• Air date: 01 Jan '87 107 episodes
      The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
  • List of Episodes (107)
    • 1. January 1, 1987

      01 Jan '87
      The New Year begins badly for Sharon who finds a crasher in her bed and then is stalked while walking through the garden. After a night of drinking, Ian and Wicksy sleep on Lofty's sofa and Michelle wakes them early the next morning with her typing and then kicks them out. Ian stumbles home and into his bed where Sharon is sleeping. She lets out a scream which wakes everyone else. Ian claims he forgot that Sharon had taken over his bed, but she still looks at him like she thinks he is a sex mani
    • 2. January 6, 1987

      06 Jan '87
      Pauline finally realises Arthur needs professional help. Sharon's screams from the garden soon bring Den racing to the rescue. She says there was someone lurking in the bushes and he pleads for her to stay the night at the pub. She insists on going to be with Angie so Den takes her there in his car. When Pat and Simon hear about this the next morning, they tell Lofty he shouldn't have taken no for an answer and walked Sharon home anyway. Ian asks Debbie to come out with him tonight but she tells
    • 3. January 8, 1987

      08 Jan '87
      Dr Legg threatens to issue a committal order when Arthur refuses to go to hospital voluntarily. Sharon gets a letter from the supermarket about more time off (for personal reasons) but she isn't sure she wants to go back to work there. Angie tells Sharon they are mvoing into a hotel. Angie gets the divorce petition in the mail but is afraid to open it. James asks Debbie about dinner with him again and she says yes. Then she finds out from Barry that he and Colin will be there as well. Naima dis
    • 4. January 13, 1987

      13 Jan '87
      Pauline and Michelle learn that Arthur has suffered a nervous breakdown when he goes to see Dr Blackburn. Pete is loading up his veggie van to move Angie and Sharon to the hotel. Meanwile, Angie goes to see a solicitor about the divorce. She wants to counter petition, but Finwick tells her it would take a great deal of money. Sharon goes to the YTS to ask about another job and the advisor is persuaded to help her find something with a career potential. Legg contacts Dr Blackburn, the shrink, ab
    • 5. January 15, 1987

      15 Jan '87
      Arthur is admitted into hospital and Kelvin celebrates his 18th birthday in riotous style to the astonishment of his parents. Birthday gitfs from Sylvester and Auntie Bella arrive for Kelvin at breakfast. Hannah and Tony say they are not going to the party but they secretly plan to gate crash at midnight. Pauline gets Arthur off to hospital. He is very sad and depressed. The only words he says are "Hold my hand" first to Martin then to Michelle. Lofty and Michelle try to cheer Arthur by discussi
    • 6. January 20, 1987

      20 Jan '87
      Sharon lets Den know a few painful home truths. After the disagreement with Michelle the night before, Lofty sleeps on sofa and cracks his glasses when he trods on them as he gets up. Ethel says she has the flu. Simon and Dot are also in the surgery waiting room. It is Dr Singh's first day and they are all shy but Dot goes in first to talk about her hot flashes. She manages to get her foot in mouth about Kelvin's birthday party and how coloureds always have parties like that. When she realises t
    • 7. January 22, 1987

      22 Jan '87
      Dirty Den invites Jan to move into the Queen Vic with him. OzCab Five finally calls in. Mary discovers the comptition is tough in her newfound profession. Ali wants to hire Naima as a contract cabbie to protect the trade since she started giving women friends free rides in her van. When he asks her about it, she says she isn't interested. Sue still says Mehmet's overchargeing the customers is the reason business is off. Ali says that is all sorted out. OzCab 5 calls in! (he is on the roof of the
    • 8. January 27, 1987

      27 Jan '87
      Pauline visits Arthur in hospital and there is a mysterious drop in trade at the Vic. Naima decides to mend the roof herself and asks Tony to lend her his tools. He refuses saying it is no job for a woman. So she asks Hannah and she says "sure come on over and take your pick." She fixes the roof by putting a tile back in place and tells Debbie they should send the landlord a stiff bill. Pauline visits Arthur he is on some new pills with very bad side effects and she talks to the doctor who says
    • 9. January 29, 1987

      29 Jan '87
      Mehmet promises Ali to stop over-charging customers. It's Wednesday night and Kathy, Ian, Pete and Michelle are working frantically on the jumpers. Everyone except Kathy and Michelle fall asleep and they work through the night to finish the jumpers. Pete is up at 6 and gets Lofty up off the sofa to cover the deliveries at the pub but Den is up and they had started without him. They finish the jumpers at 7.45 except for bagging and boxing them up. Mehmet is there exactly on time at 8. Michelle g
    • 10. February 3, 1987

      03 Feb '87
    • 11. February 5, 1987

      05 Feb '87
    • 12. February 10, 1987

      10 Feb '87
    • 13. February 12, 1987

      12 Feb '87
    • 14. February 17, 1987

      17 Feb '87
    • 15. February 19, 1987

      19 Feb '87
    • 16. February 24, 1987

      24 Feb '87
    • 17. February 26, 1987

      26 Feb '87
    • 18. March 3, 1987

      03 Mar '87
    • 19. March 5, 1987

      05 Mar '87
    • 20. March 10, 1987

      10 Mar '87
    • 21. March 12, 1987

      12 Mar '87
    • 22. March 17, 1987

      17 Mar '87
    • 23. March 19, 1987

      19 Mar '87
    • 24. March 24, 1987

      24 Mar '87
    • 25. March 26, 1987

      26 Mar '87