Summary[]
Faced with rejection, Roy takes drastic action. As Beppe's life hangs by a thread, Sandra confesses her true feelings.
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Frank makes Peggy breakfast in bed. Roy patches up the bruises and cuts on his face. Barry asks Pat where Roy was last night, and has a go at her, asking when Pat's leaving, because Roy paid for the house. Frank visits Roy and tells him to come and stay with him. Roy declines and says he's just got the holiday tickets for him and Pat. Barry arrives and asks what happened to Roy's face, and if it's definitely over. Barry tells him to see a solicitor, and it's his house. Roy tells Barry he's selfish, stupid and ignorant. Terry arrives and tells Roy that he needs a bath and he can stay with them. Roy looks worried and asks if Maureen is there. Terry says they'll stick together - safety in numbers, and hands Roy a key. Pat sees Irene who says how sorry she is to hear about her and Roy. Maureen asks keenly, "You're definitely not having your husband back?" Maureen also tells them and Frank that Beppe took a drugs overdose. Rosa has been at the hospital all night and Beppe is still ill. Steve takes his pills and looks terrible, and phones Billy, telling him to get down there now because he wants words! Beppe is much better and Rosa and Sandra come to see him. The doctor comes to run some tests and makes them go away before they've really had a chance to talk. Irene and Maureen arrive back from lunchtime bingo and find Roy dressed only in a towel after taking Terry up on his offer. Maureen tells him that's her towel, and she wants it back right now! Roy runs back upstairs in terror! Irene tells her to leave Roy alone, and besides she's going home tomorrow. Maureen asks Irene if she can stay longer. Then Irene goes out, and when she arrives back, Maureen is sitting at the bottom of the stairs saying she fell. Roy takes the cruise tickets to Pat and tells her to go with someone else. She takes his house keys off him and tells him to get out and she will give Roy's clothes to Barry. When Barry and Natalie come home, Pat is in tears. Natalie chats to her and Pat says she expected more of Roy. Gianni and Jackie are back on again and are passionate. Nicky tells Rosa she can't come to the hospital this afternoon because she has a maths tutorial, and when she realises that she'll be all alone, she does her hair differently and she asks Jackie if it suits her. After the tutorial Nicky asks her tutor to stay for coffee, but Sonia arrives at the door. Nicky tells him that she'll get rid of her, but when Sonia comes in, the tutor leaves quickly. Sonia grins and says she suspects Nicky wants to be teacher's pet. Beppe explains to Rosa why he had a drugs reaction, and that he unknowingly took the tablets in the desk drawer, and Rosa asks who uses the desk. Rosa wants to go and sort out Steve. Rosa confronts Steve in the Vic, and he says anyone could have wandered into the office. He swears that he didn't put them there and it's Billy, because he disappeared just before he found Beppe, and hasn't been back since. Frank chips in that if anyone's involved in drugs it's Billy, so Rosa believes Steve. Gianni goes to Jackie's and she's cooking. He interrupts her and she gets mad and slams a saucepan from the stove into Gianni's stomach. Dan buys Frank a drink. Frank awkwardly tells Dan that Peggy is going away next week, and Dan says OK and they'll cover for her. They drink to "getting on together". Roy arrives and tells Frank that he's decided that his life is ruined and he is going to tell the police exactly what he's done. |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Frank Butcher - Mike Reid
- Roy Evans - Tony Caunter
- Rosa di Marco - Louise Jameson
- Steve Owen - Martin Kemp
- Beppe di Marco - Michael Greco
- Sandra di Marco - Clare Wilkie
- Gianni di Marco - Marc Bannerman
- Jackie Owen - Race Davies
- Peggy Butcher - Barbara Windsor
- Pat Evans - Pam St. Clement
- Barry Evans - Shaun Williamson
- Natalie Evans - Lucy Speed
- Terry Raymond - Gavin Richards
- Irene Raymond - Roberta Taylor
- Dan Sullivan - Craig Fairbrass
- Teresa di Marco - Leila Birch
- Nicky di Marco - Carly Hillman
- Sonia Jackson - Natalie Cassidy
Recurring cast[]
- Maude - Doreen Taylor (uncredited)
Guest cast[]
- Maureen Carter - Diana Coupland
- Rodney Morris - Forbes Masson
- Doctor - Geoffrey Church
- Jim - Glen Cooper (Uncredited)
Notes[]
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 14,690,000 viewers (2nd place - combined figure including repeat).