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EastEnders - Series 2

EastEnders

Run Time: 30 mins

Air Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1986

Average Rating: ⭐ 4.1 (215 votes)

BBC One

105 Episodes

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Season 2 - Episode 1

1986 in Walford starts with the Fowlers taking a trip to Southend to find Mark. On finding him, one of the first thing he and Michelle reali...

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Season 2 - Episode 2

Den gets an early call from David in Ilford. Angie thinks it was Jan but is even more irritated when she learns that Den is up to his eyebro...

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Season 2 - Episode 3

Angie is at the Walford nick giving her statement about the car accident and they telephone Den since she says she took the car without perm...

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Season 2 - Episode 4

Den and Kathy go to court with Angie leaving Debbie to take care of the pub lunches and Simon and Lofty to manage the bar. Debbie goes a bit...

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Season 2 - Episode 5

Ali calls about the flat at 47B to arrange for a look. Sue is anxious to see it so it is agreed that they can see it the same day. Ali gets ...

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Season 2 - Episode 6

Two blokes have been in the shop flexing muscles and threatening violence if Naima doesn't cough up protection money, and the old Bill don't...

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Season 2 - Episode 7

As Ali and Sue open the café before dawn, Beresford and Victor get out of their Merc and force their way in. Victor puts Ali's arm in a lock...

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Season 2 - Episode 8

Andy is surprised when Debbie brings Naima home followed by DS Quick who is lugging a Zed bed for the front room. He is quite upset when Deb...

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Season 2 - Episode 9

Beresford and Victor are waiting outside the café in Beresford's Mercedes when Ali and Sue open up. Victor goes in to collect the first week...

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Season 2 - Episode 10

Den closes the bar early after Jan appears with the news that her dad died. As soon as Angie realises who the new arrival is she shoots upst...

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Season 2 - Episode 11

Sharon comes downstairs to the bar and just stares at Jan who tries to explain how her situation with Den happened. Sharon doesn't say anyth...

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Season 2 - Episode 12

Lou tells Ethel that she gave Simon Albert's watch. Pauline overhears and is upset with Lou for giving the watch to Simon. Pauline claims it...

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Season 2 - Episode 13

Some thugs show up in the Square looking for Simon. Angie hits up Dot for her sleeping pills to add to her collection. The café and shop are...

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Season 2 - Episode 14

Angie plumbs the depths of despair when Den tells her he's moving out. Wicksy's true motive for returning to the Square comes to light when ...

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Season 2 - Episode 15

Ethel puts posters around the square trying to find her missing little Willie. Angie sends her off early from her cleaning at the pub so she...

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Season 2 - Episode 16

Den returns early morning in a cab as Angie covers for him telling Sharon he is walking Roly. Sharon is in a bad mood and nasty to both of t...

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Season 2 - Episode 17

Tony takes his laundry to the launderette and Dot tells him all about her date the night before with "a darky" who wined and dined her. Tony...

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Season 2 - Episode 18

Angie's slumped over the kitchen table at the Vic full of gin and pills. Time's moving on and it's the small hours when Den finds her.

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Season 2 - Episode 19

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Season 2 - Episode 20

'We were made for each other... you know that. Den and me. Made for each other. Whatever anybody says.'

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Season 2 - Episode 21

Kath's getting wind of Angie's suicide attempt and it's worrying her. It's her day to watch out for Angie and she's pampering her with hot s...

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Season 2 - Episode 22

Michelle begins to feel the pinch. She's feeling lonely and it's dawned on her that she's got the rest of her life and the baby to care for ...

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Season 2 - Episode 23

Tony and Lofty are beginning to galvanise the Square into making preparations for the carnival. Kelvin and Ian have been delegated costume d...

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Season 2 - Episode 24

In the Vic, the Melbourne Star promotion is in full swing. Lofty and Wicksy are fighting over customers and trying to spot the 'mystery gues...

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Season 2 - Episode 25

Den and Michelle have one of their rare but revealing heart-to-hearts. Den's surprised she's behaving like an immature kid over the birth of...

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Season 2 - Episode 26

Carnival time in the Square and it goes with a real swing. Lofty's running round like a demented amateur director on the verge of a nervous ...

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Season 2 - Episode 27

Hannah and Cassie stayed the night at Tony's after, Hannah's boyfriend hit Cassie once again and Tony gave him a smack.

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Season 2 - Episode 28

Kelvin tries to reason with Cassie that she needs to stop getting in the way all the time if she wants Hannah and Tony to get back to togeth...

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Season 2 - Episode 29

Sue starts to lose her rag with everyone treating the café like a doss house. Pete tells Arthur about Michelle asking Lofty to marry her and...

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Season 2 - Episode 30

Arthur tells Michelle that Lofty has no prospects but Pauline agrees to stand by Michelle's decision to marry him. Tomy employs Arthur to he...

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Season 2 - Episode 31

Dot's in a state and hot on the trail of Ethel, who's been telling her fortune. Pauline chooses a new carpet but Lou doesn’t like the final ...

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Season 2 - Episode 32

Angie returns home and wants to know where Den is. Lofty asks Arthur for Michelle’s hand in marriage. Mary apologies to Andy for taking his ...

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Season 2 - Episode 33

Den provides Lofty with a big diamond engagement ring for Michelle. The day is full of engagement celebrations. The romance rubs off on Arth...

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Season 2 - Episode 34

Nick tells Dot that Charlie is not coming back and gives her some cash. He annoys several residents and offers to be a pimp for Mary but she...

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Season 2 - Episode 35

In the middle of the night Andy sneaks into the the Vic through the back to go and see Angie to carry on their secret affair. The both of th...

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Season 2 - Episode 36

Dot is informed by the bank that someone she knows tried to cash her cheques but she can see none missing from her chequebook. Dot then wins...

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Season 2 - Episode 37

are missing after all and her bingo winnings are missing. Nick almost convinces Mary to get into prostitution, leading to a fight between Ni...

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Season 2 - Episode 38

Sharon is worried about the stranger in her home, while Den is nervous about all the police in Albert Square. DS Quick tells Andy the police...

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Season 2 - Episode 39

The guest at the Vic monopolises the bathroom and when Angie knocks on the door to complain that she and Sharon need to use it, he invites h...

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Season 2 - Episode 40

Tony receives a letter from Cassie's school saying she is bullying another girl. After Sharon tells Den she is fed up of him and the Vic, Si...

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Season 2 - Episode 41

Ethel tells a reporter that Den got rid of the mob and several people thank Den for doing so. Ethel gives Den her husband's war medal becaus...

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Season 2 - Episode 42

Michelle goes into labour but Pauline is nowhere to be seen. Angie panics as she discovers Sharon is missing. Meanwhile, Mary has her first ...

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Season 2 - Episode 43

Michelle speaks to a mother of four, Lizzie Burton, about how she would cope bringing up her children on her own, as she is thinking about i...

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Season 2 - Episode 44

ony tells Hannah they should stop their divorce before it is finalised but she says she is not sure about it yet. After reading Mary's Bible...

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Season 2 - Episode 45

Doctor Legg and Dot both complain about the noise and dust created by Tony's work, while Arthur asks Tony to pay him cash-in-hand, for which...

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Season 2 - Episode 46

Michelle brings Vicki home and Arthur is annoyed when Lofty takes charge of hosting visitors, leading to an argument. Den is also annoyed wh...

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Season 2 - Episode 47

Pat arrives in Walford to a mixed reception. Pete and Kathy have a fight with her in the pub, while Wicksy is worried that she's purely out ...

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Season 2 - Episode 48

Pat is intent on causing trouble for her ex-husband, Pete. So she tells Pauline exactly what she thinks of him, but Pauline loyal as ever an...

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Season 2 - Episode 49

Den tells Pete he thinks Pat was lying about Wicksy not being Pete's son. During a band meeting upstairs in the Vic, Harry proposes that The...

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Season 2 - Episode 50

DS Quick is bitter when he sees Andy and Debbie kissing in the street. Arthur worries about paying for the wedding. Lofty says he has taken ...

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Season 2 - Episode 51

Ian offers to make Lofty and Michelle's wedding cake for free and asks Naima for a part-time job in the shop. Lofty asks Simon to be his bes...

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Season 2 - Episode 52

DS Quick questions the band members over the burglary because he associates being in a band with drug use. he also question Kelvin and Cassi...

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Season 2 - Episode 53

DS Quick goes round to the Beales', making enquiries to the youngsters about the crime of the burglary in the surgery and Ethel's. Lou soon ...

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Season 2 - Episode 54

Ali feels he has failed at fatherhood and is depressed, later getting drunk and asked to leave the Vic. A drunk DS Quick tells Debbie he wan...

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Season 2 - Episode 55

Doctor Legg compensates Ethel and Lofty for the burglary. DS Quick tells people he has quit and has a new job in security. Doctor Legg's car...

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Season 2 - Episode 56

Ethel answers the phone in the Vic to a man asking if Michelle had her baby yet, leaving people wondering who it was, especially Den and Art...

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Season 2 - Episode 57

Cassie is bullying again and she accuses Hannah of not caring about her and just thinking about money. Kelvin tells Hannah she has spoilt Ca...

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Season 2 - Episode 58

Sue wants to talk to Ali about IVF but he refuses to. Dot tries to apologise to Sue but Sue sends her away. Sue then confides in Michelle ab...

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Season 2 - Episode 59

Arthur is forced to look after the café after Ali and Sue leave without warning and Ali later refuses to pay Arthur for his time. Mehmet inv...

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Season 2 - Episode 60

Jan invites Den to New York in November and Den tells Angie. Angie stops Den seeing Jan that night by inviting Willmott-Brown to the Vic. Ca...

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Season 2 - Episode 61

Today's the day for everyone to go to the community centre to give blood. Andy gets down on one knee and proposes to Debbie, who accepts. Et...

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Season 2 - Episode 62

Pauline and Lofty talk about the events with Cassie and Pauline is furious with Mark and Owen. Hannah tries to reason with Naima on what to ...

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Season 2 - Episode 63

Tony and Hannah consider sending Cassie to boarding school. Arthur confronts the Carpenters, telling them to sort out their own problems ins...

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Season 2 - Episode 64

Sharon wants to leave private school and just be a singer so Den tells Angie they will speak to her after the band's first gig. Tony agrees ...

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Season 2 - Episode 65

Hannah is adamant that Cassie is going to private school. Arthur upsets Dot after she offends him. Harry and Simon bicker, leading to the gi...

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Season 2 - Episode 66

Debbie gets some devastating news from the police. Arthur asks to call a truce with the Carpenters.

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Season 2 - Episode 67

A reporter arrives to get information about Andy, puts words into Arthur's mouth, twists what Ethel says, angers Den and enters Debbie's hom...

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Season 2 - Episode 68

Debbie leaves for Andy's funeral and Colin moves into Albert Square. Arthur follows Pauline to her class and sees them meditating, while com...

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Season 2 - Episode 69

Everyone's thoughts are with Andy on the day of his funeral. Sharon and Angie go on holiday to Florida. The band agree to change their name ...

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Season 2 - Episode 70

Sue sees Michelle without Vicki and assumes that she cannot cope. She asks to adopt Vicki so Michelle slaps her hard and orders her out. Mar...

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Season 2 - Episode 71

Michelle has a fitting for her wedding dress and the family attend church to hear the banns being read out. Afterwards, Pauline tells Michel...

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Season 2 - Episode 72

Arthur is angry when he sees Den paying Tom cash in hand. Pauline says the reception can be at the community centre if all the guests pay £5...

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Season 2 - Episode 73

After a rehearsal, Harry declares that Simon is no longer needed - they argue and Simon quits, taking his song with him. Mehmet invites Mary...

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Season 2 - Episode 74

Simon writes a new song, Every Loser Wins, and plays it to himself on the Vic piano during afternoon closing. Arthur sneaks off for the day,...

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Season 2 - Episode 75

Pauline wins a Glamorous Grannies competition in the Vic. Afterwards, Arthur announces that he has paid for Michelle and Lofty's wedding in ...

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Season 2 - Episode 76

Pauline tells Arthur he could go to prison and she wants to cancel the wedding to pay the money back, but Arthur says it is too late and rem...

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Season 2 - Episode 77

It is the day of Michelle and Lofty's wedding. Michelle tells Lou she feels "numb" and "frozen" but Lou says it is normal and she felt the s...

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Season 2 - Episode 78

Den leaves the church early. Michelle tells Arthur she cannot go through with the wedding so he takes her home. Simon tries to cheer up Loft...

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Season 2 - Episode 79

Michelle and Lofty sit alone in their respective rooms - Michelle is plagued by a series of well-meaning visitors, Lofty plays the tape of W...

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Season 2 - Episode 80

Angie gets test results from Doctor Legg - she has liver damage but it is reversible if she stops drinking, otherwise in six months it could...

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Season 2 - Episode 81

Den spends a frustrated morning trying to get Angie on her own to discuss Jan's ultimatum. Sensing his motive she thwarts him at every turn....

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Season 2 - Episode 82

Den continues hounding Angie, but she evades him once more by saying she's going out. Den takes out his subsequent bad temper on Simon by se...

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Season 2 - Episode 83

Den is ready to walk out on Angie and leave everything behind, including his successful like as a publican, but then some devastating news f...

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Season 2 - Episode 84

Kathy explains to Pete why she'd like to become a Samaritan. He's initially shocked, and rather hostile to the idea. Arthur is slowly fallin...

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Season 2 - Episode 85

It's finally The Banned's big competition night. Michelle and Angie go along to support Sharon, but Pete stays at home as he doesn't want to...

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Season 2 - Episode 86

Pauline starts a new cleaning job at Colin's flat. Arthur complains that she's taking on too many jobs. Lou warns Pat to leave Pete alone, a...

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Season 2 - Episode 87

Kelvin and Eddie have a standoff with Harry in the community centre, and ask him to explain why he sabotaged The Banned's competition perfor...

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Season 2 - Episode 88

Pat starts working at the Queen Vic. Sharon goes to the job centre to find work and considers going on a Youth Training Scheme (YTS). Pete h...

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Season 2 - Episode 89

Arthur tells everyone he is withdrawing the Christmas club money that day. At the end of the night, he invites Pete and Kathy back to their ...

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Season 2 - Episode 90

DS West investigates the burglary. Arthur and Lou say the club money, the post office account book, jewellery and Lou's watch were taken. La...

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Season 2 - Episode 91

DS West questions Arthur at the police station. Pete tries to make things up with Simon, saying Simon is his son regardless but Simon is sus...

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Season 2 - Episode 92

Colin makes morning coffee for his overnight guest, Barry, who is nursing a hangover from the disco they met at the night before. Later, in ...

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Season 2 - Episode 93

Den seeks out Jan in Venice. Back in Walford, Lofty and Dot visit Ethel in hospital. Dot advises Colin to remain single, while Barry watches...

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Season 2 - Episode 94

Den and Angie take a trip on the Orient Express. Ethel returns to Albert Square. The Fowlers have disappeared and no one knows where they ha...

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Season 2 - Episode 95

Michelle has moved in with Lofty. Colin tells Barry he likes him as a casual friend. Den and Angie return home and Den visits Jan to tell he...

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Season 2 - Episode 96

Pete breaks with family tradition and plans to spend Christmas Day at the Vic with Den. Pat decides to stay in Albert Square and asks Doctor...

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Season 2 - Episode 97

Pete and Arthur have a fight. Charlie flirts with Pat. Ethel is upset that her room has gone. Den tells Angie she will get a big Christmas s...

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Season 2 - Episode 98

Arthur's depression gets the better of him, while Michelle and Lofty head off on their honeymoon.

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Season 2 - Episode 99

Rezaul arrives but Naima insists she does not want him there, especially when he says he must be paid. She calls both their fathers but both...

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Season 2 - Episode 100

Mehmet introduces Pat to his friend while Wicksy conspires to throw a spanner in the works. Sharon tells Angie she is going out for the day ...

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Season 2 - Episode 101

Hannah disapproves of Kelvin's relationship with Carmel. Barry continues to annoy Colin in the flat so Colin asks him to move out. Pat and M...

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Season 2 - Episode 102

Dot learns of Charlie's intentions to leave her before Christmas. Kelvin informs his parents of his intention to move out - permanently. A s...

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Season 2 - Episode 103

Christmas Day at the Vic has unexpected consequences for Angie after Den gives her an important letter. Pauline begins to suspect the identi...

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Season 2 - Episode 104

Angie is left reeling about the divorce. Pete and Lou make amends. Arthur breaks down.

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Season 2 - Episode 105

Angie and Sharon stay at Kathy and Pete's. Kathy tells Pauline to see Doctor Legg about Arthur. Pat urges Mary to talk to a man, Eamon, in t...

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