Ben s old friendship with a celebrity dentist causes problems, while Susan finds a new friendship at an Albanian airport and her loyalty to Ben is put to the test.
A Duchess keeps appearing in the tabloids canoodling withher police bodyguards. What the Super needs are two completely unappealing detectives...
Depressed vicar Dennis Sparrow is conducting the funeral of ex-Bayview resident Jimmy, but is making heavy weather of the eulogy and later he tells Tom and Diana that he is losing his faith. Geoffrey is back with Marion but their life is far from being a
With Jean opening up a new branch of her secretarial agency Sandy and Judy have different ideas who should be in charge of it.
Susan gets an audition as a presenter of a pre-school TV show alongside a puppet monkey after a producer hears her reading to children in the library. There is however one other applicant, Janey, resulting in fierce competition and dirty tricks.
An old friend of Thermoman s takes over Piers body and tries to put Thermoman out of the superhero business.
After Lionel walks in on Sandy in the bathroom Jean decides to add a second bathroom. But, things don t go as planned.
Grim and Boyle enlist the help of Fowler and his officers to search the home of a suspected drug-dealer, and Goody finds the drugs in the kitchen. But the too-obvious location, Boyle s discretion and Grim s comfortableness lead Fowler to believe something
Friday 9th April 1999: The canteen is being painted over the weekend. But when the decorators arrive early, Bren has to cope with all manner of inconvenience.
Sharon and Tracey are working at a casino and agree to take part in a publicity stunt in which Sharon appears to win a million pounds. The sisters are unaware however that they have been set up as thieves by the owner.
Gary s new career as an entertainer in 1941 is taking off, as is his trade in rare wartime records and amateur dramatics in 1993, but the stress of such ventures is taking a toll.
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It s Christmas Eve and the entire family is coming over to enjoy the imminent festivities. Everyone has the best intentions, but stress levels gradually rise, and there s seemingly only a matter of time until an epic blowout.
Mike and Alison welcome their first guests to the BandB, determined to get a five-star review. The Plaguers idolise Thomas, and Pat teaches Mary the joys and pitfalls of package holidays.
Jean decides to turn the spare room into Lionel s office. But, plans change when Judy announces that Sandy has just broken up with her live-in boyfriend and has nowhere to go. So the women decide she must move in. Which makes Lionel more than a little unc
A new computer game craze hits Abbey Grove School, affecting both pupils and staff.
Worried about what people may say about her life, Miranda decides to try and do some good.
When Ben and Susan discover that Michael is seeing a therapist, Susan is worried and goes straight for the therapist herself. Meanwhile, Ben thinks a father-son chat will sort out the problem.
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Lionel starts building model boats as a way to pass the time. Jean worries about Lionel. Alistair trys to get Lionel to work on another book.
Jean and Lionel finally set a date for the wedding. While the women are planning the wedding, Lionel finally finishes his script for the miniseries.
The girls are short of money, and go to see bank manager Martin Mann. But they suffer a bout of giggles after Tracey calls him Mr Mann , and he refuses to lend to the wives of bank robbers - particularly as he was the bank manager Darryl and Chris robbed
The day of Gary and Dorothy s wedding arrives and both of them are having second thoughts. Tony, however, is ""on a promise"" if the wedding goes ahead.
Tracey receives an endowment policy for Garth in the post, and finds herself facing a dilemmaĆ¢‚¬¯should she hand the money over or take Sharon s advice and squander it on herself?
Michael succeeds in placing the whole family on "The Weakest Link", but Anne Robinson is about to raise more difficult questions than expected.
Gary and Tony set out to celebrate Gary s stag night after Dorothy decides that it s time Gary showed ""real committment"" by marrying her. Gary suggests to Dorothy that buying a dog together might be an alternative!
Monday 21st June 1999: A bad atmosphere hangs over the canteen as Jean is in a foul mood following her husband Keith s decision to leave her for a Welsh dental hygienist.
William concocts a daring plan to cure a deluded patient.
Janey is appalled when her mother comes to visit her at university - especially when she begins to reminisce about her own student days. Meanwhile, Ben s plans for a relaxing round of golf do not go according to plan.
To impress Lucy, Lee starts training for a 10 kilometre Fun Run only to injure himself immediately. In an effort to hide the injury from Lucy, he gets himself a secret sports massage, but this just leads to more trouble.
The gang head to Fleet Street to stop the news sheets from printing lies about Nell.
Alison and Mike invite Barclay to discuss the land sale but are quickly forced to play hardball. Meanwhile, the ghosts become fixated on solving the mystery of Kittys death.
Sharon struggles to run the cafƩ alongside the pool business.
The Fawltys take a holiday and leave Polly and Manuel to run the place just as O Reilly s builders come to redo the lobby.
Ben is overjoyed when Mark, Kenzo s wealthy, successful father reappears and encourages him to propose to Janey. Susan, on the other hand, believes that Craig s feelings for her daughter are sincere and gives him her blessing. Roger, due to a misunderstan
Martin is very depressed about the end of his relationship with Clare; Mandy has a close encounter with Brian Kennedy, a lecturer from her old university; Martin and Mandy find out what Matthew has been writing in his secret journal.
The big day at Button House has arrived, but some freak weather disrupts everyones plans.
Diana collapses and is rushed to hospital where Baines tries, unsuccessfully to cop off with the lady doctor. Diana, wrongly, gets it into her head that she is dying of cancer and asks Tom to get her some sleeping pills so that she can end it all quickl
The wedding day has finally arrived, but will they go through with it? Will Uncle Bryn finally admit to what happened on the fishing trip and will Nessa do what she knows she must?
Desperate for cash, Mike and Alison rent the house to a film crew making a period drama “ a move that pushes both Thomas and the old houses floorboards to breaking point.
One day Laura arrives at a gas station and discovers that Gordon is now working there. He is causing more trouble then ever and is holding up lots of people. Meanwhile the new manager Alan Digby is having trouble when Gordon gets on his nerves. Gordon has
Tracey considers a move to the country, as Garth settles into the flat above the cafƩ.
Lionel is still worried about his money future and Alistair suggests he sell the country house. Lionel and Jean decide that they should sell the house but, who is going to tell Mrs. Bale and Lol they are out of jobs. Lionel and Jean go to the country to i
Jean wants to get on the Internet. Allistar makes an annoucement which leads to his reconcilation with Judy. Meanwhile Harry breaks his leg and that leads to his reconcilation with Sandy.
Susan s feathers are ruffled when Nick lands the plum part of Jesus in an amateur theatrical production, leaving Susan to play the rather less demanding part of Shepherd Number Two. Ben, meanwhile, has an extremely painful toothache to contend with, and i
Alastair finally proposes to Judy and she eventually accepts. But the trouble starts when Judy finds out the circumstances of his proposal. Also, will the couple buy the house next door to Lionel and Jean?
George takes the law into his own hands when he joins a neighbourhood watch scheme
Thursday 5th August 1999: Bren is excited by the prospect of going to Marbella with Tony. Meanwhile, Stan and Petula have less reason to be joyful.
Two tough detectives are required to go undercover at a monastery. Unable to find any, the Super employs Briggs and Louis.
On an otherwise typical Monday morning, Bren s canteen is thrown into crisis when Norman the bread man fails to deliver the granary torpedoes. Should she sign the docket or not? Meanwhile, Jean is preoccupied with planning her daughter s wedding and findi
Gasforth Football Club is about to play Premiership team Chelsea, and Mayoress Wickham orders Fowler and his officers to personally see to it that nothing goes wrong in exchange for her recommending him for an MBE. However, things get complicated when the
Constable Habib finds her younger sister holding drugs during a drug raid in a rave club, and hides the drugs to protect her, but she is discovered and charged for withholding evidence. Fowler, unhappy with the injustice, does his best to protect Habib.
Maeve butts heads with a prickly professor. Oceans apart, will her connection with Otis sizzle or fizzle? An attempted nude leads to a hairy situation.
Its coming up to Christmas, and Mikes mum is staying. Betty wants to be helpful, but it isnt long before she is driving Mike and Alison round the bend. Betty has overstayed her welcome, but Alison and Mike dont quite have the heart to tell her
A burglar makes a daring raid on the local supermarket just as Del and family are out buying their weekly French stick. What s worse, Del sold him a duff watch down the local market...
Dorothy talks Gary into getting rid of his 25-year-old sofa. Gary reminisces about the events his sofa has witnessed .
Susan has taken to asking an increasingly disturbed Michael for advice on make-up and clothes now that Janey has left for university. The arrival of Ben s cousin s daughter in the Harper household could provide a solution - but Ben is reluctant to give up
George decides to throw a surprise 30th-birthday party for Janet.
Tuesday 21st December 1999: It s nearly Christmas and all Bren s festivities are currently amounting to are three Carry On films and some spaghetti hoops. Meanwhile, the other ladies indulge in a bit of a flutter, and Stan has a bone to pick with Philippa
Gary s fictitious job with Ron may provide an alibi for his trips to 1941, but it doesn t pay the rent. The 1994 vintage record market may provide the solution.
Due to the death of Susan s friend, mortality is suddenly on everyone s mind, which results in Ben writing his will, Nick working at an undertakers, and Susan using the Internet to predict Ben s death.
After 30 years of watching and waiting, Superintendent Cottam ropes the boys into helping him catch notorious bullion thief, Ronnie Richardson.
Martin meets a nurse named Clare, who agrees to go out with him. She tells him that she wants to lose her virginity. After a few mishaps, Martin finally makes love to her. Meanwhile, Matthew decides to stay in bed, and Mandy resolves to become celibate.
Gary is due to appear in court after a drinking spree in 1941. He looks destined to lose his licence, his job and could well lose his wife, but she has marriage guidance in mind.
Daddy has ended up at the toy store and is "improving" a few toys with the help of a screw driver. This results in Hyacinth and Richard having to go into town to solve the problem, where Hyacinth fears for her status when meeting Mrs. Counsellor Nugent.
On Customs and Excise duty, Briggs and Louis find themselves trapped in the back of a pilchard lorry - with a large quantity of diamonds.
The Meldrews and Mrs Warboys get stuck in Bank Holiday traffic.
Gordon seems to be spending a lot of time with Laura while Helen and the children are on holiday. Everyone thinks that there is something going on between Gordon and Laura. Gordon is planning to take Laura to the dance which is being held at the centre. T
Sharon attracts interest from an unexpected quarter, while Tracey pays a surreptitious visit to a clinic.
Susan is accused of shoplifting, and as if the forgetfulness, mood swings, and night sweats weren t enough of a problem, she also has to put up with Ben defending her in court.
The boys television has been repossessed and they are at a complete loss, they cannot find anything to keep them occupied, they have tried to do the crossword. Richie decides to challenge Eddie to a game of chess, even though they don t have all the piec
Gary has to decide between keeping Tony as a flatmate and living with Dorothy. He finally decides to ask Tony to leave. Tony moves to a room in ""The Crown"". Then Dorothy announces that she s decided to move in with Deborah! Tony tries to prove his love
Tracey manages a boys football team, while Dorien finds a psychic who will change her life. In the end, the two worlds collide.
When Sharon And Tracy find out that their real father could be actor George Hamilton, Dor takes them on a trip to Hollywood to try and find out for sure. But chaos ensues when they sneak onto the backlot of George s new movie.
Shortly after they wed, janet goes into labor. The baby has super powers and can talk, which is normal for Thermian babies.
Our heroic couple find out that they re pregnant in this episode. As part of the pregnancy George endows Joyce with Ultronian powers, which she the uses to go about saving the day. The sub plot is Mrs. Raven convincing Piers that he is going to be on ""
When the ghostly visions return to haunt Alison, Mike must reassure her that there is a rational, medical explanation “ a comforting theory about which he could not be more wrong.
Fowler and Grim clash over their views of handling juvenile troublemakers so they decide to take them on a retreat. Further tension arises when Goody punches a teenage skinhead for racially abusing Habib and is subsequently charged for assault.
In a hilarious attempt to get over Gary, Miranda tries to reinvent herself.
Suspended after an unfortunate incident involving a suspected bomb in a briefcase, Briggs and Louis decide to gain favour by nicking some serious East End villains.
As an attempt to get Ollie to eat his vegetables, George gets Ultroneon GM vegetables, with unfortunate side-effects. He then makes the minke whale extinct by using it to plug a volcano! Piers decides that Thermoman has gone too far, and makes a campai
In the present and wartime 1944, both Gary and Phoebe find themselves being refused entry into higher society circles.
Wicky is on his way to clean up after a tragic death at a stately home, but theres a shaman on the scene as well, and he has his own mystical agenda.
After Susan finds marijuana in Michael s room, which he got from his friend, Bex, she decides to teach him a lesson; she soon finds herself scrambling after confiscating the evidence.
Love is in the air for Tracey s son, Garth, but the course of true love runs anything but smoothlyĆ¢‚¬¯particularly when Dorien takes a hand.
Louis witnesses a brutal crime of passion while confined to a wheelchair, but has trouble convincing Briggs that it wasn t all in his mind.
Janet feels George is taking her for granted. Pete was fixing the window glass when he cut himself and Janet was looking at the cut when George walks in. Pete leaves and Janet tries to make George jealous but George is calm about it. Piers is engaged to Caro
Daddy runs off to join the Foreign Legion. Hyacinth and Richard manage to find him, but he escapes again and runs riot at an art gallery - The same art gallery that Hyacinth and Richard have been invited to!
Basil wants none of that going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
It s Gordon s day off and Colin puts on a suit, but it looks like he is the manager of the centre. This is because Colin s daughter Stephanie is coming to Whitbury Newtown Leisure Centre so she can see her father. He wants everyone to think that he is the
Everyone keeps telling Tony that he s getting fat, so he tries to lose weight. Tony discovers that Gary has £33,000 in his savings account and soon everyone knows about it. Dorothy persuades Gary to make a donation to the hospital appeal fund but every
When Briggs and Louis, helped by a mysterious Commanch Chief, go on the hunt for a sacred Indian carving, they soon find themselves on the trail of tragedy, death and disaster...
Can the Ghosts get back into Alisons good books after she gives them the biggest telling off of their lives/deaths? Alison and Mike learn that relaxation is harder than it looks.
MI5 gets wind of a novel about to be published called ""The Coldest of Wars"" that s going to ""blow the lid off MI5"". When Peter reveals that his wife Sarah, who works for a publisher, has just been reading a manuscript by the same name, he and Dexter a
Wicky faces the ultimate test of self-control: a job in a pub, after hes promised his new girlfriend hell stay off the booze.
The Shipmans drive down to Wales for the wedding fayre. After an eventful trip to church to hear the banns being read, Nessa confides in Stacey her big secret.
Sharon has toothache, but won t go to the dentist. When Dorien tries to help, the result is chaos.
Much to his and everybody else s astonishment, Briggs is chosen to be best man at a colleague s wedding. When he discovers just who the bride s father is, Briggs isn t exactly keen either...
Tuesday 29th February 2000: Tony and Bren s future is riding on her success on Totally Trivial. Yet while she prepares for her big moment, Stan and the girls receive bad news regarding the canteen.
Nell sets out to rescue George, and Rasselas finally confronts Sofia.
George gets himself a new life insurance policy and then kills himself to claim the cash. Now he has to figure out how to come back from the dead with Janet s help, or at least, Janet has to help him sort out another mess - yet again! This is easier said
Susan attends a neighbour s book club. Michael runs a booking agency exclusively for Roger, while Ben books a seat on the sofa but gets a new assistant too close to home.
It s Christmas and Miranda would like a relaxing and fun time without her parents.
Yvonne is in line for a work promotion, while Gary needs to decide which life to choose. Life in 1941 is appearing increasingly more attractive.
Following the death,alone, of a resident, Tom puts himself forward as a counsellor to aid and comfort the terminally ill. A new female resident arrives and has afternoon delight with old Basil. Some time later Basil seems to be dying and Tom rushers to
Richard has had to take early retirement. Sadly for him, Hyacinth has many plans for his future.
While Ben and the gang are at pub quiz, Ben becomes angry when it is brought to his attention that someone is cheating and he decides to take matters into his own hands. However, his bite might not match his bark.
Hyacinth is shocked to see a strange man wearing only a towel emerge from Elizabeth s house, thus she tells Richard they will have to move house. However her opinions change when discovering who the man really is. Meanwhile Daddy has gone missing.
Jean and Lionel take a parental interest in Harry, Sandy s policeman boyfriend. Yet, the affairs of the younger generation seem to diminish in importance when Jean receives a phone message from an old flame.
Tragedy brings a familiar face back to Moordale. Jean s saving grace is Otis worst nightmare. Ruby does recon. Aisha asks out Cal ” but there s a twist.
Alison has invited Lucy to come to Button House for a sleepover, but after a concerning meeting with the solicitor, Alison must work out if Lucy is really who she says she is.
George looks into the mind s of people and discovers what they are really thinking. He is not at all happy about it and Janet gets him out of it once again and none too gently.
When a German damsel turns up in the Nag s Head, she s definitely in distress - and nine months pregnant at that. Rodney s all beer and sympathy, but Del s got an idea - could this be the answer to Boycie and Marlene s dreams of a child and a golden oppor
Jean s brother Steven and his wife are expected for another visit. As they are considered a rather dull couple by the Hardcastles, it is most surprising that they arrive via separate modes of transportation to announce that they are having a tiff.
Sharon and Tracey attend a school reunion. Margie is still a bully, and Poxy Loxy is as leery as ever - though he does give Tracey a perfect chance to play a wicked prank. Meanwhile, Dorien meets someone from the past.
After a botched amputation, surgeon Robert is put under pressure by the royal physician.
Will a team of rival surgeons be able to save Dr Hendrick?
While Alison and Mike gear up to make a big investment, the Captain and Kitty work together with the other ghosts to solve an unfolding mystery before its too late.
Its a nervous Mikes first night alone in the house when some uninvited guests set the ghosts on a mission to defend their treasured home.
Sharon and Tracey receive a solicitor s letter from Ireland and, with Dorien also having business there, the three girls embark on what could be a very important journey.
George and Arnie discover a way to filter out prejudices in peoples brains. This sounds like a good idea until the brains get muddled up
Briggs and Louis are assigned a case protecting the eggs of a newly-discovered breeding pair of red kites. Teir lack of enthusiasm soon turns to panic as the eggs are stolen.
Pestered by his ex-wife, Fowler reluctantly agrees to let his son Bill stay with him and Dawkins for a fortnight. When Dawkins overhears Bill making love to his girlfriend in the bedroom, she becomes envious and attempts to talk Fowler into going to see a
George starts doubting his invincibility, and starts disapperaing.
Sharon s order book is empty, and Dorien has had her credit card limit slashed.
Just as Lionel is getting used to his new leisurely lifestyle, Jean steps up her pace at work and home. Jean decides to see a psychotherapist to help her with wanting to stop working but, not wanting to ""retire"".
After she has been accused of selfishness, Diana goes to work as a volunteer at a charity for elderly people and takes up the cause of an old lady about to be evicted by unscrupulous estate agent Janet Follett. Diana learns that Ms. Follett is Baines
Tracey and Sharon hit on a name for their new cleaning business: Maids of Ongar . After a strenuous day s work though Sharon begins to feel ill.