Brookside

Season 4

105 episodes · Jan 1, 1985

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  • S4E1

    Episode 228 - Working from Home

    Jan 1, 198530m

    Heather 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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  • S4E2

    Episode 229 - Still Here

    Jan 7, 198530m

    Sheila prepares for a home delivery, and Marie sets off on a long journey to visit George.

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  • S4E3

    Episode 230 - Baby Grant

    Jan 8, 198530m

    Annabelle 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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  • S4E4

    Episode 231 - Thanks Bob

    Jan 14, 198530m

    Bobby is determined to sort out the sexual harrassment case. Kate discovers that Pat is selling food to hospital patients.

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  • S4E5

    Episode 232 - Allegations

    Jan 15, 198530m

    Kate 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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  • S4E6

    Episode 233 - Health Warning

    Jan 21, 198530m

    Sandra finds her first day back on theatre duties depressing. Annabelle's new freezer breaks down.

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  • S4E7

    Episode 234 - Backhanders

    Jan 22, 198530m

    Sandra's husband unexpectedly turns up on the Close. The new union convenor at PetroChem makes further accusations against Paul.

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  • S4E8

    Episode 235 - Daytime Jog

    Jan 28, 198530m

    The 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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  • S4E9

    Episode 236 - Nothing to Lose

    Jan 29, 198530m

    Rick Sexton wants to publicise the sacrifices the Jackson twins have made for their family. Marie lobbies a visiting government official.

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  • S4E10

    Episode 237 - Bad Tactics

    Feb 4, 198530m

    Paul meets up with Colin Peterson in an attempt to arrange a peace settlement. Sinbad tries to sell cheap watches.

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  • S4E11

    Episode 238 - Toryism

    Feb 5, 198530m

    Paul 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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  • S4E12

    Episode 239 - Minding

    Feb 11, 198530m

    Kate 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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  • S4E13

    Episode 240 - Going Under

    Feb 12, 198530m

    Ralph 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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  • S4E14

    Episode 241 - Anything to Sell Papers

    Feb 18, 198530m

    Marie is annoyed when she is accused of neglecting her children. Edna and Ralph become hooked on newspaper bingo.

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  • S4E15

    Episode 242 - Putty in Her Hands

    Feb 19, 198530m

    Damon 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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  • S4E16

    Episode 243 - Absconded

    Feb 25, 198530m

    Heather 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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  • S4E17

    Episode 244 - Where Can He Go

    Feb 26, 198530m

    Heather meets an old flame. Marie is visited by the police. Sheila shows signs of post-natal depression.

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  • S4E18

    Episode 245 - At the Sharp End

    Mar 4, 198530m

    Sheila 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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  • S4E19

    Episode 246 - Searching

    Mar 5, 198530m

    Terry tells Sheila about a letter he has received from George. Annabelle gets a shock.

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  • S4E20

    Episode 247 - Trying Times

    Mar 11, 198530m

    Paul has to attend a difficult business meeting instead of accompanying Annabelle to Gordon's school.

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  • S4E21

    Episode 248 - Black

    Mar 12, 198530m

    Michelle 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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  • S4E22

    Episode 249 - Emotional Involvement

    Mar 18, 198530m

    Mrs Duncan visits Annabelle. Accusations of an unprofessional relationship cause grief.

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  • S4E23

    Episode 250 - Frogs

    Mar 19, 198530m

    Annabelle 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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  • S4E24

    Episode 251 - First Day Out

    Mar 25, 198530m

    Bobby proposes a "cooling off" period to Paul. The Grants' baby has a minor accident. A stranger arrives at the Jacksons'.

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  • S4E25

    Episode 252 - Meatballs

    Mar 26, 198530m

    Marie wakens to find that the visitor has left, taking several of her possessions with him.

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  • S4E26

    Episode 253 - Pull-back

    Apr 1, 198530m

    Despite 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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  • S4E27

    Episode 254 - Rebirth

    Apr 2, 198530m

    Sheila'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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  • S4E28

    Episode 255 - How Much

    Apr 8, 198530m

    Heather 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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  • S4E29

    Episode 256 - That'll Be All

    Apr 9, 198530m

    Sackings 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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  • S4E30

    Episode 257 - Choice

    Apr 15, 198530m

    Damon 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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  • S4E31

    Episode 258 - Gorilla

    Apr 16, 198530m

    Pat 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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  • S4E32

    Episode 259 - Separate Rooms

    Apr 22, 198530m

    The singing telegram turns out to be a few notes short. Harry consults a lawyer.

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  • S4E33

    Episode 260 - Oppressed

    Apr 23, 198530m

    Sandra 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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  • S4E34

    Episode 261 - Dignity

    Apr 29, 198530m

    Sandras 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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  • S4E35

    Episode 262 - Day One

    Apr 30, 198530m

    Annabelle employs a cleaner. Pat has "words" with the radiographer who attacked Sandra. Damon begins his YTS scheme.

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  • S4E36

    Episode 263 - Invitation

    May 6, 198530m

    Michelle 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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  • S4E37

    Episode 264 - In the You-Know-What

    May 7, 198530m

    Harry 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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  • S4E38

    Episode 265 - A Woman's Work

    May 13, 198530m

    Paul finds himself in a somewhat embarrassing position. Heather has something to celebrate. Ralph makes a decision.

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  • S4E39

    Episode 266 - Crumbling

    May 14, 198530m

    Serious pressure is put on Harry to drop the court case. Michelle and Terry continue to fool each other and themselves.

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  • S4E40

    Episode 267 - Not Your Day

    May 20, 198530m

    Bobby 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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  • S4E41

    Episode 268 - Nobody's Fool

    May 21, 198530m

    Tommy 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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  • S4E42

    Episode 269 - Changes

    May 27, 198530m

    Edna 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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  • S4E43

    Episode 270 - Revising

    May 28, 198530m

    When 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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  • S4E44

    Episode 271 - Asking Questions

    Jun 3, 198530m

    Annabelle 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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  • S4E45

    Episode 272 - Recompensed

    Jun 4, 198530m

    Terry 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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  • S4E46

    Episode 273 - Rights and Wrongs

    Jun 10, 198530m

    Terry 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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  • S4E47

    Episode 274 - Personal Reasons

    Jun 11, 198530m

    Heather 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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  • S4E48

    Episode 275 - Indubitably

    Jun 17, 198530m

    Karen sits her last exam, Tom invites Heather to dinner, and Terry makes a statement.

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  • S4E49

    Episode 276 - Magic Rabbits

    Jun 18, 198530m

    Michelle 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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  • S4E50

    Episode 277 - Stuff to Burn

    Jun 24, 198530m

    Sheila 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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  • S4E51

    Episode 278 - X Marks the Spot

    Jun 25, 198530m

    Bobby 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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  • S4E52

    Episode 279 - You Don't Understand

    Jul 1, 198530m

    Sheila 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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  • S4E53

    Episode 280 - Lulling

    Jul 2, 198530m

    Eileen becomes suspicious of Jack's living arrangements. Bobby and Sheila consider separating. Tom introduces Heather to his father, Jim.

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  • S4E54

    Episode 281 - Preparation

    Jul 8, 198530m

    Terry suggests that Sheila should consult a priest. Harry and Ralph decide to go to a car auction.

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  • S4E55

    Episode 282 - Flawed

    Jul 9, 198530m

    Tom and Heather discuss their future. Sheila turns to the church for help with her problems.

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  • S4E56

    Episode 283 - Gullibility

    Jul 15, 198530m

    Heather 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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  • S4E57

    Episode 284 - Lost

    Jul 16, 198530m

    Neil 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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  • S4E58

    Episode 285 - Hallo Again

    Jul 22, 198530m

    Harry 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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  • S4E59

    Episode 286 - He Won't Go

    Jul 23, 198530m

    Pat, Sandra, and Kate find themselves at the mercy of an unbalanced man with a gun.

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  • S4E60

    Episode 287 - There's Something Wrong

    Jul 29, 198530m

    Annabelle 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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  • S4E61

    Episode 288 - Is There Anybody There

    Jul 30, 198530m

    The siege continues, and Pat undermines Kate's attempts to end it peacefully.

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  • S4E62

    Episode 289 - You Two Must Go Now

    Aug 5, 198530m

    The 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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  • S4E63

    Episode 290 - Tragic

    Aug 6, 198530m

    After gunshots ring out, the police move in, but there are only dead bodies to be recovered.

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  • S4E64

    Episode 291 - Give Us a Story

    Aug 12, 198530m

    Reporters are swarming around the Close, and Terry accuses Harry of profiteering from the death of one of his tenants.

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  • S4E65

    Episode 292 - Snaps

    Aug 13, 198530m

    As 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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  • S4E66

    Episode 293 - Nosing

    Aug 19, 198530m

    Ghoulish 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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  • S4E67

    Episode 294 - A Few More Years

    Aug 20, 198530m

    Paul 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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  • S4E68

    Episode 295 - Nothing to Do

    Aug 26, 198530m

    Edna 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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  • S4E69

    Episode 296 - Kidding Ourselves

    Aug 27, 198530m

    Damon 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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  • S4E70

    Episode 297 - No Change

    Sep 2, 198530m

    Harry 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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  • S4E71

    Episode 298 - Depressed

    Sep 3, 198530m

    Harry 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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  • S4E72

    Episode 299 - Mushroom Whatsits

    Sep 9, 198530m

    Pat and Sandra return from Glasgow and find Harry in their house, distraught because Edna has died.

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  • S4E73

    Episode 300 - You Have to Go

    Sep 10, 198530m

    There'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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  • S4E74

    Episode 301 - Expense No Object

    Sep 16, 198530m

    Terry 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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  • S4E75

    Episode 302 - A New Way

    Sep 17, 198530m

    Sandra 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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  • S4E76

    Episode 303 - Handouts

    Sep 23, 198530m

    Terry 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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  • S4E77

    Episode 304 - Moment of Weakness

    Sep 24, 198530m

    Doreen'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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  • S4E78

    Episode 305 - Tobacco Casserole

    Sep 30, 198530m

    Heather 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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  • S4E79

    Episode 306 - Initiative

    Oct 1, 198530m

    Tom 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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  • S4E80

    Episode 307 - Not Like School

    Oct 7, 198530m

    Billy 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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  • S4E81

    Episode 308 - Cultural Life

    Oct 8, 198530m

    Billy'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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  • S4E82

    Episode 309 - Gunga Grant

    Oct 14, 198530m

    Rod 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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  • S4E83

    Episode 310 - Good Parts and Bad

    Oct 15, 198530m

    The 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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  • S4E84

    Episode 311 - Programmes

    Oct 21, 198530m

    It's Lucy's birthday, but she has disappeared again. Damon and Rod make a bet, and Harry agrees to adjudicate.

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  • S4E85

    Episode 312 - Student Prank

    Oct 22, 198530m

    Karen 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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  • S4E86

    Episode 313 - Best Kept Secrets

    Oct 28, 198530m

    Doreen 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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  • S4E87

    Episode 314 - Knock It Off

    Oct 29, 198530m

    Heather 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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  • S4E88

    Episode 315 - Why Her

    Nov 4, 198530m

    Lucy 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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  • S4E89

    Episode 316 - Playing Trains

    Nov 5, 198530m

    Jim 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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  • S4E90

    Episode 317 - Homewatch Meeting

    Nov 11, 198530m

    Annabelle's homewatch meeting doesn't quite go to plan. Terry and Pat take on an awkward customer.

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  • S4E91

    Episode 318 - Going Up in the World

    Nov 12, 198530m

    Heather 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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  • S4E92

    Episode 319 - Not Getting Any Easier

    Nov 18, 198530m

    Heather struggles with her preparations for the wedding. Harry and Ralph go to the cemetery to see Edna's grave.

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  • S4E93

    Episode 320 - Nowhere to Climb

    Nov 19, 198530m

    Heather 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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  • S4E94

    Episode 321 - Defending

    Nov 25, 198530m

    Rod 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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  • S4E95

    Episode 322 - Missing Money

    Nov 26, 198530m

    Pat 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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  • S4E96

    Episode 323 - Work

    Dec 2, 198530m

    Lucy 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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  • S4E97

    Episode 324 - Conscientiousness

    Dec 3, 198530m

    Damon 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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  • S4E98

    Episode 325 - Moral Scruples

    Dec 9, 198530m

    Damon 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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  • S4E99

    Episode 326 - A Quiet Word

    Dec 10, 198530m

    Sheila 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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  • S4E100

    Episode 327 - What's the Catch

    Dec 16, 198530m

    Sinbad 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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  • S4E101

    Episode 328 - Fresh Turkey

    Dec 17, 198530m

    Sinbad 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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  • S4E102

    Episode 329 - Surprise Visit

    Dec 23, 198530m

    Lucy 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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  • S4E103

    Episode 330 - A Bed for the Night

    Dec 24, 198530m

    At 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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  • S4E104

    Episode 331 - Installing

    Dec 30, 198530m

    Barry 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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  • S4E105

    Episode 332 - Fraternising

    Dec 31, 198530m

    Bobby 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.

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