - Health Warning
Jan 21, 198530mSandra finds her first day back on theatre duties depressing. Annabelle's new freezer breaks down.
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Episode 234 - Backhanders
Jan 22, 198530mSandra's husband unexpectedly turns up on the Close. The new union convenor at PetroChem makes further accusations against Paul.
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Episode 235 - Daytime Jog
Jan 28, 198530mThe twins have a scheme to help Marie with her money problems. Pat writes a song. Damon is offered a job. Annabelle goes out jogging.
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Episode 236 - Nothing to Lose
Jan 29, 198530mRick Sexton wants to publicise the sacrifices the Jackson twins have made for their family. Marie lobbies a visiting government official.
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Episode 237 - Bad Tactics
Feb 4, 198530mPaul meets up with Colin Peterson in an attempt to arrange a peace settlement. Sinbad tries to sell cheap watches.
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Episode 238 - Toryism
Feb 5, 198530mPaul has further problems with the maintenance contract. Damon and Neil start up their bin-liner business. Celia doesn't make Terry and Michelle welcome when they return.
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Episode 239 - Minding
Feb 11, 198530mKate looks after Sheila's baby, allowing Damon and Neil to borrow the pram to carry their bin liners. Ralph goes missing.
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Episode 240 - Going Under
Feb 12, 198530mRalph returns to the bungalow, and Marie and Betty travel to Downing Street. Mrs Bancroft has her sights on a certain young man. Sheila is depressed.
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Episode 241 - Anything to Sell Papers
Feb 18, 198530mMarie is annoyed when she is accused of neglecting her children. Edna and Ralph become hooked on newspaper bingo.
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Episode 242 - Putty in Her Hands
Feb 19, 198530mDamon thinks he's in for a good time when he is invited upstairs by Mrs Bancroft. Marie receives more hate-mail. Sheila is annoyed by the amount of influence Janet seems to have on Bobby.
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Episode 243 - Absconded
Feb 25, 198530mHeather starts a new assignment which leads to something other than business. Marie goes to visit George in prison, but finds that he has absconded.
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Episode 244 - Where Can He Go
Feb 26, 198530mHeather meets an old flame. Marie is visited by the police. Sheila shows signs of post-natal depression.
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Episode 245 - At the Sharp End
Mar 4, 198530mSheila confesses to Annabelle that she has started to resent having a new baby. Curzon Communications' chief accountant makes life difficult for Heather.
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Episode 246 - Searching
Mar 5, 198530mTerry tells Sheila about a letter he has received from George. Annabelle gets a shock.
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Episode 247 - Trying Times
Mar 11, 198530mPaul has to attend a difficult business meeting instead of accompanying Annabelle to Gordon's school.
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Episode 248 - Black
Mar 12, 198530mMichelle trips the light fantastic with the new dance instructor. Colin is in favour of calling a strike, and Heather meets Tom Curzon. It emerges that Gordon is in France with Lucy.
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Episode 249 - Emotional Involvement
Mar 18, 198530mMrs Duncan visits Annabelle. Accusations of an unprofessional relationship cause grief.
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Episode 250 - Frogs
Mar 19, 198530mAnnabelle leaves to visit Gordon in France. George has some bad news for Marie. At a disco, Karen and Susi pretend to be French girls.
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Episode 251 - First Day Out
Mar 25, 198530mBobby proposes a "cooling off" period to Paul. The Grants' baby has a minor accident. A stranger arrives at the Jacksons'.
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Episode 252 - Meatballs
Mar 26, 198530mMarie wakens to find that the visitor has left, taking several of her possessions with him.
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Episode 253 - Pull-back
Apr 1, 198530mDespite playing a prank on Neil, it is Damon who finds himself the April Fool. Heather finds herself back on the Curzon review, and Marie prepares to move out.
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Episode 254 - Rebirth
Apr 2, 198530mSheila's sister Margaret and her family arrive for the christening ceremony. Karen tries to conceal a love-bite on her neck. Before leaving the Close, Marie gives Sheila a present for the baby.
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Episode 255 - How Much
Apr 8, 198530mHeather returns to Curzon's to find the company in a crisis. Edna and Ralph place an accumulator bet on six horses.
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Episode 256 - That'll Be All
Apr 9, 198530mSackings follow when Howard, Joyce and Heather present their review to Tom Curzon, and Harry takes action against Billy Mac. Things get physical between Karen and Andrew.
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Episode 257 - Choice
Apr 15, 198530mDamon has to attend a YTS interview. Sandra and Pat consider hiring a kissogram for Kate's birthday. When one man comes to her door, Heather has to hide another one in the kitchen.
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Episode 258 - Gorilla
Apr 16, 198530mPat sets up a singing telegram service and tries to involve Damon, but Bobby has other plans for him. Tom Curzon invites Heather to spend a weekend with him in Portugal.
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Episode 259 - Separate Rooms
Apr 22, 198530mThe singing telegram turns out to be a few notes short. Harry consults a lawyer.
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Episode 260 - Oppressed
Apr 23, 198530mSandra is disgusted that Jackie is delivering kissograms as "Fifi The Naughty Night Nurse", and that Kate made the costume. Heather and Tom travel around Portugal - but what lies ahead for them when they return?
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Episode 261 - Dignity
Apr 29, 198530mSandras discovers that radiographer Jimmy Powell has x-ray eyes. Damon receives a job offer. A pillar box is installed on the Close.
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Episode 262 - Day One
Apr 30, 198530mAnnabelle employs a cleaner. Pat has "words" with the radiographer who attacked Sandra. Damon begins his YTS scheme.
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Episode 263 - Invitation
May 6, 198530mMichelle goes dancing with Richard, but later finds out that he's not who he claims to be. When Victor visits the bungalow on Tommy McArdle's behalf, Ralph ends up flat on his back.
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Episode 264 - In the You-Know-What
May 7, 198530mHarry is made an offer, but only if he keeps his mouth shot. Michelle has a surprise for Terry. There's some bad news for Pat.
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Episode 265 - A Woman's Work
May 13, 198530mPaul finds himself in a somewhat embarrassing position. Heather has something to celebrate. Ralph makes a decision.
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Episode 266 - Crumbling
May 14, 198530mSerious pressure is put on Harry to drop the court case. Michelle and Terry continue to fool each other and themselves.
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Episode 267 - Not Your Day
May 20, 198530mBobby thinks it's time to resume sexual relations with Sheila, but he is called away on business. Edna is in for a shock.
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Episode 268 - Nobody's Fool
May 21, 198530mTommy McArdle makes Harry an even more tempting offer. The Grants have a visitor. There is bad news for Terry and Michelle.
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Episode 269 - Changes
May 27, 198530mEdna refuses to venture out after being mugged. Annabelle makes a worrying discovery. An old friend of Damon's makes a surprise return to the Close.
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Episode 270 - Revising
May 28, 198530mWhen Annabelle confronts Carol about the food that is going missing from the freezer, the search for the thief widens. There's a surprise for Edna.
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Episode 271 - Asking Questions
Jun 3, 198530mAnnabelle discovers that Harry has been giving Edna the same food that has been going missing from her freezer. When Terry arrives late for work, he discovers that the club has been raided. He then returns home early, and finds out that Michelle is cheating on him with Richard.
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Episode 272 - Recompensed
Jun 4, 198530mTerry disturbs Karen's reunion. Paul is asked to be more specific about how he will reward the strike-breakers. The food thief is finally caught in the act.
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Episode 273 - Rights and Wrongs
Jun 10, 198530mTerry learns that McArdle has been released. Bobby speaks to his doctor about the possibility of having a vasectomy. Paul believes he may have found a way of ending the strike.
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Episode 274 - Personal Reasons
Jun 11, 198530mHeather amuses Greg with her attempts to park Tom's car. Bobby tries to arrange to have a vasectomy without Sheila finding out. Karen and David decide to go to see a film that doesn't have scenes of gratuitous singing and dancing.
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Episode 275 - Indubitably
Jun 17, 198530mKaren sits her last exam, Tom invites Heather to dinner, and Terry makes a statement.
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Episode 276 - Magic Rabbits
Jun 18, 198530mMichelle leaves the Close to live with Marie in Leeds. Sandra plans a holiday in Rimini. Tom discovers that something valuable he has left in Heather's car has gone missing.
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Episode 277 - Stuff to Burn
Jun 24, 198530mSheila becomes suspicious about Bobby's visit to the doctor, and Karen gets a shock when she goes to visit Bobby at work.
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Episode 278 - X Marks the Spot
Jun 25, 198530mBobby is forced to come clean about his vasectomy when Sheila's stepladders accidentally poke him in the front room. Sinbad buries a television.
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Episode 279 - You Don't Understand
Jul 1, 198530mSheila overhears Damon and Karen discussing the stand-off between her and Bobby. Jack wants to impress a new woman, and asks Terry a favour. Tom tells Heather there is someone he wants her to meet.
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Episode 280 - Lulling
Jul 2, 198530mEileen becomes suspicious of Jack's living arrangements. Bobby and Sheila consider separating. Tom introduces Heather to his father, Jim.
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Episode 281 - Preparation
Jul 8, 198530mTerry suggests that Sheila should consult a priest. Harry and Ralph decide to go to a car auction.
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Episode 282 - Flawed
Jul 9, 198530mTom and Heather discuss their future. Sheila turns to the church for help with her problems.
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Episode 283 - Gullibility
Jul 15, 198530mHeather plans a celebration with Tom but gets a shock when she calls unexpectedly at his office. Sandra returns from her holidy in Rimini, and Neil persuades Damon to go busking.
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Episode 284 - Lost
Jul 16, 198530mNeil and Damon plan the seduction of their girlfriends. Heather forces Tom to admit the truth about the girl she saw him with. At the hospital fete, some of the residents get Russell Grant's autograph, while others encounter a stranger...
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Episode 285 - Hallo Again
Jul 22, 198530mHarry discovers that running a car will be expensive. Tom suggests to Heather that they cancel a date. Neil asks Damon for a divorce. The stranger returns.
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Episode 286 - He Won't Go
Jul 23, 198530mPat, Sandra, and Kate find themselves at the mercy of an unbalanced man with a gun.
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Episode 287 - There's Something Wrong
Jul 29, 198530mAnnabelle becomes suspicious after speaking to Kate and hearing about her encounters with Harry and the milkman, but Paul doesn't believe her. Damon and Neil prepare for a seance. The captor becomes increasingly unhinged.
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Episode 288 - Is There Anybody There
Jul 30, 198530mThe siege continues, and Pat undermines Kate's attempts to end it peacefully.
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Episode 289 - You Two Must Go Now
Aug 5, 198530mThe Close is evacuated, and the residents monitor the situation as it is reported on television. Harry becomes concerned when Edna goes to the toilet and doesn't come back.
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Episode 290 - Tragic
Aug 6, 198530mAfter gunshots ring out, the police move in, but there are only dead bodies to be recovered.
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Episode 291 - Give Us a Story
Aug 12, 198530mReporters are swarming around the Close, and Terry accuses Harry of profiteering from the death of one of his tenants.
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Episode 292 - Snaps
Aug 13, 198530mAs a result of the newspaper coverage of the siege, Annabelle and Harry both receive letters from the tax man. Terry and Sandra have to go to London for a funeral.
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Episode 293 - Nosing
Aug 19, 198530mGhoulish appetites for a glimpse of the scene of the crime make matters worse. While Harry is arguing with other residents outside, Edna suffers a stroke in the kitchen.
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Episode 294 - A Few More Years
Aug 20, 198530mPaul and Annabelle prepare to go on holiday, but first he wants to know why an extra television set has appeared in the house. There is no hospital bed available for Edna. Karen's exam results arrive.
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Episode 295 - Nothing to Do
Aug 26, 198530mEdna has a relapse and is in a critical condition. Paul and Annabelle prepare to camp out in their back garden, but is their tent waterproof?
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Episode 296 - Kidding Ourselves
Aug 27, 198530mDamon and Neil find out that the photo of Karen they entered for a competition has won. Harry's spirits are low, as Edna's condition remains unchanged.
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Episode 297 - No Change
Sep 2, 198530mHarry is hopeful that Edna will be able to come home. Sandra is surprised when someone from the Close turns up while she visits her mother in Glasgow.
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Episode 298 - Depressed
Sep 3, 198530mHarry and his family maintain a vigil at Edna's bedside, but she is not going to wake up. Matty is disappointed when he is unsuccessful at his job interview.
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Episode 299 - Mushroom Whatsits
Sep 9, 198530mPat and Sandra return from Glasgow and find Harry in their house, distraught because Edna has died.
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Episode 300 - You Have to Go
Sep 10, 198530mThere's an unfortunate case of mistaken identity, as the vicar puts his foot in it at Edna's funeral. When Terry returns from the funeral, he discovers that new arrivals the Corkhills have dumped his belongings outside number 10.
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Episode 301 - Expense No Object
Sep 16, 198530mTerry and Pat discover that televisions dug up from the garden don't necessarily work. Billy has a surprise for Doreen: a ready-to-assemble fireplace kit. Jim hears something he shouldn't hear on Heather's answerphone.
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Episode 302 - A New Way
Sep 17, 198530mSandra is feeling the strain of being the only breadwinner in the house. Heather regrets lying to Jim. Doreen needs help with the building of her fireplace.
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Episode 303 - Handouts
Sep 23, 198530mTerry and Pat go to the bank. Karen and David play monopoly. Paul sets off for a military reunion dinner but has no intention of arriving there.
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Episode 304 - Moment of Weakness
Sep 24, 198530mDoreen's mother, Julia, reveals a few home truths about Billy's criminal past. Annabelle is startled when she questions Paul over his reunion dinner. Harry sells, then buys again.
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Episode 305 - Tobacco Casserole
Sep 30, 198530mHeather is worried when she receives some mysterious phone calls. By chance, a cigarette end found down the toilet ends up in Sandra's meal.
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Episode 306 - Initiative
Oct 1, 198530mTom asks Heather to be "Mrs Curzon". Sandra gives Pat three months to make the van-hire business a success. Damon needs plenty of initiative when Karen asks him to change a book he has given her, and he almost succeeds.
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Episode 307 - Not Like School
Oct 7, 198530mBilly Corkhill has forgotten about a little electricity job, but it's someone else who is caught red-handed. On Karen's first day at university, her worries turn into outright fear when she meets other students.
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Episode 308 - Cultural Life
Oct 8, 198530mBilly's new shutters are causing a bit of a stir. Damon and Rod are determined to outdo each other in their displays of support for different football teams.
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Episode 309 - Gunga Grant
Oct 14, 198530mRod plans to impress Heather by washing her car, but then the water supply is cut off. Lucy Collins returns to the Close.
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Episode 310 - Good Parts and Bad
Oct 15, 198530mThe cleaner meets the daughter, but who has more reason to be suspicious? Heather reflects on becoming a free woman again as her divorce from Roger becomes absolute.
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Episode 311 - Programmes
Oct 21, 198530mIt's Lucy's birthday, but she has disappeared again. Damon and Rod make a bet, and Harry agrees to adjudicate.
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Episode 312 - Student Prank
Oct 22, 198530mKaren goes to a party without telling Bobby and Sheila and does something she later regrets on the way home. Heather is not sure how to answer Tom's proposal.
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Episode 313 - Best Kept Secrets
Oct 28, 198530mDoreen discovers that Julia has nearly burned her house down. Lucy tells Annabelle her plans. Damon sets about returning the Corkhills' alarm without them knowing.
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Episode 314 - Knock It Off
Oct 29, 198530mHeather is confused when Tom refuses to invite his daughter to the wedding. The Corkhills are more confused about what has happened during the night.
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Episode 315 - Why Her
Nov 4, 198530mLucy is confident about her job interview but finds that it isn't the walkover that she expected. Julia appears in court.
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Episode 316 - Playing Trains
Nov 5, 198530mJim has a proposal for Tom. Ralph and Harry go on a trip to Blaenau Festiniog. Julia discovers a love letter written by Tracy to a lad at school. Or is it?
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Episode 317 - Homewatch Meeting
Nov 11, 198530mAnnabelle's homewatch meeting doesn't quite go to plan. Terry and Pat take on an awkward customer.
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Episode 318 - Going Up in the World
Nov 12, 198530mHeather discovers that Tom has bought her a new house and handed in her resignation. The appearance of Gummy George on the Close results in Paul getting a black eye.
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Episode 319 - Not Getting Any Easier
Nov 18, 198530mHeather struggles with her preparations for the wedding. Harry and Ralph go to the cemetery to see Edna's grave.
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Episode 320 - Nowhere to Climb
Nov 19, 198530mHeather has serious doubts about marrying Tom. Lucy tells Paul and Annabelle that she has a boyfriend. Harry inadvertently causes a fight between Billy and Doreen.
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Episode 321 - Defending
Nov 25, 198530mRod arrives home with a black eye, but finds that it wasn't worth getting. Doreen's turkey fund becomes a little under-done.
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Episode 322 - Missing Money
Nov 26, 198530mPat and Terry are summoned by their bank manager. Doreen confronts Julia. Heather has a visitor, but does she still have a job?
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Episode 323 - Work
Dec 2, 198530mLucy invites James home. Pat and Terry meet a potential new customer. Damon starts work in a stately home. Ralph and Harry are bored.
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Episode 324 - Conscientiousness
Dec 3, 198530mDamon is in a spot of bother at work but won't blow the whistle on the guilty party. Harry and Ralph man the phones.
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Episode 325 - Moral Scruples
Dec 9, 198530mDamon confesses that he has been suspended. Pamela encourages Karen to crib an essay. Pat and Terry blame Harry for sending them on a wild goose chase.
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Episode 326 - A Quiet Word
Dec 10, 198530mSheila takes steps to clear Damon's name. Sandra is not pleased when Harry wakes her up. Karen obtains a second-hand essay to save her some time.
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Episode 327 - What's the Catch
Dec 16, 198530mSinbad tries to interest the residents of the Close in fresh turkey for Christmas. Karen discovers that her tutor originally wrote the essay she handed in to him.
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Episode 328 - Fresh Turkey
Dec 17, 198530mSinbad introduces Trevor the Turkey to the residents, most of whom decide that it's slightly too fresh for them. Karen is flattered by the weirdest Guy she knows.
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Episode 329 - Surprise Visit
Dec 23, 198530mLucy feels trapped as Annabelle sets a date for James's visit. Billy is asked to work over Christmas. Sheila is surprised that Father Christmas knows so much about Claire. Pat, Sandra, and Terry celebrate early.
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Episode 330 - A Bed for the Night
Dec 24, 198530mAt Billy's factory, many of the men are made redundant just before Christmas, and it's time for Bobby to take action. An ex-girlfriend of Barry's turns up and has a few surprises for everyone.
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Episode 331 - Installing
Dec 30, 198530mBarry discovers that Jane hasn't kicked her habit and confiscates what he finds. There's trouble between Billy and Bobby at the picket line. Joyce turns up at Heather's in need of somewhere to stay.
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Episode 332 - Fraternising
Dec 31, 198530mBobby and Sheila learn from Barry that the heroin belongs to Jane. Joyce tells Heather she is setting up in business, and invites Heather to join her.