The Grants invite all their neighbours to their New Year's Eve party. Roger and Heather return home, and discover that their alarm has been tampered with, and Gavin has erected a multicoloured shed to house his cookers.

Barry finds himself with a certain determination when it comes to getting revenge on his attacker, Paul receives some encouraging news, but Petra is still feeling fed-up and a little depressed.

It is an upsetting Christmas for the Collins family, while Karen has a hangover, Bobby has an emergency meeting, Roger's burglar alarm goes off again, and Damon doesn't have any presents.

Lucy is rescued from a kiss under the mistletoe by one of her class-mates, Karen wants to make her way to a party instead of attending midnight Mass, and Derek makes a pass at Heather.

Roger does his Christmas shopping, all of which is then stolen. Bobby is under increased pressure to end the strike as Christmas approaches.

Roger has an alarm installed, Gordon is resentful, Lucy is being followed, Petra is ovulating and Barry is stabbed.

Gavin plans his revenge, Barry delivers his new doors, and Petra fills in her chart. Damon advises Karen that it will be best to keep quiet about her decision, at least for the moment.

Sheila is hassled, Bobby is pressurised, Gavin is visited by the council and given a week to dispose of his cookers, and Arthur dies.

A buyer for Gavin's cookers turns up at the Huntington's. Barry tries to persuade Sheila to bump up their insurance claim

The whole close is burgled, but Petra has more reasons to be upset than most. Not only are her house contents not insured, even though she works for an insurance company, but she is still not pregnant

Barry tries to make Duane understand that boasting about his `conquest' of Karen was really not a particularly good idea. Meanwhile, Lucy is being physically intimidated at school

New neighbours arrive in what appears to be a large frozen meat truck, Karen wants to persuade Bobby and Sheila to allow her to go on holiday, and Heather gets her revenge on Roger

Heather starts to wonder why Paul is always at home, Roger is becoming more agitated about the cookers in the next garden, Karen's period starts, and a strike starts to look imminent.

Paul's digging amuses Damon and some of his friends, Barry tells a rather horrific tale regarding an accident on the building site, and Karen brings home her new boyfriend, Demon Duane.

Roger does his best to assemble a shelving unit, despite not having enough screws or any instructions. Bobby plans a strike at his work and there are cookers on the move on the Close.

Paul registers for benefit, Lucy struggles at the local comprehensive school, realising that her posh voice and background will be a disadvantage. Barry has a dodgy suggestion for Annabelle.

When Bobby's car breaks down, the Collins family give the Grants a lift to church. Roger wants to keep an eye on what else is happening outside in the Close, but Heather would prefer him to come back to bed.

Although he has nothing to go on, Paul Collins accuses one of his new neighbours of stealing his toilet. But Barry believes that Damon's poor spelling clears him of responsibility for the graffiti on the wall...