| EastEnders (1985) | |
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| No. of episodes | 91 |
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| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | 19 February – 31 December 1985 |
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EastEnders is a British soap opera, examining the domestic and professional lives of working class people who live in the fictitious London Borough of Walford in the East End of London. The show broadcast its first episode on 19 February 1985, with Julia Smith as executive producer. EastEnders aired 91 episodes in 1985, with the the typical week comprising two half-hour episodes on BBC1, in a time slot of 7:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, until September 1985 when they were moved to 7:30 pm.
The show's original characters include Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), Ali Osman (Nejdet Salih), Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher), Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin), Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), Harold Legg (Leonard Fenton), Lou Beale (Anna Wing), Saeed Jeffery (Andrew Johnson), Naima Jeffery (Shreela Ghosh), Angie Watts (Anita Dobson), Nick Cotton (John Altman), Sue Osman (Sandy Ratcliff), Pete Beale (Peter Dean), Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully), and Mark Fowler (David Scarboro), all of whom are introduced in the first episode, and Lofty Holloway (Tom Watt), Tony Carpenter (Oscar James), Mary Smith (Linda Davidson), Kelvin Carpenter (Paul J. Medford), Andy O'Brien (Ross Davidson) and Debbie Wilkins (Shirley Cheriton), who appeared after the first episode. Characters introduced later include Hannah Carpenter (Sally Sagoe), Dot Cotton (June Brown), Simon Wicks (Nick Berry), and Cassie Carpenter (Delanie Forbes). Johnnie Clayton, Gary Whelan, Allan O'Keefe, Haluk Bilginer, Ken Wynne, Douglas Fielding, Dulice Liecier and Ishia Bennison guest starred throughout the year as Reg Cox, Terry Rich, Chris Smith, Mehmet Osman, Ernie Mears, Roy Quick, Sheena Mennell and Guizin Osman respectively. Johnson (Saeed Jeffery) was the only cast member to leave the series during the year. Scarboro temporarily left his role as Mark Fowler, making a brief return in December.
Cast and characters edit
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The original cast featured eighteen regular cast members, one infant cast member, an extra character and two animals. The first character featured on-screen was local pub landlord Den Watts. The role was controversially cast to Leslie Grantham, who had only appeared on television once before. Jean Fennell was originally cast as Den's wife, Angie Watts until creator Julia Smith decided she was not right for the role and recast the role to Anita Dobson. Show creators planned for Den and Angie to have an adoptive daughter, Sharon Watts and cast Letitia Dean in the role because of her laugh, which they described as "the dirtiest in the world!".[1] The Watts family were also given a pet, originally planned to be a German shepard named Prince, but this was later changed when the show found a poodle named Roly. The second character to appear was Ali Osman, a Turkish Cypriot café and taxi firm owner. The casting of Ali caused arguments between co-creators Smith and Tony Holland as they disagreed between which of two actors to cast as Ali. Nejdet Salih was eventually cast as Ali.[2] In an attempt to portray a multi-cultural relationship, Ali's British wife, Sue Osman was created.[2] Sandy Ratcliff was recommended for the role and after much concern over her "free spirit",[3] she was cast in the role. The couple were scripted to be parents to a young baby named Hassan, who was played by Michael Evangelou. Show creators had scripted their first family, the Beales and Fowlers, based on Holland's family.[4] Lou Beale was created as the seventy-year-old "stubborn, family orientated" matriarch of the family. Anna Wing was cast in the role, to her delight of being a "household name".[5] Lou was billed as the widowed mother of middle-aged twins,[6] "rough and ready" Pete Beale and "battle-axe" Pauline Fowler. The role of Pete was cast to Law and Order actor Peter Dean because of his "tremendous enthusiasm" for the part,[1] whilst the role of Pauline was offered to The Newcomers and Are You Being Served? actress Wendy Richard, who accepted. Pauline was married to the unemployed Arthur Fowler, who was created with actor Bill Treacher in mind.[7] Treacher was offered the role and he accepted.[8] Arthur and Pauline were planned to have two children, "feisty" Michelle Fowler[9] and "tough" Mark Fowler.[10] Grange Hill actors, Susan Tully and David Scarboro were cast in these roles.[9][11] Pete was scripted to be married to "attractive, practical" Kathy Beale and having unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Sue Osman, Gillian Taylforth was offered the role.[10] Ian Beale was created as the "sensitive" son of Pete and Kathy. Television newcomer, Adam Woodyatt was cast as Ian.[12]
Aside from the three central families, the show featured several other characters. An Asian couple, Saeed and Naima Jeffery, were cast in the show as the owners of the local grocery store. Andrew Johnson was cast as Saeed, whilst Shreela Ghosh was cast as Naima after a small struggle in locating any Muslim women.[13] The second character of the show to be created was an elderly lady who was billed as the "the life and soul of the party", Ethel Skinner. Having been considered the ideal casting, Gretchen Franklin was cast. Ethel was scripted to have a pug, Willy, named after her late husband.[14] The show also featured a resident Jewish doctor, Dr Harold Legg,[15] but finding a capable actor proved difficult. Leonard Fenton was suggested by writer Bill Lyons, before being subsequently cast in the role.[16] The final character to be created was Nick Cotton, the show's local villain.[17] The character was not created by Smith and Holland and was not part of their original vision for the show, being credited as an "afterthought". Because of this, the actor John Altman was not cast by Smith and instead was cast by the directors.[18] Fifteen additional characters were introduced on a regular basis throughout the year. Lofty Holloway (Tom Watt)[19][20] and DS Terry Rich (Gary Whelan) joined the cast in episode three,[21] whilst Linda Davidson began appearing as punk Mary Smith along with her daughter, Annie Smith, played by both Zara Posener and Jenna Alembick, in episode five.[22] The Carpenter family, the show's first black characters, were introduced between February and November 1985. They consisted of separated parents Tony Carpenter and Hannah Carpenter and their children, Kelvin Carpenter and Cassie Carpenter.[23] Ross Davidson and Shirley Cheriton were cast as "young couple" Andy O'Brien and Debbie Wilkins and began appearing in episode ten.[22] The Osman family were expanded throughout the year with the introductions of Ali's brother and sister-in-law, Mehmet Osman (Haluk Bilginer)[22] and Guizin Osman (Ishia Bennison).[24] Nick's Christian, chain-smoking mother,[25] Dot Cotton, was created alongside most of the original cast, with the role cast to June Brown.[26] Pauline was originally scripted to be five-months pregnant in her early forties and she eventually gave birth to a son, Martin Fowler (Jon Peyton Price) in July 1985.[27] When Scarboro departed the show in April 1985, show bosses were required to create a new character that could replace Mark's storylines and thus, Simon Wicks (or "Wicksy" as he was also known) was created.[28] Nick Berry was quickly cast as Simon, with Smith calling it one of the fastest on record.[28]
Johnson chose to leave the show after less than a year, following his disapproval of the storylines he was receiving. Saeed left the show on 26 December 1985, making him the first character to permanently leave the show.[29] Despite this, the first departure from the show came in April 1985 when Scarboro also disapproved of his storylines and left his role of Mark.[30] However, Scarboro made returns across three guest stints in December 1985, 1986 and 1987, making his original departure only temporary.[28]
The following is a full list of the EastEnders 1985 cast.
Regular cast edit
- Peter Dean as Pete Beale (83 episodes)
- Leslie Grantham as Den Watts (82 episodes)[α]
- Bill Treacher as Arthur Fowler (82 episodes)
- Wendy Richard as Pauline Fowler (81 episodes)
- Susan Tully as Michelle Fowler (81 episodes)
- Anita Dobson as Angie Watts (78 episodes)
- Gillian Taylforth as Kathy Beale (78 episodes)[β]
- Nejdet Salih as Ali Osman (77 episodes)
- Shirley Cheriton as Debbie Wilkins (74 episodes)
- Oscar James as Tony Carpenter (73 episodes)
- Sandy Ratcliff as Sue Osman (73 episodes)
- Anna Wing as Lou Beale (73 episodes)
- Paul J. Medford as Kelvin Carpenter (72 episodes)
- Gretchen Franklin as Ethel Skinner (71 episodes)
- Tom Watt as Lofty Holloway (70 episodes)[γ]
- Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale (69 episodes)[δ]
- Ross Davidson as Andy O'Brien (67 episodes)
- Linda Davidson as Mary Smith (65 episodes)[ε]
- Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts (65 episodes)
- Leonard Fenton as Dr Harold Legg[ζ] (62 episodes)
- Andrew Johnson as Saeed Jeffery (62 episodes)
- June Brown as Dot Cotton (41 episodes)
- Shreela Ghosh as Naima Jeffery (41 episodes)[η]
- John Altman as Nick Cotton (37 episodes)
- Nick Berry as Simon Wicks (21 episodes)
- David Scarboro as Mark Fowler (11 episodes)
Recurring and guest cast edit
- Roly as Roly (81 episodes)[θ]
- Willy as Willy (59 episodes)[θ]
- Jenna Alembick and Zara Posener as Annie Smith (35 episodes)[ι]
- Jon Peyton-Price as Martin Fowler (19 episodes)[θ]
- Michael Evangelou as Hassan Osman (18 episodes)[κ]
- Douglas Fielding as DS Roy Quick[λ] (11 episodes)[μ]
- Dulice Liecier as Sheena Mennell (9 episodes)
- Sally Sagoe as Hannah Carpenter (9 episodes)
- Delanie Forbes as Cassie Carpenter (8 episodes)
- Elaine Donnelly as WPC Alison Howard[ν] (6 episodes)
- Gary Whelan as DS Terry Rich[ξ] (6 episodes)
- Allan O'Keefe as Chris Smith[ο] (5 episodes)
- Ken Wynne as Ernie Mears (4 episodes)
- Haluk Bilginer as Mehmet Osman (3 episodes)
- Judy Liebert as Ruth Lyons (3 episodes)
- David Bauckham as the police officer[π] (2 episodes)
- Kieran Parkes as Stuart (2 episodes)
- Vic Tablian as Mustapha (2 episodes)
- Peter Aubrey as the ambulance attendant (1 episode)
- Ishia Bennison as Guizin Osman (1 episode)
- Johnny Clayton as Reg Cox (1 episode)[θ]
- Sally Faulkner as Ingrid (1 episode)
- Jon Glentoran as Alan Grout (1 episode)
- Brian Hoskin as Mr Chumley (1 episode)
- Mine Keylan as Ayse Osman (1 episode)
- Peter Laxton as Gary aka "Chas" (1 episode)[ρ]
- Isabelle Lucas as Jean Hancock (1 episode)
- Harry Miller as DI Marsh[σ] (1 episode)
- Jeffery Robert as the ambulance driver (1 episode)
- Anthony Short as John (1 episode)[θ]
- Vanessa Short as Melanie (1 episode)[θ]
- June Watson as Mary's health visitor (1 episode)[τ]
- Ulric Browne as Winston[υ]
- Michael Leader as Michael[20][υ]
- Martha Ross as Martha[υ]
- Jane Slaughter as Tracey[υ]
- Ron Tarr as Big Ron[20][υ]
- Doreen Taylor as Maude[φ]
- Jeannie Taylor as Lil[φ]
List of episodes edit
During 1985, EastEnders aired two half-hour episodes every week in a time slot of 7:00 pm on Tuesday and Thursday, until September when they were moved to 7:30 pm,[31] while two episodes in December were moved to different times due to changes in the schedule over the Christmas period. The episodes were broadcast on BBC1. A weekly omnibus edition was also broadcast on Sundays. Every episode was produced by the show's creator Julia Smith since the first episode. The episodes were repeated on Drama from August to October 2018.[32]
All official ratings are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB), which were published in The Listener and The Stage, and are combined with each respective week's omnibus edition. Airdates and credits are taken from BBC Genome[33] and the book EastEnders: The First 10 Years: A Celebration.[34]
February edit
The first storyline of EastEnders is a murder mystery, involving the death of Reg Cox (Johnnie Clayton), after he is discovered unconscious in his flat by Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), Ali Osman (Nejdet Salih) and Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher), having not been seen for three days. This started the soap's first whodunit storyline and the police investigation allowed viewers to learn about the lives of the other characters.[35][36] Other early storylines include Pauline Fowler's (Wendy Richard) later-in-life pregnancy and being given an ultimatum by her mother, Lou Beale (Anna Wing),[36] Pauline's husband, Arthur, being offered a temporary job working as a builder for Tony Carpenter (Oscar James),[36] Ali and Sue Osman (Sandy Ratcliff) starting the Golden Circle money chain letter scheme and Den making a number of calls to his mistress, Jan Hammond (Jane How).[36]
| # | Original air date | Directed by | Written by | Viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | Matthew Robinson | Gerry Huxham | 17.35[40] | ||
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Den, Ali and Arthur find Reg unconscious in his flat and he is taken to hospital; the locals gossip about him and Sue calls everyone hypocrites as they all hated him. Dr Legg, who gave Reg a quick examination, receives information that Reg had an injury that Dr Legg did not notice. Dr Legg urges Pauline and Arthur to tell Lou that Pauline is pregnant; they do so but she is angry, especially as Arthur is unemployed, but Pauline says the baby is wanted. Ali has had enough of Nick's racist remarks and they fight, but Den breaks them up and ejects them both from his pub, The Queen Victoria, and bars them, so Nick smashes the window. This episode was repeated as part of the show's 10th (20 February 1995), 15th (17 February 2000, BBC Three) and 30th anniversaries (16 February 2015, BBC Red Button).[37] | |||||
| 2 | Matthew Robinson | Jane Hollowood | 14.45[40] | ||
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Den and Angie celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary and Den lies about who he is on the phone to, while Angie gets drunk. The next day, Arthur tries to make peace with Lou but serves him an ultimatum: have the baby aborted or adopted, or move out of her home. Ali tells Sue not to make enemies with the Beales and Fowlers as they are good café customers, and Sue says if Reg does not return, they should try rent his room. Den buys some scotch and when Mr Chumley from the brewery arrives, Angie asks Ethel to tell Den to leave it in the car as it is not brewery scotch; Ethel fails to pass on the message so Den lies that he is having a private party and invites Mr Chumley. Dr Legg is visited by DI Marsh, who says Reg's death is a murder inquiry. | |||||
| 3 | Vivienne Cozens | Valerie Georgeson | 14.20[41] | ||
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DS Rich questions the residents about Reg's death and has conflicting statements from Arthur and Dr Legg about which of his arms was behind his back. Den is forced to tell Rich he was with his mistress on the day Reg was killed. Lou stays in bed to avoid Arthur and will not change her mind about her family moving out, and later the family decide to arrange a holiday to Clacton for Lou to get her back on side. Den finds out Mr Chumley plans to attend his party so is forced to arrange one. Sue suspects Ali is cheating on her but he shows her the money he won from gambling; he decides to bet the money instead of giving it to her because she accused him. Lofty asks Ethel to do his washing and ironing, and Dr Legg tells her not to do him any more favours. | |||||
| 4 | Matthew Robinson | Bill Lyons | 12.61[42] | ||
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DS Rich continues his enquiries into Reg's murder, including questioning Tony and Mark. Sue tries to get people involved in the "Golden Circle" chain letter pyramid scheme. Den employs Tony to do the Vic's conversion, and Tony employs Arthur and Nick for it. Mark works for Pete on the stall instead of going to school. Lou decides she will only do things for herself from now on. Dr Legg warns Lofty not to take advantage of Ethel's good nature. Den throws his party but learns that Mr Chumley never intended on coming. Sharon flirts with Lofty but Angie interrupts as they are about to kiss; Angie then flirts with Lofty and kisses him; Den sees and confronts Angie who says she knows he is still seeing his mistress; Angie cries after he does not promise to stop seeing her. | |||||
March edit
March's storylines include Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) and Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) competing to date Kelvin Carpenter (Paul J. Medford),[36] DS Terry Rich (Gary Whelan) questioning Lofty Holloway (Tom Watt) about a Luftwaffe badge that Mark Fowler (David Scarboro) gave him,[36] Mary Smith (Linda Davidson) and her daughter Annie Smith moving into Reg Cox's (Johnnie Clayton) old flat,[36] Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin) stopping Nick Cotton (John Altman) from trying to persuade Mary into becoming a prostitute,[36] and the First Til Last shop being broken into and racist slogans being spray painted onto the shop walls and shutters.[36]
| # | Original air date | Directed by | Written by | Viewers (millions) | |
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| 5 | Peter Edwards | Jane Hollowood | 13.90[43] | ||
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The Fowler family lay out the holiday information for Lou but Michelle is unimpressed to learn she will be going with her; Lou refuses to accept the holiday but later seems to come around to the idea. Mary moves to Albert Square with her baby, Annie, and locks herself out of her flat; she is unable to contact her social worker and waits for hours until Ali and Sue get home, as they live in the same building. Lofty buys into the Golden Circle scheme, then tries to sell it on to others. Pauline and Arthur receive a letter from Walford Comprehensive School about Mark and Lou speculates about Mark being involved in criminal acts; DS Rich then arrives at the Fowlers' to question Mark over a Luftwaffe badge he sold to Lofty. | |||||
| 6 | Peter Edwards | Jane Hollowood | 10.82[44] | ||
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DS Rich questions Mark and Lou backs him up when he says he found the badge, suspected to be Reg's, in Tony's skip; the police search the skip and Rich questions Tony, who says the badge was planted and several people are using his skip. Nick blackmails Lofty over working whilst claiming benefits but Lofty later stands up to him. Arthur tries to sort out Mark's behaviour and asks Saeed and Naima to stop selling him cigarettes, but they point out that he is 16; Mark tells his parents he will leave school without qualifications or a job like Arthur so Pauline slaps him and tells him to leave. Mark decides to go out all night with Nick. Arthur tells Pauline to give up smoking while she is pregnant. Mary worries about Annie and Dr Legg visits; Annie is fine but Dr Legg tells Mary to look after herself. | |||||
| 7 | Matthew Robinson | Gerry Huxham | 12.90[45] | ||
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The Beales and Fowlers insist on having a perfect Sunday to make Lou happy; Lou ends up having a good time and agrees to the holiday, toasting to it and her new grandson. Ethel borrows money from Lofty to pay for the Golden Circle but she uses it to buy drinks for the Beales and Fowlers and then ends up in both Lofty's and Lou's Golden Circles. Tony spends the day with his son, Kelvin, who asks about his parents' divorce and considers moving into Tony's flat when it is ready. Sue tells Mary that Reg was murdered in her room, and Sue and Ali pay Mary to listen in on Hassan while they are out; they then ask Den and Angie to allow Ali into the pub, to which they conditionally agree. | |||||
| 8 | Matthew Robinson | Gerry Huxham | 11.43[46] | ||
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Various people try to sell the Golden Circle to each other and Den decides to tear up his Golden Circle letters. Mary has nightmares following Sue's revelation and tells health visitor Jean Hancock that she cannot live in that room as she is sure there is blood; Jean speaks to Dr Legg about Mary while Ali tries to convince Mary there is no blood. Dr Legg chases Lofty for his rent, but Lofty lies that he has not received his benefits, though Dr Legg has seen the envelope with his giro. Kelvin visits Tony, revealing his mother did not know he was visiting Tony on Sunday; Sharon is attracted to Kelvin. Pete comes up with a plan to get Den away from the Vic the next night so he can see his mistress, Jan. | |||||
| 9 | Sue Butterworth | Rosemary Mason | 12.81[47] | ||
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Sharon and Michelle become rivals for Kelvin's affections and Mark warns Kelvin to stay away from Michelle. Pete tells Kathy about Den's lie, forcing Kathy to lie to Angie, her best friend; Angie is suspicious but Pete tries to back up Den's story; Angie flirts with Tony and Kathy admits the truth, leaving Angie angry but then Angie and Kathy go out together. Kelvin is desperate to move in with Tony and brings some stolen tools; DS Rich investigates the theft but Tony says he bought them from a strange, and Kelvin tells Tony he bought them from Nick; Tony tells Nick to stay away from Kelvin. Dr Legg asks Pauline to try to end the Golden Circle chain. Mary looks for work and Nick offers her "entertaining" work from home; Ethel realises this means prostitution and Mary is angry when she finds out. | |||||
| 10 | Sue Butterworth | Jim Hawkins | 12.14[47] | ||
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After a break-in at the shop, Naima and Saeed argue over security; she insists on better locks but he plays it down and considers not calling the police; Ali thinks Nick probably did it, while Sue considers Mark and Lofty. It is revealed that Lofty and Nick have carried out thefts together, and Nick tells Lofty he lied to the police about where he was when Reg was killed. Debbie and Andy have moved into number 43, and they argue about their relationship when he says they are both too selfish but she insists they are happy and it is good enough that they love each other. Den tells Pete that Jan wants to spend a week away with him. Sharon asks Kelvin to go to a concert with her, which upsets Michelle who feels betrayed by her best friend. Ali is mugged on his way home from work. | |||||
| 11 | Peter Edwards | Jim Hawkins | 12.05[48] | ||
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Ali suspects Nick was his mugger, while Tony thinks Nick was behind the shop break-in. Mark tries to sell cigarettes to Sue and Tony asks he if got them from Nick but Mark denies this. Nick forces Lofty to take part in a plan and Nick blackmails Mark into selling stolen goods before taking part in the plan. Andy tells Debbie that Nick asked him to smuggle drugs out of the hospital for a price. Ali and Nick have a verbal altercation in the Vic and Lofty tells Nick he does not want to take part. Mark tells Nick he could not sell anything, which leads to an argument. Ali, Sue, Naima, Saeed, Lofty and Tony hold a meeting and decide to teach Nick a lesson; Kelvin interrupts to tell them about Nick threatening Mark, so they all confront Nick, and Saeed and Tony attack him. Meanwhile, Sharon has a date with Kelvin. | |||||
| 12 | Peter Edwards | Gilly Fraser | 10.59[49] | ||
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Andy asks Dr Legg if Nick uses heroin, while Ethel tells Lou that most of Nick's mother's belongings have gone from her home; Nick uses Mark to enter Ethel's home and asks for her money, grabbing her, threatening to harm her dog, Willy, and revealing he killed Reg; Ethel fights back and Nick leaves with nothing after Mark defends Ethel; Mark tells Dr Legg that Nick is a heroin addict and has blackmailed him. DS Rich searches for Nick to no avail and Mark helps Ethel to secure her home. Debbie tries to integrate into the community but Andy warns her that people may resent her interfering. Mary has a job embroidering at home but the pay is low and she accidentally burns one of the blouses. Den tells Angie he has been offered a bargain holiday but just for himself. | |||||
April edit
In April, Naima Jeffery (Shreela Ghosh) confides in Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) that she and her husband Saeed Jeffery (Andrew Johnson) do not have a physical relationship,[50] Pete Beale (Peter Dean) makes fun of his son Ian Beale's (Adam Woodyatt) ambitions of becoming a chef,[50] Ian tells of Nick Cotton (John Altman) and Mark Fowler's (David Scarboro) involvement in the vandalism of the First Til Last food store,[50] Lou Beale (Anna Wing) and her granddaughter Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) go on holiday to Clacton,[50] Albert Square is under threat of being redeveloped and Debbie Wilkins (Shirley Cheriton) starts a Save our Square campaign,[50] and when Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) learns that her husband Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) is only in Spain to be with another woman, she decides to seduce Tony Carpenter (Oscar James) to spite Den.[50]
| # | Original air date | Directed by | Written by | Viewers (millions) | |
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| 13 | Matthew Robinson | Michael Robartes | 12.20[51] | ||
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Mark is against Michelle inviting Kelvin to dinner. Pete makes fun of Ian's ambitions to be a chef, saying it is not a man's job, and this angers Kathy and Pauline. Ethel sells the Golden Circle to Dr Legg, who tears up the list, ending it; he finds out Ethel owes the money to Lofty, so says he will give it to him; he then keeps the money as Lofty owes him rent money. Ethel babysits Annie while Mary looks for work and when she returns, Ethel and Annie cannot be found. Naima tells Pauline that she hates her arranged marriage to Saeed and says they do not have sex, and Saeed gets drunk for the first time and Naima is forced to take him home. Den tells Lofty he has to go on the books at the Vic or leave the job, so Lofty agrees to leave at the end of the shift. | |||||
| 14 | Matthew Robinson | Valerie Georgeson | 12.16[52] | ||
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The residents search for Ethel and Annie, and when they return, Mary calls Ethel stupid and tells her to stay away from them, but Dr Legg tells Mary to accept Ethel's gift of a pram, which she does and Ethel apologises. Michelle makes dinner for Kelvin but they are forced to eat with Lou, and Sharon then meets Kelvin at the launderette to listen to music; they end up on the floor and Michelle catches them. Kathy and Pete struggle to find time together and Ian tells Michelle he is being made to feel like he is ruining his parents' marriage. Saeed is hungover, and Naima tells Pauline that she and Saeed do not really know each other but are more like colleagues. | |||||
| 15 | Sue Butterworth | Bill Lyons | 12.50[53] | ||
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Mary is unwell but insists she is only tired; she accepts Pauline's help with her washing but rejects Debbie's offer to help find out if she is entitled to any official help. Den suggests getting strippers in the Vic to attract new customers so Angie sends him to another pub to see if he can book their stripper; he is annoyed when he returns because Angie send him to a male stripper. Pauline tells Pete that Kathy may be broody so he tells Kathy they will have no more children; Kathy says she is not broody but that he cannot decide that for them both. Ian cooks dinner for his family but gets annoyed that Pete would prefer that he is interested in boxing rather than cooking so Ian leaves before finishing dinner. Kelvin tells Tony that he wants to leave school and now that he is 16, his parents cannot stop him. | |||||
| 16 | Sue Butterworth | Glen McCoy | 13.15[53] | ||
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Dr Legg visits Mary and diagnoses her and Annie with the bronchitis, caused by the damp in the flat; Dr Legg calls Social Services, attempting to get Mary rehoused, and receives some information that shocks him. Den arranges a meal with Angie and buys her the microwave she wants, then tells her he has seven days to sort the holiday villa in Spain; Angie is suspicious and says she wants to see him off at the airport. Pete calls Ian a disappointment, while Kathy says Ian should be a cook if he wants but not to do it half-heartedly; Ian confides in Lou, who says she will stop Pete from making digs at him. Sharon and Michelle agree not fall out over Kelvin. Naima is pleased that she and Saeed have spoken and agreed to make joint decisions. The locals hear that Nick has been arrested for Reg's murder. This episode features the first use of the alternative version of the usual theme, which later became known as Julia's Theme.[54] It plays at the end of the scene in which Ian cries into Lou's arms. | |||||
| 17 | Peter Edwards | Christopher Russell | 11.00[55] | ||
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Dr Legg wants Lofty to feel useful so asks him to befriend Mary; Dr Legg then reveals to Lofty, Andy and Debbie that one side of the Square is due to be pulled down and suggests they try to do something about it as it is part of London's heritage. Den calls Jan saying he needs his plane ticket early because Angie wants to see him off at the airport. Sue receives a series of mystery calls from a woman asking for Ali. Ali celebrates receiving money from the Golden Circle. Arthur cannot find Mark. Lou speaks to Pete and Kathy about their treatment of Ian but Pete says he can bring up his son how he likes; Lou makes a comment about Pete's sons from his previous marriage, so Kathy defends Pete and throws Lou out. | |||||
| 18 | Peter Edwards | Bill Lyons | 10.90[55] | ||
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Den prepares for his trip to Spain, and Angie accuses him of lying and cheating, so he accuses her of flirting. Lofty encourages Mary to read to Annie, but she asks him to. Lou insists she does not want to go on holiday, but Michelle overhears her telling Dr Legg it is a wind-up, so Pete tells Lou that he agrees that she should not go, which upsets her; Michelle and Lou then go on holiday. Kathy and Pete agree to be less harsh on Ian for a while. Kelvin tells Tony he has changed his mind about not returning to school. Debbie tries to start a Save the Square campaign. Sue continues to receive strange phone calls at the café. The Fowlers realise Mark has run away from home because his things are gone and money is missing. | |||||
| 19 | Malcolm Taylor | Valerie Georgeson | 9.80[56] | ||
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Angie asks Ethel to cook to test some pub lunches, but Roly and Willy eat her steak, so she has to use inferior meat; Den calls Angie from Spain, and she tries to prove he is with someone by calling him back; Angie invites Tony to eat with her and they flirt. Pauline and Arthur decide not to report Mark missing to the police but realise he has been missing since the day Nick was arrested and ask Ian if he knows where he could be. Arthur fills in for Den behind the bar, but struggles with the maths. Saeed chairs the first Save the Square committee meetng, where it is agreed that they need to get everyone's opinion and to find out if the Square really needs saving. Ali receives more Golden Circle money, Lofty buys a second-hand suit, unaware it is Den's, and Sue is jealous of Ali and Debbie's friendship. | |||||
| 20 | Malcolm Taylor | Michael Robartes | 10.55[56] | ||
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Angie calls Den in Spain but ends up speaking to a woman, and later Den tells her he is staying another week, so she arranges a romantic meal with Tony. While Angie is out, Sharon calls Sue with a fake accent; Sue cries that Ali is having an affair and accuses Debbie; Ali calls Sue stupid as he is not cheating on her, and she reveals that they need to pay for their new cooker the next day, but Ali says he lost all their Golden Circle money gambling. The Fowlers continue to worry about Mark, and Ian finally admits that Mark sold stolen goods for Nick, helped with the shop break-in and tried heroin twice. Mary tells Lofty she has been offered a loan of £150 but Lofty works out she will end up paying back £260 so tries to put her off getting into more debt. | |||||
| 21 | Jeremy Ancock | Frances Galleymore | 11.60[57] | ||
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Lou and Michelle return from holiday and discover that Mark is missing; the family speak to WPC Alison Howard, who says the police do not have the resources to look for him, but he will likely return and they can get advice from CAB; Pauline cries that Mark will never return. Michelle talks about Chas, someone she met on holiday. Lofty tells Ali that Sharon is making prank calls to Sue, but Michelle calls Sue as "Gloria" while Sharon is in the café, however, Sharon confesses and apologises. Mary is offered a cleaning job and Lofty manages to talk her out of taking the loan. Sharon sees Angie and Tony talking privately and Angie worries she may be suspicious. Ethel cooks pub lunches in the Vic but everyone hates them. Andy and Debbie discover the Square was never under threat of demolition. | |||||
May edit
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| 22 | Jeremy Ancock | Bill Lyons | 11.85[57] | ||
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Pauline and Arthur consider going to CAB and begin to inform people of Mark's disappearance. Ethel resigns from catering at the Vic and Angie offers the job to Ian. Lofty suggests to Mary that they live together as friends; Mary has an unannounced visit from the health visitor, who is unhappy with the conditions and she and Dr Legg decide to call Environmental Health. Tony asks to continue seeing Angie after Den returns but Angie ends their affair; Sharon accuses Angie of being unfaithful so Angie tells her about Den's long-running affair. | |||||
| 23 | Sue Butterworth | Bev Doyle | 12.55[58] | ||
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Ian suspects that Chas does not exist, so calls Sharon pretending to be him, saying he will visit on Saturday; Michelle finds out and confronts Ian, saying she will be humiliated if Sharon finds out it was a prank call, so Kelvin contacts his friend, Gary, aka Spotty, to see if he will pretend to be Chas. Den returns and gets a frosty reception from Sharon, but insists to Angie he was only away on business, while Sharon tells Michelle that both her parents are having affairs. A man arrives in Albert Square looking for a young woman; Lofty suspects he means Mary so tells Mary and she worries about it. | |||||
| 24 | Sue Butterworth | Valerie Georgeson | 12.45[58] | ||
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It's Kathy's birthday and Lou gives her a scarf that Kathy gave Lou two years before. Lou claims she is unwell but her self-diagnosis changes every few minutes and Pauline and Arthur agree she just wants attention. The man returns and says he is looking for Theresa, but Mary suspects she has been reported to the authorities for cohabiting when Lofty stayed a few nights. An emotional Sharon believes that Den and Angie would not argue if she was their biological daughter, but Den says she is their daughter. Gary arrives at the teens' video party pretending to be Chas; Michelle dislikes him and Sharon finds the situation amusing; they watch the film but Ian was unwittingly given a pornographic film instead of a dance film and and they are caught watching it by Pete and Kathy. | |||||
| 25 | Malcolm Taylor | Jane Hollowood | 12.50[59] | ||
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The man sees Mary; it is her father and he asks her to come home, but she says she wants to be independent; she sends him away and then blames Lofty for telling him where she lives. Den asks Tony if Angie had an affair but Tony says he does not know; Sharon is upset with her parents' actions so Angie and Den agree to talk and be honest; they both admit to affairs but Den says he will not stop seeing his mistress but Angie has to stay faithful for the sake of Den's reputation. Michelle confronts Kelvin over 'Chas' but she is pleased that he was jealous; Michelle admits to Sharon that she did meet a Chas but he was not interested in her. Dr Legg can find nothing wrong with Lou and says it is psychosomatic, but when she complains the pain is getting worse, Arthur worries about her. | |||||
| 26 | Malcolm Taylor | Juliet Ace | 11.25[59] | ||
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Lou has a rash and is diagnosed with shingles and at one point she fears she is dying, but improves with medication. Mary's father returns to make sure Mary is okay and insists he found her of his own accord; Mary apologises to Lofty. Saeed and Naima visit Andy and Debbie for dinner and are surprised to discover they are unmarried, while Saeed and Naima have an arranged marriage; Debbie tells Naima to start doing things her own way, so Naima asks Saeed for a driving lesson and he reluctantly agrees. Den and Angie agree they do not want to divorce and they should both end their affairs for Sharon's sake; Den only pretends to call Jan, while Angie is scared to tell Tony to his face that it is over. | |||||
| 27 | Jeremy Ancock | Bill Lyons | 11.15[60] | ||
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After attemping to let him down gently, Angie firmly tells Tony it is over between them; Angie and Den tell Sharon they are starting anew and they decide to share a bed for the first time in years and they passionately kiss. Saeed gives Naima her first driving lesson but when Den's dog, Roly, runs in front of the van, they swerve into Ali's taxicab; they admit what happened to Ali but Saeed says he will take the blame for the insurance and will pay Ali for his loss of income, so Ali agrees to keep quiet. Ian asks Sharon on a date but she turns him down. Kelvin and Michelle arrange to meet but Sharon meets Kelvin instead and says Michelle does not like to be touched but she is not like Michelle. Lofty gives Mary a coach ticket to visit her family within the next three months but she tears it up. | |||||
| 28 | Jeremy Ancock | Tony Dennis | 11.80[60] | ||
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Lou suffers nightmares and double vision; Dr Legg says she has taken too many pills and takes them away; Dr Legg warns Arthur that Pauline needs to stop working as soon as possible so Arthur tries to find a job. Debbie decides she needs to diet and is annoyed when Andy says he is cooking pork chops for dinner. Den and Angie talk about the erectile dysfunction Den suffered the night before and say they need to pretend they just met and fall in love again; Den vists Jan and tells Angie he has ended his affair. Angie tells Ian he is no longer needed at the Vic as his lunches are not selling well enough. Tony puts Michelle off of seeing Kelvin, saying he needs to study, so Sharon takes the opportunity to flirt with Kelvin; Kelvin admits he likes Sharon, and Sharon offers to go on the pill for him. | |||||
| 29 | Sue Butterworth | Bill Lyons | Unknown[χ][61] | ||
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Michelle and Kelvin decide to go clubbing though Arthur warns Michelle that people may be against her and Kelvin's interracial relationship. Ethel gives Arthur some brandy to give to Lou but Arthur drinks it himself; Pauline is angry when she returns from bingo to find Arthur drunk and that he has not noticed that Michelle has not come home and it is after midnight. Saeed and Naima separately offer Sue and Ali £400 for a new car, not wanting the other to know, so Sue considers accepting both and getting £800 from them. Tony gives Angie a parting gift but when Den finds it, Angie is forced to say it is for Sharon and give it to her. Sharon visits Dr Legg to go on the pill, but he warns that she is below the age of consent, tells her to speak to her mother, and in the meantime, say "no" to sex. | |||||
| 30 | Sue Butterworth | Tony McHale | Unknown[χ][61] | ||
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Arthur is furious when Michelle eventually arrives home at 1:00 am, but Michelle says Sharon failed to pass on a message that she would be late home; Michelle confronts Sharon and accuses her of doing it deliberately, then pours drink over her, which Sharon finds amusing. Andy buys a bicycle and is angry when Debbie prepares a salad for dinner, which he throws on the floor; he then finds his bicycle has been stolen. Tony tells Kelvin off for getting home so late and gives Den relationship advice. Ali asks Den to find him a new car for £800, and Debbie tells Ali to ask Den for a contribution because Roly was loose and caused the crash. Pauline ends up looking after Lou when Arthur goes out and has to deal with family and work problems, resulting in her collapsing when she gets home. | |||||
June edit
One of the more prominent storylines of June 1985 is the cot death of Hassan Osman, infant son of Sue Osman and Ali Osman. The storyline was introduced because the producers felt it was impossible for the studios to cope with four babies in the show (Annie Smith and the yet-to-arrive Martin Fowler and Vicki Fowler being the other three). During this time in the 1980s, the issue of cot death was prominent in the British press, partly due to an increase in casualties, but also because a doctor had gone public with the accusation that parents were to blame for the tragic occurrence.[62] Holland and Smith decided that covering this issue in the soap would be a good way of "setting the record straight", and so it was decided that Sue and Ali's baby would die from cot death in the early months of the show. This was the first of many controversial storylines in EastEnders' history. After the storyline aired in June 1985, the show was praised by audience and press alike for the sensitive and unsensational way the subject was treated. The sudden tragedy came as a surprise to the audience, especially since the bereaved parents were a couple whose feuding, fighting ways had made them appear rather comic in the early episodes of the show. The British Cot Death Foundation initially feared that a soap opera would trivialise the subject and frighten new parents. They tried to stop the episodes from airing, but in the end they were pleased with the way the subject was handled, and provided back-up support after transmission to many viewers who wanted more information on the subject.[63]
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| 31 | Malcolm Taylor | Rosemary Mason | 11.50[64] | ||
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Pauline is hospitalised and Arthur worries she will lose the baby. Tony sees Sharon's bracelet and Angie says she had no choice but to give it to her; Tony demands it back from Angie but she refuses. Kelvin is upset when Tony does not want to speak to him and Michelle is too busy; Sharon tells him she reckons Tony was seeing a married woman but it is over now. Lou asks Michelle to invite Kelvin to dinner, so Kelvin leaves Tony on his own, depressed. WPC Alison Howard informs Andy that his bicycle has been found, but it is too damaged to use; he tells Debbie the neighbourhood is unsafe, they have no friends and the people there are not like they are. Naima and Saeed realise they have both been paying Ali and Sue, so they refuse to give them any more money for being so devious. | |||||
| 32 | Malcolm Taylor | Valerie Georgeson | 12.45[64] | ||
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Michelle suggests that Pete and Kathy should look after Lou for two weeks, to which Kathy agrees; Arthur is ecstatic when Ian says that Lou has agreed as well. Ian has bruised ribs from being beaten up at school by boys who think he is "soft" because he cooks, and Arthur tells Pete to let Ian decide to to do about it. Ali asks Lofty if he can repair his car; Lofty says it will cost about £130, so Ali and Sue consider pawning some of their possessions. Tony admits to Kelvin that he was seeing someone who ended it, and they should support each other, but later Kelvin says he is fed up of being a go-between for his parents. Debbie is annoyed when Andy books a table at a restaurant because she needs to revise for exams so she can get a promotion. | |||||
| 33 | Jeremy Ancock | Bill Lyons | 11.55[65] | ||
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Pauline returns from hospital and Lou moves in with Pete and Kathy; Pauline and Arthur are happy to have some peace but Pete already despairs of Lou's interfering. Arthur thinks Pauline should stop working but she thinks they cannot afford it. Lofty starts work on Ali's car and Sue finds out that Ali is gambling; he wins £185 and gives some to Lofty, but refuses to pay for the cooker, telling Sue he feels lucky. Mary advises Sharon to stay away from men though Sharon believes going on the pill will give her more freedom, and Ethel tells Angie to keep an eye on Sharon. Andy feels like his relationship with Debbie is breaking down and Pete's advice of getting her a present only causes stress. Kelvin tells Tony he will not take sides or get caught in the middle of his parents' divorce. | |||||
| 34 | Jeremy Ancock | Jim Hawkins | 10.60 [65] | ||
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Lofty finds more problems with Ali's car so needs more money to fix it; Ali has won £500 but hides it from Sue, then arranges a late-night poker game with Den, his brother Mehmet and associate Mustapha; Ali loses every time and then bets his car and the café against Mustapha. Sharon tells Angie she wants to go on the pill, so Angie takes advice from Pauline and Dr Legg, before asking Sharon to wait until she is older because she does not need to rush to find a boyfriend. Kelvin ends his relationship with Michelle because he wants to concentrate on his exams, despite her pleas. Andy worries Debbie will leave him when she gets a promotion. | |||||
| 35 | Sue Butterworth | Harry Duffin | 11.65[66] | ||
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Ali wins the poker game, taking £1000s from Mustapha; Sue finds out from Ethel that Ali was gambling but assumes he lost, so is thrilled when he reveals he won and they can afford a new car and the cooker. Lou hates Kathy's gadgets and the fact she makes tea with teabags; Lou and Ethel cook dinner but Ethel breaks Kathy's electric mixer and they fail to defrost the pork joint before cooking it so it goes to waste. Angie drinks heavily after being blanked by Tony. Sharon tells Michelle she wants to go on the pill but Michelle says she will be called a "slag" and that she could catch a sexually-transmitted disease. Debbie makes dinner for Andy but he says he is fed up of her making decisions for him. | |||||
| 36 | Sue Butterworth | Jane Hollowood | 11.70[66] | ||
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Sue and Ali wake up late and find Hassan has died; they rush him to Andy, a paediatric nurse, and Dr Legg and an ambulance arrive but it is too late. An emotional Ali is visited by Mehmet and their sister, Ayse, but Sue is in a stupor and worries that Hassan was not in clean clothes and she does not want people touching him or his cot. Sue and Ali are questioned by WPC Alison Howard. Lou visits Sue and says she knows how she feels. Sue then goes to the café where she informs her father of the death by telephone, cleans Hassan's chair and then speaks to Ali, saying she thinks they will be blamed for the death, despite Dr Legg saying it was cot death with nobody to blame. Sue tells Ali she has a lump in her throat and is unable to cry. This is the second episode to use "Julia's Theme". | |||||
| 37 | Brian Morgan | Gilly Fraser | 10.55[67] | ||
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Sue, still at Debbie's, is still unresponsive, while Ali worries about telling Sue she cannot attend Hassan's funeral as women are not allowed in the mosque; Debbie tells Sue she should go home sooner rather than later. Lofty opens the café for Ali and Sue but struggles with the workload; Michelle helps him and afterwards, she tells Sharon she had not noticed how nice Lofty is before. Naima tells Saeed they should write terms of their relationship; Saeed asks when Naima will start sleeping in his bed as that would be top of his list of duties. Angie drinks when she thinks Den is trying to bring her down, and later Sharon says Angie being drunk is "disgusting". Tony's former wife, Hannah, arrives and says Kelvin should be getting an education instead of learning a trade and threatens Tony with solicitors. | |||||
| 38 | Brian Morgan | Michael Robartes | 10.75[67] | ||
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Sue has not eaten or slept and Ali begs her to come home; Sue wonders why everything gets taken away from her. Sharon is upset by Angie's drinking, so steals a bottle of gin and Den and Angie are shocked when she falls down drunk. Saeed asks Naima to share a bedroom eventually and to share other responsibilities, so she goes to the wholesaler but her purse is stolen. Ian wants to go to France in October for a cookery course; Pete says he will see if they can afford it. Pete offers to buy Lou a portable television for her bedroom so he and Kathy have more space to themselves. Andy and Debbie are shocked to see a newspaper report on the redevelopment of Albert Square. Hannah tells Tony she has seen a solicitor about getting Kelvin to move out of Tony's flat but Tony does not take her seriously. | |||||
July edit
| # | Original air date | Directed by | Written by | Viewers (millions) | |
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| 39 | Matthew Robinson | Jane Hollowood | 7.75[68] | ||
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Sue moves back home but barely talks to Ali, but later admits she does not want to be alone. Mary returns and learns about Hassan so decides living in the same building as Sue and Ali would be bad, so moves in with Naima and Saeed; Saeed is annoyed that Naima makes him sleep on the sofa. Pete, Kathy, Pauline and Arthur discuss Lou's living arrangements as she has been there five weeks now, and Pauline says she should just move back home where she is wanted; Lou cooks a dinner for Pete and Kathy and says she will stay a month longer but move home when Pauline's baby is born. Angie tells Den she is giving up alcohol because she thinks Sharon got drunk as a way of telling her she drinks too much. Michelle tells Lofty he needs an image and offers to put highlights in his hair. | |||||
| 40 | Matthew Robinson | Glen McCoy | 7.75[68] | ||
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Dr Legg tells Ali and Sue that Hassan died of natural causes and tells Sue to accept Ali's support; Ali tells Sue not to keep her emotions inside; Ali registers the death and sees Hassan in the chapel of rest, while Sue cancels the child allowance; when she informs him of this unemotionally, he calls her cold, and she tells him she wants to return to work. Michelle gives Lofty highlights but he hates it; Michelle says she can reverse it but not until the next day. Mary tells people that Saeed and Naima sleep separately, so Saeed tells Naima that to stop the gossip, they should share a bedroom; she agrees and he is pleased. Arthur is rejected for one of two jobs he applied for. Dot arrives for work late and promises to make it up to Kathy. | |||||
| 41 | Antonia Bird | Gerry Huxham | 9.95[69] | ||
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Ali tries several times to convince Sue to see Hassan in the chapel of rest before the funeral the next day but she ignores him and continues with her day-to-day life. Saeed is sleeping in a sleeping bag on the bedroom floor now and when he continues to moan about it to Naima, she says she will sleep on the floor instead. Arthur decides that Michelle should move into Lou's bedroom permanently, while Lou tells Ethel she has no plans to move out of Pete's and can fake her pains when she needs to and Kathy tells Pete to get Lou out of the flat. Arthur is against Michelle having a motorbike and spending time with Lofty because he is older and unemployed; Michelle attempts to restore Lofty's original hair colour but his hair turns green. Angie stays teetotal but tells Kathy that life is dull without alcohol. | |||||
| 42 | Antonia Bird | Bill Lyons | 11.70[69] | ||
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Sue works through Hassan's funeral and does not go to the cemetery, and at home she refuses to sleep despite having not slept for days. Lofty asks Michelle on a date but she says they are just friends. Arthur worries that Michelle is having sex with Lofty and ends up insulting her clothes and morals; she walks out and tells Lofty, then agrees to go on a date with him. Pete and Kathy tell Lou she can split the year between their home and Pauline and Arthur's, but Lou says she wants to stay in the flat. Den tells Angie she is moody since giving up alcohol and he preferred her drunk. After Mary moves back home, Saeed tells Naima that after eight months of marriage they should get to know each other and he kisses her for the first time, however, she quickly goes to bed with them sleeping in separate rooms again. | |||||
| 43 | Brian Morgan | Valerie Georgeson | 11.10[70] | ||
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Michelle avoids Arthur, while Arthur covers for Kathy at the launderette as she is stressed; Dot also asks Arthur to cover her shift and he runs it more efficiently. Accompanied by Ethel, Ian starts boxing; she remembers the coach, Ernie, from her youth but she is embarrassed when she realises Willy has a bad smell. Kathy tells Pete she feels like she has lost her home so walks out. Naima tells Saeed they are not ready for children yet and she wanted more from life; Saeed says she did not have to marry him but realises she did so as she would have more freedom this way, so he walks out on her; Saeed and Kathy then get drunk together in the Vic. A scheming Pete tells Lou that something of hers got broken and Michelle has been sleeping in her room, so Lou announces it is time she moved back home. | |||||
| 44 | Brian Morgan | Liane Aukin | 11.80[70] | ||
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Naima is annoyed when Saeed talks to his family about his marriage; Naima disappears for the whole day and Saeed is shocked when she returns with a makeover. Michelle does various jobs to earn money for a motorbike and asks Lou for a £70 loan. Dr Legg urges Sue to seek counselling but she refuses saying it is her choice to keep her emotions inside. Kathy slept at the Vic and Pete does not know where she is; Lou decides to move back home immediately so Kathy is able to return home and Pete is pleased to see her. Kelvin and Ian wash Willy for Ethel but it ends in chaos with Ian being covered in tea and a wet Willy destroying the christening gown Ethel has been knitting for Pauline. | |||||
| 45 | Matthew Robinson | Rosemary Mason | 11.75[71] | ||
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Saeed shaves off his moustache, apparently buys condoms and goes into Naima's bedroom in the night. Michelle accuses Arthur of depriving her of a job at the launderette and they argue; Pauline defends Arthur to Michelle but Michelle stays out late and is picked up by Ali in his cab; they talk in the café later and he goes to kiss her; Michelle says she just wants to talk but stays when Ali asks if she is leaving. Ian gives Ethel a message from Ernie asking for a date. Kelvin and Ian ask Kathy to borrow her knitting machine so they can make sweaters to sell; Kathy offers to teach them to use it. Den has a new sweater that he does not realise is stolen but his neighbours have seen it on the news; they get him to hide and remove it when a police officer arrives at the Vic. | |||||
| 46 | Matthew Robinson | Michael Robartes | 12.30[71] | ||
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Michelle is angry when Lou pays for Ian's trip to France when she has to save for what she wants; she tells Pauline she was happy when she had her own room. The locals hears that Nick is in court but not being charged with murder; Dot protests his innocence and accuses everyone of being hypocrites. Ian and Kelvin start using Kathy's knitting machine in Tony's flat, and Tony is annoyed by the mess but offers to get them organised. Saeed and Naima stay at home all day and do not open the shop and Pete assumes they have been having sex. Ethel finishes her knitting but Roly destroys it so Ethel gives Pauline a gift she bought while considering what to wear for her date. Ali is angry with Sue's reluctance to accept support and ends up calling her dirty and saying that Hassan's death was her fault. | |||||
| 47 | Antonia Bird | John Crisp | 12.85[72] | ||
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Den and Michelle talk into the night and he helps her see Arthur's perspective; Den then calls his mistress for the first time since ending their affair. The next day, Michelle is thrilled when Lou offers to pay a deposit on a motorbike for her birthday. Naima receives an anonymous note saying that Saeed has been visiting a brothel. The café is a mess and a concerned Ali asks Lou to speak to Sue; Lou fails to get through to Sue, who is unresponsive. Pauline has some pains but everyone is too busy to speak to her so she takes a taxicab to the hospital. Kelvin challenges Tony to come up with a better knitting pattern for a sweater. News arrives that Nick has been released due to a lack of evidence, but Dot says he will be too ashamed to return to Walford. | |||||
August edit
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| 48 | Antonia Bird | Jane Hollowood | 13.30[72] | ||
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Arthur finds out Pauline has given birth to a son and the Beales and Fowlers celebrate, however, Lou does not visit the baby and hides the fact she is unwell. Debbie advises Naima to speak to Saeed about the brothel note; she only talks to him about Andy and Debbie's open relationship, of which he does not approve. Lofty asks to join Kelvin and Ian's business and they agree to each fund £50 but Saeed suggests doing something that requires no capital; they call themselves Loftelian Enterprises. Ethel has her date with Ernie. Pete finds out that Den is seeing Jan again and when Sharon tells Den his shirt smells of perfume, he says it is not what she thinks. Lou speaks to Dr Legg about Sue, so he takes drastic action and hands Annie to her, and she finally breaks down in tears as she cradles the baby. This is the third episode to use "Julia's Theme". | |||||
| 49 | Brian Morgan | Valerie Georgeson | 13.85[73] | ||
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Pauline brings the baby home; Lou wants him to be named Albert. Sue is back to normal and tells Ali she wants to visit Hassan's grave; she takes Hassan's baby clothes to Pauline, but Pauline realises she cannot use them as Sue would see the baby in Hassan's clothes. Den tells Angie he has a meeting with another pub landlord but visits Jan; Angie calls the other landlord and discovers there is no meeting and confronts Den when he returns, saying she knows he was with his mistress and as he broke his promise, she can break hers; she pours herself a drink. Mary cannot stop Annie crying all day and night and considers smothering her with a pillow. Naima asks Saeed about the note; he admits he has been to a brothel before so Naima says he broke their terms and their relationship is over. | |||||
| 50 | Brian Morgan | Peter Batt | 15.85[73] | ||
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Sue and Ali visit Hassan's grave. Naima tells Saeed that their marriage is over and she will be moving out. Den fires Michelle from the Vic because she is overworked; Michelle gets drunk and is found by Tony and she flirts with him. Den is humilated by Angie's drunken behaviour at the Vic's charity night. Pauline is angry that Lou is telling people the baby is named Albert. Ian and Kelvin start washing cars but get in trouble when they soak WPC Alison Howard, which ends their venture; they take advice from Ali and win money betting on a horse race. Dot says Nick is too ashamed to come home but Ethel hears Lofty saying he saw Nick. Ethel accuses Lou of being jealous of her and Ernie's relationship. | |||||
| 51 | Matthew Robinson | Bill Lyons | 14.00[74] | ||
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Naima tells Saeed she is still leaving him, and she leaves in a taxi. Lou lets a man into Andy and Debbie's flat with a spare key; the man claims he is delivering a wardrobe but later says it was the wrong address; when Andy gets home, he has been burgled and Pauline has to explain to a police officer what happened. The Fowlers worry that their family could be split up by the DSS due to overcrowding. Mary reveals to Pauline that she is illiterate, so Pauline suggests adult literacy classes at the community centre; Mary then reveals she is due in court the next day for shoplifting. Angie goes away to a health farm. | |||||
| 52 | Matthew Robinson | Bev Doyle | 15.15[74] | ||
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Debbie discovers she has passed her exams, and Lou offers to pay for her and Andy's losses, but Debbie is furious to discover Andy did not renew their insurance. Mary is fined £50 for shoplifting and says she did it because she has nothing nice for herself. Michelle confides in Ali and later tells Sharon that it is good to talk to older men. Ethel tells Ernie that Angie is actually getting help for her drinking. Ernie proposes to Ethel, but as he allergic to dogs, Ethel turns him down because she cannot give up Willy. Arthur is offered a job but Michelle is mortified that he will be cleaning at her school. Dot confirms that Nick is moving back to Walford and Lofty is worried, especially when he sees Nick in the Square. | |||||
| 53 | Antonia Bird | Michael Robartes | 14.10[75] | ||
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Den bars Nick from the Vic and he fails to get work from Tony; Dot confronts Den and says she will not longer drink in the Vic while innocent Nick is barred; Dot is also upset by Pauline's assessment that Nick's guilt simply could not be proven. Nick is followed around by Detective Sergeant Quick, who warns Dot that she may not be safe with Nick in her home. Kelvin fails his English and maths O-levels but passes others; Tony blames the stress of his divorce but Kelvin is against taking the exams again. Sharon flirts with Lofty, and when Lofty tells Den that he finds Debbie attractive, Den angrily accuses him of having lust for married women. Den arranges to meet Jan but has to cancel when Angie returns unexpectedly. Tony starts refurbishing the café while Ali and Sue are on holiday. | |||||
| 54 | Antonia Bird | Jane Hollowood | 13.55[75] | ||
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Quick continues to follow Nick around and later threatens Dot with prison for all the stolen goods she has had in her flat over the years, so Nick tells Quick to leave Dot alone. Arthur asks Den to be godfather to the baby. Sharon continues to flirt with Lofty, while Michelle talks to Pauline about relationships. Den tries to call Jan and when he is finally able to, Angie is upset when she overhear him arranging to meet the next week and telling her he loves her. Tony tells Andy and Debbie to stop moaning about losing their possessions when they are lucky enough to have a home, jobs, their health and each other, though Debbie is still angry with Andy over the insurance; they laugh when they both buy a new radio. | |||||
| 55 | Stephen Butcher | Gilly Fraser | 15.40[76] | ||
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Hannah visits Tony and reveals she is dating someone new; Hannah tells Kelvin she is proud of his business venture. Arthur starts his new job and Tony's loan is approved. Pauline asks Kathy and Pete to be godparents. Andy tells Debbie about Stuart, a six-year-old patient who he wants to care for at their home. Debbie considers getting a loan to replace their stolen goods. Nick asks Lofty to help with a job he says is not illegal; Lou sees them talking and warns Lofty off talking to Nick; Dot confronts Lou about this, and Lofty asks Andy for advice to get Nick some support for drugs. Angie tells Kathy that Den is seeing Jan again and is annoyed when he says he is away for work the next day. Angie is shocked when Tony says Sharon is like her mother. | |||||
| 56 | Stephen Butcher | Tony McHale | 13.70[76] | ||
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Stuart visits Andy's home and Debbie softens towards him. Pauline and Arthur want Lou out of the house while they have a visit from a Walford Council housing officer, Alan Grout, to talk about being rehoused due to lack of space, but Lou is there when Alan arrives and angrily tears up his paperwork, refusing to leave her home. Angie worries that she is seen as a "tart" after Tony's comment but Den assures her she is not; she later follows Den as he goes to see his mistress and, knowing he lied about where he was going, goes home and has an alcoholic drink. Ian, Kelvin and Lofty start trying to sell their sweaters. Kelvin says he will only continue his studies if he can go to college. Quick continues to hound Nick, but Lou advises Nick to stay out of trouble and not to get Lofty into trouble. This was the last episode to be shown in the original regular time slot of 7:00 pm.[77] | |||||
September edit
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| 57 | Mike Gibbon | Rosemary Mason | 14.55[79] | ||
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Angie accuses Den of seeing Jan and bites his ankle but he calls her crazy, and Sharon says Angie is ruining the family with her behaviour; Den admits to seeing Jan after Angie says she saw him, but says she can do nothing about it; Angie pays Lofty to have dinner with her after the pub closes and she flirts with him and gets him drunk; when Den arrives, he offers Lofty a bed to share with Angie so Lofty leaves and Angie cries when Den says she had to pay Lofty. Ethel is too scared to leave her home because Nick is back; Kelvin, Dr Legg, Den and Arthur all try to convince her she is safe but she will only go out if she is escorted. Arthur is happy that he has an allotment and a job. Michelle tells Mary she is in trouble. Mary suffers an emotional breakdown and is comforted by Pete. This was the first episode broadcast in the new regular time slot of 7:30 pm.[78] | |||||
| 58 | Mike Gibbon | Billy Hamon | 11.95[79] | ||
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Angie tells Kathy she saw Pete chatting up Mary, but Pete says Mary was just depressed. A drunk Angie tells Den she is tired of her life with him and throws a glass in anger. Sharon tells Michelle her flirting with Lofty is just for fun. Ethel tells Dr Legg she is scared of seeing Nick and he will not have changed. Arthur convinces Ian, Kelvin and Lofty to make Walford FC sweaters but later tells them off for not wanting to share their profits with the football club. Ali and Sue return and discuss Ali suffering from impotence while they were away. Sharon notices that Michelle has changed when she says she is fed up of talking about men. Arthur realises he recognises the handwriting in the note given to Naima, and Nick asks Dot why she wrote it. Dr Legg prescribes Valium to Mary for her depression. | |||||
| 59 | Robert Gabriel | Bill Lyons | 13.25[80] | ||
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Escorted by Lofty, Ethel goes to the café but leaves as soon as Nick arrives; Tony adds extra security to Ethel's flat but she still refuses to leave; later, Lofty visits her and she lets him in but Nick enters her flat. Arthur steals toilet roll from his cleaning job but Kathy convinces him he cannot get away with it and his only option is to destroy them. Nick ejects a drunk Saeed from the Vic and Mary asks Nick for a favour but Pete warns her about gossip, however, she says Nick is the only person who can help her. Lofty is embarrassed when Angie and the other women in the Vic get him to strip while the men are out watching a football match. Lou notices that Michelle is quiet lately and offers her help if she needs any. | |||||
| 60 | Robert Gabriel | Juliet Ace | 15.10[80] | ||
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Nick tells Ethel he wants to make things up to her, though Ethel is unsure he is being sincere. Nick talks to Dr Legg about Mary being prescribed drugs as she asked him to get some. Kathy confronts Pete about helping Mary; he says he lent her £30 as she is in need and Kathy says he should have told her first. Tony agrees to speak to Ethel for Nick. Kathy asks Den why he stays with Angie when he does not love her. Den hears as Sharon tries to seduce Lofty so slaps her; Angie then slaps Den and he slaps her back. Arthur and Pauline are relieved to receive a message that Mark is safe. Ali visits Dr Legg about his impotence; Legg says not to rush things. Michelle talks to Lou about pregnancy and Lou realises she is pregnant; Michelle cries in Lou's arms. The theme tune at the end of this episode does not feature the usual drum beats. | |||||
| 61 | Stephen Butcher | Chris Anstis | 13.50[81] | ||
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Dr Legg complains about the rubbish in Albert Square, including to the shopkeepers, market traders and DS Quick when he drops litter. Michelle takes a pregnancy test and tells Lou it is positive; Lou asks who the father is. Pauline and Arthur agree on a name for the baby. Den apologises to Sharon for hitting her and asks her not to act that way in future; Lofty tells Sharon he knows she was not being serious as nobody would actually find him attractive, while Den tells Lofty to tell Sharon to stop in future. Dot gives Saeed her shopping list and he recognises her handwriting from the note sent to Naima; he accuses Dot of writing it but she says she knows nothing about it. Ethel insists to Ali that Nick is reformed. Stuart visits Andy again. | |||||
| 62 | Stephen Butcher | Bill Lyons | 15.30[81] | ||
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Lou urges Michelle to tell her parents she is pregnant, but she is only able to tell Pauline; Pauline is supportive and says she will not tell Arthur and that she should get the pregnancy confirmed by a doctor. Ethel worries that Willy is constipated after Dr Legg's complaints about rubbish including dog faeces, but she later announces that any mess will have been made by Roly. Quick follows Nick and mentions that forged £20 notes are being circulated in the area; Quick later catches Kelvin and Lofty selling their sweaters without a licence so gives them a warning; Kelvin asks Saeed for change but Saeed says his £20 note is a forgery, so Kelvin says he knows exactly who gave it to him. Andy tells Debbie that Stuart has gone back to hospital after swallowing some pills by accident. | |||||
| 63 | Mike Gibbon | Jane Hollowood | 13.80[82] | ||
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Andy tells Debbie that Stuart has died and later rescues two kittens and brings them home to Debbie. Michelle's pregnancy is confirmed by the clinic and Lou decides Pauline will tell Arthur; he is angry at first and she later tells him she will never reveals the father's identitiy. Dr Legg is still annoyed about the rubbish and asks Den to put litter bins outside the pub. Dr Legg asks DS Quick to be less hard on Nick but Quick says he is making sure Nick cannot reoffend. Sharon talks to Mary about the possibility of having Annie christened and Mary sneaks food into her bag. Angie allows Nick back into the Vic, angering Den as they should make joint decisions, but she says it was not a joint decision when he took Jan out for dinner. Kelvin and Lofty return the forged note to Andy, who was unaware of it. | |||||
| 64 | Mike Gibbon | Valerie Georgeson | 15.10[82] | ||
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Pauline and Arthur's baby is diagnosed with gastroenteritis and has to be taken to hospital, so his christening is cancelled. Pauline tells Pete and Kathy that Michelle is pregnant; Lou, Pauline and Kathy discuss it and Kathy wonders if Michelle was forced into sex and then they make plans for Michelle to either have an abortion or stay with Kathy's sister in the later stages of her pregnancy, which Michelle overhears and is angry; Michelle then tells Sharon and says there is one option her family have not considered: she could kill herself. Pete is relieved when Ian says he sees Michelle as a sister, as it means he is not the father. Andy realises he got the forged note from Ali but Ali cannot return the money; Andy is later pleased when Debbie says she took £20 from his wallet and got Ali to change it up. | |||||
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| 65 | Julia Smith | Bill Lyons | 16.10[83] | ||
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Angie invites Debbie to join a ladies' darts team and in return, Debbie and Andy invite Angie and Den to dinner that night but Den leaves early to play poker. Michelle tells Kathy she was not raped, and then overhears her family talking about her having an abortion; she later calls the father saying they need to talk the next day as she is pregnant by him. Sharon thanks Angie for not letting her go on the pill as she now realises she was not ready to. Kelvin volunteers Tony to organise a carnival float and Tony is unable to get people to help; Lofty says it could be because they do not want to be the only white person on the float. Ethel offers to cover Dot's shift at the launderette as Dot goes into hospital, but it is a disaster as a machine overflows and she does not have any change. | |||||
| 66 | Julia Smith | Tony Holland | 17.75[83] | ||
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Michelle calls the father of her baby again; Den, Andy, Ali and Tony are on the phone at the same time and they all leave the Square at the same time; Michelle then meets the father; it is Den and he offers to provide for the baby and she asks for his opinion; he says she should keep the child if she wants it and she says nobody will ever find out as it could ruin his life, and explains that he did not take advantage of her and that he cannot be involved with the child; he confirms this will be his own natural child and she thanks him for listening. Pauline and Arthur's baby comes home from hospital, Debbie refuses to visit Andy's family with him and Lofty points out to Ethel that she has mixed up the laundry in the launderette. This is the fourth episode to use "Julia's Theme", which plays over the scene of Michelle and Den separating after their conversation. | |||||
| 67 | Stephen Butcher | Jane Hollowood | 15.95[84] | ||
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Michelle tells Dr Legg and then her parents that she is keeping her baby, and though her parents object at first, Arthur later says he will support her decision. Lofty helps Ethel get more customers at the launderette and she is excited to do Dr Legg's washing but panics when she turns his whites pink; she later gives Nick her keys because she left her purse behind. Debbie gets involved in Loftelian Enterprises. Pete worries when he hears someone is looking for him, though Lou is thrilled to see her grandson, Simon Wicks; Simon, Pete's son from his first marriage, arrives at the Vic later and meets his father and is introduced to the rest of his family. The women practice for their darts team. Ali tells Debbie he could visit her while Andy is away. | |||||
| 68 | Stephen Butcher | Charlie Humphreys | 16.60[84] | ||
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Michelle decides to go back to school. Ian resents Simon's presence and Kathy warns Pete not to get too attached to Simon. Arthur is in a mood but later tells Pauline he has come to terms with the fact he will be a grandfather. Debbie meets Ian, Kelvin and Lofty and Ian agrees with everything she says, having developed a crush on her. Angie picks her darts team and Den challenges her to a men versus women match after ignoring Angie's suggestion of marriage guidance. Having gained Ethel's trust, Nick gets her keys copied and enters Dr Legg's surgery; he takes some prescription forms and finds Kathy's medical records; when he sees Kathy, he makes it clear to her that he knows something about her. | |||||
| 69 | Mike Gibbon | Tony McHale | 16.20[85] | ||
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Nick makes comments to Kathy about her having another child, and Dr Legg cannot find Kathy's medical records. Pauline has a letter from Naima asking her to tell Saeed she is fine. Saeed has a letter from his father asking him to sell the shop and move to Bangladesh and he admits to Andy that Naima left him when she found out he was visiting a brothel via an anonymous note. Simon decides to stay in Walford but Kathy is unhappy that Pete allows him to move in; she finds pornographic magazines and assumes they are his but he says they are not so Pete realises they must be Ian's. Sheena Mennell arrives in Walford when her taxi breaks down; she quickly befriends Mary and gets the attention of most of the local men in the Vic. | |||||
| 70 | Mike Gibbon | Chris Anstis | 16.70[85] | ||
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The launderette is broken into and Dr Legg suspects his surgery was as well; he finds out that Nick has visited Ethel and Lofty in their flats in the same building. Nick heavily implies to Kathy that he knows she had a child when she was young. Simon says he will move out of Pete and Kathy's flat and tries to get a job at the Vic. Pete tells Ian to be careful where he leaves his pornographic material. Sheena invites Mary out again saying that men will buy them drinks and dinner, and tells Mary she works as a stripper. Michelle decides to tell everyone she is pregnant. Pauline passes on Naima's message to Saeed and he asks her to write back as he cannot sell their home and business without her approval. Debbie pulls out of helping Loftelian Enterprises as she believes it has no potential. | |||||
| 71 | Robert Gabriel | Peter Batt | 16.60[86] | ||
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Pete and Debbie both talk to Saeed about selling the shop but Andy tells Debbie off for doing so and Debbie asks Saeed too many questions. Nick tells Dr Legg he did not break into the surgery or the launderette; Nick later blackmails Kathy to keep quiet about the surgery break-in and give him £200 otherwise he will tell everyone she had a baby at 14. Simon accepts a live-in job at the Vic but Kathy is angry when Pete and Simon return home late and she refuses to cook a second dinner. Mary considers becoming a stripper and Sheena shows her how to dance erotically. Ali and Sue decide to buy a new house and Ali says he will arrange a mortgage but his sister-in-law, Guizin, visits Sue to say Ali has been gambling instead. | |||||
| 72 | Robert Gabriel | Harry Duffin | 16.85[86] | ||
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Angie arranges a romantic dinner but Den calls and says he will be late; Angie realises he is with Jan and that a set of golf clubs she found and assumed were for her are for Jan; Simon arrives to stay in the Vic and Angie flirts with him. Kathy gives Nick his first instalment and tells Pete that she used the money to buy a christening gift for Pauline. Kathy is annoyed when Pete does not come home for dinner again so she takes his dinner to the Vic and tips it on his lap when he complains it is cold. Ethel, Dot and Lou prepare to dress up as witches for Halloween. Mary practices dancing with Sheena but is embarrassed about it. Debbie talks more to Saeed about what his shop could be used for; Andy tells Debbie it is a stupid idea so she says it is just an exercise, which angers Saeed. | |||||
| 73 | Antonia Bird | Michael Robartes | 18.05[87] | ||
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On the day of Pauline and Arthur's baby's christening, Lou still wants him to be called Albert but Pauline refuses. Arthur wins a bet by sneaking a Walford Town FC rosette onto the baby's gown. Den does not attend but Simon stands in as a proxy godparent. Lou is delighted when the baby is named Martin Albert Fowler. Pete agrees to lend Michelle £200 towards a motorbike. Den arrives at the christening party but denies being with Jan and Michelle says he could not be bothered to go; he admits to Pete that he did not want to be godfather and is annoyed that he still is; Sharon tells Den he let everyone down. A drunk Ian tells Simon he is not part of the Square, and Kathy accuses Pete of only thinking of Simon and not Ian. Everyone then watches the christening video that Pete filmed. | |||||
| 74 | Antonia Bird | Bill Lyons | 19.25[87] | ||
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Sharon lays out practical jokes for Simon on his first day working at The Vic but Den and Ethel become the victims. Angie tries to arrange marriage counselling but there are no available appointments; she tells Pauline this and that she is arranging a ladies' night at the Vic; Den then puts itching powder in Angie's clothes. Kathy gives Nick more cash. Dot asks Tony to find out what Nick is doing because he has not asked her for any money for a while. Michelle has her motorbike and spends time with Lofty; Arthur wonders if he is the father of Michelle's baby. Andy wants to arrange a holiday with Debbie but is furious when she says she has resigned her job to start a business, saying she has thrown everything away and should have consulted him. | |||||
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| 75 | William Slater | Liane Aukin | 17.45[88] | ||
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Ethel tells Tony that Nick donated £3 to the fireworks fund and Tony tries to talk to Nick but Nick is not interested; Tony asks Arthur to speak to him instead. Pete finds out that Kathy pawned his cufflinks but she says it was just because they have been spending a lot of money lately and angrily leaves when he questions her further. Mary shows Lofty her dance moves but he says she should not be stripping; he tells Pauline, who talks to Mary but Mary says she needs to provide for Annie and it is none of her business. Dot is upset about not being invited to Martin's christening but Pauline tells her it was family and godparents only. Angie researches male strippers and advertises the upcoming ladies' night. Den tells Simon how he buys cheap spirits and pours them into bottles of more expensive brands at the Vic. | |||||
| 76 | William Slater | Jane Hollowood | 21.15[88] | ||
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Dot sees Kathy with Nick assumes they could be having an affair, so tells them not to. Pauline asks Michelle and Arthur asks Lofty if Lofty is the father of Michelle's baby but Michelle refuses to talk and Arthur confuses Lofty. Arthur refuses to talk to Nick. Angie asks to meet Jan but Den refuses. During ladies' night, Tony and Ali realise they and Den were all talking to Michelle around the same time and any of them could have been the father but they suspect Lofty. Kathy cries during ladies's night and admits to Tony that Nick has upset her; he tells Pete, who is angry. Kathy tells Pauline and Angie that Nick is blackmailing her, explaining that when she was 14 she was raped and had a baby and Nick stole her medical card and is threatening to tell Pete; Pauline says she should tell Pete to end the blackmail. | |||||
| 77 | Chris Clough | Gilly Fraser | 19.80[89] | ||
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Kathy tells Pete about Nick's blackmail and the circumstances of her rape: she got in a stranger's car who asked for directions, did not fight back when it happened and never told the police for fear of not being believed; Pete is angry, and Pauline warns Arthur, Tony, Ali and Saeed that Pete will be looking for Nick and to stop him getting violent; Pete arrives at the Vic and grabs Dot but is wrestled to the floor by the men. Saeed advertises the shop for sale and tells Tony he will move to Bangladesh. Sheena gives Mary a new look and Sue offers to look after Annie while Mary is working. Hannah tells Tony to spend more time with their daughter, Cassie, and that she will allow their divorce uncontested to save money on lawyers. Ali worries that he is still impotent. | |||||
| 78 | Chris Clough | Tony McHale | 20.90[89] | ||
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Arthur tries desperately to keep Nick and Pete apart; Pete is still angry with Kathy but later apologises with dinner. Arthur, Tony, Ali, Saeed, Lofty and Simon hold a meeting about Nick and agree they should catch him in the act and blackmail him, but Dr Legg warns them not to form a vigilante group to take revenge. Mary has her first stripping job but Dot believes she is doing social work and gets confused. Lofty is annoyed that Simon wins on fruit machines, with lottery tickets and betting on horses where Lofty loses every time. Tony looks after Cassie. Saeed tells Ali and Sue that someone else is interested in his flat. Debbie tells Andy she has been getting obscene phone calls; they argue over money but end up having sex and Andy asks Debbie to marry him as a practical solution but she calls it an ultimatum. | |||||
| 79 | Antonia Bird | Allan Swift | 19.95[90] | ||
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Debbie says she will think about marriage, while Andy says as the mortgage is in her name, she is solely responsible for paying it. Ali comments on Debbie's open relationship and later, Debbie receives a call at the same time Ali makes one; Andy confronts Debbie's nuisance caller. Dot tells Mary she heard rumours about her job and is concerned for Annie's moral welfare; Mary says Nick has no morals as he offered to be her pimp when she first moved in. Simon trains Ian at the boxing gym. Tony and Kelvin discuss Hannah's new partner, Neville Agard (Gordon Case). Arthur tries to film Kathy paying Nick but Nick sees and tells Kathy it will prove nothing. Pete assures Kathy that their relationship will not change. Lou collapses in the street and Nick is the person who goes for help. | |||||
| 80 | Antonia Bird | Rosemary Mason | 20.80[90] | ||
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Pete's friends record and photograph Nick with Kathy but realise their evidence proves nothing, so Pete says he will deal with Nick in his own way. Ali visits Debbie, prompting anger from Andy, and Debbie realises Ali is her nuisance caller; Andy tries to confront Ali but Debbie invites Ali and Sue to dinner instead, while Sue assumes Debbie is interested in wife swapping. Debbie tells Saeed she will not be buying his shop. Ian has his first big boxing match where Cassie cheers him on enthusiastically; Ali takes bets on Ian losing but Ian wins; Pete and Simon act like they won so Ian reminds Pete that he is the person who threw the punch, and says he is retiring from fighting. | |||||
| 81 | William Slater | Gerry Huxham | 20.65[91] | ||
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Pete beats up Nick in front of a crowd including DS Quick, who does nothing; Nick tells Dot he wants revenge but Dr Legg says he should move away. Mary asks Sheena to look after Annie at her flat; Sheena brings a man to the flat and they are interrupted by Sue; later, Sheena and the man go to the Vic and Sue finds Annie on her own so takes her; when Mary finds Sue's note, she angrily confronts Sheena but Sheena says if Mary was good at her job and not sent home early, she would never have known. Ali and Sue go to dinner with Andy and Debbie; Sue tells Ali that Debbie is accusing him of being her nuisance caller but then the man calls her. Lou refuses to go to hospital for tests but Pete begs her. | |||||
| 82 | William Slater | Susan Boyd | 21.60[91] | ||
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Lou still refuses to go to hospital but when Pete accuses her of being a scared old lady, she says she is going to hospital. News spreads about gangsters who murdered someone; Quick tells Pete that Nick would be scared of that gang, so Den, Pete, Simon, Tony and Ali confront Nick and Den tells him to pay back the money he took from Kathy, which he does, and leave Walford or Den will have him killed by the gang as he knows two of the members. Angie, Debbie and Ethel have a darts team meeting but Ethel is upset that she is only a reserve. Tony fears he has lost Cassie to Neville because she gets on well with him. Dr Legg talks to a woman called Ruth Lyons, mentioning Pauline and Lou; Angie sees them talking but fails to find out who the woman is. | |||||
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| 83 | Chris Clough | Hugh Miller | 19.15[92] | ||
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Lou is in hosptal; Dr Legg tells Pauline she probably has angina and will no longer be active around the house. Pete and Kathy have a romantic dinner to make a fresh start. Without a job, Debbie attends the Job Centre but is not eligible for benefits; she then tries to apologise to Sue but Sue accuses her of wanting to seduce Ali and then spreading lies about him; Debbie goes home but Andy leaves saying he wants a fun evening with friends, so Debbie cries. Den wonders if Kathy stole money from the till at the Vic as some has gone missing. Saeed tells Andy he is desperately lonely, envies him and that he is very lucky to have Debbie. Cassie spends time with Ian and Kelvin, upsetting Tony when she leaves him on his own. | |||||
| 84 | Chris Clough | Michael Robartes | 20.20[92] | ||
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Ruth, a social worker, visits Pauline and recommends extra help to care for Lou; Pauline agrees though Arthur worries someone will be interfering with their lives; the family then decide to organise a special Christmas for Lou. Den refuses to let Angie use his car to drive the darts team to their darts match so Angie takes the keys from his pocket, infuriating Den when he finds out; the team, without Angie, then return in a taxi and Den finds out from the landlord of the pub where the match took place that Angie left with a man; Sharon accuses Den of being jealous but he denies this. Ian is annoyed that his parents are kissing in public. Tony tells Den he thinks they are as bad as Nick because of how they acted towards him. Debbie continues to receive obscene telephone calls. | |||||
| 85 | Antonia Bird | Bill Lyons | 19.50[92] | ||
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Angie returns home drunk at 3 am in Den's car, which is scratched down one side; Lofty offers to respray it, while Angie insists to Sharon and Den that nothing happened with the man she was with the night before. Naima returns and sees her home up for sale and a closing down sale at the shop; she visits Debbie where she answers the phone and recognises the caller's voice, speaking Bengali to him. Pauline agrees to let Michelle move into Lou's bedroom permanently and Lou's new commode arrives. Dot confronts Den about Nick's leaving and reminds him that adultery is also a sin. Sue buys a dress for Annie, while Lofty knits a top for Annie to wear; Mary loves Lofty's creation and feels she has to be thankful to Sue despite not liking the dress. Ali and Sue discuss the possibility of having another child. | |||||
| 86 | Antonia Bird | Jane Hollowood | 20.20[92] | ||
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Den dislikes the spray job Lofty did on his car, so hoists him up on the rope being used to bring Lou's furniture downstairs through the window. Mary tells Lofty that Saeed visits the strip club where she works; Saeed later thinks Lofty knows about his obscene phone calls and almost reveals it, and Debbie later gives Saeed the number for the Samaritans. Naima visits Pauline and Saeed arrives; Pauline tells him that Naima has already left, so he goes to the shop and trashes it. Ethel's wages from the Vic are £10 short so Den and Angie suspect one of their employees of theft. Ethel manipulates Lofty into knitting blankets for Willy and Roly as her Christmas presents to them. Angie tells Debbie that Andy has been doing bar work to earn extra money and Debbie feels guilty about this. | |||||
| 87 | William Slater | David Ashton | 19.35[92] | ||
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Lou returns from hospital and is upset to discover she has been moved downstairs and Michelle reveals she has taken her room; Pauline convinces her that it is for the best, but Lou refuses to use the commode and says she needs the outside toilet restored. Ali is offered a £20,000 mortgage but Sue says it is not enough. Mary calls Saeed pathetic for watching women strip but he says he needed company. Debbie tells Andy she knows he has been working in a bar and that she does not want him to help her financially. WPC Alison Howard arrives at the Vic looking for a car that hit parked cars a few nights before; Den denies that it could have been his car and tells Angie never to drive his car again. Hannah tells Tony that Neville has moved in with her. | |||||
| 88 | William Slater | Rosemary Mason | 21.25[92] | ||
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Lou accepts her new bedroom when her family decorate it for Christmas but Pete and Kathy feel unable to tell her she cannot work on the market stall. Tony sympathises with Dot and agrees to help her put up Christmas decorations. Den discovers money has been taken from the jukebox and tells Kathy, Lofty and Simon that they will all be sacked in seven days if he does not find out who the thief is. Naima tells Pauline that her family have decided she will get the shop in her divorce; Pauline tells Naima to talk to Saeed because she cannot achieve anything if she does not. Cassie tells Tony that Neville spanked her and she refuses to go back home, but when Tony finds out she was looking for Christmas presents, he opines that Neville was right to spank her and takes her back to Hannah's. | |||||
| 89 | Chris Clough | Jim Hawkins | 23.40[92] | ||
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It is Christmas Eve and Pete tells Lou she is unable to work on the market but he sorts out the outside toilet for her. Naima and Saeed talk; she agrees she is partly to blame for their marriage breakup and says he will find someone more suitable in Bangladesh. Andy gives Debbie an engagement ring. Debbie advises Angie to admit the truth about the car to the police, so she asks for DS Quick's advice who says not to worry as it is not a major crime; Angie then reports this to the WPC Howard who asks her to make a statement later. Mary's father arrives and Mary pretends that Lofty is her boyfriend and she still has no job. Den and Angie kiss under the mistletoe, and everyone is happy except for a morose Saeed. | |||||
| 90 | Chris Clough | Tony McHale | 23.55[94] | ||
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Pete discovers he did something to Lou that he should apologise for but he does not remember; later on when everyone is drinking, he does it again. Angie finds cash in Sharon's bedroom and Sharon admits to stealing from the Vic so Den is forced to tell his staff that he made a mistake. Everyone who Den sold a radio to returns it for a refund as none of them work, apart from Ali who asks for an exchange. Mary tells Sue that she has found a professional babysitter, which upsets Sue as she thinks Annie will not be properly cared for. Naima visits Saeed and they talk about the good times in their marriage; Saeed says he needs to be his own person and work out who he really is. Lou tells Dot she should consider moving to the Square. Cassie arrives at Tony's flat with cuts and bruises on her face. Broadcast at 7:10 pm due to the changes in the Boxing Day schedule.[93] | |||||
| 91 | Julia Smith | Bill Lyons | 19.90[96] | ||
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Pauline receives money in the post and recognises the handwriting on the envelope as Mark's; the postmark is from Southend-on-Sea, so she, Arthur and Michelle travel there to look for Mark; they do not find him but when they arrive at the train station, they do not see Mark as he greets a woman, Ingrid, and two children, John and Melanie. Debbie removes her engagement ring as the engagement is still a secret; she is later mugged for her handbag, containing the ring; Quick tries to get her to identify the two male assailants but she cannot remember anything about them. Hannah visits Tony, saying that Neville hit Cassie a bit too hard and blames Tony for not being stern with her previously as she is now misbehaving; Hannah tells Tony that Cassie should be privately educated as Neville can afford it. Broadcast at 6:30 pm due to changes in the the New Year's Eve schedule.[95] | |||||
See also edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ Grantham's appearance in episode 79 is uncredited.
- ^ Taylforth's appearance in episode 47 is uncredited.
- ^ Watt's appearances in episodes 73 and 91 are uncredited.
- ^ Woodyatt's appearance in episode 41 is uncredited.
- ^ Davidson's appearances in episodes 88 and 91 are uncredited.
- ^ Credited as Dr Legg.
- ^ Ghosh is credited for one episode in which she does not appear.
- ^ a b c d e f The character is uncredited in the on-screen credits.
- ^ The character is uncredited. Annie is portrayed by two children and it is not known who plays her in which episodes, so the episode count is combined.
- ^ The character is uncredited in all but one of his episodes, in which he is credited as Baby Hassan. In Hassan's final episode, he is portrayed by a doll
- ^ Credited as Detective Sergeant Quick.
- ^ Fielding's appearance in episode 81 is uncredited.
- ^ Credited as W.P.C. The character's name is revealed in episodes in 1986.
- ^ Credited as D/S Rich.
- ^ Credited as 'Man' for two episodes, then as Mary's father for three episodes.
- ^ The police officer in episode 45; he is credited as policeman.
- ^ The character is called Gary but is credited as 'Chas'.
- ^ Credited as D/I Marsh.
- ^ Credited as Health Visitor.
- ^ a b c d e These characters are background extras, are uncredited and their number of appearances are unknown.
- ^ a b Maude and Lil are background extras and their number of appearances is unknown, but they is credited twice.
- ^ a b The viewing figures for these episodes are unknown as they are not in BARB's top ten programmes for that week. They are both less than 9.90 million and they average 8.34 million.
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- ^ Smith & Holland 1987, p. 115
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- ^ a b Smith & Holland 1987, p. 128
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- ^ Smith & Holland 1987, p. 136
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- ^ Smith & Holland 1987, p. 53
- ^ Smith & Holland 1987, p. 121
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- ^ Smith & Holland 1987, p. 162
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- ^ Brake 1994, p. 33
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- ^ Smith & Holland 1987, p. 78
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- ^ Smith & Holland 1987, p. 200
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