Brookside — Season 4

Jan 1, 1985 · 30m

Heather tries to work from home, but she is continually interrupted. Ralph begins to miss Grace, but also starts to look to the future.

Jan 7, 1985 · 30m

Sheila prepares for a home delivery, and Marie sets off on a long journey to visit George.

Jan 8, 1985 · 30m

Annabelle has to act quickly when her dinner guests arrive early. Stuart has a belated Christmas present for Heather. Bobby and Sheila become parents of a new daughter.

Jan 14, 1985 · 30m

Bobby is determined to sort out the sexual harrassment case. Kate discovers that Pat is selling food to hospital patients.

Jan 15, 1985 · 30m

Kate is in trouble at the hospital. Paul is accused of taking a bribe. Marie and Betty talk to Rick about George.

Jan 21, 1985 · 30m

Sandra finds her first day back on theatre duties depressing. Annabelle's new freezer breaks down.

Jan 22, 1985 · 30m

Sandra's husband unexpectedly turns up on the Close. The new union convenor at PetroChem makes further accusations against Paul.

Jan 28, 1985 · 30m

The twins have a scheme to help Marie with her money problems. Pat writes a song. Damon is offered a job. Annabelle goes out jogging.

Jan 29, 1985 · 30m

Rick Sexton wants to publicise the sacrifices the Jackson twins have made for their family. Marie lobbies a visiting government official.

Feb 4, 1985 · 30m

Paul meets up with Colin Peterson in an attempt to arrange a peace settlement. Sinbad tries to sell cheap watches.

Feb 5, 1985 · 30m

Paul has further problems with the maintenance contract. Damon and Neil start up their bin-liner business. Celia doesn't make Terry and Michelle welcome when they return.

Feb 11, 1985 · 30m

Kate looks after Sheila's baby, allowing Damon and Neil to borrow the pram to carry their bin liners. Ralph goes missing.

Feb 12, 1985 · 30m

Ralph returns to the bungalow, and Marie and Betty travel to Downing Street. Mrs Bancroft has her sights on a certain young man. Sheila is depressed.

Feb 18, 1985 · 30m

Marie is annoyed when she is accused of neglecting her children. Edna and Ralph become hooked on newspaper bingo.

Feb 19, 1985 · 30m

Damon thinks he's in for a good time when he is invited upstairs by Mrs Bancroft. Marie receives more hate-mail. Sheila is annoyed by the amount of influence Janet seems to have on Bobby.

Feb 25, 1985 · 30m

Heather starts a new assignment which leads to something other than business. Marie goes to visit George in prison, but finds that he has absconded.

Feb 26, 1985 · 30m

Heather meets an old flame. Marie is visited by the police. Sheila shows signs of post-natal depression.

Mar 4, 1985 · 30m

Sheila confesses to Annabelle that she has started to resent having a new baby. Curzon Communications' chief accountant makes life difficult for Heather.

Mar 5, 1985 · 30m

Terry tells Sheila about a letter he has received from George. Annabelle gets a shock.

Mar 11, 1985 · 30m

Paul has to attend a difficult business meeting instead of accompanying Annabelle to Gordon's school.

Mar 12, 1985 · 30m

Michelle trips the light fantastic with the new dance instructor. Colin is in favour of calling a strike, and Heather meets Tom Curzon. It emerges that Gordon is in France with Lucy.

Mar 18, 1985 · 30m

Mrs Duncan visits Annabelle. Accusations of an unprofessional relationship cause grief.

Mar 19, 1985 · 30m

Annabelle leaves to visit Gordon in France. George has some bad news for Marie. At a disco, Karen and Susi pretend to be French girls.

Mar 25, 1985 · 30m

Bobby proposes a "cooling off" period to Paul. The Grants' baby has a minor accident. A stranger arrives at the Jacksons'.

Mar 26, 1985 · 30m

Marie wakens to find that the visitor has left, taking several of her possessions with him.

Apr 1, 1985 · 30m

Despite playing a prank on Neil, it is Damon who finds himself the April Fool. Heather finds herself back on the Curzon review, and Marie prepares to move out.

Apr 2, 1985 · 30m

Sheila's sister Margaret and her family arrive for the christening ceremony. Karen tries to conceal a love-bite on her neck. Before leaving the Close, Marie gives Sheila a present for the baby.

Apr 8, 1985 · 30m

Heather returns to Curzon's to find the company in a crisis. Edna and Ralph place an accumulator bet on six horses.

Apr 9, 1985 · 30m

Sackings follow when Howard, Joyce and Heather present their review to Tom Curzon, and Harry takes action against Billy Mac. Things get physical between Karen and Andrew.

Apr 15, 1985 · 30m

Damon has to attend a YTS interview. Sandra and Pat consider hiring a kissogram for Kate's birthday. When one man comes to her door, Heather has to hide another one in the kitchen.

Apr 16, 1985 · 30m

Pat sets up a singing telegram service and tries to involve Damon, but Bobby has other plans for him. Tom Curzon invites Heather to spend a weekend with him in Portugal.

Apr 22, 1985 · 30m

The singing telegram turns out to be a few notes short. Harry consults a lawyer.

Apr 23, 1985 · 30m

Sandra is disgusted that Jackie is delivering kissograms as "Fifi The Naughty Night Nurse", and that Kate made the costume. Heather and Tom travel around Portugal - but what lies ahead for them when they return?

Apr 29, 1985 · 30m

Sandras discovers that radiographer Jimmy Powell has x-ray eyes. Damon receives a job offer. A pillar box is installed on the Close.

Apr 30, 1985 · 30m

Annabelle employs a cleaner. Pat has "words" with the radiographer who attacked Sandra. Damon begins his YTS scheme.

May 6, 1985 · 30m

Michelle goes dancing with Richard, but later finds out that he's not who he claims to be. When Victor visits the bungalow on Tommy McArdle's behalf, Ralph ends up flat on his back.

May 7, 1985 · 30m

Harry is made an offer, but only if he keeps his mouth shot. Michelle has a surprise for Terry. There's some bad news for Pat.

May 13, 1985 · 30m

Paul finds himself in a somewhat embarrassing position. Heather has something to celebrate. Ralph makes a decision.

May 14, 1985 · 30m

Serious pressure is put on Harry to drop the court case. Michelle and Terry continue to fool each other and themselves.

May 20, 1985 · 30m

Bobby thinks it's time to resume sexual relations with Sheila, but he is called away on business. Edna is in for a shock.

May 21, 1985 · 30m

Tommy McArdle makes Harry an even more tempting offer. The Grants have a visitor. There is bad news for Terry and Michelle.

May 27, 1985 · 30m

Edna refuses to venture out after being mugged. Annabelle makes a worrying discovery. An old friend of Damon's makes a surprise return to the Close.

May 28, 1985 · 30m

When Annabelle confronts Carol about the food that is going missing from the freezer, the search for the thief widens. There's a surprise for Edna.

Jun 3, 1985 · 30m

Annabelle discovers that Harry has been giving Edna the same food that has been going missing from her freezer. When Terry arrives late for work, he discovers that the club has been raided. He then returns home early, and finds out that Michelle is cheating on him with Richard.

Jun 4, 1985 · 30m

Terry disturbs Karen's reunion. Paul is asked to be more specific about how he will reward the strike-breakers. The food thief is finally caught in the act.

Jun 10, 1985 · 30m

Terry learns that McArdle has been released. Bobby speaks to his doctor about the possibility of having a vasectomy. Paul believes he may have found a way of ending the strike.

Jun 11, 1985 · 30m

Heather amuses Greg with her attempts to park Tom's car. Bobby tries to arrange to have a vasectomy without Sheila finding out. Karen and David decide to go to see a film that doesn't have scenes of gratuitous singing and dancing.

Jun 17, 1985 · 30m

Karen sits her last exam, Tom invites Heather to dinner, and Terry makes a statement.

Jun 18, 1985 · 30m

Michelle leaves the Close to live with Marie in Leeds. Sandra plans a holiday in Rimini. Tom discovers that something valuable he has left in Heather's car has gone missing.

Jun 24, 1985 · 30m

Sheila becomes suspicious about Bobby's visit to the doctor, and Karen gets a shock when she goes to visit Bobby at work.

Jun 25, 1985 · 30m

Bobby is forced to come clean about his vasectomy when Sheila's stepladders accidentally poke him in the front room. Sinbad buries a television.

Jul 1, 1985 · 30m

Sheila overhears Damon and Karen discussing the stand-off between her and Bobby. Jack wants to impress a new woman, and asks Terry a favour. Tom tells Heather there is someone he wants her to meet.

Jul 2, 1985 · 30m

Eileen becomes suspicious of Jack's living arrangements. Bobby and Sheila consider separating. Tom introduces Heather to his father, Jim.

Jul 8, 1985 · 30m

Terry suggests that Sheila should consult a priest. Harry and Ralph decide to go to a car auction.

Jul 9, 1985 · 30m

Tom and Heather discuss their future. Sheila turns to the church for help with her problems.

Jul 15, 1985 · 30m

Heather plans a celebration with Tom but gets a shock when she calls unexpectedly at his office. Sandra returns from her holidy in Rimini, and Neil persuades Damon to go busking.

Jul 16, 1985 · 30m

Neil and Damon plan the seduction of their girlfriends. Heather forces Tom to admit the truth about the girl she saw him with. At the hospital fete, some of the residents get Russell Grant's autograph, while others encounter a stranger...

Jul 22, 1985 · 30m

Harry discovers that running a car will be expensive. Tom suggests to Heather that they cancel a date. Neil asks Damon for a divorce. The stranger returns.

Jul 23, 1985 · 30m

Pat, Sandra, and Kate find themselves at the mercy of an unbalanced man with a gun.

Jul 29, 1985 · 30m

Annabelle becomes suspicious after speaking to Kate and hearing about her encounters with Harry and the milkman, but Paul doesn't believe her. Damon and Neil prepare for a seance. The captor becomes increasingly unhinged.

Jul 30, 1985 · 30m

The siege continues, and Pat undermines Kate's attempts to end it peacefully.

Aug 5, 1985 · 30m

The Close is evacuated, and the residents monitor the situation as it is reported on television. Harry becomes concerned when Edna goes to the toilet and doesn't come back.

Aug 6, 1985 · 30m

After gunshots ring out, the police move in, but there are only dead bodies to be recovered.

Aug 12, 1985 · 30m

Reporters are swarming around the Close, and Terry accuses Harry of profiteering from the death of one of his tenants.

Aug 13, 1985 · 30m

As a result of the newspaper coverage of the siege, Annabelle and Harry both receive letters from the tax man. Terry and Sandra have to go to London for a funeral.

Aug 19, 1985 · 30m

Ghoulish appetites for a glimpse of the scene of the crime make matters worse. While Harry is arguing with other residents outside, Edna suffers a stroke in the kitchen.

Aug 20, 1985 · 30m

Paul and Annabelle prepare to go on holiday, but first he wants to know why an extra television set has appeared in the house. There is no hospital bed available for Edna. Karen's exam results arrive.

Aug 26, 1985 · 30m

Edna has a relapse and is in a critical condition. Paul and Annabelle prepare to camp out in their back garden, but is their tent waterproof?

Aug 27, 1985 · 30m

Damon and Neil find out that the photo of Karen they entered for a competition has won. Harry's spirits are low, as Edna's condition remains unchanged.

Sep 2, 1985 · 30m

Harry is hopeful that Edna will be able to come home. Sandra is surprised when someone from the Close turns up while she visits her mother in Glasgow.

Sep 3, 1985 · 30m

Harry and his family maintain a vigil at Edna's bedside, but she is not going to wake up. Matty is disappointed when he is unsuccessful at his job interview.

Sep 9, 1985 · 30m

Pat and Sandra return from Glasgow and find Harry in their house, distraught because Edna has died.

Sep 10, 1985 · 30m

There's an unfortunate case of mistaken identity, as the vicar puts his foot in it at Edna's funeral. When Terry returns from the funeral, he discovers that new arrivals the Corkhills have dumped his belongings outside number 10.

Sep 16, 1985 · 30m

Terry and Pat discover that televisions dug up from the garden don't necessarily work. Billy has a surprise for Doreen: a ready-to-assemble fireplace kit. Jim hears something he shouldn't hear on Heather's answerphone.

Sep 17, 1985 · 30m

Sandra is feeling the strain of being the only breadwinner in the house. Heather regrets lying to Jim. Doreen needs help with the building of her fireplace.

Sep 23, 1985 · 30m

Terry and Pat go to the bank. Karen and David play monopoly. Paul sets off for a military reunion dinner but has no intention of arriving there.

Sep 24, 1985 · 30m

Doreen's mother, Julia, reveals a few home truths about Billy's criminal past. Annabelle is startled when she questions Paul over his reunion dinner. Harry sells, then buys again.

Sep 30, 1985 · 30m

Heather is worried when she receives some mysterious phone calls. By chance, a cigarette end found down the toilet ends up in Sandra's meal.

Oct 1, 1985 · 30m

Tom asks Heather to be "Mrs Curzon". Sandra gives Pat three months to make the van-hire business a success. Damon needs plenty of initiative when Karen asks him to change a book he has given her, and he almost succeeds.

Oct 7, 1985 · 30m

Billy Corkhill has forgotten about a little electricity job, but it's someone else who is caught red-handed. On Karen's first day at university, her worries turn into outright fear when she meets other students.

Oct 8, 1985 · 30m

Billy's new shutters are causing a bit of a stir. Damon and Rod are determined to outdo each other in their displays of support for different football teams.

Oct 14, 1985 · 30m

Rod plans to impress Heather by washing her car, but then the water supply is cut off. Lucy Collins returns to the Close.

Oct 15, 1985 · 30m

The cleaner meets the daughter, but who has more reason to be suspicious? Heather reflects on becoming a free woman again as her divorce from Roger becomes absolute.

Oct 21, 1985 · 30m

It's Lucy's birthday, but she has disappeared again. Damon and Rod make a bet, and Harry agrees to adjudicate.

Oct 22, 1985 · 30m

Karen goes to a party without telling Bobby and Sheila and does something she later regrets on the way home. Heather is not sure how to answer Tom's proposal.

Oct 28, 1985 · 30m

Doreen discovers that Julia has nearly burned her house down. Lucy tells Annabelle her plans. Damon sets about returning the Corkhills' alarm without them knowing.

Oct 29, 1985 · 30m

Heather is confused when Tom refuses to invite his daughter to the wedding. The Corkhills are more confused about what has happened during the night.

Nov 4, 1985 · 30m

Lucy is confident about her job interview but finds that it isn't the walkover that she expected. Julia appears in court.

Nov 5, 1985 · 30m

Jim has a proposal for Tom. Ralph and Harry go on a trip to Blaenau Festiniog. Julia discovers a love letter written by Tracy to a lad at school. Or is it?

Nov 11, 1985 · 30m

Annabelle's homewatch meeting doesn't quite go to plan. Terry and Pat take on an awkward customer.

Nov 12, 1985 · 30m

Heather discovers that Tom has bought her a new house and handed in her resignation. The appearance of Gummy George on the Close results in Paul getting a black eye.

Nov 18, 1985 · 30m

Heather struggles with her preparations for the wedding. Harry and Ralph go to the cemetery to see Edna's grave.

Nov 19, 1985 · 30m

Heather has serious doubts about marrying Tom. Lucy tells Paul and Annabelle that she has a boyfriend. Harry inadvertently causes a fight between Billy and Doreen.

Nov 25, 1985 · 30m

Rod arrives home with a black eye, but finds that it wasn't worth getting. Doreen's turkey fund becomes a little under-done.

Nov 26, 1985 · 30m

Pat and Terry are summoned by their bank manager. Doreen confronts Julia. Heather has a visitor, but does she still have a job?

Dec 2, 1985 · 30m

Lucy invites James home. Pat and Terry meet a potential new customer. Damon starts work in a stately home. Ralph and Harry are bored.

Dec 3, 1985 · 30m

Damon is in a spot of bother at work but won't blow the whistle on the guilty party. Harry and Ralph man the phones.

Dec 9, 1985 · 30m

Damon confesses that he has been suspended. Pamela encourages Karen to crib an essay. Pat and Terry blame Harry for sending them on a wild goose chase.

Dec 10, 1985 · 30m

Sheila takes steps to clear Damon's name. Sandra is not pleased when Harry wakes her up. Karen obtains a second-hand essay to save her some time.

Dec 16, 1985 · 30m

Sinbad tries to interest the residents of the Close in fresh turkey for Christmas. Karen discovers that her tutor originally wrote the essay she handed in to him.

Dec 17, 1985 · 30m

Sinbad introduces Trevor the Turkey to the residents, most of whom decide that it's slightly too fresh for them. Karen is flattered by the weirdest Guy she knows.

Dec 23, 1985 · 30m

Lucy feels trapped as Annabelle sets a date for James's visit. Billy is asked to work over Christmas. Sheila is surprised that Father Christmas knows so much about Claire. Pat, Sandra, and Terry celebrate early.

Dec 24, 1985 · 30m

At Billy's factory, many of the men are made redundant just before Christmas, and it's time for Bobby to take action. An ex-girlfriend of Barry's turns up and has a few surprises for everyone.

Dec 30, 1985 · 30m

Barry discovers that Jane hasn't kicked her habit and confiscates what he finds. There's trouble between Billy and Bobby at the picket line. Joyce turns up at Heather's in need of somewhere to stay.

Dec 31, 1985 · 30m

Bobby and Sheila learn from Barry that the heroin belongs to Jane. Joyce tells Heather she is setting up in business, and invites Heather to join her.