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'Tipsy' is a London based soap opera available on the internet and in the Holles Magazine of Lady Eleanor Holles School created by writer and student Tom Lane.

It started in 2003, inspired by an ongoing joke between several students about how their lives were similar to the plotlines of a soap opera. However, it fell upon Tom Lane to write the show's first episode later that year. Often controversial, dealing with subjects such as homosexuality, mental illness and suicide, 'Tipsy' has managed to provoke reaction across Teddington.

The writer, Tom Lane, has become a local celebrity, often appearing at events in the borough of Richmond. In 2005, Tipsy won plaudits and the 'art and entertainment' award in the Richmond and Twickenham Times. In 2006, it overcame the challenge from two rival soaps, 'Rinsed' and 'Trolleyed', that were created off the back of its success.

Main Characters

Lano- a parody of the writer Tom Lane and a troubled wannabe rebel;

Katherine Guy- the seemingly perfect housewife and friend;

James Baker- an original character, a drunken socialite prone to passionate rages;

Ed Cornish (Midge) - loved and loathed in equal quantities, viewers have watched this character progress from an angstful teenager to a brash and confident young man;

Amy and James Ewers - long-standing couple whose relationship has been plagued by religious obstacles and clinical depression;

Hannah Cassan Seawright - Swedish by birth, an artistic vegetarian and long term girlfriend of Midge;

Andy Connellan - Initially a highly affable individual, his character later struggled with the possible development of Asperger syndrome and autism;

Jack Gibbon - Chubby misogynist with a love of money and 'poonage', who treats women as sexual objects;

Elli Hollington - the matriarch of Tipsy, an opinionated and sometimes patronising girl;

Richard McEneaney (Macca) - an outspoken beer-drinking geezer;

Ellie Roberts - fragile character who is the victim of Gibbon's ways;

Steven Lane - all-round nice guy and Midge's partner in emo crime;

Nick Jeary - a bitter and twisted youth with contempt for all things apart from indie music;

Vicky Ellis - a chirpy and jolly character, loved by her friends but a figure of fun elsewhere (in 2005, fans of the soap launched a 'kill off Vicky campaign');

Danielle Jones - an oddball and a name-dropper, who has nonetheless won over some fans with her musical credentials;

Emily Nurse - A layabout and a waster;

Jonny East - softly-spoken Tennis champion;

Tom Perry - member of the emo crew;

Tom Little - Tipsy's token sane and balanced fassy brer;

Ben Tannahill - herbal enthusiast whose purpose in life is to belittle other people, drink himself into a stupor and throw pies in his enemies' faces.

Past Characters

Greg Evans (deceased)- the metal loving rocker whose suicide devestated fans;

Nick Howe- part of a double act with Andy, left the show in 2004 to move to Norwich;

Christine Leung Cheung (deceased)- loud and bubbly chain smoker who met her death in the 2004 Season Finale when she was killed in a fire;

Laura Monaghan - attractive and flirtatious girl who was the cause of much heart-break at Hampton;

James Keyse - a messed-up religious zealot who lost the respect of most characters when he threatened a friend's girlfriend.

Recurring characters

Liv Pearson - Wacky party-animal, love interest of many characters, who also interferes in everyone's business;

Rachel Tucker - down-to-Earth, long-term friend of Katie Guy;

Ollie Openshaw - much-hated wannabe, whose arrogance masks his great insecurities;

Jack Eldridge - a hapless fool who had a turbulent friendship with Greg;

Lauren Russell - bubbly aristocrat, whose most memorable storyline was breaking Midge's heart;

The Big Trouble Crew - a collection of identical laddish stereotypes;

The Waldegrave girls - utterly unrepentent drinkers - Easty has fancied all of them at some point;

Jasnil Gil - fan-favourite with a split-personality - becomes a player under the influence of alcohol.

Celebrities appearing in episodes of Tipsy

Vincent Cable MP; Iron Maiden; Nicky Campbell; Jose Mourinho's family.

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Episode Guide (2003-)

Episode 223 Channel 5: 10/11/03

Summary:- Keyse’s fiancée has sex with a footballer; Greg’s father admits to having an affair; Granty shows Andy and Nick his breast-sucking technique.

Episode 224 Channel 5: 11/11/03

Summary:- Easty finds a fan in Jo Harris; Waj and Prem’s Tiffin ‘league table’ causes outrage; Greg rejects his father’s apologies.

Episode 225 Channel 5: 12/11/03

Summary:- Easty helps Jo get through her breakup with Adam Baylis; Keyse demands an explanation when Mary calls off the wedding; Nick announces that he is moving to Norwich.

Episode 226 Channel 5: 13/11/03

Summary:- Granty takes up social smoking; Easty wins a tennis tournament; the truth breaks James Keyse’s heart.

Episode 227* Channel 5: 14/11/03

Summary:- Nick Howe’s party is invaded by chavs; Ben Tannahill collapses; Macca hints that he might be bisexual; Liv catches Midge’s eye.

Episode 228* Channel 5: 17/11/03

Summary:- Arthur has a humiliating moment with Jo Cunliffe; Tom Gately pulls Rachel Tucker; Greg attacks Nick with a shovel; Nick tries to repair the damage to his house.

Episode 229 Channel 5: 18/11/03

Summary:- Easty has a crush on his Maths teacher; Macca backpedals on his comments; Baker spots Greg giving Midge strange looks.

Episode 230 Channel 5: 19/11/03 Summary:- Lano’s football team finally wins; Arthur is a laughing stock; Easty spends time at Jo’s house.

Episode 231 Channel 5: 20/11/03

Summary:- Baker’s suspicions grow about Midge and Greg – is it a joke any more?

Episode 232 Channel 5: 21/11/03

Summary:- Greg and Midge bond over heavy metal; Easty’s tennis crew are convinced he has a crush on Jo.

Episode 233 Channel 5: 24/11/03

Summary:- Jaz, Macca and Christian are arrested; Midge has growing feelings for Liv; Greg scares sober Baker and Midge.

Episode 234 Channel 5: 25/11/03

Summary:- Macca, Jaz and Christian are released on bail; Keyse’s parents lay into him; Greg confesses the truth to Baker.

Episode 235 Channel 5: 26/11/03

Summary:- Christian becomes a figure of fun; Will Davis’ mysterious absence continues – are Lano and Greg to blame? Greg and Midge perform ‘Where is my mind?’; Jaz’s parents are furious with him.

Episode 236 Channel 5: 27/11/03

Summary:- Baker spots Will Davis in Mrs Kyle’s office; Gibbon’s comments on the Third World cause a stir; Baker promises to support Greg, and tries to boost his self-esteem; Christian is asked to leave Hampton.

Episode 237 Channel 5: 28/11/03

Summary:- Baker empties Lano’s bank account; Lano almost burns his kitchen down; Macca is grounded; Easty and Jo’s mutual admiration grows as they win a doubles match.

Episode 238 Channel 5: 01/12/03

Summary:- Baker spreads vicious rumours about Christian and his sister; Will Davis contemplates leaving Hampton.

Episode 239 Channel 5: 02/12/03

Summary:- Simpson calls Greg a ‘faggot’, sparking an identity crisis; Baker revels in his ability to cause Christian strife.

Episode 240 Channel 5: 03/12/03

Summary:- Midge is keen to see Liv again; Easty endures jokes about Jo Harris; Greg counts the hours he has spent with Midge.

Episode 241 Channel 5: 04/12/03

Summary:- Will Davis leaves Hampton – will Kyle investigate? Baker reassures Greg.

Episode 242 Channel 5: 05/12/03

Summary:- Liv’s shrillness alienates Midge and others; Lano and Easty are both interested in Emily; Arthur pulls Jo.

Episode 243* Channel 5: 08/12/03

Summary:- Midge pulls Laura, then gets drunk and disorderly; Lano’s gathering turns sombre when ‘suicidal’ Polly loses control; Baker has fun with Liv – how far do they go?

Note: first appearance of Laura Monaghan.

Episode 244 Channel 5: 09/12/03

Summary:- Greg has a restless night with Midge so near; Eldridge boats about picking up numbers.

Episode 245 Channel 5: 10/12/03

Summary:- Lano and Easty vow to compete over Emily; Midge is unnerved by Laura’s advances. Episode 246 Channel 5: 11/12/03

Summary:- Will Davis joins army school; Easty is led to believe that Jo’s feelings for him are not sexual; Baker is worried to learn that Greg keeps a picture of Midge.

Episode 247 Channel 5: 12/12/03

Summary:- Macca finds solace in the football field with a glorious performance for Paddy; Will Davis demands his money back; Greg discovers he has lost weight due to stress.

Episode 248 Channel 5: 15/12/03

Summary:- Greg and Midge bond at Iron Maiden; the Graveyard Crew are wowed by an old man with a dog; Easty and Jo finally kiss, but what does the future hold?

Episode 249 Channel 5: 16/12/03

Summary:- Keyse buys underwear for his ex-girlfriend; Midge and Greg’s friendship becomes firmer still; Keyse tries to pressure Lano into smoking; Tiffin School burns down; Nick daringly insults a policeman.

Episode 250 Channel 5: 17/12/03

Summary:- Lano and Baker unwittingly offend Liv’s Welsh friend; Ollie Openshaw plays tag-along; Keyse’s obsession with Lord of the Rings reaches new proportions; Macca, Jaz and Christian’s are given an official warning; the culprit is relieved when the Tiffin fire is declared an accident.

Episode 251* Channel 5: 18/12/03

Summary:- Laura soothes Midge’s nerves; Katie Guy makes an impact with the Hamptons; Jo and Arthur look like a couple, but are they well suited? Macca is relieved by the police outcome.

Note: first appearance of Katie Guy.

Episode 252* Channel 5: 19/12/03

Summary:- Midge and Laura get together; Katie pulls three boys; Baker finds a kindred spirit in Christine; Christmas presents go missing from Jo’s house.

Note: first appearance of Christine Leung-Cheung.

Episode 253 Channel 5: 22/12/03

Summary:- Midge and Laura date, but is Laura still seeing someone else? Christine’s plans with Lano are foiled when he invites Baker; Baker is shocked to see Sam Marks with a new girlfriend; Easty is not sure of his status with Jo.

Episode 254 Channel 5: 23/12/03

Summary:- Midge suffers from shyness around Laura; Easty is attracted to Amy Ewers; Jo becomes fed up with Arthur; Baker increasingly sees Greg as a burden.

Note: first appearance of Amy Ewers as permanent character.

Episode 255 Channel 5: 24/12/03

Summary:- The Cornish family help the Evans through Christmas; Easty receives a special present.

Episode 256 Channel 5: 29/12/03

Summary:- Midge’s shyness with Laura comes to the fore again; Christine’s domineering parents cause her trouble.

Episode 257 Channel 5: 30/12/03

Summary:- Ji’s joke about Midge and Greg’s sexuality stirs trouble; pressure grows on Lano to ask out Christine.

Episode 258 Channel 5: 31/12/03

Summary:- Greg writes an erotic novel; Baker smooth-talks Lano out of trouble with Christine.

Episode 259 Channel 5: 02/01/04

Summary:- Greg tries to pass off his novel as a joke; Greg, Keyse, Midge and Eldridge have a heavy metal New Year; Granty and Katie get drunk together.

Episode 260 Channel 5: 05/01/04

Summary:- At Michael Brooman’s party, how far do Katie and Granty go? Baker blackmails Greg over the erotic novel; Eldridge makes an embarrassing phone call to his mum.

Episode 261 Channel 5: 06/01/04

Summary:- Lano tells Christine he doesn’t want a girlfriend; Granty is excited by his prospects with Katie.

Episode 262 Channel 5: 07/01/04

Summary:- Christine straightens Greg’s hair; Easty decides to keep Jo a secret.

Episode 263 Channel 5: 08/01/04

Summary:- Lano’s crush on Emily is rekindled; Baker and Greg’s banter takes on a sinister edge.

Episode 264 Channel 5: 09/01/04

Summary:- Baker signs Greg up for online dating; Easty feigns interest in Emily to draw attention away from him and Jo.

Episode 265 Channel 5: 12/01/04

Summary:- Granty takes Katie on a date; bad blood brews between Baker and Greg.

Episode 266 Channel 5: 13/01/04

Summary:- Katie confesses she is unsure of her feelings towards Granty; Baker confides Greg’s secrets in Eldridge.

Episode 267 Channel 5: 14/01/04

Summary:- Baker boasts about being asked out by Sam Marks; Jo is confused by Easty’s secrecy.

Episode 268 Channel 5: 15/01/04

Summary:- Granty has a one-track mind; Jo accepts Easty’s reasons for not telling his friends about her.

Episode 269 Channel 5: 16/01/04

Summary:- Baker gets drunk and sings cabaret; Eldridge attempts to ingratiate himself with the Waldegrave girls.

Episode 270 Channel 5: 19/01/04

Summary:- Baker is furious with Greg and begins revealing his secrets; Paddy beat Cheddar for the third time; after another meeting, Katie decides Granty is not the right boy for her.

Episode 271 Channel 5: 20/01/04

Summary:- Baker and Greg call a temporary truce; Andy learns the truth about Easty and Jo, but promises not to tell anyone; Waj asks Aymi to go out with him.

Episode 272 Channel 5: 21/01/04

Summary:- Baker and Eldridge attempt to convince Midge of Greg’s crush; Claire gets off on the wrong footing with the Hamptons; Waj and Aymi are together, but will Mr Clarke be a complication?

Episode 273 Channel 5: 22/01/04

Summary:- Sparks reignite between Lano and Christine; Eldridge dates Chloe; Katie tells Granty she is busy.

Episode 274 Channel 5: 23/01/04

Summary:- Macca thinks Amy Ewers is fit; confused Midge finds Lauren attractive; the Hamptons wind up Christine on her birthday.

Note: first appearance of Lauren Russell.

Episode 275 Channel 5: 26/01/04

Summary:- Opinion is divided on Claire; Macca gets a wrong number when he prank-calls Liv; Baker organises a ginger-rinse session.

Episode 276 Channel 5: 27/01/04

Summary:- Baker seeks counseling; Chloe’s friends find she has been concealing Eldridge from them; Amy Ewers says she is not interested in Macca.

Episode 277 Channel 5: 28/01/04

Summary:- Stressed-out Greg skives school; Midge feels confused and angry; will Prem ask Katie out? Jo falls more deeply for Easty; Waj finds Mr Clarke a growing obstacle in his relationship with Aymi.

Episode 278 Channel 5: 29/01/04

Summary:- Greg storms off in tears; Lano asks out Emily; realisation begins to dawn for Granty that Katie is fobbing him off; Easty and Jo are spotted together.

Episode 279 Channel 5: 30/01/04

Summary:- Greg regains his spirit until he is told to cut his hair; Lano hacks into Granty’s email; Midge is forced to do some soul-searching about Greg and Laura.

Episode 280 Channel 5: 02/02/04

Summary:- Lano’s date with Emily is a disaster; Greg and Midge’s gig is marred by awkwardness; Hamptons are woken from their troubles by Bob Simpson’s emotional speech.

Episode 281 Channel 5: 03/02/04

Summary:- Midge announces that he will dump Laura before chickening out; Easty attempts to quash rumours that he slept with Jo; Eldridge’s friends become sceptical about his ‘girlfriend’.

Episode 282 Channel 5: 04/02/04

Summary:- Baker’s blunder results in Laura dumping Midge; Greg’s friends try to ignore Baker’s evidence; Lauren denies interest in Midge.

Episode 283 Channel 5: 05/02/04

Summary:- Midge is furious at Claire’s interference; Baker rallies around Midge; Eldridge is determined to meet Chloe again.

Episode 284 Channel 5: 06/02/04

Summary:- Heavy metal provides comfort for Midge and Greg; Christine goes on a diet, but Lano still won’t succumb to temptation.

Episode 285 Channel 5: 09/02/04

Summary:- Midge blames Baker for being dumped; Baker and Greg have a fist-fight; Easty’s classmates plan to send a valentine on his behalf to Jo.

Episode 286 Channel 5: 10/02/04 Summary:- Chloe makes up her mind about Eldridge; Easty finds his secret relationship increasingly hard to maintain.

Episode 287 Channel 5: 11/02/04

Summary:- Granty is distraught when Katie dates Prem; Baker endures homophobic abuse; Aymi sees a new side to Waj’s personality.

Episode 288 Channel 5: 12/02/04

Summary:- Lano is alienated by the heavy metal obsession; Granty turns sour towards Prem; Eldridge writes Chloe a Petrachan Sonnet.

Episode 289 Channel 5: 13/02/04

Summary:- Christine’s friends are amused to see her having coffee with Lano; Easty suffers guilt-by-association when sleazy Mr Bramwell wears a thong.

Episode 290 Channel 5: 16/02/04

Summary:- Granty comes to some acceptance of Katie and Prem’s relationship; Lano and Andy have a drinking contest.

Episode 291 Channel 5: 17/02/04

Summary:- Katie is relieved to find that Prem’s dating methods are very different from Granty’s; Chloe hides from Eldridge.

Episode 292 Channel 5: 18/02/04

Summary:- Easty has a dramatic revelation; Waj and Aymi draw the line at annoying Rachel.

Episode 293 Channel 5: 19/02/04

Summary:- Lano thinks he has genital warts; Andy and Nick compete to be the FJ’s champion.

Episode 294 Channel 5: 20/02/04

Summary:- Lano drops his parents a bombshell; Katie is betrayed by a friend.

Episode 295 Channel 5: 23/02/04

Summary:- Laura wants to be friends with Midge; Claire confesses to having a crush on Midge; Katie’s friend does a runner; Keyse rubs people up the wrong way.

Episode 296 Channel 5: 24/02/04

Summary:- Macca is worried when news of his party spreads; Prem helps Katie through Emma’s disappearance; Waj makes fun of bitter Granty.

Episode 297 Channel 5: 25/02/04

Summary:- Lano’s fears are soothed by a doctor; Hamptons consider their futures at a careers fair; Katie ends her friendship with Emma; Aymi is amused by the depths Granty has sunk to.

Episode 298 Channel 5: 26/02/04

Summary:- Macca’s party comes under siege from chavs; Granty is jealous of Prem; Lauren is on a mission.

Episode 299* Channel 5: 27/02/04

Summary:- Granty seeks solace from Katie’s rejection in Amy Ewers; Lano pulls Christine; Midge gets together with Lauren in an intoxicated stupor; Macca and Laura pull; drunk Baker prances about in women’s clothes; Jo Cunliffe pulls another Hampton.

Episode 300 Channel 5: 01/03/04

Summary:- Granty and Amy enjoy a successful first date; Lano agrees to meet Christine; Midge finds it difficult to see Macca with Laura; Macca suffers ridicule after the discovery of his porn stash.

Episode 301 Channel 5: 02/03/04

Summary:- Keyse is blamed for breaking the news of Macca’s party; Midge accuses Macca of ‘stabbing him in the back’; Katie and Prem commit to each other; Christine is in trouble at school.

Episode 302 Channel 5: 03/03/04

Summary:- Keyse lashes out tearfully; Lano is ridiculed at school after pulling Christine; Easty fights back at Greg and Lano’s taunts about Jo; Macca justifies himself to Midge, but will Midge be won over?

Episode 303 Channel 5: 04/03/04

Summary:- Claire falls out with the Hamptons over her imaginary boyfriend; Laura and Christine are left in an awkward situation when their comments about Claire come to light.

Episode 304 Channel 5: 05/03/04

Summary:- Eldridge emerges as a new factor in the Lano-Christine situation; Greg’s father returns out of the blue; Keyse tries to mend friendships under the influence of vodka.

Episode 305 Channel 5: 08/03/04

Summary:- Lano and Christine are left confused after another kiss; Eldridge tries to win friends and influence people; Keyse gets Jo Cunliffe drunk and pulls her.

Episode 306 Channel 5: 09/03/04

Summary:- Christine and Lano have a difficult phone conversation; Baker claims to have knocked back Sam Marks; Granty and Amy look increasingly like a couple.

Episode 307 Channel 5: 10/03/04

Summary:- Keyse boasts about pulling Jo; Baker’s posse find ‘Dark Angel’ hilarious; Eldridge and Christine share a kiss; Granty introduces Amy to his family.

Episode 308 Channel 5: 11/03/04

Summary:- Eldridge commits faux pas relating to Christine and Lauren; Lano is banned from Chemistry practicals; Easty suffers from tennis burnout; Katie finds meeting Prem’s friends a somewhat interesting experience.

Episode 309 Channel 5: 12/03/04

Summary:- Eldridge’s sense of humour alienates Christine and others; Midge and Lauren share another party-pull; Lano and Christine settle their differences; Claire receives abusive phone calls.

Episode 310 Channel 5: 15/03/04

Summary:- Midge resents Baker’s bisexuality; Lano shuns Eldridge; Amy discusses Granty with her friends.

Episode 311 Channel 5: 16/03/04

Summary:- Lano attacks Greg for accepting Eldridge’s racism; Waj and Aymi’s relationship becomes more serious; Greg remains loyal to Midge over Baker.

Episode 312 Channel 5: 17/03/04

Summary:- Baker announces he and Sam Marks are an item; Granty is paranoid that Amy will discover his smoking.

Episode 313 Channel 5: 18/03/04

Summary:- Macca decides to drink cider instead of seeing Laura; Amy is stunned by Granty’s revelation that he loves her.

Episode 314 Channel 5: 19/03/04

Summary:- Laura is hurt by Macca’s indifference; Baker spreads gossip about Granty and his dad.

Episode 315 Channel 5: 22/03/04

Summary:- Baker ditches Sam, or does he? The Grant-Ewers love affair is a bepuzzlement to all; Katie and Andy turn back the years.

Episode 316 Channel 5: 23/03/04

Summary:- Easty is stalked by a first year; rumours resurface about Easty and Jo; is Andy hiding anything from Katie?

Episode 317 Channel 5: 24/03/04

Summary:- A dramatic performance by Lano’s social league team causes a stir; Granty is bankrupted by his phone bill; the real reason behind the Evans family holiday is questioned.

Episode 318 Channel 5: 25/03/04

Summary:- Baker is popular as a French maid; Laura is displeased by Macca’s terrorist outfit at a fancy dress party; hilarity is caused by Brooman’s bondage; Amy is turned on by James Blond.

Episode 319 Channel 5: 26/03/04

Summary:- Macca is paranoid about Laura; Greg bonds with drunk Baker; Baker almost crosses the line with Christine; Granty and Amy spend the night in each other’s arms.

Episode 320 Channel 5: 29/03/04

Summary:- Lano finds a new girl interest, but Christine remains in the picture; Macca briefly idolises Gilly.

Episode 321 Channel 5: 30/03/04

Summary:- Greg and Lano fear for their reputations as the Cullen inquiry probes the history of Will Davis; Katie and Prem are brought closer together by a bizarre coincidence.

Episode 322 Channel 5: 31/03/04

Summary:- Midge and Lano are embarrassed to be seen with Keyse’s gang; Granty is told to keep quiet about Laura’s plans.

Episode 323 Channel 5: 01/04/04

Summary:- Laura prepares to dump Macca; Midge is alarmed by Claire’s threats – will she set her ‘boys’ on him? Doubts surface in Waj’s mind about Aymi.

Episode 324 Channel 5: 02/04/04

Summary:- Macca is furious when Laura dumps him at her party; Claire makes peace with Lano and Midge; sparks fly between Lauren and Midge, but there is no kiss; Lano and Kate get on well.

Episode 325 Channel 5: 05/04/04

Summary:- Lano and Kate discover there is no connection between them; Laura agrees to give Macca his present back; Jo is unimpressed when Easty gets drunk.

Episode 326 Channel 5: 06/04/04

Summary:- Baker, Lano and Midge are hostile towards Douglas Hamer; Amy tells Granty the secrets of her past.

Episode 327 Channel 5: 07/04/04

Summary:- Opinion turns against the Ewers; Baker gives out his friends’ numbers in a sex chat room.

Episode 328 Channel 5: 08/04/04

Summary:- Lano is surprised by a friendly phone call from Hannah Fox; Granty is prepared to wait until Amy is ready to take the next step; Baker tells his parents he is seeing Liv.

Episode 329 Channel 5: 13/04/04

Summary:- Keyse makes himself unpopular at Midge’s birthday meal; Christine’s excessive habits become alarming; the distance grows between Aymi and Waj.

Episode 330 Channel 5: 14/04/04

Summary:- Midge is angry to be snubbed by Baker; Midge, Greg, Baker and Ben depart for Rondha; unbeknown to Prem, Andy wonders whether he and Katie could be more than just friends.

Episode 331 Channel 5: 15/04/04

Summary:- Macca’s obsession with Stef grows; Hamptons and Tiffins are frustrated by the Peel’s bar staff.

Episode 332 Channel 5: 16/04/04

Summary:- Macca, Andy, Granty and Lano discuss Stef and cider; Keyse has strong feelings for Kat.

Episode 333 Channel 5: 19/04/04

Summary:- Greg has a holiday romance; Lano cracks his head open; Amy helps Granty write a poem for his mother.

Episode 334 Channel 5: 20/04/04

Summary:- Midge is irritated by Baker’s phone conversations; Keyse threatens Kat with self-harm; Claire turns Christine against Amy.

Episode 335 Channel 5: 21/04/04

Summary:- Greg seeks Midge’s approval of Christina; Hampton gears up for an inspection; Tom Gately attacks Keyse.

Episode 336 Channel 5: 22/04/04

Summary:- Christina’s affection leaves Greg guilt-ridden; Lano turns insulting strangers into a sport; Keyse twists his ankle playing cricket.

Episode 337 Channel 5: 23/04/04

Summary:- Lano leads a pyromaniac gathering; does Andy have feelings for Katie? Granty and Amy are criticised for being unsociable.

Episode 338 Channel 5: 26/04/04

Summary:- The school inspectors arrive; Keyse’s friends treat him vindictively; Christine decides that Amy is a snob; Waj and Aymi part amicably.

Episode 339 Channel 5: 27/04/04

Summary:- Tipsy characters are puzzled by the relationship between Baker and Sam Marks; sleazy Bramwell passes his inspection with flying colours; Laura has a new boyfriend; Andy and Prem bond over Maths.

Episode 340 Channel 5: 28/04/04

Summary:- Macca calls Laura ‘two-faced’; Ollie provokes Keyse to break his collarbone; Andy buys a new gecko.

Episode 341 Channel 5: 29/04/04

Summary:- Keyse is suspended from school; Baker and Christine get drunk together; Tipsy characters annoy the Liberty’s management; Granty and Amy are lovey-dovey in public; Waj and Aymi manage to be friends.

Episode 342 Channel 5: 30/04/04

Summary:- Greg, Midge and Macca chicken out of rioting; Andy and Nick solve the mysteries of the universe; Chloe and Sophie are insecure about their bodies.

Episode 343 Channel 5: 04/05/04

Summary:- Midge and Lauren are pronounced an item; Lano fails to get with Anouska; Andy and Nick have a close encounter.

Episode 344 Channel 5: 05/05/04

Summary:- Greg has family problems; Laura is caught in a compromising position with her new boyfriend; Waj and Aymi provoke interest over their status; Christine worries about her parents’ reaction to her gathering; Lano meets Michael Lapham.

Episode 345 Channel 5: 06/05/04

Summary:- Baker is asked to give evidence about Keyse to the Kyle inquiry; Lauren tells Midge to wait for her; Katie’s parents approve of Prem.

Note: Final appearance of James Keyse in opening credits.

Episode 346 Channel 5: 07/05/04

Summary:- Macca’s friends rally around his character assassination of Laura; Granty and Amy are unaware of their growing unpopularity.

Episode 347 Channel 5: 10/05/04

Summary:- A rift develops between Baker and Christine over Laura; Macca is held accountable for his comments.

Episode 348 Channel 5: 11/05/04

Summary:- Christine forgives Baker; Tiffin experiences an end-of-year frenzy; Midge is frustrated by his brief encounter with Lauren.

Episode 349 Channel 5: 12/05/04

Summary:- Macca seeks solace in a lad’s night; Granty and Amy visit an art gallery.

Episode 350 Channel 5: 13/05/04

Summary:- Baker watches Sam Marks perform; Easty tells Jo that he is in love with her.

Episode 351 Channel 5: 14/05/04

Summary:- Lano pushes Bramwell too far; Lauren finds her feelings towards Midge are changing; everyone is alarmed to hear that Rachel Tucker is doing twelve hours of revision per day.

Episode 352 Channel 5: 17/05/04

Summary:- Macca celebrates his 16th birthday; Lauren features in a Will Young video.

Episode 353 Channel 5: 18/05/04

Summary:- The onset of GCSEs causes panic; Lauren is attracted to a swimmer.

Episode 354 Channel 5: 19/05/04

Summary:- Hampton’s term ends in farce; Christine bitches about Amy.

Episode 355 Channel 5: 20/05/04

Summary:- Lauren rejects Midge’s calls; Easty and Jo have sex.

Episode 356 Channel 5: 21/05/04

Summary:- Amy’s friends gang up against her; Easty and Jo are caught in the act; Macca reacts bitterly to news about Laura.

Episode 357 Channel 5: 24/05/04

Summary:- Midge expresses concern about his relationship with Lauren; Katie and Prem try to outdo the Ewers.

Episode 358 Channel 5: 25/05/04

Summary:- Granty and Amy discuss philosophy and sex before marriage; Midge rows with his parents.

Episode 359 Channel 5: 26/05/04

Summary:- Christine causes outrage by canceling her party – Rachel Tucker is blamed; revealing messages are found on Easty’s phone.

Episode 360 Channel 5: 27/05/04

Summary:- Baker discovers that Lauren doesn’t want to be with Midge; the BTC have a scare when they drink too much vodka.

Episode 361 Channel 5: 28/05/04

Summary:- Granty’s gathering becomes a boasting session; Baker enjoys the power he holds over Midge.

Episode 362 Channel 5: 01/06/04

Summary:- Christine attempts to joyride; Baker and Alice Dill become bitches; Lauren’s absence leaves Midge moody.

Episode 363 Channel 5: 02/06/04

Summary:- Baker gossips about Midge and Lauren; another Cornish family row breaks out.

Episode 364 Channel 5: 03/06/04

Summary:- Midge becomes more insecure about Lauren; Andy is annoyed by suggestions that he ever fancied Katie.

Episode 365 Channel 5: 04/06/04

Summary:- Amy becomes more self-assured, despite her growing unpopularity; Eldridge and Greg’s John Todd obsession annoys Midge.

Episode 366 Channel 5: 07/06/04

Summary:- Greg is harassed by pikeys; Lano and Greg make prank calls to ‘Get Lucky TV’.

Episode 367 Channel 5: 08/06/04

Summary:- Midge narrowly avoids finding out about Lauren from his friends.

Episode 368 Channel 5: 09/06/04

Summary:- Christine now attacks Granty.

Episode 369 Channel 5: 10/06/04

Summary:- Christine denies everything to Granty.

Episode 370 Channel 5: 11/06/04

Summary:- Christine tries to turn Midge against Amy; Amy is paranoid when Granty meets girls she doesn’t know.

Episode 371 Channel 5: 14/06/04

Summary:- Eldridge tries to study, but gets drunk instead; something doesn’t add up about Baker and Sam.

Episode 372 Channel 5: 15/06/04

Summary:- Lauren feels guilty and worries how she can break the news to Midge; Christine is involved in an exam-cheating plot.

Episode 373 Channel 5: 16/06/04

Summary:- Christine and Laura probe for the truth about Sam Marks; a ‘western standoff’ results when Macca and Laura come face-to-face.

Episode 374 Channel 5: 17/06/04

Summary:- Emotions boil over as Greg launches into a tirade about Midge; Greg grasses Christine up to Baker, who responds bitterly.

Episode 375 Channel 5: 18/06/04

Summary:- Amy tearfully ends her friendship with Christine; Charlotte puts herself in Amy’s corner; Baker ingratiates himself with Amy’s friends.

Episode 376 Channel 5: 21/06/04

Summary:- Amy puts herself down to win Christine back.

Episode 377 Channel 5: 22/06/04

Summary:- Baker and Christine come to an agreement, but can she ever trust him again? Midge demands an explanation from Lauren.

Episode 378 Channel 5: 23/06/04

Summary:- Midge’s world comes crashing down; Tipsy characters rejoice at the end of the exam season.

Episode 379 Channel 5: 24/06/04

Summary:- Nick Howe and the BTC celebrate with Liv; Laura is shocked to discover that the boy Christine has been pulling has a long-term girlfriend; Greg burns his books.

Episode 380 Channel 5: 25/06/04

Summary:- Hannah asks Katie probing questions about Midge; Christine pulls Jaz but has eyes only for Peter; Ben Tannahill is paralytic before Tom Gately’s party even begins; Macca tries his luck with Stef; Katie goes wild in Prem’s absence.

Note: Hannah Cassan Seawright now in opening credits.

Episode 381* Channel 5: 28/06/04

Summary:- Midge pretends to fall asleep, then pulls Hannah; Greg can’t escape his feelings for Midge; As Jaz’s condition deteriorates, Lano won’t pull Christine to draw him away, but Greg and Ollie oblige; Rachel and Peter’s kiss provokes an outburst from Christine; Baker’s drunkenness is a sight to behold for Mrs Gately.

Episode 382 Channel 5: 29/06/04

Summary:- Christine vows never to talk to Rachel again; Baker regrets his binge-drinking; on DoE, Granty rows with Prem.

Episode 383 Channel 5: 30/06/04

Summary:- Peter is monosyllabic when Christine spills her heart; Midge wonders whether Hannah is the right girl for him; Ben nurses the mother of all headaches.

Episode 384 Channel 5: 01/07/04

Summary:- Granty feels only bitterness towards Waj and Prem; Amy enjoys her dream work experience at FCUK; Greg is increasingly a tortured soul.

Episode 385 Channel 5: 02/07/04

Summary:- Midge and Macca deny to Greg that they plan to replace him as a band-member; Waj and Aymi look like an item; Eldridge tries to rescue himself in Lano’s eyes.

Episode 386 Channel 5: 05/07/04 Summary:- Midge and Hannah have a successful date; Rachel is confident that her and Peter will work; Christine threatens Rachel.

Episode 387 Channel 5: 06/07/04

Summary:- Christine humiliates herself in front of Peter; Greg watches Midge and Hannah with rising desperation; an ancient feud erupts between Amy and Claire; Andy and Nick shun company for a philosophical discussion; Ned and Hunter provide entertainment at Lano’s.

Episode 388 Channel 5: 07/07/04

Summary:- An accident threatens to ruin Greg’s summer; does Rachel represent a past that Christine wants to turn her back on? Amy emerges from her work experience with a boosted ego.

Episode 389 Channel 5: 08/07/04

Summary:- Greg blames Midge for all his problems; Andy realises his time with Nick is running out; Prem amazes Katie with a present – tickets to Paris; Amy’s friends deride her fashion sense.

Episode 390 Channel 5: 09/07/04

Summary:- Baker encourages Midge to think the worst of Greg; Greg stews at home on his own; Amy is worried by changes in Granty’s behaviour.

Episode 391 Channel 5: 12/07/04

Summary:- Midge decides to write Greg out of his life; Easty’s future is left in doubt as he injures his elbow; Hannah, Katie and Rachel discuss their relationships.

Episode 392 Channel 5: 13/07/04

Summary:- On his last day in Newquay, Macca is dealt a bombshell; Granty has a fit at CCF camp, much to Waj’s delight.

Episode 393 Channel 5: 14/07/04

Summary:- Macca encourages Midge to cheat on Hannah in Spain; Easty’s specialist tells him he will be out of tennis for a year; Christine shows Rachel she is in no mood to forgive; Baker hopes his birthday celebrations will be a tour de force.

Episode 394 Channel 5: 15/07/04

Summary:- Baker tries to drive a wedge between Eldridge and Greg; Amy struggles to reach Granty; Vivienne Evans sets Greg up with a friend.

Episode 395 Channel 5: 16/07/04

Summary:- Andy admits to Lano that he will be devastated by Nick’s departure; Greg and Izzy find they have much in common.

Episode 396 Channel 5: 19/07/04

Summary:- Midge remains true to Hannah, though his intentions are otherwise; Katie and Prem think they are in love; Baker jets off to Newquay; Rachel’s friends express doubts as to Peter’s intellect.

Episode 397 Channel 5: 20/07/04

Summary:- In Baker’s absence, Greg and Eldridge put two and two together; in Newquay, Claire Rodin has sex with animals.

Episode 398 Channel 5: 21/07/04

Summary:- Greg sends Baker an email renouncing their friendship; suicidal Polly makes an untimely return; Easty is at a loss without tennis.

Episode 399 Channel 5: 22/07/04

Summary:- As Waj departs on holiday, he and Aymi decide their relationship must end; the Tiffins decide that what goes on in Newquay stays in Newquay; Greg and Izzy takes things slow.

Episode 400 Channel 5: 23/07/04

Summary:- Sam Marks breaks Baker’s heart; Granty and Amy have a tearful goodbye…for a month; Ben has mixed feelings when he hears Midge slag off Greg.

Episode 401 Channel 5: 26/07/04

Summary:- Greg and Eldridge psychoanalyse the Baker-Cornish pact; Granty struggles to relate his hatred for Waj as he is unable to complete full sentences.

Episode 402 Channel 5: 27/07/04

Summary:- Baker is appalled by Greg’s condemnation of him; Lano and Andy are frustrated by Granty’s inarticulateness.

Episode 403 Channel 5: 28/07/04

Summary:- Jo and Easty get kinky in America; Granty suffers from a mystery queasiness; Midge and Hannah become an official couple; Lano and Greg wage war on the Lensbury.

Episode 404 Channel 5: 29/07/04

Summary:- Greg pleads with Midge to renew their friendship; Lano annoys Christine; Laura and Midge get on surprisingly easily.

Episode 405 Channel 5: 30/07/04

Summary:- Christine, Lano and Andy read the truth about Greg in his email; Katie practices gourmet cookery; the Waldegraves snub the Hamptons.

Episode 406 Channel 5: 02/08/04

Summary:- Paranoid Granty rows with Lano about terrorism; an old friend comes back to haunt Katie; Nick performs an astonishing alcohol drinking feat.

Episode 407 Channel 5: 03/08/04

Summary:- Under the influence of a fever, Granty accuses Katie of poisoning him; Katie’s contemporaries express doubts over her fidelity.

Episode 408 Channel 5: 04/08/04

Summary:- Easty and Andy are bewildered by Granty’s actions; Nick stars in a cricket match.

Episode 409 Channel 5: 05/08/04

Summary:- Baker throws the toys out of the pram; Christine feels abandoned on all sides and turns to new friends.

Episode 410 Channel 5: 06/08/04

Summary:- Granty is rocked by a family scandal; Midge is unable to heel Baker’s wounds; Christine spreads Greg’s email to all parts.

Episode 411 Channel 5: 09/08/04

Summary:- Granty hallucinates and has panic attacks; Eldridge fails to be a hit with the ladies; Lano is caught on CCTV and expelled from Lensbury.

Episode 412 Channel 5: 10/08/04

Summary:- Granty sends incomprehensible messages from Spain; Amy takes a personality test – she is more masculine than Granty! Christine regrets introducing Baker to Alice Dill; Macca is elusive.

Episode 406 Channel 5: 11/08/04

Summary:- Some characters are more impressed than others by Baker’s drunkenness; Ewers-bashing becomes a national sport; Christine has a new view on Lano; Claire’s new boyfriend causes her trouble.

Episode 407 Channel 5: 12/08/04

Summary:- Christine’s loyalty to Baker over Greg wavers; Eldridge tries internet dating; Easty begins to come to terms with his physical state.

Episode 408 Channel 5: 13/08/04

Summary:- Katie and Prem enjoy the romance of Paris; Greg is delighted by Ji’s show of support; Eldridge asks why Greg and Izzy have not dated recently; Baker plans the party to end all parties…at Andy’s house; Christine lambastes ‘boring’ Jo and Aymi – is she also becoming jealous of Laura?

Episode 409 Channel 5: 16/08/04

Summary:- Baker and Greg are relieved to return to speaking terms; Christine snaps at Lano; Katie and Prem take their relationship to the highest level.

Episode 410 Channel 5: 17/08/04

Summary:- Greg gives Eldridge the green light to email Izzy; hurt by her comments, Baker makes racist jokes about Ji; Lano and Baker introduce Greg to drunken Mondays; Liv appears from out of the blue.

Episode 411 Channel 5: 18/08/04

Summary:- Liv’s party erupts into violence; Christine slags off Lano to his friends; Eldridge’s attempt at his own seven-page email has little effect on Baker.

Episode 412 Channel 5: 19/08/04

Summary:- Hamptons are united in their denunciation of Liv; Baker has an awkward reunion with one of Liv’s guests; Lano talks his way out of the beating of his lifetime.

Episode 413 Channel 5: 20/08/04

Summary:- Midge fears for Hannah’s safety as floods sweep over Cornwall; Baker is a control freak over party preparations; will Greg and Nick be laughed out of Andy’s party in their suits?

Episode 414* Channel 5: 23/08/04

Summary:- Midge and Hannah waste no time reacquainting themselves; Greg’s mental state is dealt a blow by seeing Midge in a happy relationship; Liv rebuilds her bridges; Nick Jeary makes a big impression in uncharted waters; Christine is determined to show off her new social circle.

Note: first appearance of Nick Jeary.

Episode 415* Channel 5: 24/08/04

Summary:- Greg smashes bottles and tells Midge in a text that he loves him; Jeary can’t believe his luck when he pulls Kate; drunk Baker comes on to Mrs Connellan; Andy fears for his belongings when a stranger tries to set fire to his gecko; Easty is furious with Lano’s lack of respect for his house.

Episode 416* Channel 5: 25/08/04

Summary:- Midge is vexed by the position he has been put in; Baker breaks down in fear of what Greg will resort to; Macca is disappointed that another party has passed without him pulling Stef; Prem and Katie endure simultaneous hangovers.

Episode 417 Channel 5: 26/08/04

Summary:- Midge rejects Lano’s advice to talk to Greg; Greg claims not to remember what he did at Andy’s; Amy is alarmed by how much Granty has changed; Rachel meets Peter’s tear-away cousin.

Episode 418 Channel 5: 27/08/04

Summary:- Jeary feels his date with Kate is a success, but does she agree? Andy persuades Lano to apologise to Easty; Granty and Amy try to reconcile their religious beliefs with their sexual urges.

Episode 419 Channel 5: 31/08/04

Summary:- Tipsy characters experience mixed emotions as they receive their GCSE results; Eldridge’s mum throws him out of home in disgust at his performance; Midge hides the truth from Hannah, a difficult task as they set off for Reading with Greg.

Episode 420 Channel 5: 01/09/04

Summary:- Nick disappears into a glorious drunken sunset; Peter’s cousin turns out not to be dangerous, merely deranged; Laura’s boyfriend is angry when she ‘goes off with the gay guy’; Lano and Andy uncover the history between Amy and Claire; Katie is amazed to meet Sam Perkins’ girlfriend; Aymi and Jo push the Teddington Arms bar-staff too far.

Note: Final appearance of Nick Howe in opening credits.

Episode 421 Channel 5: 02/09/04

Summary:- Granty is not amused to hear Katie talk about ‘magic dust’; Baker and Katie share secrets; Christine cold-bloodedly snubs Greg on his birthday; Tipsy characters are horrified by a local murder.

Episode 422 Channel 5: 03/09/04

Summary:- Eldridge takes Izzy out on a date, and gets punched by Greg and rebuffed by Ben; Amy visits a family planning clinic with her mother; Christine and Michael christen Lano ‘pervy perverson’.

Episode 423 Channel 5: 06/09/04

Summary:- Eldridge is forced to beg his mum to let him come home after Greg throws him out; Eldridge defends himself amidst universal criticism; Baker and Lano tease Granty over his religious hypocrisy.

Episode 424 Channel 5: 07/09/04

Summary:- Granty and Amy have sex on their sixth-month anniversary; Katie is worried when Lano lets slip that Andy had a crush on her; Baker warns Eldridge of the consequences of bringing Izzy to Lauren’s party.

Episode 425 Channel 5: 08/09/04

Summary:- Baker explodes at Eldridge; a comment by Prem upsets Katie; Kate is non-committal about Jeary.

Episode 426* Channel 5: 09/09/04

Summary:- Revenge is triumphant for Greg when he and Ben force Eldridge out of Lauren’s party in shame; Christine and Michael try to have Lano attacked; Andy consoles Katie; Granty responds violently to Lano’s taunts; Macca admits to Andy that he was in love with Laura.

Episode 427 Channel 5: 13/09/04

Summary:- Rachel and Peter’s relationship is over; Eldridge tells Izzy he cannot see her again; Granty does not take kindly to his romantic life being parodied; Jeary is annoyed to be detained by his grandparents; Christine is offhand towards Lano; Amy, Charlotte and Kate disapprove of the events of Lauren’s.

Episode 428 Channel 5: 14/09/04

Summary:- Easty is dealt the cruelest of blows – Jo wants them to part; Greg returns to school with cuts on his wrist; Eldridge makes brave attempts to redeem himself, but will anyone listen? Christine is convinced that the ‘No trouble crew’ is the way forward, thus rejecting Laura; Baker wants to be popular with the NTC, but meanwhile his jokes about Christine become more offensive.

Episode 429 Channel 5: 15/09/04

Summary:- Baker offers Greg a shoulder to cry on, but shows a lack of public sympathy; Easty struggles to get used to being single; Lauren is unhappy about Amy making unfavourable comparisons between Granty and her new boyfriend.

Episode 430 Channel 5: 16/09/04

Summary:- Granty raises more eyebrows when he erupts at Lano; Kate tells Jeary she is busy; Baker makes a name for himself in Theatre Studies; Greg behaves sycophantically towards Midge.

Episode 431 Channel 5: 17/09/04

Summary:- Granty and Amy’s relationship becomes more revolved around sex; Tom Little stops himself from defending Vicky Ellis when she takes a rinsing; Kate admits to her friends her misgivings about Jeary.

Episode 432 Channel 5: 20/09/04

Summary:- Greg and Eldridge make up; Greg’s pride is wounded by a new condemnation by Baker; Granty feels weak; Andy says he has no thought of him and Charlotte.

Episode 433 Channel 5: 21/09/04

Summary:- Baker takes pleasure in his newfound Drama popularity; Lano wants nothing to do with Eldridge, while others feel indifferent; Macca questions Andy’s sexuality.

Episode 434 Channel 5: 22/09/04

Summary:- Hannah tells Midge that she loves him – will he return the compliment? Katie is reassured by Prem’s blessing for her to spend time with other boys; Lano feels a sense of rejection when Christine doesn’t tell him about her party, while Midge keeps a stony silence on the matter.

Episode 435 Channel 5: 23/09/04

Summary:- Katie admits to being overawed by Esher; Greg relies increasingly on Ben; Macca hides all emotion at the news of Laura and Rob’s breakup; Jeary continues to call Kate, undaunted.

Episode 436 Channel 5: 24/09/04

Summary:- Gibbon sees only one explanation when Greg clings to Midge at Christine’s; Ben backs down after offending a black person; Baker experiments with drugs.

Episode 437 Channel 5: 27/09/04

Summary:- Lano is beaten up by a black gang after a misunderstanding; Christine’s party descends into an orgy; Macca wonders if he will ever have his moment with Stef when she pulls another boy; Christine determinedly avoids Lano.

Episode 438 Channel 5: 28/09/04

Summary:- Granty wonders what is wrong with him when he falls asleep at school; Katie and Hannah stick by each other in the wide world of Esher; Macca’s jokes about Andy begin to hit home.

Episode 439 Channel 5: 29/09/04

Summary:- Amy is concerned about Granty’s mental and physical wellbeing; Baker’s persistent rinses of Christine now involve ‘pussy chow mein’; Midge takes exception to Baker’s drama popularity.

Episode 440 Channel 5: 30/09/04

Summary:- The relief Amy provides Granty after his birthday celebrations is purely sexual; Andy wonders whether the taunts about his sexuality could have any substance; Macca’s rowdiness inconveniences strangers, but entertains the Tiffins; Midge takes the Claire Rodin school of thought on Amy.

Episode 441 Channel 5: 01/10/04

Summary:- Andy’s identity crisis worsens; Greg and Ben have a prank waiting for Eldridge; Christine justifies not making up with Rachel to Katie; the BTC steal kegs of beer.

Episode 442 Channel 5: 04/10/04

Summary:- Andy breaks down and confesses to Lano and Katie that he might be gay; Eldridge responds to abuse by punching a hole in Ed Lavis’s wall; Macca breaks his vow of hating Laura; Arthur is attacked by a drunk girl’s father.

Episode 443 Channel 5: 05/10/04

Summary:- In the sober light of day, Andy announces he is definitely straight; Jeary believes Kate is the world’s busiest babysitter; Macca is embarrassed to learn that his teacher saw his Pizza Express performance.

Episode 444 Channel 5: 06/10/04

Summary:- Lano dishes out 285 home truths to Midge and Greg; Granty is the butt of all jokes; Hannah surprises Midge by telling him she likes his angry side.

Episode 445 Channel 5: 07/10/04

Summary:- Granty mental state deteriorates further as he learns that he has shrunk in his friends’ eyes from ‘magical’ to a wuss; Waj wonders what the Hamptons and Tiffins have left in common, other than the Ewers.

Episode 446 Channel 5: 08/10/04

Summary:- Macca meets a girl at his new job at Squires; Andy takes speculation about him with renewed good humour; Baker is caught in a riot at the Old Boys.

Episode 447 Channel 5: 11/10/04

Summary:- Macca sees possibilities unfolding with Sarah; Granty drops Critical Thinking as he can’t take the strain; Aymi and Jo both have romances with Tiffin boys.

Episode 448 Channel 5: 12/10/04

Summary:- As Granty collapses again, Amy and his family demand that he visits a doctor; Jeary starts to lose his patience with Kate; Greg shows limited support for Eldridge when he is victimised.

Episode 449 Channel 5: 13/10/04

Summary:- Granty is diagnosed with a chemical imbalance; Lano loses his temper when Christine shuns him once too often.

Episode 450 Channel 5: 14/10/04

Summary:- Midge, Greg, Lano and Macca combine to ruin Granty’s evening to the point that he storms off; Kate seeks Amy and Lauren’s advice on how best to deal with Jeary; Nick returns to Teddington.

Episode 451 Channel 5: 15/10/04

Summary:- Nick is even-headed about the drawbacks of his new life; Lano has a twelve hour drinkathon; Lano winds Andy up to the point of violence; Katie relies increasingly on Prem.

Episode 452 Channel 5: 18/10/04

Summary:- Midge secretly smiles when Baker falls out with Sam Marks and the Drama crew; Lano isn’t interested in Granty’s entreaties; Andy’s mum attacks him (physically) over his behaviour; Vicky Ellis makes a name for herself.

Episode 453 Channel 5: 19/10/04

Summary:- Granty’s bombshell doesn’t quite have the desired effect; Eldridge desperately tries to fit in; Andy fears he is going off the rails; a Tiffin clique develops.

Episode 454 Channel 5: 20/10/04

Summary:- Macca and Midge are bullish about Young Enterprise; Katie is stunned to see Macca on a cookery course; Baker shatters Eldridge’s dreams with a few well-chosen words.

Episode 455 Channel 5: 21/10/04

Summary:- Midge’s family objects to his music obsession; Jeary hopes to boost his popularity, but refuses to host a party; Greg and Ben heckle their Maths teacher in a pub; Baker gets drunk in a church, much to Norman, Christine and Dill’s dismay.

Episode 456 Channel 5: 22/10/04

Summary:- The Waldegrave girls make a dramatic reappearance; Jeary and TL take on alter egos; Lano is attracted to Camilla; Midge hopes his comments about pregnant girls don’t get back to Hannah.

Episode 457 Channel 5: 25/10/04

Summary:- Baker and Christine’s email swap goes horribly wrong; Greg replaces Midge as his best friend; feeling abandoned, Granty turns to Fat Chris.

Episode 458 Channel 5: 26/10/04

Summary:- Baker and Christine slag each other off to high heaven; Laura has harsh words for Baker; Andy admires Jeary’s Latin ability.

Note: final appearance of Laura Monaghan as full-time character.

Episode 459 Channel 5: 27/10/04

Summary:- Christine and Rachel are reunited in opposition to two-faced Baker; Hannah’s gesture makes Midge fall more deeply for her.

Episode 460 Channel 5: 28/10/04

Summary:- Baker decides he can’t be bothered to fight with Rachel; Jeary still holds faint hopes for him and Kate; Vicky is labelled a loser when she invites all the boys in her theatre studies class to her party…but none of the girls.

Episode 461 Channel 5: 29/10/04

Summary:- Kat’s party ends disastrously, but not for Eldridge; Baker cuts his losses and strengthens his LEH ties; Baker and Christine fear each other’s power to destroy their reputation with secrets.

Episode 462 Channel 5: 01/11/04

Summary:- Macca and Sarah go to second base; Granty’s report card shows an alarming decline; Lano is confused by Christine’s sudden show of friendliness – until Baker reveals her reasons.

Episode 463 Channel 5: 02/11/04

Summary:- Amy promises to stand by Granty in his hour of need; Macca has an accident.

Episode 464 Channel 5: 03/11/04

Summary:- Macca’s plans with Sarah are dealt a blow when he is sacked from his job; Easty’s operation is a success.

Episode 465 Channel 5: 04/11/04

Summary:- The Hamptons are unimpressed by Vicky’s guest-list; Ben’s pieing prank backfires; Hannah tolerates Midge’s drunkenness.

Episode 466 Channel 5: 05/11/04

Summary:- Kit is ridiculed for hanging out with Vicky; Eldridge becomes obsessed with Shams.

Episode 467 Channel 5: 08/11/04

Summary:- Midge explodes about his family after a gig; Hannah and Katie become band groupies.

Episode 468 Channel 5: 09/11/04

Summary:- Shams is afraid of Eldridge as he stalks her; Macca commits himself to Sarah.

Episode 469 Channel 5: 10/11/04

Summary:- Midge tearfully tells Hannah of his love for her; Shams throws Eldridge off her tail; Vicky tries to get Kit to notice her; Granty goes on medication.

Episode 470 Channel 5: 11/11/04

Summary:- Rachel tells Waj what she has been bottling up; Easty is shocked to see that Jo Harris has a new boyfriend at Hampton; Baker is a snob about West End musicals.

Episode 471 Channel 5: 12/11/04

Summary:- Sarah shocks Macca by telling him she doesn’t want a serious relationship; Christine is unapologetic about calling Lano pervy.

Episode 472 Channel 5: 15/11/04

Summary:- Does Ollie have a crush on Rachel? Rachel hopes not; Midge and Ollie are drunk and disorderly together; Easty puts on a brave face to Andy; Katie and Prem spice their relationship up.

Episode 473 Channel 5: 16/11/04

Summary:- Midge learns that Waj once had feelings for Hannah; Greg rages at Baker when his actions with Ben are questioned; Macca puts himself in Baker and Lano’s corner.

Episode 474 Channel 5: 17/11/04

Summary:- Jeary’s bitterness towards Kate bubbles close to the surface; bad blood brews between Midge and Waj; Midge is mildly annoyed with Katie for spreading news of his love for Hannah.

Episode 475 Channel 5: 18/11/04

Summary:- Granty’s makes a breakthrough in overcoming his illness, but he is still treated with disdain; Jeary and Kate’s friends are at loggerheads over her rudeness.

Episode 476 Channel 5: 19/11/04

Summary:- Jeary sees the truth of Kate’s deception with his own eyes; Lano takes drugs, but is he playing up the effects? Jeary’s German exchange encounters racism; Andy’s birthday is buoyed by Nick’s return.

Episode 477 Channel 5: 22/11/04

Summary:- Liv sends Baker and Midge on a wild-goose chase; Nick admits that nights in Norwich have been too sober; Jeary has hilarious cultural misunderstandings with his exchange partner; Vicky is apparently unaware of her image.

Episode 478 Channel 5: 23/11/04

Summary:- Baker has an AIDS scare; what secret does Liv hold?

Episode 479 Channel 5: 24/11/04

Summary:- Warfare breaks out between members of Sprogg and GibCorp; Greg and Ben have some bad luck.

Episode 480 Channel 5: 25/11/04

Summary:- Greg and Ben are suspended from school; Granty’s chemical imbalance is re-evaluated as depression.

Episode 481 Channel 5: 26/11/04

Summary:- Jeary pulls Ria, minutes after she is sick in his lap; Sprogg and GibCorp go head to head at Rocks; the German visiters are blissfully unaware of the racist abuse against them.

Episode 482 Channel 5: 29/11/04

Summary:- Baker’s test results provide him with relief; caught on camera, ‘Jeary the face-eater’ is the laughing stock of Hampton; Midge makes snide comments about Ben and Greg.

Episode 483 Channel 5: 30/11/04

Summary:- Ria invites Jeary over to LEH, but can he overcome the ridicule from within his own common room? Katie passes up an opportunity to get stoned with Hannah; Eldridge hints to Greg that he is ready to give it another shot with Shams.

Episode 484 Channel 5: 01/12/04

Summary:- Out of the blue, Baker is asked out by a Rugby player; Granty’s art work baffles some observers but wins plaudits; Andy is indifferent to Easty’s attempts to find him a girlfriend.

Episode 485 Channel 5: 02/12/04

Summary:- Macca and Gibbon’s forceful management style causes a revolt from GibCorp; Midge asks Baker and Christine to leave him out of their animosity.

Episode 486 Channel 5: 03/12/04

Summary:- Baker has sex on a first date; Midge fears that he and Hannah will become the new Ewers; Lano leads the ruthless ostracism of Granty.

Episode 487 Channel 5: 06/12/04

Summary:- Andy hangs out with Granty in secret; Liv receives raunchy messages from Ed Lavis; Lano and Andy argue about breaking the law.

Episode 488 Channel 5: 07/12/04

Summary:- Liv and Ed Lavis continue their secret meetings; Amy is brought down to Earth by a real fashion guru.

Episode 489 Channel 5: 08/12/04

Summary:- The Tiffin clique wreaks havoc on the rest of the school; Amy and Claire’s legendary hatred comes to a dramatic head; Granty fails to follow his doctor’s orders.

Episode 490 Channel 5: 09/12/04

Summary:- Another turn leaves Granty needing increased levels of medication; Katie is head-hunted by the Coffee Mill; Midge and Greg appear to have come to a parting of the ways – they don’t even agree about music any more.

Episode 491 Channel 5: 10/12/04

Summary:- There’s trouble in the Lane household; Baker’s relationship with Will develops at a great pace; Rachel tries to defend Amy to the Hamptons; Tipsy goes x-rated with the Asian Fusion Buffet Challenge.

Episode 492 Channel 5: 13/12/04

Summary:- Greg has an epiphany and gets drunk on his own; Liv puts a stop to the free love with Ed for the time being; Amy’s friends admire her resilience.

Episode 493 Channel 5: 14/12/04

Summary:- Jeary is forced to be patient with Ria – will it be worth his while? Baker’s social life spins out of control; Andy is criticised for being a wuss.

Episode 494 Channel 5: 15/12/04

Summary:- Lano has a shocking encounter with Christine; Christine sends Baker hate mail; Waj is impressed by changes in Amy.

Episode 495 Channel 5: 16/12/04

Summary:- Baker drunkenly tries to stab Sam Marks with a carving knife; Greg and Ben are two-faced towards Eldridge (and get drunk); Easty revisits his old crush on Emily.

Episode 496 Channel 5: 17/12/04

Summary:- Baker begs Sam not to press charges; Greg’s life takes a turn for the worse; Andy sees hope in Granty’s improved diction.

Episode 497 Channel 5: 20/12/04

Summary:- Greg lies about his family to win sympathy, but his display of public drunkenness isn’t endearing; Lano is furious to be turned away from the Esher Christmas Party; Andy makes himself unpopular by putting ‘Bees’ ahead of partying; Baker and Will have more sex.

Episode 498 Channel 5: 21/12/04

Summary:- Midge brawls with a bouncer about the length of his hair; Macca goes on the pull and comes out with Leanne; Greg is surprised by Katie’s singing talents.

Episode 499 Channel 5: 22/12/04

Summary:- Granty’s recovery speeds up; Lano apologises for being an ‘asshole’ to Granty; Midge and Hannah have a tender moment; the BTC organise wrestling tournaments; the Cornish and Baker families debate Greg’s family’s expenses as he jets off to Africa again.

Episode 500 Channel 5: 23/12/04

Summary:- Lano’s motives are questioned when he does charity work with Liv and JD; Hannah is insecure about inviting Midge to see her family; is Christine becoming too dependant on her drugs habit?

Episode 501 Channel 5: 24/12/04

Summary:- Macca is caught in the middle of a festive punch-up; Jeary makes brutally honest comment on his life; Macca has limited success at impressing LEH girls.

Episode 502 Channel 5: 29/12/04

Summary:- Baker’s attempts to mix his groups of friends go badly wrong thanks to Midge; the Grant-Ewers extended family have much to celebrate over Christmas; Nick finds his home visits increasingly difficult.

Episode 503 Channel 5: 30/12/04

Summary:- Insensitive comments from Macca bring his friendship with Baker crashing down; Lano and Katie are embarrassed by the past; happiness eludes Easty over the Christmas period.

Episode 504 Channel 5: 31/12/04

Summary:- Baker has a family crisis; Christine enjoys playing with Baker’s mind; Granty and Amy manage to rebuild their popularity; Jeary and Ria’s date is slow to get going; Amy makes snobbish comments about Macca, much to Baker’s delight.

Episode 505 Channel 5: 04/01/05

Summary:- Granty’s mates cause trouble at New Year; Lauren’s new boyfriend is introduced to a nervous Midge; Jeary is more interested in a relationship with Ria than vice-versa; Emma’s reappearance haunts Katie.

Episode 506 Channel 5: 05/01/05

Summary:- Midge is alarmed to discover that one of Amy’s guests fancies Hannah; Christine and Michael snub Lano; Baker is titillated by lesbians; Tom White fails to score with Charlotte, despite his rapping; Stef’s boyfriend provides intrigue.

Episode 507 Channel 5: 06/01/05

Summary:- Easty’s feelings for Emily surprise even himself, but is she falling for Macca instead? Ollie is desperate to be noticed by new girls; Baker almost decapitates Mrs Lane with a rubix cube.

Episode 508 Channel 5: 07/01/05

Summary:- Revelations about Andy and Nick force Andy to answer new questions over his sexuality; will Rachael succumb to Ollie’s advances? Midge returns from Egypt with barrages of lamentations about his family.

Episode 509 Channel 5: 10/01/05

Summary:- Ria tells Jeary that they have no future; Baker founds diary club; Midge worships Kit; Emily asks Lano to set her up with Macca.

Episode 510 Channel 5: 11/01/05

Summary:- Emily and Macca have an unconventional but successful date; Jeary’s bitterness knows no bounds; Ollie showers Rachael with gifts; Will sweeps Baker off his feet with an offer – tickets to Paris; Baker, Lano and Easty have a reminiscent experience.

Episode 511 Channel 5: 12/01/05

Summary:- Ollie elaborates on the truth after his date with Rachael; Greg takes to drinking whisky before school; Christine isn’t sure if she is being insulted by the Greg-Lano-Baker axis.

Episode 512 Channel 5: 13/01/05

Summary:- Ollie’s desperate means begin to annoy Midge and the BTC; Baker decides he can’t go to Paris with Will; Emily thinks of her and Macca as a couple – but are doubts emerging for Macca?

Episode 513 Channel 5: 14/01/05

Summary:- Baker sleeps with Will a final time before ditching him; Greg and Lano reject Midge’s support for the BTC; Jeary is blind to the effects of his depressiveness; Tipsy characters support the Tsunami appeal.

Episode 514 Channel 5: 17/01/05

Summary:- Baker is the victim of domestic violence; Easty, Emily and Jordanne reveal secrets in a drinking game; Lano rants at Jeary; Liv fears for her safety at a chav-party.

Episode 515 Channel 5: 18/01/05

Summary:- Easty calls Jo to say he still loves her; Nick and Lano go on the rampage, leaving Andy to clear up their mess; Easty suffers a hideous hangover; Midge waits impatiently for the physical stuff to get going with Hannah.

Episode 516 Channel 5: 19/01/05

Summary:- Macca turns a cold shoulder to Emily; Easty faces up to the truth that Jo has moved on.

Episode 517 Channel 5: 20/01/05

Summary:- The enmity carries on between Macca and Baker; Katie finds intimate conversation with Hannah a difficult task; Midge and Lano play Eldridge bingo.

Episode 518 Channel 5: 21/01/05

Summary:- Rachael continues seeing Ollie out of sheer materialism; Greg humiliates Easty with ‘finger’ jokes; Baker feels he is being alienated by his former friends; Katie struggles through another encounter with Prem’s friends.

Episode 519 Channel 5: 24/01/05

Summary:- Katie is amazed by Hannah and Midge’s behaviour; Midge feels awkward when he puts his relationship next to Katie and Prem’s; the Old Boys turns into a warzone.

Episode 520 Channel 5: 25/01/05

Summary:- Christine goes to town with her grand party plans; Baker and Lano take on a new cynicism; Midge gives Ollie a few home truths.

Episode 521 Channel 5: 26/01/05

Summary:- Lano appeals to Christine’s good nature; Greg has only disdain for Midge; Easty hopes to win Emily’s heart.

Episode 522 Channel 5: 27/01/05

Summary:- Christine and Lano feud; Michael Lapham gets his ten-dollars worth; Greg has a moment of desperation.

Episode 523 Channel 5: 28/01/05

Summary:- Amy tries to assert her superiority over Christine; Midge’s attempts to cajole Hannah fall on deaf ears; Baker’s life falls seamlessly into place; Emily gives up on Macca.

Episode 524* Channel 5: 31/01/05

Summary:- Christine and Michael’s party is engulfed in a blazing inferno; Macca narrowly avoids brawling with Stef’s boyfriend; The ‘I have never’ game puts Greg in an awkward position.

Note: Final appearance of Christine Leung-Cheung.

Episode 525* Channel 5: 01/02/05

Summary:- The hunt for survivors intensifies; Norman and Kat and the Ewers realise that their couplyness may have saved their lives; Easty’s gathering features tipsiness, lap-dancing, lesbianism and ginger rinsing; Camilla’s ‘cattiness’ causes a stir.

Episode 526 Channel 5: 02/02/05

Summary:- Christine is missing, presumed dead; police search for an arsonist; Greg fakes an illness.

Episode 527 Channel 5: 03/02/05

Summary:- Characters have wide-ranging emotions at the news of Christine’s death; Lano tries to cheat in a football match, but he remains ineffective; Anne East is overprotective of her son.

Episode 528 Channel 5: 04/02/05

Summary:- The Crime Investigation Squad announces that the cause of the fire may have been a cigarette; Andy and Granty defend their friend Miller against an onslaught of public opinion; Easty tries to rebel against his parents.

Episode 529 Channel 5: 07/02/05

Summary:- Christine’s memorial service is a sombre occasion; Greg rows with his mum; Ollie’s loutish behaviour makes Rachael realise she must come to a decision about him; Baker and Lano prank the Grants.

Episode 530 Channel 5: 08/02/05

Summary:- Greg runs away to Midge’s house; Miller is involved in a scandal; Lano takes up a role as a dodgy journalist.

Episode 531 Channel 5: 09/02/05

Summary:- Greg skives school in despair; the Waldegraves disapprove of Macca; Lano and Baker wonder how much longer Hannah and Midge will last.

Episode 532 Channel 5: 10/02/05

Summary:- Christine’s friends begin to get over their loss; Greg feels abandoned by Midge, and turns to Ben and Eldridge; Rachael slags off Ollie to her friends; Midge fails to give up swearing.

Episode 533 Channel 5: 11/02/05

Summary:- Baker stands by his ‘council house’ rinses of Macca; Easty is put in an unenviable position by a break-in at Andy’s; Hannah does not find anything strange about her non-sexual relationship with Midge.

Episode 534 Channel 5: 14/02/05

Summary:- Midge drops the sex issue for Hannah’s party; Macca beats Baker in the rowdiness stakes; Katie still has wounds from Emma’s betrayal.

Episode 535 Channel 5: 15/02/05

Summary:- Rachael dumps Ollie on Valentines Day; Katie and Prem celebrate their one-year anniversary in unorthodox style; the Ewers have an art gallery marathon; Midge, Macca, Ben and Jaz have unexpected experiences in New York.

Episode 536 Channel 5: 16/02/05

Summary:- Katie keeps a secret from Diary Club; Ollie feels his ego has taken a blow; Easty takes a softly-softly approach with Emily.

Episode 537 Channel 5: 17/02/05

Summary:- Ollie is not pleased to see Emily…and is unaware of the growing dissent from within his own ranks; the BTC bully Vicky Ellis; under the influence of a fever, what secrets will Andy reveal?

Episode 538 Channel 5: 18/02/05

Summary:- Midge finds himself going to increasingly desperate measures to relieve his sexual frustration; the Oxfam crew fight back against the boss; Granty longs to regain his old popularity.

Episode 539 Channel 5: 21/02/05

Summary:- Baker’s mum reads his diary, with horrific consequences; the BTC are all afraid to admit to each other that they secretly like Vicky.

Episode 540 Channel 5: 22/02/05

Summary:- Baker considers running away from his problems; Baker’s friends provide timely support; a gloom descends over Lano.

Episode 541 Channel 5: 23/02/05

Summary:- Baker finds light at the end of the tunnel; Greg’s friendliness towards Eldridge infuriates Midge.

Episode 542 Channel 5: 24/02/05

Summary:- Katie is upset by Leanne’s harsh words; Jeary’s cynicism rubs people up the wrong way; Midge and Hannah’s relationship appears to be going backwards; Andy is scared of meeting new people.

Episode 543 Channel 5: 25/02/05

Summary:- Andy’s theory that he has Asbergers Syndrome is dismissed by all; Lano and Jeary are responsible for discovering the Kings Arms; Macca tries to chat up 18 year olds; Baker and Macca argue about international politics.

Episode 544 Channel 5: 28/02/05

Summary:- The Hamptons eye up the Waldegraves…at the Kings Arms; Jordanne is wary of Midge; Greg refuses to sell any of his guitars, claiming they are all vital to his success as a rock star.

Episode 545 Channel 5: 01/03/05

Summary:- Midge is angry about Eldridge’s presence at his and Greg’s gig; the tension grows between Leanne and Katie – will it all boil over?

Episode 546 Channel 5: 02/03/05

Summary:- Greg’s indifference to Midge could hardly be more apparent; Leanne makes a kind gesture to Katie; Granty’s mental state is just stable enough to endure an attack by Waj and co.

Episode 547 Channel 5: 03/03/05

Summary:- Macca is blamed for the demise of GibCorp; Sprogg members take delight in their victory; Greg’s laziness puts him on the wrong side of his teachers; Lano slags off Jeary to appease Cheddar team-mates.

Episode 548 Channel 5: 04/03/05

Summary:- Katie and Prem have a joke at everyone’s expense when they announce they’ve split up; Ben is lucky to escape when one of his pranks blows up in his face; Midge can’t be bothered to meet up with Hannah.

Episode 549 Channel 5: 07/03/05

Summary:- Emily is oblivious to Easty’s overtures; Chloe is alarmed to find that the Kings Arms’ transsexual barmaid is a family friend; Andy’s unsociable behaviour causes a row with Lano.

Episode 550 Channel 5: 08/03/05

Summary:- Hannah’s asexuality pushes Midge to breaking point; Lano and Emily share secrets; Easty makes a tentative return to the tennis court.

Episode 551 Channel 5: 09/03/05

Summary:- Easty’s long-awaited return to the tennis circuit promises the possibility of new love, but can he truly escape his past? Grouchy Midge lashes out; Baker, Lano and Andy discuss what their lives would be like if they were characters in a soap opera.

Episode 552 Channel 5: 10/03/05

Summary:- New cuts appear on Greg’s wrists, but are his friends out of sympathy? Katie’s Esher group is on the brink of collapse on account of Leanne; Lano pushes school punctuality rules to the limit.

Episode 553 Channel 5: 11/03/05

Summary:- Baker learns the reason behind Midge’s strange behaviour; Easty is caught in the crossfire when Lano starts a fight with a ‘slap-head’; Jeary’s misery is compounded by a dentist.

Episode 554 Channel 5: 14/03/05

Summary:- Baker breaks his promise and explains Midge’s predicament to Katie; Greg goes further off the rails; the Waldegraves are involved in an orgy.

Episode 555 Channel 5: 15/03/05

Summary:- Will Hannah hear about Midge’s issues before he can tell her?

Episode 556 Channel 5: 16/03/05

Summary:- Macca makes snide comments about Midge and Hannah; Greg finds that his self-harm is a subject of humour; the Waldegraves agree on a vow of silence.

Episode 557 Channel 5: 17/03/05

Summary:- Jeary’s mother is not amused when he bows to peer pressure; Greg pretends to be poor to justify shoplifting; Baker expresses the desire to be revirginised; Rachael has mixed emotions about moving to the North.

Episode 558 Channel 5: 18/03/05

Summary:- Jeary starts wearing braces, but learns that his dental problems are not at an end; Lano and Andy are impressed by Annie; Lano lays some Tiffin ghosts to rest.

Episode 559 Channel 5: 21/03/05

Summary:- Macca keeps his new success a secret; Miller’s behaviour creates a serious dilemma.

Episode 560 Channel 5: 22/03/05

Summary:- Are Midge and Hannah finished with each other? Baker puts his foot down with Miller, but has he done the right thing? Andy regrets opening his heart to the Diary Club.

Episode 561 Channel 5: 23/03/05

Summary:- Midge and Hannah are finally forced to face up to their differences, but do they raise more questions than they can answer? Katie is upset by an unfortunate incident; Macca trains to be a gourmet chef; Greg and Ben agree that they get on ‘ridiculously well’.

Episode 562 Channel 5: 24/03/05

Summary:- Midge is disgruntled, but sticks with Hannah nonetheless; Ed Lavis contacts Liv out of the blue; Ollie finds a new way of ingratiating himself; Jeary’s dentist deals him a crushing blow; Andy is baffled by Lano’s idiosyncrasies.

Episode 563 Channel 5: 29/03/05

Summary:- Greg’s disappearance provides plenty to gossip about; Lano injures himself fence-jumping; Ollie’s party invitations leave something to be desired; the Waldegraves are remorseless about their drinking habits; Granty has a crisis of faith over Easter.

Episode 564 Channel 5: 30/03/05

Summary:- Ollie’s party is a humiliating fiasco; Andy receives some alarming news about Miller; Nick spots Greg with Eldridge.

Episode 565 Channel 5: 31/03/05

Summary:- Greg is two-faced; the LEH girls get on the wrong side of the Kings Arms barstaff; Jordanne teaches Lano to dance; Liv is seduced by Ed.

Episode 566 Channel 5: 01/04/05

Summary:- In the aftermath of his party, Ollie hits a desperate nadir; Macca has an uncomfortable encounter with Aymi Clarke’s dad; Lano has an uncomfortable encounter with Glen’s Vodka.

Episode 567 Channel 5: 04/04/05

Summary:- Prem bans Katie from sharing secrets with Diary Club; Lano goes too far in his friendliness towards chavs; Jeary’s dancing at Jordanne’s party is disappointing to say the least.

Episode 568 Channel 5: 05/04/05

Summary:- Baker plots an evil scheme towards Midge; Midge’s snobbery puts him off side with the Waldegraves; Greg submerges himself into the heavy metal culture.

Episode 569 Channel 5: 06/04/05

Summary:- Midge, Baker and Lano worry about Greg; Midge and Hannah’s problems are blaringly obvious; Prem and Katie’s behaviour is controversial; Amy Ewers writes a poem.

Episode 570 Channel 5: 07/04/05

Summary:- Doug Hamer puts ideas in Greg’s head; Ed becomes more demanding of Liv; Easty enjoys his tennis celebrity status.

Episode 571 Channel 5: 08/04/05

Summary:- Bewildered, Rachel knocks back Ollie; a voice from Greg’s past comes back to haunt him; Lano pretends to be more fed up with Jeary than he really is.

Episode 572 Channel 5: 11/04/05

Summary:- Greg announces that he is leaving Hampton; Ollie is turned down by another girl.

Episode 573 Channel 5: 12/04/05

Summary:- Greg, Midge and Baker have an explosive falling out; Macca and Baker reconcile; signs that Granty’s illness may be returning turn out to be a false alarm; Macca puts his foot in it with some stupid comments; Rachel gets on with her life.

Episode 574 Channel 5: 13/04/05

Summary:- Greg makes every effort to make Midge feel unwanted; Midge attacks Baker over his continued bitterness towards Christine; Gibbon makes some off-colour comments; Baker puts on a show for Mrs Connellan.

Episode 575 Channel 5: 14/04/05

Summary:- Greg mends his bridges; Liv falls out with Ed; Katie and Leanne’s reunion is not a happy one; Lano’s journalistic career does not go as planned; Eldridge’s sycophantic tone annoys both Midge and Greg.

Episode 576 Channel 5: 15/04/05

Summary:- Liv and Ed avoid each other in front of their friends; Lano finds out about Liv and Ed’s affair; what is Lano plotting? Liv gives Ollie grief about his lisp; Miller’s political canvassing raises his status as a laughing stock, but his sinister personality lurks beneath.

Episode 577 Channel 5: 18/04/05

Summary:- Liv and Zara turn down the option of free sex; Ben and Greg debate how best to destroy Eldridge’s credibility; Midge’s parents pamper him on his birthday.

Episode 578* Channel 5: 19/04/05

Summary:- Midge gets a strip-tease in full view of Hannah; Eldridge has the worst night of his life; Arthur pulls Chloe; Camilla turns more than one head, despite being a Prima Donna; Jeary has a surprisingly placid reunion with Kate.

Episode 579 Channel 5: 20/04/05

Summary:- Eldridge trashes Greg’s house; Midge throws a tantrum and attacks Sophie Coughlan with a hockey stick; Charlotte Duffy makes herself unpopular; Baker bitches about almost everyone.

Episode 580 Channel 5: 21/04/05

Summary:- Emily is fed up with Camilla, while Easty is infatuated with both; Granty is jealous of Prem’s prefecthood; Arthur and Chloe agree they would make a good couple.

Episode 581 Channel 5: 22/04/05

Summary:- Jeary’s self-deprecation backfires at a gig; Lano has a ‘pope party’; Greg’s mum persuades him to forgive Eldridge.

Episode 582 Channel 5: 25/04/05

Summary:- Chloe dates Arthur, but why is she so keen to keep him a secret from her friends? Tom Perry suffers taunts about his neighbour; Greg and Baker rinse Midge’s car.

Note: first appearance of Tom Perry as permanent character.

Episode 583 Channel 5: 26/04/05

Summary:- Andy’s complex returns when he comes face to face with LEH girls he doesn’t know; Midge enjoys bullying Perry; is Granty’s mentalness on the way back? Macca thinks so.

Episode 584 Channel 5: 27/04/05

Summary:- Greg shuts himself off from the world; Lano insults a Conservative election candidate by mistake; a misunderstanding with Emily raises Easty’s hopes.

Episode 585 Channel 5: 28/04/05

Summary:- Shams and Vicky make ominous plans; Amy and Granty discuss their ideal wedding; Emily isn’t convinced that Camilla has turned over a new leaf.

Episode 586 Channel 5: 29/04/05

Summary:- Marlon pleads with Greg to stay in school, but he is unmoved; Lano and Midge complain about their unsociable friends.

Episode 587 Channel 5: 03/05/05

Summary:- Lano’s Hitler speech mars a Libertys meal; Katie is unimpressed by the Waldegraves’ binge-drinking; is there anything between Lano and Camilla? Baker and Greg’s mum are involved in a conspiracy to save his sanity.

Episode 588 Channel 5: 04/05/05

Summary:- Lano strips in public; the Waldegraves have an all-nighter; Ollie and Rachael have a lasting hatred.

Episode 589 Channel 5: 05/05/05

Summary:- Baker makes an emotional appeal to Greg; Granty has a harrowing time on the Hampton/LEH leadership course.

Episode 590 Channel 5: 06/05/05

Summary:- Granty suffers from memory loss; Lano’s infamy spreads; Miller has a fit and makes a speech about ‘buggery’; Easty’s crush on Emily becomes unbearable for him.

Episode 591 Channel 5: 09/05/05

Summary:- Emily gently turns Easty down; Baker becomes disillusioned with Greg; Amy tells Granty to pull himself together; Vicky’s performance at the talent show is legendary in its cringeworthiness.

Episode 592 Channel 5: 10/05/05

Summary:- Greg’s ‘rock star’ ambitions are dismissed as attention-seeking; Emily is sensitive to Easty’s feelings; Rachael is suspicious of Amy Ewers’ motives.

Episode 593 Channel 5: 11/05/05

Summary:- Ben reveals that Greg feels abandoned by his friends; Andy’s life has a defining moment when he has a full conversation with Elli Hollington.

Episode 594 Channel 5: 12/05/05

Summary:- Midge saves a girl’s life; Baker makes a name for himself on the stage; Perry and Elli both dismiss talks of chemistry between themselves as absurd.

Episode 595 Channel 5: 13/05/05

Summary:- Midge is made furious by Lano’s indifference to his heroism; Perry is a figure of fun to Elli’s friends; Arthur and Chloe take things slow.

Episode 596 Channel 5: 16/05/05

Summary:- Jordanne is taken aback by Midge’s rudeness; Ollie falls out with Lano and Rachael; Chloe denies that her meetings with Arthur are dates.

Episode 597 Channel 5: 17/05/05

Summary:- Lano pulls a Ewers-lookalike; Easty narrowly fails to strike lucky with Chloe; Baker sympathises with Chloe’s weight problems; there’s renewed frustration for Midge when Hannah sleeps in the same bed as him…and nothing happens.

Episode 598 Channel 5: 18/05/05

Summary:- Lano is in trouble over his attendance record; Greg’s teachers give up on him; Midge is furious about Hannah’s life-drawing class.

Episode 599 Channel 5: 19/05/05

Summary:- Katie’s comments make Midge feel even worse; Baker and Lano invent ‘slag off Andy day’.

Episode 600 Channel 5: 20/05/05

Summary:- Chloe and Arthur’s second kiss finally arrives; Midge and Kate Hiley bond over emo; Lano goes to war with Slater…and comes out the loser.

Episode 601 Channel 5: 23/05/05

Summary:- Ben tries to convince Greg that he isn’t unloved; Chloe keeps up her duality with Arthur; Lano gains a dangerous addiction.

Episode 602 Channel 5: 24/05/05

Summary:- Eldridge has a new girlfriend; Rachael finds happiness, but will it be short-lived with her imminent departure?

Episode 603 Channel 5: 25/05/05

Summary:- Ben, Greg and Han-Ley form their anti-Eldridge clique; Mrs Evans makes a breakthrough with Greg, but James Keyse offers very different advice; Andy is taken aback by Macca’s sensitive side.

Episode 604 Channel 5: 26/05/05

Summary:- Baker boasts about turning down sex; Chloe confides her mixed feelings in Jordanne; Liv rolls back the years with a piss-up in the park; Greg takes a parting shot at Midge.

Episode 605 Channel 5: 27/05/05

Summary:- Shams bursts onto the scene; Lano has a run in with the police; exam season takes its toll on Granty and others.

Episode 606 Channel 5: 31/05/05

Summary:- Lano is stuck in the midst of Liv’s histrionics; Arthur defends Chloe, despite her increasingly strange behaviour; Katie proves herself to be a domestic goddess.

Episode 607 Channel 5: 01/06/05

Summary:- Doug Hamer’s revelation changes everything in the Greg situation; Liv sorts her life out; Emily has an unpleasant phone call; oblivious to the opinions of his friends, Eldridge is convinced that Sarah is ‘the one’.

Episode 608 Channel 5: 02/06/05

Summary:- Chloe parts with Arthur on good terms; Midge makes himself useful to Emily and Jordanne; TL protests against the exploitation of Andy.

Episode 609 Channel 5: 03/06/05

Summary:- Midge shows Hannah a new side to himself; Perry is keen to see more of Elli’s friends; Greg sees his rock star dreams dissolving.

Episode 610 Channel 5: 06/06/05

Summary:- Kate saves Midge’s day; Midge, Andy and Lano plan a surprise for Baker; Granty and Amy overcome a new hurdle.

Episode 611 Channel 5: 07/06/05

Summary:- Greg grudgingly decides to stay at Hampton; Baker’s revision is rudely disrupted.

Episode 612 Channel 5: 08/06/05

Summary:- Greg makes no effort to repair broken friendships; Katie is in a bad way.

Episode 613 Channel 5: 09/06/05

Summary:- Katie defends Andy when his unsociable methods put him in trouble; Hannah has a big break in her art career; Baker takes up issues against Midge.

Episode 614 Channel 5: 10/06/05

Summary:- Lano submits himself to Midge’s authority; Macca is a fan of Vicky; Baker struggles to juggle his social life with work; Ollie chooses the wrong drug to boost his image with.

Episode 615 Channel 5: 13/06/05

Summary:- TL regrets his first ever bout of binge-drinking; Amy has a sudden panic about her weight; Emily suffers an injury.

Episode 616 Channel 5: 14/06/05

Summary:- Easty’s position on the tennis circuit hangs in the balance after he attacks an umpire; Katie’s friends are unsupportive about her dilemma; Greg reacts badly to an attack by Slater.

Episode 617 Channel 5: 15/06/05

Summary:- Lano falls out with Ollie; Camilla comes to Easty’s rescue.

Episode 618 Channel 5: 16/06/05

Summary:- Greg is targeted by Joe Japp and his chav friends; Jeary considers self-harm but fears an unsympathetic response.

Episode 619 Channel 5: 17/06/05

Summary:- Greg’s skiving becomes almost legendary; Perry and Steve get an extraordinary insight into the lives of Elli, Vicky and Shams.

Note: Steve Lane, Elli Hollington, Vicky Ellis and Shams Namazie now permanent characters.

Episode 620 Channel 5: 20/06/05

Summary:- Granty suffers from hypochondria as he struggles through exams; Lano is amazed by how badly Midge takes slurs on his music taste.

Episode 621 Channel 5: 21/06/05

Summary:- There’s dissent from all sides towards Midge’s grumpiness as all his problems with Hannah resurface; Andy suffers from self-doubt; Ben and Greg think up a new prank.

Episode 622 Channel 5: 22/06/05

Summary:- Lano and Macca cause trouble at Hampton; Perry has a crush on Shams; the hapless Eldridge is under the thumb of scheming Sarah.

Episode 623 Channel 5: 23/06/05

Summary:- Midge takes everything Baker and Lano can throw at him; Macca bullies Granty to and from Nottingham; Gibbon grows in confidence; a calamity threatens to destroy the Waldegraves’ unity.

Note: Gibbon now in opening credits.

Episode 624 Channel 5: 24/06/05

Summary:- Lano and Andy are unapologetic when they ruin Midge’s night; Gibbon makes a big impact at Fozz’s; the LEHs behave nervously in front of boys.

Note: first appearance of Ellie Roberts and Danielle Jones.

Episode 625 Channel 5: 27/06/05

Summary:- Shams’ hyperactivity is attractive to Macca, Gibbon and Perry; Gibbon vows to become a party animal; racist Ollie suffers new rejection; Lano and Andy regard the LEHs with a wry smile; Chloe and Emily have a comic stand-off with the Easts.

Episode 626 Channel 5: 28/06/05

Summary:- Midge finally lashes out, unable to stand Lano and Baker’s insults; as James Keyse is kicked out of Hampton, Greg’s bitterness at having to stay grows; Fat Chris stirs up trouble with Katie.

Episode 627 Channel 5: 29/06/05

Summary:- Awkwardness abounds between Perry and Shams; Greg calls an early start to his summer holiday; Hannah’s art work eclipses Midge’s.

Episode 628 Channel 5: 30/06/05

Summary:- Persistent jokes from Baker cause Granty to have an epiphany about his life; Liv’s pimps and hoes party leads to rivalries; Gibbon is popular with the LEHs; Midge admits his flaws to Kate.

Episode 629 Channel 5: 01/07/05

Summary:- Liv stands up for Lano in the face of Matt Skaife; Midge’s ‘Welsh pimp’ outfit earns him new derision; Baker steals the show.

Episode 630 Channel 5: 04/07/05

Summary:- Lano ingratiates himself with the Putney girls, but throws it all away in his sleep; Greg makes a token appearance at Baker’s birthday; Katie loses herself in cookery; Midge and Lano reveal Baker’s ‘present’.

Episode 631 Channel 5: 05/07/05

Summary:- Gibbon learns he is about to become a big brother; Baker supports Katie in her time of need; Jeary has a false dawn; Easty wishes that he could get Camilla out of his head; Jordanne has a Newquay romance.

Episode 632 Channel 5: 06/07/05

Summary:- Baker attacks Midge as he worries about Katie; Gibbon is betrayed by his step-mother; Slater calls Greg a ‘mummy’s boy’; Emily has sex in a skip; Granty feels vindicated when there is a terrorist attack in London.

Episode 633 Channel 5: 07/07/05

Summary:- Everyone watches the tension unfold between Perry and Shams; Ellie Roberts comes onto Lano; Baker is disparaging about Vicky’s group of friends; Granty is amazed when Miller suggests that they go on a double-date!

Episode 634 Channel 5: 08/07/05

Summary:- Lano is ridiculed for pulling Ellie; Becca’s advances catch Granty off-guard; Emily Nurse seduces Macca; Ollie gets violent; the Waldegraves agree that what goes on in Newquay stays in Newquay.

Episode 635 Channel 5: 11/07/05

Summary:- Perry and Shams are given a push; Lano and Midge ostracise Eldridge; Gibbon hopes his charisma will get him noticed; Lauren Russell makes a dramatic return to the fold; Lano tries to avoid Ellie; Midge and Kate’s closeness is very clear.

Episode 636* Channel 5: 12/07/05

Summary:- Ollie shares a secret and a moment of passion with Baker; Perry and Shams gets their act together; Macca is the unwitting cause of tears and melodrama; Liv has an embarrassing incident when she walks in on Tom Gately and Kat.

Episode 637 Channel 5: 13/07/05

Summary:- Baker is insensitive to Ollie’s emotions; Hannah seems to be struggling to maintain Midge’s interest; Ellie apologises to Lano.

Episode 638 Channel 5: 14/07/05

Summary:- Midge discovers Baker’s secret; Jordanne is the first ever winner of ‘the game’; Jeary has a wretched start to his holiday; Perry and Shams get over their nerves.

Episode 639 Channel 5: 15/07/05

Summary:- Lano, Greg, Jeary, Jordanne, Emily and Rachael go within touching distance of disaster when they are caught in a deer cull; Gibbon does Ellie a favour.

Episode 640 Channel 5: 18/07/05

Summary:- Midge considers the possibility of cheating on Hannah in Greece; Katie goes on the road to recovery; the Ewers pledge to spice up their summer.

Episode 641 Channel 5: 19/07/05

Summary:- Vicky and Steve kiss, but how serious are they about each other? Midge responds angrily when he is compared to Harry Potter; Lano plays down the significance of his vanishing act.

Episode 642 Channel 5: 20/07/05

Summary:- Lano finds Midge increasingly intolerable in Malia; Macca and Lano take their lives in their hands in an indie nightclub; Steve and Perry grow sick of Ali Stratton.

Episode 643 Channel 5: 21/07/05

Summary:- Stratton hopes to redeem himself; Elli finds Danielle’s influence infuriating; Perry and Shams have another successful date.

Episode 644 Channel 5: 22/07/05

Summary:- Lano and Midge’s friendship hits a new low; Vicky and Steve get together again; Danielle is judged for pulling Stratton; Ellie wonders what her feelings for Gibbon are.

Episode 645 Channel 5: 25/07/05

Summary:- Lano conveys his anger towards Midge to Baker and Katie; Liv takes the role of match-maker when she meets new characters; the Ewers jet off to Paris.

Episode 646 Channel 5: 26/07/05

Summary:- Midge treats Hannah with indifference on their reunion; Greg cuts himself to relieve the boredom of the long summer days.

Episode 647 Channel 5: 27/07/05

Summary:- Jordanne is furious at Midge’s treatment of Spencer; Gibbon does charity work; Katie and Baker are new participants in ‘the game’.

Episode 648 Channel 5: 28/07/05

Summary:- Lano puts his safety on the line when he provokes chavs at Chloe’s party; Baker tells Katie that the Ollie affair has put him temporarily off sex; Granty’s possessions are ‘stolen’ in Paris.

Episode 649 Channel 5: 29/07/05

Summary:- Camilla is freaked out by Easty; Midge shows affection for Kate; Steve refers to Vicky as a ‘friend’ – Vicky doesn’t see him as such.

Episode 650 Channel 5: 01/08/05

Summary:- A game of strip poker creates animosity between Jordanne and Lano; Ollie tries to perv on Chloe; Jeary’s personality silences a room and confuses the LEHs.

Episode 651 Channel 5: 02/08/05

Summary:- Lano offers Jordanne his apologies; Baker leaves for Edinburgh under a cloud; Steve and Kit worship Byron.

Episode 652 Channel 5: 03/08/05

Summary:- Steve and Vicky look like a certain couple; Midge disregards Hannah while Kate is around; Ria is delighted to avoid Jeary; the Ewers don’t see the joke when Katie offers Granty a chocolate cookie.

Episode 653* Channel 5: 04/08/05

Summary:- Ellie throws herself at Gibbon; Midge is drunk and disorderly; Hannah sends Easty to spy on Midge and Kate; Easty, Lano and Kate reminisce about the past; Ben helps Polly through a difficult break-up.

Episode 654 Channel 5: 05/08/05

Summary:- Lano tries to turn Easty against Midge; Gibbon feels used when Ellie says she doesn’t want a relationship.

Episode 655 Channel 5: 08/08/05

Summary:- Andy learns the reason behind Macca’s elusiveness; Ellie seeks a solution to all her problems; Elli worries about all her friends pairing up.

Episode 656 Channel 5: 09/08/05

Summary:- Baker has a fling with an actor; Midge comes clean about his feelings for Kate; Vicky and Shams take their pancake obsession too far.

Episode 657 Channel 5: 10/08/05

Summary:- Midge decides to stay with Hannah; Lano and Katie discuss the absurd nature of Midge and Hannah’s behaviour; Lano makes an effort with Prem; Rachel’s new man is a ‘steady boyfriend’; Greg’s sister tries to turn him normal.

Episode 658 Channel 5: 11/08/05

Summary:- Midge tries to stay away from Kate at an emo gig; Ayesha and Danielle have a ‘moment’; Perry and Shams impress their friends; Macca and Lano have a drunken Thursday afternoon.

Episode 659 Channel 5: 12/08/05

Summary:- Baker collapses under stress; Easty regrets the conflict between his social life and tennis career; Vicky seduces Steve.

Episode 660 Channel 5: 15/08/05

Summary:- Baker ignores doctors’ orders to take it easy; Macca and Midge chicken out of buying hard drugs, while Emily and Chloe stock up on magic mushrooms.

Episode 661 Channel 5: 16/08/05

Summary:- Ellie feels guilty about hurting Gibbon’s feelings; Elli Hollington sticks her nose in other people’s business; Greg and Ben have ‘japes’.

Episode 662 Channel 5: 17/08/05

Summary:- Gibbon plays the hard man; Granty shocks Amy when he says he wants to try a new position; Katie doubts Rachel’s relationship will last.

Episode 663 Channel 5: 18/08/05

Summary:- Byron proves himself a player, but is everyone impressed? Has Ria miscalculated with her over-friendly approach?

Episode 664 Channel 5: 19/08/05

Summary:- Granty is pleased when Macca finds a new whipping boy in Ali Stratton; Jeary finds he is still haunted by Ria; Andy and TL meet in holiday paradise…and chat about Latin.

Episode 665 Channel 5: 22/08/05

Summary:- Stratton is forced to repeat a year after disastrous exam results; Greg can’t be bothered to collect his grades; Liv is disappointed when her hospitality is rejected by Hamptoners; Baker is embarrassed by Waj’s off-colour comments.

Episode 666 Channel 5: 23/08/05

Summary:- Gibbon and Macca start a fight at Becky Hall’s party; Perry and Shams solidify their relationship; Greg refuses to take his bad grades as a wake-up call.

Episode 667 Channel 5: 24/08/05

Summary:- Reading weekend threatens to be ruined by a Brat Camp girl; Ben and Greg show their contempt for Midge’s new group of friends; Baker and Katie quit diary club.

Episode 668 Channel 5: 25/08/05

Summary:- Vicky and Steve are more of a couple than ever when they get drunk together; the Waldegraves have a wonderful drugs session…until disaster strikes; Elli and Shams try to work out Kit; Macca wants to have one final crack at Stef.

Episode 669 Channel 5: 26/08/05

Summary:- Hannah watches helplessly as Midge flies off the handle at Macca; Elli helps Andy overcome his fear of strangers; Greg’s token appearance at Reading is not a social visit; Delphine resurfaces in Lano’s life.

Episode 670 Channel 5: 30/08/05

Summary:- Midge and Hannah unite against Leanne; Easty becomes convinced that Ollie is gay; Baker takes Lano into his confidence; Ellie begins to fall for Gibbon as he shows her attention.

Episode 671 Channel 5: 31/08/05

Summary:- Ellie and Gibbon pronounce themselves a couple, but will Gibbon be able to withstand his mates’ reaction? Sophie Coughlan titillates Macca; Midge has his least dignified hour; Liv manages to cause trouble without even being at Alice’s party.

Episode 672 Channel 5: 01/09/05

Summary:- Macca leaves Alice’s house with a bitter soliloquy at the state of his life; Flo takes everyone by surprise; Lano decides he can do without Midge as a friend; the BTC are in fine form.

Episode 673 Channel 5: 02/09/05

Summary:- Baker blackmails Ollie; Ellie and Gibbon put in their first appearance as an item; Lano takes out his problems on Jeary; Byron’s success record continues; Ben and Greg are in hysterics when Jaz pulls a black girl; Liv is taken aback by Greg’s rudeness.

Episode 674 Channel 5: 05/09/05

Summary:- Midge says he is disgusted by the person Baker has become; Lano can’t resist dropping hints about Ollie; Lano, Andy and Easty make a Waldegrave league table; Ellie Roberts is unpopular among some Hamptoners.

Episode 675 Channel 5: 06/09/05

Summary:- Midge condemns Greg’s racism; Shams’ split personality confuses Perry; Macca’s crush on Alice is a one-way thing.

Episode 676 Channel 5: 07/09/05

Summary:- The frustrexual test brings up new questions about Andy’s sexuality; Greg’s rowdiness scares girls; Danielle’s phone is stolen.

Episode 677 Channel 5: 08/09/05

Summary:- Andy pulls Granty to prove his heterosexuality; Ben, Greg and Lano wage war against a rival party; Lano rejects Ellie and Ria’s attempts to make friends.

Episode 678 Channel 5: 09/09/05

Summary:- Ollie pleads with Baker to keep his secret; Rachael makes a tearful departure from Teddington; the prospect of a new school year brings out depression in Greg.

Episode 679 Channel 5: 12/09/05

Summary:- Greg is unable to face school; Baker and Midge have a new falling out; Gibbon endures abuse about Ellie.

Episode 680 Channel 5: 13/09/05

Summary:- A row with the Hampton staff pushes Greg over the edge; Gibbon struggles to find a way to overcome the jokes about Ellie; Lano shows little regard for Ollie.

Episode 681* Channel 5: 14/09/05

Summary:- Greg’s suicide devastates friends and relatives; Gibbon announces that he is only using Ellie for sex, but his behaviour around her doesn’t create the same impression; Lano disappears mysteriously.

Note: Final appearance of Greg Evans.

Episode 682 Channel 5: 15/09/05

Summary:- Baker tries to wash his hands of Greg; Ben and Eldridge hold a vigil; Gibbon maintains his two-faced attitude to Ellie; Lano spreads anti-Midge feeling; fears that Lano might have gone the same way as Greg are unfounded.

Episode 683 Channel 5: 16/09/05

Summary:- Characters unite in mourning at Greg’s funeral; Miller lashes out at Elli, calling her a ‘venomous snake’; Macca has a social league power trip.

Episode 684 Channel 5: 19/09/05

Summary:- Gibbon’s brashness reminds Midge of his sexual frustration; Baker and Lano make spiteful comments about Midge; Steve and Vicky take their relationship to the next stage.

Episode 685 Channel 5: 20/09/05

Summary:- Chloe’s party spirals horrifically out of control; the anti-Midge faction grows to increase Ben, Macca, Gibbon and Andy’s Welsh friend.

Episode 686 Channel 5: 21/09/05

Summary:- Jordanne is arrested, while Chloe is left in the mess of her life; Midge is disgruntled when he can’t persuade anyone to come to a party; Gibbon denies everything to Ellie when she learns of his comments.

Episode 687 Channel 5: 22/09/05

Summary:- Macca pulls Alessandra; Lano pays the penalty when Mark Lewis trashes his house; Chloe’s party is already legendary throughout the Teddington region.

Episode 688 Channel 5: 23/09/05

Summary:- Macca stirs up tensions by telling Midge what has been said about him; Miller continues to cast a shadow over Elli; Granty forms the Phat Ladies Crew as he faces indifference from his own common room; Danielle worries about what her friends have in store.

Episode 689 Channel 5: 26/09/05

Summary:- Midge wonders where he went wrong, and pledges to mend his ways; Elli and Andy’s closeness comes under scrutiny; Baker organises a Granty rinsing session; the loss of Greg and Keyse affects Ben.

Episode 690 Channel 5: 27/09/05

Summary:- Gibbon tries to cajole Ellie into having sex with him; Lano, Macca and Gibbon ruin the tone for Danielle; Kate is pleased to see Midge has moved on; there is a spark between Alice and Kit.

Episode 691 Channel 5: 28/09/05

Summary:- Gibbon’s plans with Ellie fall apart; Anna finds a rebound pull in Lano; Andy realises he has now made out with more boys than girls when he kisses Midge; Danielle’s reputation dips when the company she keeps becomes apparent; Granty fails to see the funny side of Macca and Lano’s prank at his expense.

Episode 692 Channel 5: 29/09/05

Summary:- As Elli and Andy spend more time together, the speculation around them grows; Elli is disparaging about Anna’s taste in boys; Kit and Alice get together; Macca learns that Alessandra isn’t shy about sex.

Episode 693 Channel 5: 30/09/05

Summary:- Andy is unsettled by all the rumours; Elli is happy to use Andy as a decoy while the real object of her desires remains a secret; Midge relies greatly on Hannah while his popularity elsewhere dwindles; Elli and Ria are upset by Kit.

Episode 694 Channel 5: 03/10/05

Summary:- Gibbon is alarmed by how attached Ellie is becoming to him; Steve is put off by Shams’ weirdness; Miller continues to rub Baker up the wrong way; Granty’s ignorance astounds Macca.

Episode 695 Channel 5: 04/10/05

Summary:- Gibbon is again thwarted in his attempts to lose his virginity to Ellie; Lano and Anna are seen as a possible couple, but not by her; Macca sets out to wreck Stratton’s house.

Episode 696 Channel 5: 05/10/05

Summary:- Lano puts himself in danger with a midnight hike; Gibbon’s behaviour amuses everyone but himself; Nili makes Andy feel bad about himself.

Episode 697 Channel 5: 06/10/05

Summary:- Baker stars on Watchdog; Lano and Midge’s feud becomes increasingly bitter; Stratton succeeds in ingratiating himself; Ria tolerates Gibbon’s harsh remarks.

Episode 698 Channel 5: 07/10/05

Summary:- Elli wonders what Alice sees in Kit, other than looks; Arthur goes out with a swinger; Baker and Lano dig up new dirt on Midge.

Episode 699 Channel 5: 10/10/05

Summary:- Arthur is jealous to discover he much prefers his girlfriend’s friends to her; Ellie tries to persuade Gibbon to go on a proper date with her; Macca’s rage comes out in a Pro Evo tournament.

Episode 700 Channel 5: 11/10/05

Summary:- Katie fears she is being replaced; Alice tries to reach Kit; Ben pushes back the limits on how much alcohol it is humanly possible to drink; Easty turns down the Hamptoners in favour of his tennis crew.

Episode 701 Channel 5: 12/10/05

Summary:- Macca is a corrupt league chairman; Ellie battles not to lose Gibbon, while he wonders if she is worth the effort; Emily Nurse is labelled a ‘slag’.

Episode 702 Channel 5: 13/10/05

Summary:- Midge enjoys holding court with Perry and Steve; Ben insults Elli and Vicky; Granty feels betrayed by Lano; Anna blanks Lano.

Episode 703 Channel 5: 14/10/05

Summary:- Elli assures Andy that she only sees him as a friend; Macca loses patience with Lano, but feels equal contempt for Midge; can Macca be bothered to keep it going with Alessandra?

Episode 704 Channel 5: 17/10/05

Summary:- Ellie despairs as she loses touch with Gibbon; Ben sticks two fingers up at the French; Andy is still unable to convince everyone of his heterosexuality.

Episode 705 Channel 5: 18/10/05

Summary:- Lano hopes to destroy Midge’s popularity at LEH; Miller is revealed to be a member of a racist splinter-group; Danielle is smitten with Guy.

Episode 706 Channel 5: 19/10/05

Summary:- Ellie reacts tearfully when her fiasco with Gibbon becomes hot gossip; Danielle’s clubbing experience goes wrong; Arthur is reluctant about introducing Jess to the BTC; Stratton’s crush on Anna borders on the obsessive.

Episode 707 Channel 5: 20/10/05

Summary:- Granty’s weakness makes him a hopeless case; Stratton freaks out Anna and alienates Perry and Steve.

Episode 708 Channel 5: 21/10/05

Summary:- Gibbon dumps Ellie unceremoniously; Emily takes a strong dislike to Gibbon; Macca goes to ‘fourth base’ with Alessandra.

Episode 709 Channel 5: 24/10/05

Summary:- Easty complains that he is never invited to anything; Alice and Kit agree that their relationship is not working out; Katie makes an award-winning cake.

Episode 710 Channel 5: 25/10/05

Summary:- Stratton takes Anna’s hint; Ellie tries to get over her loss; Elli feels left out when Vicky and Shams compare notes on their boyfriends.

Episode 711 Channel 5: 26/10/05

Summary:- Ellie’s friends comfort her; Ben and Lano cause trouble for Midge, Jeary and the Leung-Cheung residence; Andy finds a kindred spirit in Danielle; Jaz wants to get stoned.

Episode 712 Channel 5: 27/10/05

Summary:- Midge finds himself falling for Hannah all over again; Granty continues to use delaying tactics with his long overdue party; Gibbon pities Lano going abroad with Midge again.

Episode 713 Channel 5: 28/10/05

Summary:- Ellie’s dinner party is ruined by Gibbon; Midge is ashamed to fail his secret driving test; Ben becomes a massive stoner.

Episode 714 Channel 5: 31/10/05

Summary:- Gibbon offers Ellie new hope – and instantly regrets it; Ben has no regrets over his heavy drinking; Flo divides opinion.

Episode 715 Channel 5: 01/11/05

Summary:- Gibbon and Ellie kiss again; Vicky scares people at Halloween; Emily gets off with various strangers.

Episode 716 Channel 5: 02/11/05

Summary:- Granty tries to roll back the years with the Tiffins; Gibbon vows never to raise Ellie’s hopes again, but has the damage already been done?

Episode 717 Channel 5: 03/11/05

Summary:- Shams experiences depression; Gibbon is oblivious to what he is doing to Ellie, or his own image; Jaz goes hardcore.

Episode 718 Channel 5: 04/11/05

Summary:- Baker lambastes the ‘I heart Ed Cornish fan-club’; Vicky is unable to raise Shams’ spirits; Katie is Tom White’s biggest critic.

Episode 719 Channel 5: 07/11/05

Summary:- Macca drops hints that he has lost his virginity; Lano sets up an alternative Hampton school website; Ria goes glamorous.

Episode 720 Channel 5: 08/11/05

Summary:- Lano and Baker are in no mood to let the grudge against Midge go; Macca praises his own football performances; Elli makes eyes with TL.

Episode 721 Channel 5: 09/11/05

Summary:- Midge pleads with Hannah to get physical, and is amazed when she agrees; Tom White’s EnglishPride creates a stir; Shams has a growing sense of unease about her life.

Episode 722 Channel 5: 10/11/05

Summary:- Hannah and Midge’s first sexual experience is an embarrassing failure; Anna resents Becca as she goes to town on her birthday celebrations; Gibbon slags off Danielle.

Episode 723 Channel 5: 11/11/05

Summary:- Elli enjoys her role as ‘token girl’; Lano continues the campaign against Midge; Macca splits up with Alessandra.

Episode 724 Channel 5: 14/11/05

Summary:- The Tiffins are unimpressed by Lano, Macca and Gibbon’s return to their lives; Elli’s crush on TL grows stronger; Vicky takes the jokes about her on the chin.

Episode 725 Channel 5: 15/11/05

Summary:- Lano and Macca annoy Slater simultaneously; Ben makes a public show of support for Eldridge; Baker detects no gaydar on Andy.

Episode 726 Channel 5: 16/11/05

Summary:- Danielle’s obsession with Guy baffles everyone; Andy is the butt of Lano and TL’s jokes on his birthday; Macca cheats in a football match.

Episode 727 Channel 5: 17/11/05

Summary:- Baker leads the ridicule of Danielle; Granty wins Ria’s sympathy; Steve and Vicky get increasingly kinky.

Episode 728 Channel 5: 18/11/05

Summary:- Midge and Hannah finally break their duck, while Shams and Perry are satisfied with their platonic ways; Gibbon’s rowdiness irritates Emily.

Episode 729 Channel 5: 21/11/05

Summary:- Baker founds the ‘I heart Greg Evans fan-club’; Steve isn’t ashamed when raunchy messages are found on his phone; Ellie is desperate to get Gibbon back in her life.

Episode 730 Channel 5: 22/11/05

Summary:- Gibbon succumbs to temptation; Lano feels attracted to Anna; Amy decides to take a gap year.

Episode 731 Channel 5: 23/11/05

Summary:- Gibbon and Ellie have very different aspirations for their relationship; Granty grudgingly accepts Amy’s plans; Liv celebrates the onset of 24-hour drinking.

Episode 732 Channel 5: 24/11/05

Summary:- Ben juggles work and weed-smoking; Emily slacks off school; Andy feels greater confidence as an adult; Baker is derisive about Arthur’s party.

Episode 733 Channel 5: 25/11/05

Summary:- Baker snubs Liv; Andy’s sexual fantasies come out at a diary club reunion; Midge and Hannah seem a stable partnership.

Episode 734 Channel 5: 28/11/05

Summary:- Arthur’s party is marred by games of gay chicken; Jess dumps Arthur; Granty loses his temper; Lano is unaware that he is wasting his time on Anna; Jeary is pleased to reconcile with Ria.

Episode 735* Channel 5: 29/11/05

Summary:- Jeary is declared the winner of gay chicken – will Andy ultimately be the loser? Elli comes onto TL to no avail; the FJs challenge takes its toll; Macca and Steve share a wry smile when Byron pulls Emily; Nili tells Lano that he has no chance with Anna.

Episode 736 Channel 5: 30/11/05

Summary:- Lano loses control and starts a fight with Elli; Macca, Steve and Byron get some action with Jess; Ben enjoys creating trouble; Hannah nurses Midge through sickness.

Episode 737 Channel 5: 01/12/05

Summary:- Gibbon comes back for more from Ellie; Ben is surprised to come under fire for his observations about Elli; Macca bitches about Emily.

Episode 738 Channel 5: 02/12/05

Summary:- Ellie is forced to accept Gibbon’s terms; Baker pretends to be mugged to explain his missing mobile phone.

Episode 739 Channel 5: 05/12/05

Summary:- Shams has big mood swings; Granty is unable to move on from the cookie poisoning incident; forced into a corner, Midge comes out even more emo.

Episode 740 Channel 5: 06/12/05

Summary:- Shams takes out her anger on Perry and others; Lano hits rock bottom; the gay chicken incident becomes big news across Hampton.

Episode 741 Channel 5: 07/12/05

Summary:- Shams punishes Perry by flirting with Gibbon; Elli and Vicky swot up for their Oxbridge interviews; Ria’s blog is a running joke; a misunderstanding about Macca’s sexuality infuriates him.

Episode 742 Channel 5: 08/12/05

Summary:- Shams and Perry take a break from each other’s company; Lano extends an olive branch to Midge, before an unfortunate incident drives them apart; Granty is grateful for Andy’s friendship; Macca and Elli fall out when he calls her patronising (and many other names).

Episode 743 Channel 5: 09/12/05

Summary:- Elli finds TL a constant distraction; Andy’s personal space is invaded; Emily and Gibbon can’t stand each other; an Iron Curtain divides the Hampton common room.

Episode 744 Channel 5: 12/12/05

Summary:- The ‘I heart Greg Evans fan-club’ scores a resounding victory over the ‘I heart Ed Cornish fan-club’; Macca and Lano find out about Gibbon and Ellie’s secret affair.

Episode 745 Channel 5: 13/12/05

Summary:- Gibbon regrets his drunken revelations; Lano encounters dissent from his own camp – has he gone too far? Elli is caught cold in her Oxford interview.

Episode 746 Channel 5: 14/12/05

Summary:- Andy persuades Lano not to pie Midge; Gibbon departs for Oxford, but is he more interested in impressing the girls or the interviewers? TL is put off by the endless speculation about his love life.

Episode 747 Channel 5: 15/12/05

Summary:- Midge gets his revenge on Lano; Granty impresses as an ice-skater; Perry and Shams can’t stay away from each other; Hampton is shocked when Steve passes his driving test.

Episode 748 Channel 5: 16/12/05

Summary:- TL pretends he doesn’t know about Elli’s feelings to put her at ease; Andy criticises Kate for being teetotal; Midge slaves over his fanzine.

Episode 749 Channel 5: 19/12/05

Summary:- Lano is haunted by the memory of Christine; Lauren and Hannah have a standoff; Katie puts on a brave face for Rachel; Elli is devastated when nothing happens with TL at their gig.

Episode 750 Channel 5: 20/12/05

Summary:- Shams hopes that she can put her problems behind her; Andy wishes everyone would leave him alone; Emily has a new boyfriend.

Episode 751 Channel 5: 21/12/05

Summary:- Baker remembers Greg; Lano pranks Mr Medcraft; Anna enjoys being ‘the wackest of the wack’.

Episode 752 Channel 5: 22/12/05

Summary:- Lano and Midge’s rivalry gets pettier; the Elli-TL situation refuses to go away; does Becca have any personality?

Episode 753 Channel 5: 23/12/05

Summary:- Midge finds new ways of annoying Lano; Elli is tolerant about her religion; Baker is driven home by a drunkard; Macca attempts to score on Christmas Eve.

Episode 754 Channel 5: 28/12/05

Summary:- Lano has a difficult Christmas; Ellie receives fresh heartache when Gibbon says he’s had enough of her; Ayesha revels in her new-found drinking.

Episode 755 Channel 5: 29/12/05

Summary:- The BTC bully Perry; Elli and Macca settle their differences; Andy thinks the pro-evo obsession is going too far.

Episode 756* Channel 5: 30/12/05

Summary:- Elli and TL get together; Ben spends New Years Eve smoking spliffs with chavs; as Gibbon’s condition deteriorates he is drawn back to Ellie; Macca and Lano set their eyes on Mourinho’s house; Arthur pulls Becca; Christian Goepe makes an unexpected appearance at Sarah’s house.

Episode 757* Channel 5: 03/01/06

Summary:- Ayesha and Ria are released from hospital after a panic visit; Ellie has sex with paralytic Gibbon; Sarah’s house is wrecked by Mark Lewis and Christian; Jeary has a rare moment of jubilation; Macca chats up a girl on the streets of East Molesey.

Episode 758 Channel 5: 04/01/06

Summary:- Lano complains about his life; Gibbon is furious about being ‘used’, and tells Ellie it will be the last time; TL promises to meet Elli; there are mixed reactions to Lano’s diary.

Episode 759 Channel 5: 05/01/06

Summary:- Sarah demands financial assistance to repair her house, but none is forthcoming; Gibbon suffers at school and is forced to relive New Years; Ben enjoys being down with the chavs.

Episode 760 Channel 5: 06/01/06

Summary:- Jeary rants and raves; conversation flows easily on Elli and TL’s first date; Lano and Midge pretend each other don’t exist.

Episode 761 Channel 5: 09/01/06

Summary:- Distraught Ellie admits she is in love with Gibbon; Emily is forced to answer rumours that threaten to destroy her relationship with Jay; Macca forms a new diary club.

Episode 762 Channel 5: 10/01/06

Summary:- Elli sees TL’s silence as a bad sign; Anna is amazed when she reads Lano’s diary; is Macca’s liberty’s meal really just a ploy to insult Danielle?

Episode 763 Channel 5: 11/01/06

Summary:- Elli’s week goes from bad to worse when she discovers she needs braces; Macca welcomes Robin Morris with open arms; Shams’ insecurities return.

Episode 764 Channel 5: 12/01/06

Summary:- Perry fears that Shams is on a downward spiral; Easty demands more inclusion; Baker is appointed to the Leavers’ Committee.

Episode 765 Channel 5: 13/01/06

Summary:- What are Anna’s feelings for Lano? Elli fears the worst when TL ignores her at Liberty’s; Macca’s meal annoys the restaurant management; Morris clings to Andy, prompting gay jokes.

Episode 766 Channel 5: 16/01/06

Summary:- Danielle is angered by Lano and Gibbon; Macca doesn’t call his date back when he learns she doesn’t like football; Granty is determined to go to the same University as Amy.

Episode 767 Channel 5: 17/01/06

Summary:- TL drives Elli to the point of despair; Waj delights in causing Steve and Vicky embarrassment; Anna has a rush of blood.

Episode 768 Channel 5: 18/01/06

Summary:- Vicky is the laughing stock of LEH as the ‘golden shower’ rumour spreads; Lano and Anna are honest to each other; Granty is rejected from the Leavers’ Committee.

Episode 769 Channel 5: 19/01/06

Summary:- Anna wishes that Lano would stay sober; Vicky can see no end to the ridicule; Eldridge seeks to woo Sarah, while Easty takes her eye.

Episode 770 Channel 5: 20/01/06

Summary:- Are Anna’s feelings for Lano changing as they spend more time together? Eldridge, Sarah and Easty are involved in a messy love triangle.

Episode 771 Channel 5: 23/01/06

Summary:- Liv organises another memorable disaster; TL explains himself to Elli; Ellie consoles herself with a girls’ night.

Episode 772 Channel 5: 24/01/06

Summary:- Midge turns the Spleen team into a clique; Eldridge tries to convince Sarah that he would make a good boyfriend.

Episode 773 Channel 5: 25/01/06

Summary:- Easty doesn’t have feelings for Sarah; Lano and Baker attack Granty as he tries to pander to Midge and Andy; Macca is neglectful of his social league duties.

Episode 774 Channel 5: 26/01/06

Summary:- Lano and Anna’s relationship becomes more complicated; Shams lashes out; Granty is overcome by misery.

Episode 775 Channel 5: 27/01/06

Summary:- Baker is Hampton’s most famous socialite; Macca is trusted with new responsibility; Gibbon is crowned pro-evo champion; Emily’s skiving becomes chronic.

Episode 776 Channel 5: 30/01/06

Summary:- Anna has an untimely reunion with an ex-boyfriend; Ellie is unable to move on from Gibbon; Andy treats his sister’s boyfriend with respect.

Episode 777 Channel 5: 31/01/06

Summary:- Emily lands herself in big trouble; Anna tries to convince herself she is attracted to Lano; Arthur annoys Gibbon and Baker.

Episode 778 Channel 5: 01/02/06

Summary:- Can Perry bring Shams back onto the straight and narrow? Eldridge and Sarah spend time together…as friends, still; Midge and Steve assert their superiority over Perry.

Episode 779 Channel 5: 02/02/06

Summary:- Granty feels weak as he struggles through life – is the depression on the way back? Midge looks forward to splitting up with Hannah at university.

Episode 780 Channel 5: 03/02/06

Summary:- Elli becomes convinced that the Hamptons are afraid of girls; Amy is frightened by Granty’s psychological state; Gibbon retains his pro-evo crown…without even taking part.

Episode 781 Channel 5: 06/02/06

Summary:- Lano attacks Elli over her theory; Baker has a one-night stand; Gibbon criticises Macca’s cooking ability.

Episode 782 Channel 5: 07/02/06

Summary:- Lano and Anna get more action; Granty is inattentive at school; Ben’s relentless references to Ellie get under Gibbon’s skin.

Episode 783 Channel 5: 08/02/06

Summary:- Anna feels sordid; Granty seeks medical advice.

Episode 784 Channel 5: 09/02/06

Summary:- Easty has a miserable time on court; Shams and Perry recommit.

Episode 785 Channel 5: 10/02/06

Summary:- Lano takes Anna’s hints to leave her alone; Easty has an operation; Ayesha wants to get drunk.

Episode 786 Channel 5: 13/02/06

Summary:- Lano tells Andy secrets about Anna; Elli and Jeary debate religion; Midge and Hannah argue about graffiti art.

Episode 787 Channel 5: 14/02/06

Summary:- Baker plans a surprise for Katie’s birthday; Steve and Midge form a band; Perry loses patience with Stratton.

Episode 788 Channel 5: 15/02/06

Summary:- Ria urges Ellie to tell Gibbon how she feels; Vicky becomes a pancake chef.

Episode 789 Channel 5: 16/02/06

Summary:- Ben and Eldridge have a massive falling-out; Steve patronises Perry; Gibbon is attracted to a girl on a train.

Episode 790 Channel 5: 17/02/06

Summary:- Perry tries to wipe Arthur’s smile off his face; Katie, Rachel and Midge play Dream-phone; Gibbon continues to lead Ellie on.

Notes: No Tipsy between 20-22 February due to table-tennis world championship.

Episode 791 Channel 5: 23/02/06

Summary:- Granty’s house is firebombed; Emily walks in on Gibbon and Ellie; Mr Bramwell flirts with Andy.