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S03 E01 • Thursday, Jan 1, 1987 • Jan 1 • 30m

New Year's Day and Lofty is woken by Michelle typing. Michelle kicks out Ian and Wicksy, who both crashed out at the flat, and prepares to deal with her hungover husband.

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S03 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 6, 1987 • Jan 6 • 30m

Den hears Sharon's screams and comes to her rescue. He insists on driving her over to the Estate. Over at No. 45, Pauline is waiting up for Arthur to come home.

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S03 E03 • Thursday, Jan 8, 1987 • Jan 8 • 30m

Sharon hears that she can have another week off work. Angie tells her that they'll have to move out from Pete and Kath's flat to a hotel and that Den'll have to pay.

200

S03 E04 • Tuesday, Jan 13, 1987 • Jan 13 • 30m

Sharon and Angie move out of Pete and Kath's flat and into a hotel. They both have important interviews today. Angie sees her solicitor, Mr Fenwick, about the divorce.

201

S03 E05 • Thursday, Jan 15, 1987 • Jan 15 • 30m

It's Kelvin's eighteenth birthday; his parents give him an expensive designer watch and his younger sister Cassie sends him hair beads.

202

S03 E06 • Tuesday, Jan 20, 1987 • Jan 20 • 30m

It is the morning after the party. Tony suffers a fare-dodger who also adds insult to injury by throwing up in his cab. At Lofty and Michelle's flat Lofty has been banished to the sofa.

203

S03 E07 • Thursday, Jan 22, 1987 • Jan 22 • 30m

Lofty spends the day planning a night out with his wife. He seeks advice on what to do and where to go, but gets lots of different suggestions in response.

204

S03 E08 • Tuesday, Jan 27, 1987 • Jan 27 • 30m

Kathy and Michelle are working hard to try to complete Mehmet's knitting order - aided and supported by Ian, Pete and Lofty.

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S03 E09 • Thursday, Jan 29, 1987 • Jan 29 • 30m

Trade at the Vic is still very bad. Den discovers Lofty's glass full of coins and insists that Lofty stops his scheme to subsidise the punters' drinks.

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S03 E10 • Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987 • Feb 3 • 30m

It is the day after Kathy was let down by Mehmet. All she wants is her jumpers back so she can sell them, but Sue tells her they've been sold and Mehmet himself is away from work "sick".

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S03 E11 • Thursday, Feb 5, 1987 • Feb 5 • 30m

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S03 E12 • Tuesday, Feb 10, 1987 • Feb 10 • 30m

Hannah is followed home at night and again in the morning. Rezaul offers to walk her home later, angering Tony and Mehmet gets rid of Rezaul when he gives Hannah more unwanted attention. Jan visits Den and says she will run the Vic with him. Den the finds out that Willmott-Brown has bought the nearby Dagmar bar and is going to refurbish it so they will be in competition.

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S03 E13 • Thursday, Feb 12, 1987 • Feb 12 • 30m

Ali looks for witnesses to someone crashing into his cab the night before, unaware that it was Barry and Nick in Barry's friend's father's car. When Barry asks Colin for a loan to repair the car, Colin says he will only if Barry confesses and that Barry should be getting away from crime.

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S03 E14 • Tuesday, Feb 17, 1987 • Feb 17 • 30m

Pat has a black eye, which Kathy says she deserves for being "evil". Mary tells Den that Mehmet knew the deal with Kathy was a scam so Den, Pete and Tony eventually find Mehmet and trap him, beating him up.

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S03 E15 • Thursday, Feb 19, 1987 • Feb 19 • 30m

Simon realises that what Pat said about Naima was true and he tells Lou he no longer wants to see his mother. Pete later says he will no longer drink in the Vic while Pat is there and when Pat and Simon argue, she tells him that Pete's brother, Kenny Beale, is his real father.

212

S03 E16 • Tuesday, Feb 24, 1987 • Feb 24 • 30m

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 - Pat lying bloody and unconscious behind a bench, after being beaten up! Pete gets taken off by the police for questioning, and hits a policeman.

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S03 E17 • Thursday, Feb 26, 1987 • Feb 26 • 30m

Pete and Simon are released by the police but Pete must come up with an alibi as to his whereabouts in regards to the recent spate of attacks on local women. Guizin and her three children are homeless after Mehmet gambled their house away and then did a runner.

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S03 E18 • Tuesday, Mar 3, 1987 • Mar 3 • 30m

Pete tells Pauline that everyone except for her thinks he is guilty, even Lou and Kathy. Emine and Rayif go missing but are later found by Lofty. Guizin says that Mehmet has left them but Emine says he has only left Guizin.

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S03 E19 • Thursday, Mar 5, 1987 • Mar 5 • 30m

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.

216

S03 E20 • Tuesday, Mar 10, 1987 • Mar 10 • 30m

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 -

217

S03 E21 • Thursday, Mar 12, 1987 • Mar 12 • 30m

Carmel talks to Mary and they start to get along but Carmel assumes that Mary is going to leave Annie on her own again. Mary says she wants to be liked but just gets used so Carmel says most girls say "no".

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S03 E22 • Tuesday, Mar 17, 1987 • Mar 17 • 30m

DS Todd questions people about the party and he finds out that Pete left early and why and later asks Pete to answer more questions at the police station because they think the same man is responsible for all the attacks on women.

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S03 E23 • Thursday, Mar 19, 1987 • Mar 19 • 30m

Pete returns home after hours of police questioning and worries he will be charged with the attacks. Kathy says she will visit Pat and find out what she told the police. Pauline thanks Den for keeping Lofty employed but asks if he is doing it for Michelle, which he denies.

220

S03 E24 • Tuesday, Mar 24, 1987 • Mar 24 • 30m

Arthur visits Mary and says that prostitution is not the answer and he has worked out that everyone is on their own in the world and he will make something out of nothing.

221

S03 E25 • Thursday, Mar 26, 1987 • Mar 26 • 30m

Pete is fed up of being constantly hounded by the police. Kathy visits Pat in hospital to get her to confirm that Pete did not attack her but Pat says she does not know so she would be lying.

222

S03 E26 • Tuesday, Mar 31, 1987 • Mar 31 • 30m

Den and Angie each receive their decree nisi, meaning they will be divorced in 42 days. Dot finds out that Colin and Barry are a gay couple and is horrified and asks Doctor Legg to be tested for AIDS as she used Barry's cup.

223

S03 E27 • Thursday, Apr 2, 1987 • Apr 2 • 30m

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.

224

S03 E28 • Tuesday, Apr 7, 1987 • Apr 7 • 30m

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 and Michelle gives Arthur money to pay back two people's Christmas club money.

225

S03 E29 • Thursday, Apr 9, 1987 • Apr 9 • 30m

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.

226

S03 E30 • Tuesday, Apr 14, 1987 • Apr 14 • 30m

Sue is told her lump is not cancerous so she, Ali and Guizin celebrate. Simon and Sharon use Mary's flat for sex but find Annie there alone and spend the time tidying and see a letter about her unpaid court fine.

227

S03 E31 • Thursday, Apr 16, 1987 • Apr 16 • 30m

Mary asks Ethel to babysit for two hours. Nine hours later, Mary returns to find Michelle looking for clean clothes for Annie, who has vomited after eating chocolate all day. Michelle tells Mary to think about Annie for once and believes that Mary has taken drugs.

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S03 E32 • Tuesday, Apr 21, 1987 • Apr 21 • 30m

Den is two months behind on his VAT payments and Angie tells him if he sells the car that she should get half. 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.

229

S03 E33 • Thursday, Apr 23, 1987 • Apr 23 • 30m

Mary is visited by Mr Atkinson, a court warrant officer, who orders her to pay £30 or be arrested. Dot and Ethel help and later Mary works in the café but at the end of the day, Ali is unable to help with any extra money.

230

S03 E34 • Tuesday, Apr 28, 1987 • Apr 28 • 30m

Kelvin studies for exams but when Ian cannot find him, he accuses him of spending the day with Tina until he finds out Tina was at home with a cold. Mary continues to struggle with work in the café and cab office, which annoys Ali.

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S03 E35 • Thursday, Apr 30, 1987 • Apr 30 • 30m

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.

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S03 E36 • Tuesday, May 5, 1987 • May 5 • 30m

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

233

S03 E37 • Thursday, May 7, 1987 • May 7 • 30m

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

234

S03 E38 • Tuesday, May 12, 1987 • May 12 • 30m

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.

235

S03 E39 • Thursday, May 14, 1987 • May 14 • 30m

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.

236

S03 E40 • Tuesday, May 19, 1987 • May 19 • 30m

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.

237

S03 E41 • Thursday, May 21, 1987 • May 21 • 30m

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.

238

S03 E42 • Tuesday, May 26, 1987 • May 26 • 30m

Lou and Pauline start to plan a joint birthday party for Vicki and belated wedding reception for Michelle and Lofty.

239

S03 E43 • Thursday, May 28, 1987 • May 28 • 30m

Pauline tells Michelle about agreeing to sell the meat for Den but Michelle advises against it so Pauline agrees not to do it. Michelle and Lofty then have their party and get a birthday card for Vicki from Arthur.

240

S03 E44 • Tuesday, Jun 2, 1987 • Jun 2 • 30m

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.

241

S03 E45 • Thursday, Jun 4, 1987 • Jun 4 • 30m

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.

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S03 E46 • Tuesday, Jun 9, 1987 • Jun 9 • 30m

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.

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S03 E47 • Thursday, Jun 11, 1987 • Jun 11 • 30m

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.

244

S03 E48 • Tuesday, Jun 16, 1987 • Jun 16 • 30m

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 - Ali says he will think about it and leaves.

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S03 E49 • Thursday, Jun 18, 1987 • Jun 18 • 30m

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.

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S03 E50 • Tuesday, Jun 23, 1987 • Jun 23 • 30m

The Vic and the Dagmar are decorated with flowers for the competition and Tom finds out the judges will be visiting the next day. Mary has a letter from her mother about Annie with some photos.