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Episode 76 (7 November 1985)

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Summary[]

Nick ups the ante with Kathy. Arthur feels compelled to ask Lofty an awkward question. Pete gets more suspicious about what is going on with Kathy. The ladies' night is well attended and the final act well appreciated by most. Kathy opens up to Angie and Pauline.

Nick confronts Kathy on Pete's stall after watching him drive away, and demands another £20 from Kathy, despite her paying him £40 the previous week.

Pauline plans to take Lou to the ladies' night in the Vic but refuses to tell her that the night consists of a drag artist and a stripper.

Den hints to Angie he will be visiting his mistress in the evening to avoid the ladies' night.

Mary is nervous for her job audition as a stripper. Sheena visits her to take her to the audition.

Pauline asks Michelle if Lofty is the father of her baby, but Michelle vehemently denies. Arthur tries talking to Lofty to see if he is the father of Michelle's baby but has little success when Lofty fails to understand the point Arthur is making, amusing Den in the process.

Dot catches Kathy and Nick walking back to the Square from the playground and wrongly assumes they are having an affair.

Arthur then tries talking to Nick on Tony's behalf but once again has little success. Upon leaving the launderette, Arthur is approached by Pete who confides in him about his concerns for Kathy. Pete asks Arthur to talk to Kathy but he declines.

Angie tells Den that she wants to meet Jan, but Den tells her that he wants to keep the two women separate so they cannot upset each other. Angie gets annoyed at Den so he decides to stay at the Vic instead of visiting Jan.

Mary is delighted to have successfully bagged her new job as a stripper.

The ladies' night begins in the Vic and a confused Lou cannot understand why there is a drag artist and a stripper going around the pub. Dot is horrified to realise that there is a stripper in the Vic, but as she tries to get past him she is swept up by him.

Upstairs, Pete, Tony, Ali and Den discuss who the father of Michelle's baby could be. Ali and Tony recall finding Michelle drinking in the street and supporting her when she was most vulnerable, whilst Pete reminds Den that he was also close with Michelle at the time. The men agree they have their own suspicions on who the father could be and all stare at Lofty when he walks into the living room of the upstairs flat.

Tony walks downstairs and catches Kathy crying in the hallway. He asks Angie to see if Kathy is all right and she does, along with Pauline. Kathy breaks down as Nick's blackmailing overwhelms her. Kathy tells Angie and Pauline that she was raped when she was fourteen and off the back of it had a baby. Upstairs, Pete is informed of Nick upsetting Kathy. Pete rages and threatens to kill Nick. Den tells Pete that they need to take Nick down once and for all, by getting him jailed. Pete rushes downstairs and into a distraught Kathy.

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  • Radio Times synopsis: 'What a caring little community we are. Everybody minding everybody else's business. Sweet.'
  • Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 21,150,000 viewers (chart placing unknown).
November 1985 episodes
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