Episode 1
2 January 1997
1997-01-02 • 30 min
Kurt is homeless, unemployed and a pedestrian. Dawn can think of nothing but the impending kidney transplant.
TV season
1997-01-02
Episode 1
1997-01-02 • 30 min
Kurt is homeless, unemployed and a pedestrian. Dawn can think of nothing but the impending kidney transplant.
Episode 2
1997-01-06 • 30 min
Kurt is outstaying his welcome at Jambo's and Dawn has shocking news for the father of her child.
Episode 3
1997-01-09 • 30 min
Kurt returns home and gives his parents a fright, Bazz has taken to sleeping in his van and the father of Dawn's child agrees to donate an organ.
Episode 4
1997-01-13 • 30 min
Kurt endures his first day at the family firm and Jude finally sees Michael for what he is.
Episode 5
1997-01-16 • 30 min
Stan resorts to blackmailing Ollie to get a date, while Jude and Michael's split has worrying consequences for Maddie.
Episode 6
1997-01-20 • 30 min
Tony is annoyed with Julie when her new image starts affecting their bank balance, whilst an innocent remark from Ruth makes Angela put two and two together. Meanwhile, Maddie and Jude conspire to get Michael out of their lives once and for all.
Episode 7
1997-01-23 • 30 min
Mandy agrees to set up a date for Stan and Cindy. Ruth makes an untimely visit to the hospital.
Episode 8
1997-01-27 • 30 min
It's parents evening at Hollyoaks Comprehensive School and Darren is acting strange; Ruth has even bigger problems and decides to confront her father over his affair with Dawn. Jambo and Anita take an immediate dislike to each other and Tony is distraught when his worse fears are confirmed.
Episode 9
1997-01-30 • 30 min
Kurt, Jambo and Julie worry when Tony goes missing, but find him in hospital after accidentally swallowing the engagement ring. Ruth is horrified as Mr. Osborne tells her about his affair with Dawn and the circumstances regarding Beth. Darren attempts to fool the headteacher with a letter supposedly written by his parents, whilst Lucy and Bazz have dinner together as friends.
Episode 10
1997-02-03 • 30 min
Susi learns that Jude is no easy task master. Dawn has outstayed her welcome at Jude's flat. Ruth talks to her mother about her father and learns some surprising news. Julie begs forgiveness from Tony until Jude exposes him as a complete hypocrite.
Episode 11
1997-02-06 • 30 min
Ruth has a showdown with Angela. Jambo persuades Kurt to go on a mysterious double date with him.
Episode 12
1997-02-10 • 30 min
Bazz is left horrified by a face from his past. Jude accuses Ruth of sabotage. Dawn is left devastated in her pursuit of Jambo, Carol makes a move on Kurt, and Lewis takes delight in embarrassing Stan.
Episode 13
1997-02-13 • 30 min
Bazz confides in Lucy over his sexuality as it becomes village gossip. Kurt and Jambo ae annoyed as Tony takes things too far. Susi wonders how she can reconcile with her family, whilst Cindy attempts to profit from charity work.
Episode 14
1997-02-17 • 30 min
Susi gets a letter which makes her smile while Tony is in the depths of despair and stinking to high heaven. Jude has the perfect punishment for Cindy when her moneymaking scheme backfires and Jambo and Anita cook up a strange feast which is interrupted by a jilted Janice.
Episode 15
1997-02-20 • 30 min
Mrs. Benson receives a blast from the past and insists on telling her family. Julie moves in with Susi.
Episode 16
1997-02-24 • 30 min
Kurt is getting lot of aggro at work from Spike, while Ollie asks Stan to be a go-between for him and Mandy. Jambo argues with his mother about family values and Tony is jolted back into action after receiving a letter.
Episode 17
1997-02-27 • 30 min
Maddie and Jude realise that they have been lured into a trap.
Episode 18
1997-03-03 • 30 min
Michael continues to hold his hostages and forces Jude to drive them to Loch Lomond where he plans to marry Maddie. Kurt and Ruth have alerted the police but concern is rising for the captives' safety.
Episode 19
1997-03-06 • 30 min
Life is returning to normal after the siege. Jambo issues an ultimatum.
Episode 20
1997-03-10 • 30 min
Jambo fights the urge to say "I told you so" to his mother when she splits up with Mr. Gardner. Tony is devastated to learn that Julie is seeing other people and Lewis finally agrees to let Ollie and Mandy see each other.
Episode 21
1997-03-13 • 30 min
Carol finally seems to be over Kurt and Lewis offers to help out with Jude's serious money problems.
Episode 22
1997-03-17 • 30 min
Susi is distraught to hear of her father's death, and has a blazing row with her mother. Bazz has a row with Lewis, and is the victim of a homophobic attack later that night. Jambo is fired from the garden centre whilst Spike continues to get on the wrong side of Kurt.
Episode 23
1997-03-20 • 30 min
Jambo is inconsolable after losing his job at the garden centre but at least Anita has accepted his Easter invitation. Bazz is discovered battered and bruised but won't let Ruth write about the attack in the magazine.
Episode 24
1997-03-24 • 30 min
Lucy and Bazz go to the pub, where they are horrified to run into Spike and his friends. Jambo endeavours to get his job back from Mr. Gardner.
Episode 25
1997-03-27 • 30 min
Tony is furious at Julie for selling the hearse and decides that two can play at that game: Susi receives a letter which could change her life forever and Dawn and Jude receive a surprise visit.
Episode 26
1997-04-03 • 30 min
Tony and Julie battle over control of the video shop. Jude's career is in tatters. The police question Kurt over Spike's fall.
Episode 27
1997-04-07 • 30 min
Cindy attempts to take Mandy's mind off her domestic troubles. Marilyn reckons it's time Tony showed Julie who's boss.
Episode 28
1997-04-10 • 30 min
Bazz struggles with the restrictions caused by his head injury, and his insistence on returning to normality results in him crashing his van and starting a fight with Lewis. Darren and Max make a porn disk, Mr. Benson's trip down memory lane with Mrs. Benson goes terribly, and the grand opening of Parker's takes place.
Episode 29
1997-04-14 • 30 min
Ollie has a brainwave about the college magazine. Jude's modelling career soon becomes a charade. Susi enjoys an out-and-out spending spree.
Episode 30
1997-04-17 • 30 min
Stan discovers he's been voted Hunk of the Month.
Episode 31
1997-04-21 • 30 min
Susi is shocked by everyone's behaviour when Rob suddenly appears. Max is in bother when the Osbornes turn up on his doorstep looking for Darren. Kurt needs help when a surprise witness turns up.
Episode 32
1997-04-24 • 30 min
Darren's absence drives the Osbornes to distraction, and Mandy worries a night of passion might lead to more than she bargained for.
Episode 33
1997-04-28 • 30 min
Kurt worries about his upcoming trial, whilst Ruth begins to blame herself for the whole ordeal occurring in the first place. Meanwhile, Mr. Richardson finds Darren and Max's porno disk but lets them off scot free by breaking it in half before he can see what's on it.
Episode 34
1997-05-01 • 30 min
Love-struck Ruth puts Kurt before her A-Level revision and trouble looms on the horizon for Cindy. Tony and Marilyn return from their disastrous holiday.
Episode 35
1997-05-08 • 30 min
Dawn arrives just in time to prevent Cindy flying off the handle, while Tony and Julie patch up their rocky romance - but for how long?
Episode 36
1997-05-12 • 30 min
Ruth wishes she'd kept her mouth shut. Kurt and Rob go missing. Julie manages to keep Tony in the dark as she hatches her plot.
Episode 37
1997-05-15 • 30 min
A client makes an indecent proposal to Jude. Tony and Julie have their own request for Julie's parents.
Episode 38
1997-05-19 • 30 min
Rob seems to have found a real friend in Susi. Jambo and Dawn receive a strange message telling them to be in a certain street at a certain time. It's Cindy's birthday - but she has one huge problem after her party.
Episode 39
1997-05-22 • 30 min
Kurt and Ruth drop a bombshell on their parents.
Episode 40
1997-05-29 • 30 min
Lucy and Bazz go to the Lake District, and Bazz opens up about his worries regarding his upcoming operation. Later, he has a fall and is knocked unconscious. Ruth and Kurt join them, and Kurt worries about his impending trial.
Episode 41
1997-06-02 • 30 min
Mandy and Cindy have some explaining to do. Lewis and Lucy await news of Bazz. Romance blossoms between Rob and Susi.
Episode 42
1997-06-05 • 30 min
The contents of a parcel prompt Maddie to recall less happy times. Lucy realises she must warn Susi about Rob. Jude makes a desperate bid to get her ailing course work back on track.
Episode 43
1997-06-09 • 30 min
Spike takes the stand as Kurt's court case opens, and Jude includes one of Susi's dresses in her exhibition.
Episode 44
1997-06-10 • 30 min
Kurt is depressed over the court case and Ruth suggests he run away. Rob recovers from the stabbing, but there's no sign of Susi.
Episode 45
1997-06-11 • 30 min
The Bensons are on tenterhooks waiting for Kurt and Ruth to arrive, and Jude is thrust into the limelight.
Episode 46
1997-06-12 • 30 min
Kurt and Ruth make the most of their last hours together before the verdict is announced. Jude gets herself into so much trouble she thinks blackmail is the only answer to her problems.
Episode 47
1997-06-16 • 30 min
Jude's shocking revelations leave the Osbornes in turmoil. Dawn becomes the subject of local gossip, but then Carol lets slip something about Jambo and Anita.
Episode 48
1997-06-19 • 30 min
Ollie wants Mandy to model for Babe of the Month. Jude's debts catch up with her. Ruth pleads with her mother not to go to America.
Episode 49
1997-06-23 • 30 min
Jambo has his mind on seduction. Lewis reaches the end of his tether with Maddie and her locks. Jude waits for a fateful phone call from the agency.
Episode 50
1997-06-26 • 30 min
Jambo is caught in a compromising position and Mandy gets into trouble over Cindy's pregnancy testing kit.
Episode 51
1997-06-30 • 30 min
Jude is very upset over her ordeal but will not go to the police. Jambo's sins finally catch up with him. Lucy and Bazz come clean about being a couple.
Episode 52
1997-07-03 • 30 min
Jude opens up to Lewis, and he gives her advice on how to re-connect with her family. Bazz and Lucy decide to make their relationship official. Tony is annoyed when Julie's mother takes over their wedding plans. Jambo struggles as Lisa says that they need to end their affair.
Episode 53
1997-07-07 • 30 min
Lewis decides to issue Maddie a few home truths. Jude prepares to face her father. Mandy delivers an ultimatum to Cindy.
Episode 54
1997-07-10 • 30 min
Jude tells Lewis the truth about her 'escort' work. Cindy finally plucks up the courage to take a pregnancy test.
Episode 55
1997-07-14 • 30 min
Mr. Osborne returns from America with bad news for Ruth. The Cunninghams face a testing time when Jude and Cindy come clean.
Episode 56
1997-07-17 • 30 min
Ollie begins to panic as Lewis questions him about the Babe of the Month. Julie and Tony say "I do" at their wedding rehearsal.
Episode 57
1997-07-21 • 30 min
The band's concert in The Dog in the Pond is a success. Kurt is horrified to hear that Lucy and Bazz have gotten together. Jambo is upset to be rejected by Lisa.
Episode 58
1997-07-24 • 30 min
Jambo makes a shocking discovery about his parents. Kurt and Ruth struggle to settle into married life. Tony and Julie disagree over wedding plans, and Cindy wonders if she can tell her mother about her pregnancy.
Episode 59
1997-07-28 • 30 min
Jambo tries to make his parents see sense. Angela tells Jude to get her act together.
Episode 60
1997-07-31 • 30 min
Sparks fly between Lisa and Janice, and Jambo faces the consequences of his recent behaviour.
Episode 61
1997-08-04 • 30 min
Maddie gets a shock when she opens up the shop. Jambo is caught in the crossfire of a family row. The Cunninghams' run of bad luck seems set to continue.
Episode 62
1997-08-07 • 30 min
Tony's stag night arrives much to Kurt's delight, but is the groom himself really sure about the whole marriage business? Meanwhile, Julie's hen party goes with a bang thanks to some mischievous planning by the girls.
Episode 63
1997-08-11 • 30 min
It's Tony and Julie's wedding day, and Tony begins to have second thoughts. However, he is thrilled when Julie changes her mind and jilts him at the altar. Meanwhile, Jude accidentally causes a fire, and she and Maddie are trapped.
Episode 64
1997-08-14 • 30 min
Cindy begins to feel the pressure of keeping the baby a secret from her parents. Tony is horrified at the damage to the video shop. Jude thinks about her drinking problem while languishing in hospital.
Episode 65
1997-08-18 • 30 min
Carol prepares to comfort Tony by asking him to go to Newquay with her. Jude's resolve threatens to break - can she stay off the booze?
Episode 66
1997-08-21 • 30 min
Carol spots a hunky surf dude while living it up at Newquay.
Episode 67
1997-08-28 • 30 min
Carol is regretting her one night stand with Tony, whilst Jambo is worried that Dawn will have doubts about their night of passion.
Episode 68
1997-09-01 • 30 min
Matt's offer of help comes as a complete surprise to Bazz. Jambo hopes Kurt will prove a friend indeed and put him up for a few nights.
Episode 69
1997-09-04 • 30 min
Kurt enrolls at college and gets more than he bargained for. Ollie is shocked to meet Stan's girlfriend and Tony's hopes of moving into his own flat are shattered.
Episode 70
1997-09-08 • 30 min
Jambo finds himself a lodger. Ruth plans to use the radio interview to expose Rob as a murderer. Lewis discovers that his father has started drinking again.
Episode 71
1997-09-11 • 30 min
The band are signed to a label - and promptly sack their manager for being too square. Jambo and Tony discover the ups and downs of living together.
Episode 72
1997-09-15 • 30 min
Mandy's photographs cause a row. Janice is frightened that she's losing Jambo. Tony finds sleeping in a hammock isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Episode 73
1997-09-18 • 30 min
Bazz is in a fix when Matt asks for a meeting to discuss business, whilst Tony and Jambo have another falling out.
Episode 74
1997-09-22 • 30 min
Ruth and Kurt are convinced that they are going to win the radio debate and the tension mounts as they wait for the ballot results. Bazz and Matt meet up - can Bazz resist the chemistry that's happening between them?
Episode 75
1997-09-25 • 30 min
Ruth and Kurt wait on tenterhooks as the ballot results are announced, but Rob is confident on a victory. Jambo tries to get his parents back together. Lewis walks on Bazz and Matt, causing red faces all round.
Episode 76
1997-09-29 • 30 min
Mandy gives Ollie the elbow. Ruth faces repercussions after the school drug debate. Lewis gives Bazz an ultimatum. Tony and Jambo agree to call a ceasefire, but then Jambo finds Dawn with another man.
Episode 77
1997-10-02 • 30 min
Ollie gets a date for his driving test. Mr. Osborne makes Dawn an offer he thinks she can't refuse, but she is more concerned with enlisting Lewis's help when Mr. Richardson has too much to drink.
Episode 78
1997-10-06 • 30 min
The band face problems in the studio. Stan is reeling from Cindy's confession. Lewis nags Bazz to come clean.
Episode 79
1997-10-07 • 30 min
Tony is on the mend, but the future looks bleak for Kurt and Ollie. Cindy takes the news badly. Bazz's disappearance causes alarm especially when police begin to drag the river.
Episode 80
1997-10-08 • 30 min
The Bensons try to come to terms with their loss. Bazz is missing and presumed dead. Lucy asks Cindy about why Stan was drinking and driving.
Episode 81
1997-10-09 • 30 min
Kurt awakes from his coma but when he hears about Ollie, Stan and Bazz, he almost wishes he hadn't. Ruth is being stalked by an unknown admirer.
Episode 82
1997-10-13 • 30 min
Spike steps up his campaign of intimidation against Ruth. Jambo is shocked to get a ransom note. Cindy - who still blames herself for the accident - takes drastic action.
Episode 83
1997-10-16 • 30 min
Cindy's state of mind worries Max. The Bensons have to make a major decision. Lucy turns to Bazz for comfort but is shocked by his reaction.
Episode 84
1997-10-20 • 30 min
Bazz's injuries mean he can't make it to Ollie's funeral. Jambo's jealousy causes a run-in with Dawn. Ruth reaches the end of her tether with Spike.
Episode 85
1997-10-23 • 30 min
Spike takes revenge on Dawn.
Episode 86
1997-10-27 • 30 min
Spike takes Ruth prisoner in the office. Jude gets a shock when she pays Lewis a surprise visit. Bazz comes home from the hospital.
Episode 87
1997-10-30 • 30 min
Mandy is thrilled to be featured in a fashion spread in the local paper - but her father is livid. Lewis decides to get tough. Mr. Osborne sorts out some trouble in The Dog in the Pond and Dawn goes to hospital for her test results.
Episode 88
1997-11-03 • 30 min
Mandy gets into trouble with her father after the magazine shoot, whilst Dawn has a set-back at the hospital.
Episode 89
1997-11-06 • 30 min
Dawn and Jambo face terrible news.
Episode 90
1997-11-10 • 30 min
The Cunninghams' are devastated by the results of Dawn's tests. Lucy tries to come to terms with Bazz's betrayal. Jude has a new money-making scheme.
Episode 91
1997-11-13 • 30 min
A donor is sought for Dawn. Lucy finds help from someone unexpected.
Episode 92
1997-11-17 • 30 min
Dawn waits for news from the hospital.
Episode 93
1997-11-20 • 30 min
Sol seeks revenge over the firebomb attack. Lewis has a difficult meeting with Mr. Richardson. Lucy feels isolated, whilst Jambo surprises Dawn.
Episode 94
1997-11-24 • 30 min
Jambo finds Dawn making a will. Carol gets a thrilling call from the record company. Jude takes an expensive car for a test drive.
Episode 95
1997-11-27 • 30 min
Carol dreads coming clean to Lucy, whilst Kurt discovers that Ruth has secrets of her own.
Episode 96
1997-12-01 • 30 min
Ruth is suspicious when Mr. Osborne takes the blame for a brick through the window. Dawn has her first chemotherapy session.
Episode 97
1997-12-04 • 30 min
Kurt has a lucky escape from the police. Max goes desperate lengths for cash. Dawn convinces Jambo to go touring with the band.
Episode 98
1997-12-08 • 30 min
Jude's plan to earn money by selling Christmas trees leaves Tony hot under the collar. Max takes up shoplifting.
Episode 99
1997-12-11 • 30 min
Mr. Osborne tries to help the Patricks, but Sol throws the offer back in his face.
Episode 100
1997-12-15 • 30 min
Tony tells Jude about Max's antics, whilst Sol causes more trouble for Mr. Osborne.
Episode 101
1997-12-18 • 30 min
Cindy struggles to keep her secret as she goes into labour. Ruth reaches the end of her tether with a jealous Kurt. Dawn worries about her next round of chemotherapy. Lucy begins to find a friend in Rob, and Ruth convinces Sol to give Jack a chance.
Episode 102
1997-12-22 • 30 min
Jambo is delighted when Dawn says yes to his Christmas proposal, but is distraught when she dies in his arms whilst discussing the wedding. Cindy gives birth alone inside Got It Taped. The Osborne/Patrick family Christmas is a disaster when Sol and Kurt wind up Jack Osborne, Tony struggles to divide his time among his three girlfriends, whilst Lucy spends Christmas with Rob.
Episode 103
1997-12-29 • 30 min
The Cunninghams struggle on the day of Dawn's funeral, but are delivered a shock when they discover Cindy has given birth. Jill tries to comfort Jack. Kurt makes amends with Ruth, but Carol is unable to put things right with Lucy.