Season 27

E1. Wed Jan 1 1986

Jan 1, 1986 · 24m

Susan returns from Mike Baldwin's flat and an argument ensues when Ken discovers where she's been. Having heard Gloria and Frank's story, Bet believes Gloria and asks Frank to leave, and Alf's decision to do the stocktaking rather than sales in the shop creates further annoyance for Audrey.

E2. Mon 6 January 1986

Jan 6, 1986 · 25m

Mavis's papergirl Jenny is taken to a children's home after her mother is killed. Bet has finished with Frank and Jack wonders if she'll need some help with the Rovers.

E3. Wed 8 January 1986

Jan 8, 1986 · 25m

Bet offers Jack his old job back after Terry and Curly refuse to help. Jenny runs away from the children's hospital but Don, her social worker, takes her back again. Deirdre tries to persuade Mike to stop seeing Susan.

E4. Mon 13 January 1986

Jan 13, 1986 · 25m

Ken is still concerned about Susan and gets even more upset when he learns that Deirdre has been to see Mike. Terry and Curly try but fail to get a drink out of Jack after getting him his job back at the Rovers.

E5. Wed 15 January 1986

Jan 15, 1986 · 25m

Susan and Deirdre Barlow clash over an old affair. And the past catches up with Jenny Bradley when her father turns up.

E6. Mon 20 January 1986

Jan 20, 1986 · 25m

Mike Baldwin returns from London - to face awkward questions from Susan Barlow over his affair with her stepmother, Deirdre.

E7. Wed 22 January 1986

Jan 22, 1986 · 25m

Mike assures Susan he loves her for who she is. Don Worthington asks Rita to act as mediator between the Bradleys. Jenny refuses to meet Alan when he travels from Leeds. Susan stays away from the Weatherfield Recorder office. Rita tells Alan he's going to have to win Jenny's confidence. Mike tells Deirdre that Susan is with him and he intends to look after her. Audrey goes around Estate Agents and presents Alf with details of expensive detached houses. She likes one on Bolton Road for £42,000. Alf is mortified. Mike is furious when George gets orders mixed up. Deirdre tells Ken that Susan is with Mike. Ken marches into the factory and hits him to the floor.

E8. Mon 27 January 1986

Jan 27, 1986 · 25m

Deirdre is worried that a row with Ken will affect Tracy's adoption if the social workers hear about it. Jenny agrees to have a meal with Alan.

E9. Wed 29 January 1986

Jan 29, 1986 · 25m

Kevin is annoyed when Hilda keeps on about how unsuitable Sally is compared to Michelle. The social worker tackles the Barlows about Susan's departure.

E10. Mon 3 February 1986

Feb 3, 1986 · 25m

Audrey has to flirt with Alf to get him to agree to a house. Phyllis discovers that Sam won a fortune on the pools in the 50s.

E11. Wed 5 February 1986

Feb 5, 1986 · 25m

Mike tells Terry and Curly that he has some work for them but Curly refuses to do business with him. Mike tells Susan he dosen't want to rush her but he would like her to marry him.

E12. Mon 10 February 1986

Feb 10, 1986 · 25m

Sam discovers Percy and Phyllis at a party dancing together and accuses Phyllis of playing with his affections.

E13. Wed 12 February 1986

Feb 12, 1986 · 25m

Phyllis tells Percy she'll never forgive him for driving Sam away and throws him out of the café. Audrey is stunned when Alf tells her he has bought a house.

E14. Mon 17 February 1986

Feb 17, 1986 · 25m

Hilda asks Terry and Curly to try to and get Kevin away from Sally by taking him on a lad's night out. Alf tells Terry he heard that Andrea has just had a baby.

E15. Wed 19 February 1986

Feb 19, 1986 · 25m

Phyllis realises she's spending a small fortune on taking Sam out and paying for his drinks. Sally tells Hilda she has no right to be so protective.

E16. Mon 24 February 1986

Feb 24, 1986 · 25m

Tracy is thrilled when Susan asks her to be a bridesmaid. Deirdre and Ken have a argument about Susan's wedding.

E17. Wed 26 February 1986

Feb 26, 1986 · 25m

Jenny is impressed to learn that Rita used to be a singer and Sam confronts Percy about Phyllis.

E18. Mon 3 March 1986

Mar 3, 1986 · 25m

Terry tells Curly he's had enough of working just to give Curly half. Susan considers returning to work for Ken at the Recorder.

E19. Wed 5 March 1986

Mar 5, 1986 · 25m

Mike tells Susan that Ken is manipulating her, while Terry breaks the news to Curly that their job with Mike is finished.

E20. Mon 10 March 1986

Mar 10, 1986 · 25m

Kevin is annoyed when Sally keeps missing dates, while Hilda is sad to find her old friend is in hospital.

E21. Wed 12 March 1986

Mar 12, 1986 · 25m

Sally confesses to Kevin that she spent an evening with her ex-boyfriend, much to the surprise of Kevin.

E22. Mon 17 March 1986

Mar 17, 1986 · 25m

Gloria is surprised to find that Jack has been sending her the roses and the Roberts move into their new home.

E23. Wed 19 March 1986

Mar 19, 1986 · 25m

Gloria is surprised to find that Jack has been sending her the roses and the Roberts move into their new home.

E24. Mon 24 March 1986

Mar 24, 1986 · 25m

Ken and Susan decide on a date for the wedding and plan a party for Susan's 21st birthday, while Rita makes a secret confession to Mavis.

E25. Wed 26 March 1986

Mar 26, 1986 · 25m

Jenny leaves Rita's to go and live with her father in the flat he's rented. Ken surprises Susan by revealing he's booked the Belstaff Hotel for her twenty first party and that her twin brother, Peter, has got leave from the Navy to attend.

E26. Mon 31 March 1986

Mar 31, 1986 · 25m

Curly is plunged into the depths of depression when the girl he planned to take to the Barlows' do calls off their date. He is uplifted when he meets Tina and she agrees to go with him. Alan and Jenny occupying the flat across the hall from Gloria, are setting about turning it into a home.

E27. Wed 2 April 1986

Apr 2, 1986 · 25m

Cunning Ken tries to make Mike feel his age by throwing a party for Susan and Peter's 21st. At the height of the celebration, Mike secretly reveals to Susan that he's bought her a car as a present. Terry and Kevin are surprised when Curly 'unveils' his substitute date, Tina Wagstaffe.

E28. Mon 7 April 1986

Apr 7, 1986 · 25m

Mike, now the 21st is over, urges Susan to fix a wedding date. Susan approaches Ken and he tells her that he's spent so much on her birthday party that the wedding will have to wait! Gloria and Alan are beginning to like the idea of being neighbours.

E29. Wed 9 April 1986

Apr 9, 1986 · 25m

Mike susses that Ken is prevaricating over the wedding plans because the 21st set him back financially. Mike confronts Ken, offering to fund the wedding himself. A row ensues and Susan, hurt for her Dad, refuses to listen to Mike's explanations. Much to Curly's discomfort Sally continues two timing Kevin with Terry.

E30. Mon 14 April 1986

Apr 14, 1986 · 25m

There is concern in the Rovers for Gloria whose boyfriend has been unexpectedly released from prison and is in the flat. Ken is still angry that Mike Baldwin has offered to pay for the wedding - Susan is on Ken's side.