Pat gives Den some home truths about the way he treats Angie. Doctor Legg follows Arthur up to the allotments and realises how much his health is deteriorating. Kathy decides to take Mehmet up on his offer to market her home-made jumpers.

Den runs to help Sharon. Lou gets angry when Arthur does not respond but Pete explains to her that Arthur is seriously unwell. Willmott-Brown moves into Debbie's old house. Lofty worries that he and his new wife, Michelle, barely ever see each other.

Angie tries to avoid reading the divorce petition and she vows to take everything from Den. Doctor Legg tells Pauline that Arthur needs urgent hospital treatment but she and Lou worry what will happen if he refuses to go. Debbie, Barry and Colin all go for dinner at Willmott-Brown's new home. Ian tells Lofty that he is fed up of being a virgin and is considering using a prostitute.

Sharon and Angie move out of Pete and Kathy's and into a hotel. Arthur sees a psychiatrist, Doctor Blackburn, who tells Michelle that Arthur should be admitted to hospital. Kelvin arranges a party for his 18th birthday.

Arthur is admitted into hospital and Kelvin celebrates his 18th birthday in riotous style to the astonishment of his parents.

Pat tells Mary off for leaving her daughter, Annie, unattended. Some of Kathy's stock for Mehmet's order is accidentally sold on her stall, delaying the order further. Sharon and Den finally talk but she insists she will not speak to him again until the divorce is final.

Ali is annoyed that Naima is giving free lifts to her friends. Mary confides in Sue that she was beaten up by other prostitutes for trying to steal their trade. Den asks Jan to move in with him but she says it is too soon. Doctor Singh refers Dot to a clinic so that she might start HRT.

Sue receives complaints from cab customers who have been overcharged. Tony tells Carmel that Kelvin is too young for her. Pat tells several people that Mary was attacked by a punter.

Kathy and Michelle work through the night. Den confronts Lofty and Pat over their attempts to increase the Vic's profits. Mary puts Annie to bed and then meets a man, Alexander, in the Vic.

Sue calls Mary unfit to be a mother. Sharon and Michelle agree to go out together and Lofty pays for a cab fare so they can return safely.

Den meets Angie to discuss their divorce and Angie tells him she will be in charge of what happens. Naima's van breaks down so Rezaul says he can fix it but he ends up making it worse, so Lofty repairs it. Ian brings his girlfriend, Tina, to meet his parents.

Barry tells Colin that Nick is staying with them and Nick is then shocked when Colin reveals that he and Barry are gay. Jan visits Den and says she will run the Vic with him. Pauline visits Mark, in a detention centre.

Tony vows to join Pete and Den in getting revenge on Mehmet. Ali receives a Valentine's Day card so gives Sue flowers in return but when she says she did not send a card, she accuses him of having an affair. Pauline and Pete visit Arthur.

Hannah tells Tony she is fed up with life in Albert Square. Pete and Tony eventually find Mehmet and trap him, beating him up. Pat tells Jan that she has seen the real Den now, while Colin believes the police should be informed of the attack.

Simon realises that what Pat said about Naima was true and he tells Lou he no longer wants to see his mother. Barry tells Ali he smashed his car so Ali gives him the repair bill. Jan continues to struggle in the Vic.

Tony returns from a night's cabbing with blood on his hands. Wicksy comes home with scratches on his face and Pete seems to have disappeared. Dot then makes a gruesome discovery while walking Willy through the Square Gardens.

Pete and Simon are released by the police but Pete must come up with an alibi. Barry agrees to join Nick in his money making scheme. Jan tells Den she hates living and working at the Vic and wants to move back to her flat.

Pete tells Pauline that everyone except for her thinks he is guilty, even Lou and Kathy. Emine and Rayif go missing. Simon tells Sharon that he has never had a female friend before and they are like family. Carmel tells Dot to stop sleeping on a fold-up bed to improve her back pain.

Pat tells a WPC that she saw her attacker and the officer asks if it is someone she knows. Arthur returns to Albert Square but realises he is not ready and returns to hospital. Pauline tells Colin something that Nick did to Barry's brother, Graham, in the past.

Trade is down in the Vic so Lofty suggests a party and Barry suggests making it a cross-dressing party, which Den agrees to. Ian comes up with an idea to prank Pete. Simon talks to Lou about who his father is.

Colin offers to look after Martin for Pauline but it does not go well and he later loses his Filofax. Sharon talks to Kathy about Angie's drinking.

Rezaul tells Naima that she should not be mixing with Sikhs. Tom offers Dot a house swap. Den has a big bill from the brewery and tries to sell more food but nobody is interested.

Pete returns home after hours of police questioning and worries he will be charged with the attacks. Pauline thanks Den for keeping Lofty employed but asks if he is doing it for Michelle, which he denies. Angie asks Willmott-Brown if she can be his manageress in the Dagmar.

Arthur visits Mary and says that prostitution is not the answer. Den tells Simon he knows he is seeing Sharon but Simon says she wants to see him and he will fight Den if he tries to stop it. Carmel and Kelvin host Naima and Doctor Singh for dinner.

Pete is fed up of being constantly hounded by the police. Den calls Sally to discuss the job over dinner. Angie tells Sharon that they could move back to Albert Square and stay in the B&B.

Dot finds out that Colin and Barry are a gay couple and is horrified. Willmott-Brown's children, Luke and Sophie, visit and bond with Emine, Rayif and Murat.

Dot attempts to avoid Colin and Barry. Sue tells Debbie about the lump in her breast and admits she is scared to see a doctor about it. Mark arrives following his release but soon leaves with a girl called Jude and Michelle realises he is not coming back. Pat returns from hospital.

Angie and Sharon move into the B&B on Albert Square. During a home visit, Arthur asks Pauline if he can sleep back in the marital bed again. Debbie finds Annie and tells Mary that she will be reporting the abandonment the following day.

Jan has it out with Den. Barry is fined £150 for the car crash and Colin is forced to lend him the money. The past is raked up for Kathy when she receives a visitor who has shocking news for her.

Angie takes as much as she can get hold of, including the television and the duvet from Den's bed. Kathy calls June for another meeting. Naima is annoyed that her family are continuing to plan her life without involving her. The Walford Attacker is revealed.

Michelle tells Mary to think about Annie for once and believes that Mary has taken drugs. Naima and Rezaul argue because their family want them to marry. Kathy meets June again but says she cannot see her daughter.

Simon books a hotel room for him and Sharon. Mary has another court letter and Ali lets her work in the cab office but she struggles. Carmel has to move out of her flat.

Angie spends money that Den does not have. Mary is visited by Mr Atkinson, a court warrant officer, who orders her to pay £30 or be arrested.

Den returns and goes spare when he realises Sharon and Simon are together. Arthur returns home for good and Michelle says they now have enough money to pay one more person. Naima is annoyed when Debbie spends the whole day with DS Rich, leaving her to work in the shop on her own. Colin and Barry make lists of their interests to see how much they have in common.

Sharon and Simon return from their weekend away. Barry and Colin discuss new hobby ideas that will allow them to spend more time together. Den and Angie almost get back together, until one of Den's lady friends appears, sending Angie into a furious rage. Mary needs to find £20 for her upcoming court appearance, or she fears she will be sent to jail.

Chris arrives following the accident at Mary's flat. Renovation work begins at The Dagmar. Sharon gets fed up of Angie being drunk all the time and says she cannot live with her anymore.

Arthur goes to court. Lofty talks about having a baby with Michelle. Sharon wants to move back into the Vic.

Dot and Tom swap properties but Tom's belongings will not fit into the smaller flat so he insists that Dot store them in her hall! Dot refuses and blocks his path. Mary's mother, Edie, arrives and asks Mary for the whole truth. Sue is annoyed as Guizin's children will leave and she thinks they love her more than their own mother.

Pete is fined £200 for assaulting a police officer. Debbie and DS Rich hold their engagement party in the Vic. Angie vows to sort her life out and stop drinking. Mehmet returns and takes Guizin and the children home, which upsets Sue.

Ethel has started collecting odd coins she finds on the floor while cleaning at the Vic. Mary is arrested and taken to the Magistrate's Court for none payment of debt. Tony decides he's going to move back home to Trinidad and buys his flight ticket that afternoon. He tells Colin his plan but asks him not to tell Kelvin yet.

Colin finds out Barry spent the night with another man but later apologises for his jealousy as they have an open relationship. Den and Angie's divorce is finalised. Ethel asks Tom to speak to Pat about moving out but Pat still refuses. Tony tells Kelvin he is moving to Trinidad.

Lou and Pauline start to plan a joint birthday party for Vicki and belated wedding reception for Michelle and Lofty. Michelle makes a fuss when Den buys a gift for Vicki and Pauline agrees to sell some stolen meat for Den. Dot and Colin make amends but Colin warns Dot that she is listening to her Walkman too much.

Lou speaks to Pat about letting Ethel have her flat back. Tony leaves for Trinidad.

Walford is preparing for the general election. Ethel moves back into her old flat above the surgery as Pat moves back into the Vic. Naima isn't sure that she's done the right thing by cutting off her family.

Magda and Sharon return from a shopping trip together. Pauline talks to Michelle about Vicki's father having rights and maybe wanting custody of her one day, but Michelle dismisses Pauline adamant that Vicki's father is no longer in her life. Tom takes Dot out dancing.

Arthur tells Mary not to waste her vote in the general election. Barry eventually opens up to Colin about his health worries. Sue talks with Ali about IVF while Ali agrees to give her driving lessons. Sharon shows a few people the video of a drunken Angie, including Den, and then comes up with a plan.

Barry continues to worry as he waits for the results of his blood test. Michelle tells Pauline that she and Lofty are going to adopt Vicki. Angie breaks down upon watching the video of her drunken self and admits to Sharon she has a problem and that she needs to change.

Lofty asks Den for time off work whilst he and Michelle are interviewed by Social Services over Vicki's adoption. Pat flirts with Ali and asks if he wants company. Tom learns Arthur is decorating The Dagmar for the competition; the pair declare war against each other over who will win.

Arthur and Tom get competitive over the London in Bloom contest. Den asks Ian to do the catering in the Vic, unaware that Magda wants Ian to work for her. Ali worries that Sue is obsessed with having IVF and tells Kathy that he has become redundant in their relationship but he has needs and he asks Kathy for a casual relationship but she refuses.

Ali makes a pass at Angie but she rejects him. Den tells Pete his problems with The Firm have been sorted.

Den and Magda go to the Dagmar and he is shocked to see his staff and regular customers there. Angie tells Pat that she will get what she wants - a home, a pub and Den. Tom asks Dot to marry him.

Carmel holds a jumble sale to raise money for the health centre and Willmott-Brown donates a honey-glazed ham for a raffle. After Magda and Angie talk, Magda tells Den that she thinks Angie wants him back.

Dot and Ethel look after baby Vicki and reminisce about their own childhoods.

Den is furious when he discovers graffiti on the Vic. Simon and Sharon are unsure about their relationship and ask people what they think of them together. Willmott-Brown worries that business in The Dagmar is slow. Rezaul tells Doctor Singh about his ambitions and then tells Naima the family have called and another of her cousins will be visiting her.

Sue and Ali talk. Naima's cousin, Farrukh, arrives and she is attracted to him. Magda manipulates Willmott-Brown into not employing Ian at the last minute.

Den agrees to Pete's suggestion of a country and western night in the Vic. Arthur sells lottery tickets to raise funds for Walford Town F.C. and then worries about Lou's health when she starts to forget things and repeat things.

The fruit and veg stall trade is down, and Pete must talk to Lou if his plans for a seafood stall can come off. After Arthur's talk with Doctor Legg, he takes extra care of Lou. The Vic hosts a country and western night. The Firm appear in the Square looking for Den.

Sharon notices Den's suitcases have gone. Simon and Sharon talk and agree that they should just be friends. Tom is jealous when Arthur is invited to the London in Bloom prize-giving ceremony and he is not.

Den has been gone for a week so Pat, Lofty and Simon decide to come up with their own system to run the Vic. Sharon tells Magda that she and Simon are over but wonders if Simon wants her back. Mary and her punk friends cause problems.

A punk gang have started hanging around in the Square. Sue tells Mary they are not welcome in the café. Angie and Pat are worried for Simon about him getting close to Magda while Den's away.

Lofty forgets that it is Michelle's 18th birthday. Kathy tells Pete that Ian made Tina tell Naima about the missing money. Rod tells Mary that he fancies her and she tells him about her overdue court fines for soliciting. Sue and Ali discover that Ashraf is not legally allowed to evict them.

Den arrives back from his impromptu holiday to North Africa. Pat overhears his phone call and susses the real reason behind his trip. Carmel's brother, Darren, and his son, Junior, come to stay at her flat, much to her disgruntlement. Darren tells Dot that Nick has got a job as a gardener for the Queen Mother at her posh house in Devon.

The pirate radio station is still operating from the café. Mary rings up her mum wanting Annie back, but when her mum refuses Mary tries to lend money from various people in order to go up north herself, but is unsuccessful and throws a brick through her window. Sue and Ali visit baby Hassan's grave and Sue opens up her heart to Ali. Den confronts Wicksy about the missing money and Magda, leading to Wicksy getting kneed and ear full from him.

Den kicks Simon out of the Vic and sacks him. Rod cleans The Dagmar for Mary. Michelle takes on the task of looking after both Martin and Vicki so that Pauline can have a break. Lofty makes a comment about it being good practice for them when they have their second child causing Michelle to snap at him.

Michelle and Den are in a reflective mood after their encounter. Magda decides she'd like to move to Walford permanently. Den brings a lady friend to The Dagmar's disco, in full view of Angie and Magda.

Dot has been stung by a wasp. Mary returns from Stockport. Den announces to Arthur that he is taking over as manager and coach of the Queen Vic five-a-side football team. Ian and Pete are disgusted and resign out of loyalty to Arthur. Wicksy also tells Den to stick it, so Den recruits Kelvin, Ali, and himself as replacements.

Darren is already taking advantage of Carmel and has left her with the children for the day. Her mother can't help out and she has to take time off work. At the five-a-side football match between The Dagmar and the hastily recruited Queen Vic team, Den encourages his squad to play as dirty as they can in order to win.

Tensions rise between Colin and Barry after the football match. Wicksy is feeling sorry for himself after Den kicking him at the match, Angie tells him that they'll get him back through the takings by attracting more customers to The Dagmar. Mary receives some good news from Carmel - it turns out she's been examining her case and she thinks there is a good chance Mary will get Annie back. Arthur starts his Manpower Services Commission course.

An unusual woman arrives in Walford. Colin and Barry end up in a row which leads to Colin putting down his foot about rent issues in which Barry isn't paying. Doctor Legg and Dot discuss how Mary deserves to be with Annie. Martin has a near accident in Lou's care.

Barry is excited about his trial at The Dagmar. Naima shows Donna the ropes at the shop and Donna lands herself another job at the Vic. Mary receives a letter from social services. Tensions grow at the ladies' dart team rehearsal for the match.

Everyone is excited about the Lady Mayoress coming to town and gather at The Dagmar to meet her. Donna settles in at the Vic and becomes friendly with Pat. Kelvin leaves without attending his surprise party leaving a note for Carmel saying he can't face saying goodbye so the residents celebrate what they've got left of him

The Vic ladies' darts team sets off for the Isle of Dogs for the big match. Ali, meanwhile, is fixing up a poker game for the men later that day. News reaches Mary that social services have approved the flat dashing her with joy. Tina's parents turn up in Walford, wanting answers about the way their daughter is living.

Pat and Frank catch up on old times. Pauline and Derek get to know each other. Ethel, Dot and the rest of the team go on a river trip. Tina's parents, aghast at her living situation make her return home to Ilford with them.

Naima moves into the Fowler's. Doctor Legg decides to take up jogging. Ethel is excited to hear of Willmott-Brown's upcoming Mardi-Gras party at The Dagmar. Carmel tells Mary that her parents are delaying returning Annie, which sends Mary into a rage. Darren overhears Doctor Legg wanting the outside of the surgery repainting and offers to get a team onto it for £300 including materials.

Darren hires Rod to paint the surgery for him, and then disappears. The launderette gets robbed while Dot is out buying her outfit for The Dagmar's evening party. Derek turns up once again in the launderette and goes for a walk with Pauline, to tell her his friend can't help selling Kathy's jumpers after all.

Michelle finds out from Doctor Legg that she isn't pregnant, and dreads telling Lofty. Donna talks to Kathy in the Vic and asks if she can get some work with her making jumpers. Rod is busy painting at the surgery, without Darren.

Lofty is still thinking about Michelle's ultimatum. Sue tells Arthur and Angie that she and Ali are thinking of moving away from the grime and stress of Albert Square, inspired by the lovely new flats she saw on the Isle of Dogs. Mary tells Rod he has to move out of her flat temporarily so she has a better chance of her parents handing Annie back.

Sue phones the café and Guizin learns that Ali doesn't know where Sue is. Sharon thinks Angie are Den are missing each other, and starts thinking of how she can get them back together.

Pete and Donna chat in the Vic but Donna becomes defensive when Pete asks about her parents and where in Scotland her dad's pub is. Doctor Legg is let down again by Darren who continues leave the outside of the surgery half painted. Den suggests he and Angie spend the night together, but she declines.

Angie sneaks out of the Vic in the early morning, having spent the night with Den. Doctor Singh is still trying to track down Darren to finish painting the surgery. Pete has a go at Ian in the café for skipping college. Magda drops some building society information off to Wicksy, so they can get a mortgage for their new place together in the Square.

Doctor Legg reassures Pauline that Lou will be okay. Angie and Den appear to be getting on well again. Guizin asks Barry to cover a shift on the radios at Ozcabs. Rod is offered a job far away from Walford for six months.

Colin gets increasingly frustrated at Barry's messiness in the flat, and eventually goes on cleaning strike. Mary cleans her flat from top to bottom and anxiously awaits her mum and dad's visit, eager to see Annie again. Ethel and Sharon each bring presents to welcome Annie back. Ian continues to skive college.

Lou braces herself for a meeting with Uncle. Colin asks Barry to get Kathy to visit him at their flat. Mary resists her parents sweet talk, wanting to know when she can have Annie back. Wicksy and Magda are keen to buy a place in Albert Square before they are all snapped up by city folk.

Martin Hunter returns to the Square to make his TV documentary. Arthur has a surprise for Pauline. Sharon seeks solace in a church, alone, where she catches the eye of a young curate, Duncan Boyd. Sue returns after her impromptu break.

Colin receives a letter from his friend Ginny in New York telling him a friend of a friend has died of AIDS. It's Sharon's 18th birthday. Doctor Legg instructs Ethel that she is too old to be carrying Willy any more. Dot says she will make sure Ethel does as she's told.

Colin finishes his portfolio and goes off to present his work. Naima is excited when she receives a letter announcing an imminent visit by her cousin Farrukh. Ethel reads Dot and Tom's fortunes from playing cards. She sees a dark man coming in to Dot's life, but says it's not Charlie or Nick, and she sees Tom surrounded by beseeching women.

Barry's exercise bike has arrived, but Colin's too wrapped up in the brewery design job to take much notice. Barry and Donna arrange to meet that evening. Lofty has an argument about a pancake roll with the owner of a Chinese takeaway and is instantly arrested by the police and taken down to the station.

Nick talks to Darren about hiring someone to get Charlie out of the Square. Ali buys pints for everyone at the Vic and shares the news of Sue's pregnancy.

Sue accuses Naima of selling fireworks to underage children again but she denies selling anything illegally. Ethel falls over in the Vic and calls Doctor Legg over to check her out. Doctor Legg tells Ethel he thinks they should consider sheltered accommodation for her but she tells him she is not interested. Dot convinces herself that Charlie and Nick are getting along.

A graffiti artist is running wild all around Walford, and Junior gets the blame. Meanwhile, nearly the whole of Albert Square has got food poisoning from Ian's dodgy smoked salmon. Dot attacks Den, who in turn lays into Ian.

Lou talks to Pete about him and Pauline inheriting the stall when she's gone. Barry's reached his target weight of ten and a half stone. Colin offers to cook a meal for Sharon, Barry and Donna, but Donna starts getting defensive when the others start asking her about her mysterious background.

Mary is worried because today is the day the health visitor, social worker, and Doctor Legg are going to discuss her case. Naima's cousin Farrukh returns, and they both agree to close the shop, marry in Birmingham and return to Bangladesh as soon as they can.

Ian is mugged in a dark alley and has his wallet stolen. At the same time, someone throws a brick through Ali and Sue's window. Ian starts thinking about getting a knife for protection. Naima and Farrukh leave the Square to marry and start a new life together.

Angie and Willmott-Brown go out, leaving Mary to look after the Dagmar until they return. Pete offers to sponsor Ian for the charity night at the Vic and questions him over his intentions of buying a knife. Mehmet tries flirting with Donna.

Willmott-Brown is praised by several residents for assaulting the burglar. Barry continues to search for sponsors for the charity night at the Vic. Charlie continues to wind up Nick, enjoying the reaction he is getting.

Mary refuses to leave Annie's side now that she has her back. Dot avoids Colin, blaming him for her arrest. Den asks Sharon to spend Christmas with him.

Darren puts the tapes he has received into envelopes. Dot is adamant Charlie will not get a penny out of her as she is saving for Christmas, but she ends up giving him £15. Colin has still not found his keys. The ladies practice their darts at the Vic.

Darren receives another package from a friend. Sue hounds Ali to talk to Alan about his disrespect towards them. Pauline searches for an old photo for Lou, who is attending a talk at the community hall about the old East End.

Darren takes another parcel into Carmel's flat and hides it behind her sofa. Magda asks Simon to help her bag a contract with a big firm in the city. Angie phones Pat and invites her for a drink so they can spend time together.

It's court day for Dot and Charlie. Dot is fined £90 and Charlie is fined £50. Angie is dreading Christmas, meanwhile the police continue their investigation into Colin's burglary. Sue and Ali are also targeted and Ali accuses the new landlord. Colin is worried that his relationship with Barry will be investigated.

Charlie and Dot's faces are on the front page of the newspapers and Dot is upset about it. Pat reassures Simon there are no hard feelings for him choosing Magda over her. Barry remains on edge since Regis' visit.

Simon staggers home with a Christmas tree as a surprise for Magda. Christmas preparations are in full swing for the Beales and Fowlers. Ethel gets a rush of excitement for Christmas.

Mary starts a new job at the launderette following Dot being sacked after the paper published news of her recent court appearance. Darren is chastised by Carmel for his wheeling and dealing antics in the Square. The Fowlers' cooker gets condemned due it it leaking gas. The Fowlers start to prepare to relocate to Pete's house for their Christmas Day dinner.

Mark makes a surprise visit to see his family on Christmas Day. Mary spends the day in the hospital with Annie who has been under observation following the car crash. The Fowlers spend Christmas Day at Pete and Kathy's. Sharon has Christmas dinner over at the Vic with Den and Pat.

Sharon is very nervous - she is due to meet Duncan and his mother for lunch and then plans to formally introduce Duncan to Angie and Den during the evening. Angie has had enough of the personal comments from Gerry and his friends at the Dagmar. She knocks Gerry out with one hard punch, quits her job and storms out leaving Simon to cope on his own. The Fowlers buy a second hand cooker.

Angie has been missing for a couple of days since she stormed out of the Dagmar, leaving Wicksy in charge, who employs some temporary help. The Vic is getting ready to expect a lot of customers who are looking to enjoy themselves on New Year's Eve.

Angie puts a proposition to Den that she'll return to the Vic as a business partner, and they will split the profits 50/50. Doctor Singh tells Doctor Legg that he'll be leaving to move up north in a month's time, to work on a research project into the use of narcotic drugs. Pauline catches Den in a quiet moment and hints that she knows he is Vicki's father. Donna gets drunk while working in the Vic. Sharon asks Duncan if they could get engaged.