Season 19 · Episode 82 — Episode 2395 - Simple Explanation

Mick is distraught when Gemma is rushed to hospital, and blames Leo. Jackie watches in amazement as Jimmy loses his temper and slaps Lindse…

Jackie is furious that Lindsey is involved with drugs and orders her to leave. Victoria tries to drown her sorrows by drinking. Jessie pray…

Victoria is convinced that she was responsible for Mark's death, but Darren also feels guilty about it. Mick is relieved when Gemma regains…

Nathan persuades Rose to cease her involvement with the "Millennium Club". Max offers to become a partner in Susannah's business. Rachel na…

Jackie is short-staffed at the petrol station, but Tim is looking for work. Sinbad wants to find new tenants for his house, and Mike and Ra…

After reading the local newspaper, Jimmy fears that everyone is going to think he is some kind of nutter. Max doesn't react in the way Susa…

Mike and Rachel announce a date for their wedding, but Ron is more concerned about not being invited to Cuddington Hall. Jerome's attitude…

When Ron takes Anthea on an "unofficial" visit to Cuddington Hall, no-one is ever going to forget it.......

Jackie helps out, and Max dresses up, at Emma's birthday party. Tim points out the tiny flaw in Emily's plan to withdraw cash using the cre…

Jackie offers Lindsey a job at the petrol station, but she turns it down, and wants Jimmy to take his arch down. Gemma is expelled from her…

When he discovers that Lindsey has been reduced to accepting Jackie's offer of work at the petrol station, Mick pays her in pennies. A coun…

Emily wants Tim to wine and dine her, and give her some flash jewellery. Mick confronts the headmistress of the school over her expulsion o…

Katie and Jacqui have a massive argument, which may put an end to their long friendship. Lindsey tells Mike a secret, Victoria reaches the…

When they attend his lecture, Ray and Jessie suspect something is wrong with Jimmy. Gemma is annoyed by Mick's determination to stick to hi…

Jacqui is angry to hear that Rachel no longer wants her to be one of her bridesmaids. Gemma makes a dramatic threat when Mick insists that…

Katie is astonished by who she sees at the bridal fair. Emily is determined to continue a life of crime, and she and Tim have a narrow esca…

Jacqui and Rachel discover their weddings are scheduled for the same day, Katie and Deborah argue, Mike finds it difficult to look after Be…

Victoria finds someone new to talk to at Mark's wake, which does not go entirely as planned, as a fight breaks out. The Shadwicks convince…

Darren gets some devastating news, Ron arranges to move Mike and Rachel's wedding to another date so that it doesn't clash with Jacqui's, a…

Mick's relationship with his children is threatened again, but he steps in to help when the chef at "The Shelf" quits. Ray parks his carava…

Mick is devastated by Gemma's plans. Lindsey invites Shelley for a big night out, but her plans are thwarted when Shelley asks Jackie to co…

Leo tries to persuade Gemma to change her mind. Darren and Victoria fight with their feelings, and each other. Jacqui may have found a solu…

There are broken hearts in the Close as Gemma moves out, and Jacqui calls off her wedding to Nathan. Meanwhile, Emily continues to live dan…

Susannah comforts a distraught Mick and offers him a job at "The Shelf". Paula warns Lindsey off Shelley. Nathan tries to persuade Jacqui t…

Max feels used and abused, as Deborah, upset at being rejected by him, tells tall tales to Susannah. Emily and Tim plan to steal a car, and…

Mick feels like a pawn in a game between Max and Susannah, Shelley makes a meal for Lindsey, Jackie says she will leave Jimmy if he doesn't…

In a special double-length episode, the Dixons are shocked by the behaviour, and identity, of the new owner of "Bar Brookie". Tim and Emily…

Shelley tells Lindsey that she is in love with a mystery married woman. Jackie finds it very difficult to cope with Jimmy. Susannah wonders…

Things start to heat up between Max and Susannah again. Jimmy reaches breaking point, Katie tries to make Jacqui to admit that she has feel…

The Cuddingtons visit the Close, and Ron's attempts to impress them with a meal lit by plastic candelabra don't entirely succeed. Then he t…

Jacqui tells Ron what she thinks of him humiliating her yet again, and he walks out on her. Leo is surprised to learn that Mick's new girlf…

Dave has something for Victoria, and Darren is very worried about her. Jessie discovers that someone has been using Greg's credit card, and…

Darren is driven to take drastic action. Emily is on the warpath. Celebrity guests are due to arrive for the grand re-opening of the parade…

Jimmy first day of a new career at "Bigger Burgers" goes badly. Darren anxiously awaits Victoria's response to his proposal. Jacqui and Max…

A distraught Max turns to Jacqui for a shoulder to cry on, while Susannah believes he has abducted Harry and Emma. Jackie and Bev feel unco…

Emily and Tim venture into the world of cyber-sex. Lindsey finally pays off her debts. Dave's warning unnerves Victoria, and Rachel discove…

Jacqui is shocked to discover that the new barmaid Bev has taken on is someone she knows, who has already spent a lot of time behind other…

Dave recommends Lindsey applies for a casino manageress job, but she needs to get a reference from Susannah. When Shelley assures Bev that…

The Murray family - Diane, Marty, Steve, Adele, Anthony and Minty the dog - are helped by Diane's mother Brigid and Marty's brother Christy…

Susannah works out that Emily is behind the campaign of terror, and goes round to confront her. The Murrays' dog goes missing, but Sinbad h…

Trina's Tots

Bev is appalled when she finds out the truth about Dave. Max walks out on Susannah when she reveals her new theory about the manure, the st…

Emily plans another new way of tormenting Susannah, and when Tim is given a hard time playing football, she invades the pitch. When Andrew…

Jessie invites the Murray kids to visit the bungalow, but Emily doesn't want to get to know a meff and a plank, as she is too busy planting…

Nikki and Jerome tease Jessie when she spends all night in Ray's caravan. Katrina believes Bev is responsible for rearranging her sign to r…

Marty is in a mood, and Diane eventually realises why. Darren decides that Victoria needs cheering up with some flowers, and is delighted w…

Jimmy tries to convince Jackie that taking all the money out of their joint account to put a smile on Lindsey's face was a good idea. Mike…

When Susannah floods her home, Mick invites her to move in with him. Victoria pulls out of the hen party week, but someone else is keen to…

When Jackie tells Jimmy he has become a liability, he decides to move out and make the local bus shelter his new home. Nikki confronts Emil…

Victoria has an abortion, Ron is involved in an embarrassing case of mistaken identity, Diane makes an appointment for her and Marty to see…

Nathan reveals to Darren that the baby Victoria aborted was not his. Nikki has some disappointing news for Jerome - he will have to give hi…

Jacqui, Rachel, Katie, Deborah, Bev and Lindsey arrive in Benidorm for a double hen week, but not all of their luggage does. Bev sets her s…

Jacqui feels guilty about snogging Robbie, especially when she discovers Deborah was watching and plans to get photographic evidence. Linds…

Deborah apologises to Jacqui, and soon everybody has to apologise to Lindsey when the missing money turns up. On the last night of the hen…

Returning from Benidorm, Rachel discovers that Ron nearly lost Beth, and Bev finds that her bar is out of everything except mild. Lindsey a…

Susannah receives her decree absolute, but then is furious to learn that Max is moving into a flat on the Parade and is determined to remai…

Katie is disappointed that she has not heard from Clint. Rachel goes to Manchester, leaving Ruth with Sinbad, but Barbara arrives with some…

Darren patches Dave up after his stabbing, and Bev, believing his claim to be a reformed character, lets him stay with her, so long as he d…

Barbara refuses to let Sinbad visit Andrew. While Jimmy has a bath, Jackie changes the sheets on his bed and gets into it. Bev is tempted b…

Sinbad faces an interrogation at the police station. Rachel gives Bev an invitation to her wedding. Jacqui discovers that Max and Susannah…

Jerome can't find anything in the bungalow, and regrets not moving out into a flat. Then Ray gives him an idea - but how will Nikki react?…

Although Jacqui is looking forward to a new life in London with Nathan, she needs reassurance first from Max that Harry is going to be all…

In a special double-length episode, Rachel refuses to come out of the bathroom to go to her wedding, while Deborah sabotages Jacqui's shoes…

Jacqui and Nathan have a lot of talking to do to make sure they are not about to make a big mistake. The Dixons return to the Close for an…

Dave convinces Bev to give him the job of looking after her accounts at the bar. Marty attempts to produce a sample and despatch it to the…

Emily is confident of passing her French exam, and of finding an empty house to burgle after she chats to Cheryl at the salon. Adele finds…

Ron plans to make a through lounge for Anthea, and Mike suggests that they film the transformation for a local public-access cable channel.…

Steve overhears Adele and Anthony planning to send Marty to Lourdes, and makes some enquiries of his own, leading Marty and Diane to reassu…

When Adele walks in on Emily and Tim trashing Cheryl's bedroom, Emily teaches her a new game. Ray explains to Jessie why he was feeling jea…

Rachel thinks Ron should contact Anthea to tell her what he has done. Kitty persuades Nikki and Jerome to move into the caravan so that she…

Lindsey tells Shelley she is thinking of disappearing. Diane wonders if she can so anything else to improve her chances of becoming pregnan…

Bev tells Dave she loves him, but she doesn't know that he is still taking drugs. When Susannah sees Jackie leaving Wills with Sinbad, she…

Jackie and Jimmy go to talk to Sinbad about his predicament. When Emily tells Tim she now feels ashamed of herself, he takes her back. Dave…

Bev fears that Dave has done a runner. Max and Steve run a race, but only one of them manages to finish it. Lindsey convinces Shelley to go…

Diane suggests that Steve could go on holiday with Nikki's group, but Max would also like to be involved. Brigid isn't convinced that Diane…

Callum tells Lindsey that he wants then to work out their differences. However, when he tells her she must marry him or die, she isn't keen…

When Lindsey explains what happened during her weekend away, Shelley doesn't believe her. Ron challenges Anthea to name one odd thing about…

When Kitty tells Jessie and Ray she doesn't want to become a burden, Jessie and Ray tell her she can stay as long as she wants.......then h…

Diane blames herself for Anthony going missing. Sinbad and Mick blame Ron and Susannah for spreading the news about Andrew's allegation, bu…

Anthea is seriously considering giving Ron another chance, but then she finds out that the insurance company will not pay out because she w…

Mick tells Susannah he is thinking of having a vasectomy. Jacqui feels that she ought to warn Sinbad why the police may be on their way. Em…

Jessie, Brigid, Anthea and Diane discuss Sinbad's arrest at the salon. Susannah suggests that she and Mick give each other some space, as s…

Max reminds Susannah that she only started seeing Mick to get back at him, so marrying him would be overdoing it. But, after taking advice…

Katie is surprised when Clint turns up for Jacqui's birthday drinks, but she's not the only one. Lance has a cut finger, and long-distance…

Diane summons Marty home to try to get her pregnant, but Brigid turns up on a planting mission. Robbie asks Jacqui out, but she says it is…

Shelley is not convinced that Lindsey should tell her mother what they have done. Dave doesn't want Bev to tell people about their engageme…

Mick decides to sort out Susannah's garden, and gets her to offer Jerome a job at "The Shelf". Clint convinces Katie to go to Spain with hi…

Lindsey and Shelley take a break together, and Brigid tries to keep Anthony away from Sinbad. Jackie goes to visit Barbara, hoping to help…

Jimmy decides to clear some space in the extension by putting Lindsey's belongings up for sale. Steve invites Katrina to a boxing match, bu…

Mike insists that Sinbad will not be present at Beth's christening. After recording a television commercial for sausages with Katrina, Max…

Kitty starts a crusade against Sinbad, but Jacqui refuses to sign her petition, and Mike agrees that he can be Beth's godfather when Anthea…

Tim and Emily discover that they have been caught discussing their crimes on their holiday video re-make of "Carry On Camping", and try to…

Leo reveals that he has finally come of age, with Cheryl's help. Tim and Emily panic, as they still cannot find the incriminating videotape…

Sinbad discovers that Jimmy has signed Kitty's petition, and finally deduces who was to blame for Andrew's allegation. Katrina clears the a…

Tim decides to take the law into his own hands, Leo discovers that he is not the only man in Cheryl's life, Lindsey returns home and is app…

Katie comes up with the perfect solution to Bev's weight problem. Darren insists that Jimmy still needs to take his medication. Dave tries…

Steve gives Leo something to worry about, revealing that Cheryl has not been entirely honest about where her husband is and why. Leanne is…

Lindsey persuades Shelley to take her to a gay club - and Paula, who reveals something Shelley wanted to keep secret, isn't the only famili…

When Lance and Leanne are thrown out of their squat, Lance persuades Max to let him move in to his flat, but Leanne's plan to find somewher…

Bev finds out what Dave is up to. Diane persuades Steve to invite Katrina round for tea, and makes Marty promise not to embarrass them - bu…

Mick throws a surprise engagement party for Susannah, not realising that it is the anniversary of Greg's death. At her father's graveside,…

Mike receives a tempting offer he feels he must turn down - but Christy offers to help him out if he can find &pound

Diane and Marty plan to economise, suspecting that a new baby may be on the way, but Adele is not impressed when she is told to be grateful…

A few people are now keen to apologise to Sinbad. Steve and Marty discover what colour Bev has selected for their new football strip, and D…

Emily wants to put the past behind her and go back to school, but Mick thinks Susannah should report her and Tim to the police. Anthea tell…

Jessie and Ray listen with increasing disbelief as Nikki reluctantly reveals all the more and more sickening things for which Emily was res…

Jimmy is delighted when Marty confirms that he can start work as a cleaner. Mick tries to make sure Leo has given enough thought to his cho…

Sinbad and Barbara admit to growing fond of each other, but Katie-kins is scolded by Darren when a huge romantic e-mail arrives for her at…

After Max walks in on Leanne in the shower, is found holding some of her underwear, and is caught with his dressing-gown undone, she insist…

Jimmy's behaviour at Kylie's eighth birthday party makes everyone present feel that he is losing the plot, and Jackie is taken aback when h…

Shelley tries to find out what Lindsey and Dave got up to on their "lost weekend". Barbara needs reassurance on her fostering abilities, an…

Darren convinces Jimmy to agree to obtain a second opinion to ensure that he really is on the road to recovery. Barbara is planning a famil…

Marty's team-mates want him off the squad, and it is up to Steve to tell him. Lindsey manages to convince Shelley that they still have a fu…

Sinbad moves back in with Mick, but doubts that things will ever be the same again. Jacqui becomes convinced that Susannah is having an aff…

When he discovers that his team-mates are planning to dump him, Marty resigns from the squad, and won't accept Steve's apologies, especiall…

Jacqui confides in Max, who agrees to confront Susannah. Kevin and Andrew's mother visits, hoping to persuade Kevin to withdraw his allegat…

While Sinbad reflects with Carmel that everything he has tried to do has gone disastrously wrong, Emily and Tim call on their old "mate" Br…

Darren tells Susannah he is now back with Victoria, but she offers to call off her wedding to Mick for him. Diane and Marty are referred to…

When Barbara tells Sinbad she has fallen in love with him, and Kevin's stepfather turns up, threatening to harm Andrew unless he changes hi…

Mick regrets doubting Sinbad. When Ron finds out that Rachel has been calling her mother a lot, she resolves to raise the money to repay hi…

Jessie tells Emily she must stay away from Tim, but Susannah tries to convince Mick to give him a chance. Rachel asks Bev for her old job b…

Ron tells Rachel that her good, honest, unexciting face would make her an ideal "Great Granny". About to go and have a vasectomy, Mick conf…

In a special double-length episode, Jimmy puts on a suit, goes to the school, and barricades himself in with a class of pupils. Then he cli…

Jimmy is prevented from stepping off the roof, and Jackie gives Darren her permission that he should be sectioned. While Susannah and Mick…

After arguing with Mick about whether Harry and Emma should be educated privately, Susannah starts drinking. But when she summons Darren on…

Rachel takes Beth with her to work, and breaks a valuable vase. Diane tells Jacqui how Susannah treated Harry when she visited her after dr…

Lindsey has to go on a course, but Shelley is only too willing to stay over with Jackie. Katrina resolves her past differences with Susanna…

Ron threatens to take legal action when half of his tree is pruned. Diane optimistically assures Adele that no-one is going to laugh at her…

Victoria pressures Darren to reveal more about his fling. Susannah reveals to Diane that Jacqui sold her baby for &pound

Jacqui resolves to buy baby Harry back from Susannah. Emily can't believe that her father meant nothing to Susannah. Darren fears that Susa…

Susannah's first visitor makes her an offer - she wants to buy back her baby, who was never officially adopted, and for whom Susannah has p…

Susannah's second visitor tries to convince her that she cannot really love him, and is seriously deluded, if she intends to destroy his ca…

Susannah's third visitor has had second thoughts about marrying her, as her current carrying-on with someone else can only be an indication…

Susannah's fourth visitor learns that there isn't going to be a wedding after all. She reminds Susannah that everyone knows she was cheated…

Susannah's fifth visitor regrets everything he has ever done to hurt her. He knows that although she is no longer going to marry another ma…

Jimmy resigns himself to a life without Jackie. Lindsey makes a distressing discovery on the sheets of her mother's bed. Susannah's sister,…

Diane wants to obtain official confirmation that she is pregnant, so Marty waylays Darren. Jackie explains away what Lindsey has found, and…

Brigid is disappointed that she seems to have been the last to be told about Diane's pregnancy. Ron has an embarrassing ethical question to…

Just as romance seems to be in the air for Jacqui, she finds herself in a room full of "Doctor Who" fans. Lindsey gets closer to finding ou…

Although Lindsey tells Shelley she loves her, Shelley is determined to convince Jackie that they are meant for each other, but Jackie is st…

In a special double-length episode, a neighbour finally discovers Susannah's dead body, while Jerome celebrates his 21st birthday party in…

Mick may have found someone to take Susannah's place in his bed, just as a police investigation into the discovery of her dead body begins,…

Jerome accuses Mick of taking advantage of his mother. Max tells Diane that he still loved Susannah, and there were several people with goo…

On Jackie's birthday, Jimmy reflects and concludes that he has always held her back, and maybe he resented her being one of life's survivor…

When Shelley finally admits to Lindsey that she spent the night with an older married woman, Lindsey wants to know her name. Max moves back…

Lindsey tells Jackie what she has found out from Shelley. Max rejects Jacqui's offer of help with looking after Harry, but asks Mick to ret…

Bev and Lindsey discover Shelley and Jackie fighting. Vonnie tells Mick to stop patronising her and start to show some respect. Susannah's…

Lisa visits Max to investigate why a date for the funeral has not yet been set, and they reduce each other to tears as they remember Susann…

Anthony wants to go back to school. Bev listens in disbelief as Shelley tells her all the reasons that have made her love Jackie - but how…

Dave challenges Lance to prove that his boyfriend Fred really does exist. Bev's indiscretion causes Lindsey to discover what Shelley has re…

In an extended 76-minute episode, Katie accuses Nisha of trying to wreck her relationship with Clint, Lance is devastated when Fred doesn't…

Lance is heartbroken when he discovers what has happened to Fred, but Bev has a plan to console him. Carl coerces Emily into modelling for…

Shelley and Jackie tell Lindsey very different accounts of the night they were together, and Lindsey can't decide who to believe. Tim meets…

After Tim tells the other prisoners he is looking forward to a visit from his girlfriend, they are not impressed when she looks more like h…

Jimmy deduces that Lindsey has been sleeping with Shelley and gives her his blessing, but later admits to Jackie that the thought of it tur…

Jessie and Ray decide to bring forward their wedding and buy the bungalow from Margi, who notices Susannah's coffin being collected, on Lis…