Summary[]
Kathy decides to see the sights of Paris on her own. The trip to France also opens old wounds for Tiffany and Grant. Meanwhile, Bianca decides to make the most of her last day in Paris.
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Bianca has now decided to keep the baby after her little chat with Diane. Diane produces all her old baby clothes which she puts into a large holdall and gives to Bianca. Bianca tells her that she will tell Ricky over a romantic lunch before they go home, and she and Diane go out to celebrate. Meanwhile, Thomas tells Ricky that he is off to tour with his band and his relationship with Diane might be over if he leaves her behind, but she can't take Jacques. In his native tribe, the women's family would look after her children and suggests if Ricky and Bianca could look after Jacques for a few months. Ricky is horrified at the suggestion and refuses. Thomas goes home in a sulk and throws all the baby clothes out of the holdall and packs his things and leaves. Diane returns home after her trip with Bianca and finds the mess and starts to cry a bit. Tiffany and Grant have an agreement that they will tour the Bastille, which is Grant's idea of fun, and then they will go shopping, which is Tiffany's choice. When they arrive at the Bastille metro stop they get out and Grant is disappointed to find no prison with torture chambers. Tiffany reads the guide book and says that apparently the Bastille was razed to the ground after the revolution and all that remains is a row of stones. They look at the little marks on the pavement. After an expensive day, they return to the hotel and Grant whinges about the expense. Tiffany says he's very generous and gives him a snog. The phone rings - it's Bianca. She's calling to gossip with Tiffany, so Grant says he's off to have a cold shower and he leaves them chatting. Bianca then goes to meet Ricky and tell him her news. Ricky gets in first with an apology about ignoring her and taking Jacques off, and a confession that he didn't really like looking after Jacques, and he only did it because she was so reluctant, he wanted to show her that he could manage. However, he isn't really keen on children at all, and he hated it. Bianca changes her mind about telling him he's about to have one of his own. Ricky also tells Bianca about Thomas' incredible request, and she reassures him that it is totally impossible for them to look after him, and a ridiculous request. Kathy goes shopping and ends up chatting to an English woman in a café who advises her to get a good lawyer for her divorce, and suggests one she used. When she returns, the hotel room is trashed, and Phil has returned. In the hotel bar, Phil appears as Tiffany is waiting for Grant and Kathy, and he is totally drunk and hardly able to stand up. Grant appears and Phil starts on him - saying that he is a hypocrite for blaming him for having an affair when he went off with Lorraine. Tiffany runs off crying. Phil and Grant continue arguing. Phil says that Grant deliberately told him to tell Kathy just to split them up. Grant is furious and Phil says he supposes that Grant wishes now that when they had the fight in the Arches and he nearly killed Phil. Phil adds "Well, I wish you had too." Kathy appears and looks disapprovingly at Phil. Phil says that it's Kathy who drove him to drink and she should consider her past - Richard Cole for instance, and Wilmott-Brown, she seems to attract trouble for all the men she meets, and second hand goods are always more trouble than they're worth! Grant is furious, and the three of them decide to go home and leave Phil to his own devices. Grant hands him his ticket and tells him they are leaving. Phil follows them out to the taxi and attacks Grant who sidesteps and Phil falls over. |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Phil Mitchell - Steve McFadden
- Kathy Mitchell - Gillian Taylforth
- Grant Mitchell - Ross Kemp
- Tiffany Mitchell - Martine McCutcheon
- Bianca Butcher - Patsy Palmer
- Ricky Butcher - Sid Owen
- Diane Butcher - Sophie Lawrence
- Jacques Butcher - Jack Snell
Guest cast[]
- Thomas - Robbie Gee
- Marianne - Rosemary Martin
Notes[]
- This extra special episode was broadcast on Friday 29th August at 8pm and was shot totally on location in Paris.