2x1 - 02/01/1986

January 2, 1986

1986 in Walford starts with the Fowlers taking a trip to Southend to find Mark. On finding him, one of the first thing he and Michelle realise is they're both now parents.

2x2 - 07/01/1986

January 7, 1986

Den gets an early call from David in Ilford. Angie thinks it was Jan but is even more irritated when she learns that Den is up to his eyebrows in some dodgy goods again.

2x3 - 09/01/1986

January 9, 1986

Angie is at the Walford nick giving her statement about the car accident and they telephone Den since she says she took the car without permission. He lies and tell them that he gave her the car to use. Later Quick comes to the Vic and tells Den that as an accessory after the fact he'll be in trouble as well if he doesn't tell the truth. Den goes back to see the WPC and changes his story.

2x4 - 14/01/1986

January 14, 1986

Den and Kathy go to court with Angie leaving Debbie to take care of the pub lunches and Simon and Lofty to manage the bar. Debbie goes a bit overboard trying to fancy up the plates which go unappreciated by Arthur, Pete and the others. The case is delayed and Den returns in the late.

2x5 - 16/01/1986

January 16, 1986

Ali calls about the flat at 47B to arrange for a look. Sue is anxious to see it so it is agreed that they can see it the same day. Ali gets the key from Naima and they have a few embarrassing moments about what happened when Ali helped her move her things out. It seemed that they had sex in the empty flat.

2x6 - 21/01/1986

January 21, 1986

Two blokes have been in the shop flexing muscles and threatening violence if Naima doesn't cough up protection money, and the old Bill don't much seem to care.

2x8 - 28/01/1986

January 28, 1986

Andy is surprised when Debbie brings Naima home followed by DS Quick who is lugging a Zed bed for the front room. He is quite upset when Debbie informs him that in order to help with the finances since she quit her job, she decided to take in a lodger.

2x9 - 30/01/1986

January 30, 1986

Beresford and Victor are waiting outside the café in Beresford's Mercedes when Ali and Sue open up. Victor goes in to collect the first weekly £10 protection money. Sue quickly gives him the money over Ali's protest. They then go to Tony's house and Beresford goes in. Tony laughs at his insurance scheme and hits him very hard in the stomach.

2x10 - 04/02/1986

February 4, 1986

Den closes the bar early after Jan appears with the news that her dad died. As soon as Angie realises who the new arrival is she shoots upstairs and sits in the darkened kitchen. With all the tension at the pub, Simon goes home with Lofty to spend the night while John Fisher sleeps on the sofa upstairs at the pub.

2x11 - 06/02/1986

February 6, 1986

Sharon comes downstairs to the bar and just stares at Jan who tries to explain how her situation with Den happened. Sharon doesn't say anything but listens rather sympathetically. When Jan decides it's time for her to leave she asks where she could freshen up. Sharon says upstairs and Jan smiles saying not "up there" (where Angie was). She asks about "down here" and Sharon motions toward the corner saying "but the water's cold".

2x12 - 11/02/1986

February 11, 1986

Lou tells Ethel that she gave Simon Albert's watch. Pauline overhears and is upset with Lou for giving the watch to Simon. Pauline claims it should have been given to her as she was the first born. Lou is taken back by this objection and says nothing.

2x13 - 13/02/1986

February 13, 1986

Some thugs show up in the Square looking for Simon. Angie hits up Dot for her sleeping pills to add to her collection. The café and shop are vandalised with red paint and most everyone including the postman pitch in to help clean up.

2x14 - 18/02/1986

February 18, 1986

Angie plumbs the depths of despair when Den tells her he's moving out. Wicksy's true motive for returning to the Square comes to light when he tries to con Pete into giving him a loan.

2x15 - 20/02/1986

February 20, 1986

Ethel puts posters around the square trying to find her missing little Willie. Angie sends her off early from her cleaning at the pub so she can look for him.

2x16 - 25/02/1986

February 25, 1986

Den returns early morning in a cab as Angie covers for him telling Sharon he is walking Roly. Sharon is in a bad mood and nasty to both of them. John Fisher comes by early on his day off to pick up the rest of his gear. He has been worried about Angie since the night before and probably wants to see that she is OK.

2x17 - 27/02/1986

February 27, 1986

Tony takes his laundry to the launderette and Dot tells him all about her date the night before with "a darky" who wined and dined her. Tony confronts her that he saw her in the "Burger Barn" last night on her own. He tells her to give up the dating stories before everyone finds out the truth and laughs at her. She says they do anyway but gets him to promise not to tell anyone.

2x18 - 04/03/1986

March 4, 1986

Angie's slumped over the kitchen table at the Vic full of gin and pills. Time's moving on and it's the small hours when Den finds her.

2x19 - 06/03/1986

March 6, 1986

2x20 - 11/03/1986

March 11, 1986

'We were made for each other... you know that. Den and me. Made for each other. Whatever anybody says.'

2x21 - 13/03/1986

March 13, 1986

Kath's getting wind of Angie's suicide attempt and it's worrying her. It's her day to watch out for Angie and she's pampering her with hot soup and heart-to-hearts.

2x22 - 18/03/1986

March 18, 1986

Michelle begins to feel the pinch. She's feeling lonely and it's dawned on her that she's got the rest of her life and the baby to care for on her own.

2x23 - 20/03/1986

March 20, 1986

Tony and Lofty are beginning to galvanise the Square into making preparations for the carnival. Kelvin and Ian have been delegated costume dying - and things go badly wrong.

2x24 - 25/03/1986

March 25, 1986

In the Vic, the Melbourne Star promotion is in full swing. Lofty and Wicksy are fighting over customers and trying to spot the 'mystery guest' from the brewery.

2x25 - 27/03/1986

March 27, 1986

Den and Michelle have one of their rare but revealing heart-to-hearts. Den's surprised she's behaving like an immature kid over the birth of their baby.

2x26 - 01/04/1986

April 1, 1986

Carnival time in the Square and it goes with a real swing. Lofty's running round like a demented amateur director on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

2x27 - 03/04/1986

April 3, 1986

Hannah and Cassie stayed the night at Tony's after, Hannah's boyfriend hit Cassie once again and Tony gave him a smack.

2x28 - 08/04/1986

April 8, 1986

Kelvin tries to reason with Cassie that she needs to stop getting in the way all the time if she wants Hannah and Tony to get back to together.

2x29 - 10/04/1986

April 10, 1986

2x30 - 15/04/1986

April 15, 1986

2x31 - 17/04/1986

April 17, 1986

2x32 - 22/04/1986

April 22, 1986

2x33 - 24/04/1986

April 24, 1986

2x34 - 29/04/1986

April 29, 1986

2x35 - 01/05/1986

May 1, 1986

2x36 - 06/05/1986

May 6, 1986

2x37 - 08/05/1986

May 8, 1986

2x38 - 13/05/1986

May 13, 1986

2x39 - 15/05/1986

May 15, 1986

2x40 - 20/05/1986

May 20, 1986

2x41 - 22/05/1986

May 22, 1986

2x42 - 27/05/1986

May 27, 1986

2x43 - 29/05/1986

May 29, 1986

2x44 - 03/06/1986

June 3, 1986

2x45 - 05/06/1986

June 5, 1986

2x46 - 10/06/1986

June 10, 1986

2x47 - 12/06/1986

June 12, 1986

Pat arrives in Walford to a mixed reception. Pete and Kathy have a fight with her in the pub, while Wicksy is worried that she's purely out to cause trouble around Albert Square.

2x48 - 17/06/1986

June 17, 1986

Pat is intent on causing trouble for her ex-husband, Pete. So she tells Pauline exactly what she thinks of him, but Pauline loyal as ever and in defence of her brother, slaps Pat.

2x49 - 19/06/1986

June 19, 1986

2x50 - 24/06/1986

June 24, 1986

2x51 - 26/06/1986

June 26, 1986

2x52 - 01/07/1986

July 1, 1986

2x53 - 03/07/1986

July 3, 1986

2x54 - 08/07/1986

July 8, 1986

2x55 - 10/07/1986

July 10, 1986

2x56 - 15/07/1986

July 15, 1986

2x57 - 17/07/1986

July 17, 1986