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- After Miranda splits up with her creepy boyfriend Brendan because he read her diary she finds out that he is now going out with her sister Kerry and later proposes to her.
- A single mum strapped for cash, Louise gets a promotion at her London bank, but at an unexpected cost. She quickly learns that the price of her promotion is entry into a criminal underworld she didn't know existed. She becomes involved with shady people trying to pull off a scam and she isn't quite sure who to trust.
- Whilst the plot centers around a policeman, this is not a police story. In fact John McKeown emphatically dislikes being a policeman. Two teenage boys discover a murdered man at a breakers yard they had intended to rob. They are arrested on suspicion of murder, but it becomes obvious to McKeown that these were just two amateur burglars who got more than they bargained for. During the course of the investigation, McKeown discovers that Dex, 17, a parks and gardens laborer, is bringing up his younger brother and sister alone. An unlikely friendship develops as McKeown becomes impressed by what Dex is making of his life. Although living on a council estate on the fringes of Manchester, Dex has created a beautiful garden (mainly from materials he has lifted from work). McKeown and his girlfriend Sandra become regular visitors to Dex's home, inspired by this young family who seem so determined to survive. The situation changes radically when McKeown suddenly has reason to question Dex's involvement in the original murder, which raises question about the way Dex and his brother and sister came to be parentless. McKeown starts unpeeling discrepancies and lies, gleaned mainly from personal conversations. His credibility as a policeman has now sunk and his colleagues at work suspect he's heading for a breakdown. As McKeown unravels the secrets of Dex's life, he begins to take stock of his own.
- The dodgy business deals of an older brother finally catch up with him, forcing him and his blameless younger brother to seek refuge in the family theme park business in Blackpool. The tension of this drama series, which ran for seven episodes in 1990, is whether or not Howitt's character can stay on the straight and narrow or if he will end up getting himself or his brother killed.
- Guy proposes to his girlfriend by putting a notice on the half time scoreboard at the FA cup final. The entire crowd at wembley stadium cheer them on as he holds up the ring. The TV cameras pick it up. it becomes wedding of the year, but she doesn't want to marry him.
- Frank is elected mayor of a northern town, but wonders whether he's made the right decision.
- Mike impresses Conservative MP Sir Howard Nash with his business plans for Blackpool. Unfortunately Eddie meets a young girl who claims Nash had took advantage of her and decides to sell her story to a national newspaper to get even.
- Eddie discovers an up and coming band, Junction 32 and wants Mike to join him as their manager. Mike has started to become close to his cousin Theresa but the band's lead singer Chris is an old flame who she still has feeling for.
- Eddie saves Danny's wife Julie, from unwanted attention of two men on Blackpool sea front. The men work for Dave Don Quaid, a former jailbird who has become a celebrity due to his poetry reading. Has Quaid changed or is it a front?
- Danny returns from a business trip to discover that Theresa and Mike have quit to start an Italian restaurant. An old face from Eddie's past spots him and alerts the London gang he crossed. They arrive in Blackpool to settle a score.
- The Baker brothers head to Blackpool for a family funeral. Eddie's business deal has gone wrong so he Mike can't return. Inheriting part of the family Pleasure Beach business is their one chance but cousin Danny wants to buy them out.
- Eddie meets Stan, a friend of Maria's. He is nearing retirement, from running his film shop, and wants to sell up. Eddie gets Stan to teach him the business. Mike gets spotted by Anna Milburn who wants to use him in a promotional film.
- Eddie is fed up and quits working on horse racing stalls. Danny is offered the chance to invest in Ray Hartley's property free-holding. Now a barman Eddie, unwittingly, befriends Hartley and discovers the free-holding worthless.
- Cash-strapped single mom Louise Evans (Jodie Whittaker, Venus) gets a high-profile promotion at her London bank, but at an unexpected cost. The tough, ambitious young woman quickly learns that the price of her position is entry into a criminal underworld she never dreamed existed.
- Soon Louise becomes entangled with a ring of ruthless killers prepared to do anything to pull off their multimillion-pound scam. But she could use a little money herself, and she doesn't quite trust the amorous undercover cop (Toby Stephens, Jane Eyre, Die Another Day) who insists he wants to help her.
- In a world where nobody is quite what they seem, Louise keeps everyone guessing where her loyalties lie. Also starring Laurence Fox (Inspector Lewis), Riz Ahmed (Four Lions), and Charlie Brooks (Bleak House).
- A passionate love affair between Miranda Cotton and self-styled entrepreneur Brendan Block turns sinister, but 10 days after Miranda ends the relationship, she is shocked to discover that he is now engaged to her younger sister Kerry.
- Brendan sows seeds of doubt between sisters Miranda and Kerry while continuing to influence their vulnerable younger brother, Troy.