Summary[]
Debbie spends the day getting a big dinner prepared for Roy and collecting for the ladies' darts team publicity. As the darts team secretary, she collects a pound from each member. Sue is still upset about the flat and tells her she isn't playing any more since Angie is a bad influence.
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Angie hears Den on the phone to Jan, his mistress. Den tells Angie and Sharon that following Angie's criminal conviction, they have to appear as a happy family in front of the customers and do nothing wrong. Angie tells Sharon she will do it to keep Den from going back to Jan. Naima is visited by Beresford and Vic, two members of The Firm, offering protection. Naima is scared and calls the police but nothing happens. DS Quick goes to dinner with Debbie and Andy. Andy brings Naima and he is annoyed when Debbie agrees with everything DS Quick says and sabotages Debbie's dessert! Debbie angrily calls off their engagement but Andy refuses to help when she cuts her hand. Sue leaves the darts team because of Angie's criminal record so Ethel assumes she will replace her. |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Debbie Wilkins - Shirley Cheriton
- Andy O'Brien - Ross Davidson
- Den Watts - Leslie Grantham
- Angie Watts - Anita Dobson
- Sharon Watts - Letitia Dean
- Naima Jeffery - Shreela Ghosh
- Sue Osman - Sandy Ratcliff
- Pauline Fowler - Wendy Richard
- Arthur Fowler - Bill Treacher
- Michelle Fowler - Susan Tully
- Pete Beale - Peter Dean
- Kathy Beale - Gillian Taylforth
- Simon 'Wicksy' Wicks - Nick Berry
- Kelvin Carpenter - Paul J. Medford
- Tony Carpenter - Oscar James
- Ethel Skinner - Gretchen Franklin
- George 'Lofty' Holloway - Tom Watt
Guest cast[]
- Detective Sergeant Roy Quick - Douglas Fielding
- Beresford - Winston Crooke
- Vic - Peter Corey
Locations[]
- The Queen Victoria - Public, hallway and upstairs flat
- 43 Albert Square - Kitchen and backroom
- 45 Albert Square - Backroom
- Bridge Street Market
- Foodstore
- Launderette
- Al's Café
Notes[]
- Radio Times synopsis: 'Funny, they call marriage an institution, makes it sound like a mad house.'
- Viewing Figures - UK broadcast: 20,500,000 viewers (2nd place - combined figure including repeat).
- This episode was to be broadcast on Drama on 12 October 2018 but was unavailable and Drama skipped to 23 January 1986.
- It is believed that the wrong 1" tape for 29 August 1985 was copied to D3 and Digi and the 1" tape was subsequently junked.
- Low quality VHS recordings survived of both the original and UKTV repeat. A copy was sent to Kaleidoscope by Ray Langstone.
- The omnibus broadcast of 26 January 1986 does not exist either.
- This episode was repeated on UK Gold on 16 March 1993 and 7 January 1997.
- PBS in South Florida broadcast this episode in 1996 and then later recycled the tape.
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