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Episode 1510 (29 September 1997)

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Summary[]

Vanessa introduces Barry to Mr Marks, a city businessman, who agrees to do a deal. Mary is introduced to the Square and takes a liking to Joe. Bianca is getting annoyed with Diane and tries to find her a job. Nigel is appalled to hear that Clare and her friends have been making bullying remarks about Sonia and tries to patch up their friendship split by inviting Sonia to supper. Ian tackles the strangers in the parked car and is relieved to discover they are from the DSS and are not after Lucy.


Ian sees Nigel and mentions they brought Mary back from Ireland with them. Mary helps Pauline in the launderette, and Joe comes in with his washing. She chats him up immediately. She helps Mark on his stall later and as soon as Joe appears at Bianca's stall she runs over there to chat to him again. Joe's oblivious, but Mark realises very quickly what Mary's up to. He tells her she's wasting her time, and then she says Simon's not bad either and Mark laughs and says she'd really be wasting her time there.

Lorraine and Joe chat in the café and Joe moans that Sarah's always too busy for him. Lorraine is a bit miserable in her new job too and says it's different up north, they have a nicer way of telling you to shove off when you're trying to sell them cosmetics. A suspicious looking couple in a red Escort hang around the Square and Carol is paranoid they are watching her, while Ian is paranoid they are about to snatch Lucy for Cindy. He finally goes up to them and asks them what they're doing, introducing himself as the owner of the business they're sitting outside. They say in that case they will be talking to him as they are from the DSS watching one of his employees who is signing on as well as working. Ian is relieved, and they are irritated at his pleasure and dismissal of them as irrelevant, so warn him it is an offence for an employer knowingly to employ someone who is also signing on.

Barry and Vanessa have a "meeting" with the business partner for her big deal. He is initially snobby towards Barry's background of used car dealing, and says that he's not sure he wants to let him in on it; all of which is carefully calculated to make Barry all the more determined to stay in on the deal. Vanessa pretends to be annoyed and says the deal will be off without Barry, so the businessman apologises and agrees to the deal. He also makes it plain that they're dealing with someone who will only work with cash.

Bianca buys Diane the newspaper to look for a job, and to visit the housing office to find somewhere to live, as Diane is back with them after her short stay at Pat's, and Bianca is not pretending she's happy to have Diane and Jacques staying any longer.

Carol's paranoid fears are finally realised as two large men walk up to her and offer to walk her home in case anything happens to her, as she's an attractive woman and it would be a shame to spoil her looks. She's terrified and when they reach her house uneventfully they tell her to make sure her boy doesn't testify!


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Notes[]

  • Diane Butcher (Sophie Lawrence) and Jacques Butcher (Jack Snell) are both uncredited despite appearing in this episode.
  • Two other characters - Parker and Miss Mortimer - played by unknown actors are also uncredited.
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