Season 32

E1. Wed Jan 2 1991

Jan 2, 1991 · 24m

Ken continues to swallow tablets. Bet suspects someone is in No. 1. She finds Ken and he tells her he's only taken 3 tablets. He breaks down, telling her he's thrown everything away. She tells him he can't make Deirdre love him. He realises he won't achieve anything by dying. Ken is grateful that Bet stopped him. They agree never to tell anyone what happened. The Webster's grow aggravated by Rosie's continual crying and Mike gets the cold shoulder from the residents. Emily and Rita go to the tea dance and find Reg there. Reg tells Rita's he's separated from his wife. Victor tells Derek he has to go to Darlington with Angela.

E2. 4 January 1991

Jan 4, 1991 · 25m

Deirdre returns home. She's angry when Tracy tells her about the row and confronts Ken. He tells her he realises he's lost her. Mavis tells Derek she doesn't want him to go to Darlington. Mavis then tells Derek she's going to Darlington with him and Angela. Kevin takes paternity leave from the garage and Mark isn't pleased. Rita is astounded when Reg makes a play for her. Tracy apologies to Ken and Curly decides he's never going to get anywhere with Kimberley so he'll break the engagement.

E3. 7 January 1991

Jan 7, 1991 · 25m

Rita tries to avoid Reg, but Reg sends her flowers. Rita finally blows her top when Vera tells her she knows she's going out with Reg. Derek fears that Mavis will lose him Angela's contract, but Mavis decides not to go to Darlington at the last minute. The Webster's can't believe that Davis sleeps all the time. Des plans to go to the Boat Show and Derek clinches the deal with Angela.

E4. 9 January 1991

Jan 9, 1991 · 25m

Rita is annoyed when Vera warns her off Reg. She tells him she will go dancing with him, so they agree to be dance partners only. Curly tells Kimberely her parents treat her like a prisoner. Kim is upset when Curly makes it clear he doesn't like Brenda. Brenda is pleased when she gives his ring back. Derek secures his job's safety. Victor tell shim that he wants him to keep Angela happy. Jenny fobs Mark off. Angie and boyfriend Ben wonder what she's up to.

E5. 11 January 1991

Jan 11, 1991 · 25m

Curly feels that he wants to marry Kim now. Kimberley refuses to let Curly talk to her. She threatens to resign if he continues to harass her. Curly shouts at Brenda and accuses her of ruining Kim's life. Reg asks Kevin to do a foreigner on his car. Kevin plans to fix Reg's car in the garage during the weekend and Rita begins to enjoy Reg's company. Victor tells Mavis that Derek is going to have to see a lot of Angela, which cause Mavis to believe that Derek is seeing Angela. Angie thinks that Jenny has another boyfriend.

E6. 14 January 1991

Jan 11, 1991 · 25m

Mark is surprised to find the lights still on at the garage on Monday morning. Kim tells Reg she wants a transfer. Reg invites Rita racing. He tells her his wife has gone to live in New Zealand. Victor orders Derek to keep Angela sweet. Derek tells Mavis that Victor is up to his old tricks; trying to split them up. She refuses to listen and sits in the dark. Jenny introduces Steph to her older man, Robert Weston. When Mark turns up she passes Robert off as Steph's boyfriend.

E7. 16 January

Jan 16, 1991 · 25m

Steph is annoyed at Jenny's cheek of passing off her 'older man' as Steph's boyfriend. Mark tells Des that Steph has a 'fella'. Des tells him he's lying and goes for him in the Rovers. He confronts Steph who makes Jenny tell him the truth. Jenny then tells Angie that Robert is married. Mark discovers Kevin has been doing foreigners, and when Mark rows with Kevin, Kevin tells him he should be keeping an eye on Jenny. Curly is distraught at the thought of Kim transferring and Mavis is upset when Derek has to have lunch with Angela.

E8. 18 January 1991

Jan 18, 1991 · 25m

Derek tells Mavis it is obvious that Victor is using Angela to split them up. Reg tells Curly to organise a trolley race. Curly takes Kim's transfer request form and Reg and Rita go to the races and Rita does well. Jenny tells Mark she wants to finish as she has someone else. He calls her a slag. Kevin takes Seymour's car to repair it, but crashes into a tree on the way.

E9. 21 January 1991

Jan 21, 1991 · 25m

Kevin asks Mark to put the accident on the garages insurances,but Mark becomes paranoid that everybody is laughing at him. Seymour gives Kevin a bill for £1,250, but Mark refuses to claim off the insurance. Alf tries to teach Audrey shop management and Curly tells Kim he's not going to send her request in and rips it up. Ken gives Alf a list of repairs he wants done to his flat.

E10. 23 January 1991

Jan 23, 1991 · 25m

Kevin thinks he can repair the car for £400, but Seymour refuses to let Kevin touch the car. Sally begs Mark to reconsider but he refuses.Kevin is annoyed that Sally begged for him and doesn't know hot to cope with everything. As a result, Mark sacks Kevin. Alf refuse to consider Ken's demands and discovers a new water heater for the flat will cost £300. Reg tells Curly he'll see to Kim's transfer after Brenda rows with him. Curly threatens to tell Rita that Mrs. Holdsworth is only on holiday. Reg agrees to hold onto the request for a week and Mike packs up his flat.

E11. 25 January 1991

Jan 25, 1991 · 25m

Mark takes on another mechanic. Curly is certain that Kim really loves him, but that dream is shattered when he discovers her in the arms of another man. Ken invites Alma to share a meal with him and the two have a pleasant evening together. Reg refuses to let the trolley draw take place until Rita is present. Reg pulls out Rita's ticket. Curly helps Rita run around the shop in 2 minutes grabbing what they can. Rita then donates all of the goods to a hospital, but later she realises that Reg fixed the draw. Kevin gets an offer of a job at Walkers' tyre and exhaust garage, while Vera spreads around the gossip that the draw was a fiddle.

E12. 28 January 1991

Jan 28, 1991 · 25m

Kim tells Curly the man is her cousin Adrian and he is lodging with them. Curly is horrified by his mistake. Phyllis tells Reg Vera is spreading the word about the trolley fix and Rita is annoyed at local remarks about the trolley race. Kevin starts work at Walkers and Alma assures Audrey that Ken is just a mate. Alf refuses to do any repairs, but trips over a rotten riser and falls down the stairs. Vera finds out the consequences of her gossip spreading,Reg sacks her.

E13. 30 January 1991

Jan 30, 1991 · 25m

Alf has a sprained ankle but refuses to leave Audrey on her own at the shop and Vera writes to Head Office complaining about Reg. Seymour's solicitor writes to Kevin threatening legal action if he doesn't pay in 14 days. Alf advises Sally to write to the solicitor explaining their financial situation.Curly confronts Adrian at his building society and accuse him of stealing Kim,but Adrian accuses Curly of using Kim. Mike accepts an offer for his flat. So Jackie decides to sell her house and for them to find a place together somewhere--with no memories.

E14. 1 February 1991

Feb 1, 1991 · 25m

Reg discovers that his old enemy, Brendan Scott, is coming from HQ and that a letter has been written. Brendan arrives just in time to see Curly shouting at Kim. Brendan begins his fraud investigation and Vera admits to Rita that she wrote the letter. Brendan tells Reg, HQ has received many letter of complaint about him in the last 10 years. Reg takes a holiday and gives Curly the keys to the store. Sally works out the Webster's finances and works out that they can only offer £10 a week.

E15. 4 February 1991

Feb 4, 1991 · 25m

The employees react to the news that Curly is in charge. Curly refuse Kim's transfer. He tells her she can resign if she wants a change that much. Raquel makes it clear she's interested in Curly. Brendan talks to Vera about Rita's connection in the fix. Brendan interviews Rita about the trolley race and she refuses to talk to him. Alma calling herself Mrs Halliwell makes arrangements to view Jackie's house. Alma tortures herself by looking round the house. Later Jackie discovers that the duvet has been cut and slashed.

E16. 6 February 1991

Feb 6, 1991 · 25m

Mike confronts the estate agent, who then gives Mike a description of Alma. Alma tells Mike she doesn't know why she did it and offers him payment.He is touched by her emotions. Raquel agrees to go out with Curly and he is shocked when Raquel makes it clear she wants to get him into bed. However, Raquel is upset when Curly keeps talking about Kim. Audrey arranges for some repairs to be taken out behind Alf's back. Reg asks Vera to withdraw her allegation and he'll take her back. Rita then shocks Reg by telling him she wants their meetings to stop.

E17. 8 February 1991

Feb 8, 1991 · 25m

Mavis is excited to see a fox in the garden. She tells Derek not to tell anyone about it, but keeps watch for the fox. Raquel reads Curly a letter in a women's magazine that she thinks Kim could have written. Curly confronts Kim with the letter and she tells him she didn't write it. Curly shows Adrian the letter that says Adrian is after her as well. He is shocked and tells Curly he has already slept with Kim. Curly threatens to kill him. An assistant thinks Curly is robbing Adrian and the police arrive and Curly spends two hours in the police station. Brendan is surprised to learn that Vera has dropped her allegations and is Curly's landlady. He thinks it's all a cover-up, but can't prove Reg's guilt, so Reg returns to work. Rita realises that Jenny is avoiding her.

E18. 11 February 1991

Feb 11, 1991 · 25m

Reg keeps his part of the bargain and gives Vera her job back. Curly, after his release from jail, goes berserk in the supermarket, shouting accusations at Kimberley. Sally and Kev have another row when a summons arrives in the post. Derek's skepticism is banished when he, too, sees Mavis's fox. But as Jack and Vera are going out the door to go celebrate Vera's reinstatement, they hear a crash in the back yard. Upon investigation, Jack discovers his pigeon coop has been broken into and two of his best birds have been killed.

E19. 13 February 1991

Feb 13, 1991 · 25m

Jack is shattered over the loss of his two pigeons. Percy and Jim are certain that a fox is responsible. Mavis is upset to hear of this. Curly marches around the supermarket like Frankenstein's monster, and Reg has to call him into the office and give him a lecture. Angie tells Rita she's planning a surprise birthday party for Jenny. Mrs Sneddon, Sally's mother, offers to loan her and Kev the money to pay off Mr Seymour, but Kevin angrily refuses the offer.

E20. 15 February 1991

Feb 15, 1991 · 25m

Sally gets Kevin to see reason and accept her mother's offer of a loan. For £400, Des has bought a junk boat, which he installs in his back yard so he can work on restoring it. Mavis and Derek are not pleased at the new view with which Derek has provided them. When Jenny learns of the planned surprise party for her, she tells Angie to call it off because she has other plans. Angie, disgusted, finally tells Rita about Jenny's married boyfriend, Robert Weston. With the help of his friend Bert, Jack plans to revenge himself on the fox. Upset to hear of this, Mavis sends Derek out to lure the fox away, but Derek runs into Bert's huge dog in Jack's yard.

E21. 18 February 1991

Feb 18, 1991 · 25m

The fox-hunt fiasco becomes noisy, with a very drunken Bert and Jack urging Bert's dog, Boomer, on the trail of what they think is the fox, but is in fact Derek. Mavis sees the fox in her yard, and rushes out, banging on a saucepan to frighten it away. When Derek arrives home, Bert and Co. are not far behind, and when Bert tries to climb the fence, Mavis clocks him one with the saucepan. Next day, the Wiltons confess to Jack what had happened. Emily comes home from a hospital visit looking worried. Vera receives a phone call from her sister, and learns that their mother has died. Phil Jennings moves in as a lodger at the Rovers', but has not told Deirdre of this development.

E22. 20 February 1991

Feb 20, 1991 · 25m

Alec (amongst others) suspiciously ponders Phil's reasons for lodging at the Rovers', especially after overhearing him speaking on his cellular phone to someone, warning them to "lie low and stay out of their way". Phil has asked Alec to deny he's staying there if anyone asks for him, and sure enough, someone does: a huge Scot (Scotch Tommy) accompanied by two rough-looking pals in a van. Emily is acting depressed, and Percy ("a megaphone wearing a flat cap" according to Mavis) is concerned about her health. Emily, however, says there is nothing to worry about. Vera is arranging for her mother's funeral. When Raquel stops by with a card signed by everyone at the supermarket, Curly seizes the opportunity to ask her out for a drink. Jenny won't listen to Rita's sound advice regarding her married boyfriend.

E23. 22 February 1991

Feb 22, 1991 · 25m

Phil tells Alec that he is staying undercover at the Rovers because he is a witness in a court case against a "goon", and it helps the prosecution for him to "disappear" for a few days. Scotch Tommy, it turns out, is no threat: he's doing some construction work for Phil. [In a scene evidently cut by the CBC, Deirdre and Mavis notice a sign (being put up by Scotch Tommy?) in one of the new buildings across from the Rovers which indicates that Phil's business is moving in.] Phil tells Deirdre it is just a temporary storage facility--he is *not* opening an amusement arcade there. When Emily discovers that Percy has been discussing her "health problems" with Mavis and Deirdre, she has to tell him the real reason for her frequent visits to hospital: she is negotiating with Maurice Jones to donate space for a hospital charity shop in one of his new buildings. Reg's wife returns unexpectedly early from New Zealand, and when Reg meets her at the airport, she orders the taxi to go to Coronation Street--to the Kabin!

E24. 25 February 1991

Feb 25, 1991 · 25m

Veronica Holdsworth storms into the Kabin (where Rita is waiting on Deirdre and Steph), announces who she is, calls Rita a few choice names, and then says that this time she really is leaving Reg, for a bloke she met in New Zealand. Then she storms out, and Rita throws Reg out in her wake. Later, Jenny seizes the opportunity to hurtfully force her boyfriend Robert into Rita's company, on grounds that she now "can't complain" he's marries. After her mother's funeral, Vera is surprised to learn that Amy's dying wish was for her to look after Amy's old friend Joss Shackleton--who reveals that he is Vera's real father! Alec is thinking about going back into the night club business, in partnership with Phil Jennings.

E25. 27 February 1991

Feb 27, 1991 · 25m

It's grand-opening day for the charity shop, and Percy is industriously offending everybody in sight. Phil and Alec have rather different concepts of the proposed club, and Bet doesn't like the idea at all - until Phil tells her she'd be the star attraction and nominal owner! Robert tells Jenny he's going to leave his wife. Rita gets the idea Robert is planning to move in with Jenny and, as Jenny's landlady, puts her foot down. Jenny responds in kind. Jack asks Betty to stop by and talk to Vera, who is very depressed, but when she arrives Vera seems quite cheerful. Then Joss walks in the back door.

E26. 1 March 1991

Mar 1, 1991 · 25m

Angie prepares to move out, despite Rita's pleas to act as a brake on Jenny's impulse to have Robert move in. But then Jenny drops the bomb: she's moving out, into a flat rented by Robert. Helping out at the charity shop, Percy has taken off his waistcoat, but when he goes to retrieve it, discovers that Ruby has sold it! After some indecision, Alec decides to agree to Phil's offer, and in return suggests the site of the former Graffiti Club for their new enterprise, to be called "The Alphibet Club" (from the names ALec + PHIl + BET). Bet is shocked to hear that renovation and set-up will cost £120,000. Joss has moved in with the Duckworths and Curly finds himself sleeping on the settee.

E27. 4 March 1991

Mar 4, 1991 · 25m

It turns out that Percy's waistcoat was bought by Angie Freeman, but when Percy goes to demand it back, he's distressed to find he's too late: she has redecorated it for her own use in a giant sunflower motif. Joss is proving to be a first class con artist, and Curly is fed up after three consecutive nights on the setee, but Jack won't back him up. Then comes the unexpected offer: since Jenny has flown the coop, Angie is looking for someone to share, and asks Curly if he'd be interested. Alec has an interview with an unexpectedly female loan officer, Mrs Grice, who offers a loan of only half what he needs for his part of the club deal with Phil. He suggests to Bet that they give up the Rovers to raise the other half, and she eventually agrees. Steph and Des feud over the boat.

E28. 6 March 1991

Mar 6, 1991 · 25m

Curly breaks the news to Vera that he's moving out, but Raquel overhears the conversation - especially the part about him moving in with Angie - so Curly's in hot water with Raquel. Des is finding that fixing up his boat is a lot harder work than he'd thought it would be. Steph, in retaliation for the boat, books a skiing holiday for one. Liz, while cleaning house, discovers a hidden box with more than £80 in it, and assumes that it is Andy's. Jim counsels her to put it back, and then try to coax Andy into talking about it. After Alec has been trying unsuccessfully all day to reach him, Phil breezes into the Rovers to tell Alec he is going ahead with the club on his own - Bet and Alec are out of the partnership.

E29. 8 March 1991

Mar 8, 1991 · 25m

Alec, deeply stung by Phil's having dumped him from the nightclub plan, is imagining all sorts of things - but mainly that Deirdre, as Phil's girlfriend, is not going to oppose the club in the Council. So Alec decides to get Alf to run again in the upcoming election, against Deirdre. Jim finally learns that Andy is running a book at school, on the FA finals. He's relieved and even pleased, but Liz isn't. Des imagines that by loudly and publicly talking of Steph's ski-holiday plans that he will shame her into abandoning it. But it doesn't look like his plan is working when she models her new £400-plus ski outfit for him. As the local Miss Bettabuy, Raquel is to travel to compete for the regional title in Buxton and - in a jealous mood concerning Angie - asks Curly to come with her.

E30. 11 March 1991

Mar 11, 1991 · 25m

Since "Plan A" didn't work, Des steps up the heat, buying a complete nautical outfit, and cooking himself meals for one. Steph is furious. Liz and Jim disagree about Andy's bookmaking scheme, especially after Jim shows the book to professional bookie Des, who says its been worked out very well. Alec fails to convince Alf to stand for the Council against Deirdre. Curly's plans for a dirty weekend with Raquel go off the rails when Reg announces that he will chaperone Raquel to the competition.