3x1 - 197

January 1, 1987

New Year's Day and Lofty is woken by Michelle typing. Michelle kicks out Ian and Wicksy, who both crashed out at the flat, and prepares to deal with her hungover husband.

3x2 - 198

January 6, 1987

Den hears Sharon's screams and comes to her rescue. He insists on driving her over to the Estate. Over at No. 45, Pauline is waiting up for Arthur to come home.

3x3 - 199

January 8, 1987

Sharon hears that she can have another week off work. Angie tells her that they'll have to move out from Pete and Kath's flat to a hotel and that Den'll have to pay.

3x4 - 200

January 13, 1987

Sharon and Angie move out of Pete and Kath's flat and into a hotel. They both have important interviews today. Angie sees her solicitor, Mr Fenwick, about the divorce.

3x5 - 201

January 15, 1987

It's Kelvin's eighteenth birthday; his parents give him an expensive designer watch and his younger sister Cassie sends him hair beads.

3x6 - 202

January 20, 1987

It is the morning after the party. Tony suffers a fare-dodger who also adds insult to injury by throwing up in his cab. At Lofty and Michelle's flat Lofty has been banished to the sofa.

3x7 - 203

January 22, 1987

Lofty spends the day planning a night out with his wife. He seeks advice on what to do and where to go, but gets lots of different suggestions in response.

3x8 - 204

January 27, 1987

Kathy and Michelle are working hard to try to complete Mehmet's knitting order - aided and supported by Ian, Pete and Lofty.

3x9 - 205

January 29, 1987

Trade at the Vic is still very bad. Den discovers Lofty's glass full of coins and insists that Lofty stops his scheme to subsidise the punters' drinks.

3x10 - 206

February 3, 1987

It is the day after Kathy was let down by Mehmet. All she wants is her jumpers back so she can sell them, but Sue tells her they've been sold and Mehmet himself is away from work "sick".

3x11 - 207

February 5, 1987

3x12 - 208

February 10, 1987

Hannah is followed home at night and again in the morning. Rezaul offers to walk her home later, angering Tony and Mehmet gets rid of Rezaul when he gives Hannah more unwanted attention. Jan visits Den and says she will run the Vic with him. Den the finds out that Willmott-Brown has bought the nearby Dagmar bar and is going to refurbish it so they will be in competition.

3x13 - 209

February 12, 1987

Ali looks for witnesses to someone crashing into his cab the night before, unaware that it was Barry and Nick in Barry's friend's father's car. When Barry asks Colin for a loan to repair the car, Colin says he will only if Barry confesses and that Barry should be getting away from crime.

3x14 - 210

February 17, 1987

Pat has a black eye, which Kathy says she deserves for being "evil". Mary tells Den that Mehmet knew the deal with Kathy was a scam so Den, Pete and Tony eventually find Mehmet and trap him, beating him up.

3x15 - 211

February 19, 1987

Simon realises that what Pat said about Naima was true and he tells Lou he no longer wants to see his mother. Pete later says he will no longer drink in the Vic while Pat is there and when Pat and Simon argue, she tells him that Pete's brother, Kenny Beale, is his real father.

3x16 - 212

February 24, 1987

Tony returns from a night's cabbing with blood on his hands. Wicksy comes home with scratches on his face and Pete seems to have disappeared. Dot then makes a gruesome discovery while walking Willy through the Square gardens - Pat lying bloody and unconscious behind a bench, after being beaten up! Pete gets taken off by the police for questioning, and hits a policeman.

3x17 - 213

February 26, 1987

Pete and Simon are released by the police but Pete must come up with an alibi as to his whereabouts in regards to the recent spate of attacks on local women. Guizin and her three children are homeless after Mehmet gambled their house away and then did a runner.

3x18 - 214

March 3, 1987

Pete tells Pauline that everyone except for her thinks he is guilty, even Lou and Kathy. Emine and Rayif go missing but are later found by Lofty. Guizin says that Mehmet has left them but Emine says he has only left Guizin.

3x19 - 215

March 5, 1987

Pat tells a WPC that she saw her attacker and the officer asks if it is someone she knows. Arthur returns to Albert Square but realises he is not ready and returns to hospital.

3x20 - 216

March 10, 1987

Trade is down in the Vic so Lofty suggests a party and Barry suggests making it a cross-dressing party, which Den agrees to. Ian comes up with an idea to prank Pete. Simon talks to Lou about who his father is -

3x21 - 217

March 12, 1987

Carmel talks to Mary and they start to get along but Carmel assumes that Mary is going to leave Annie on her own again. Mary says she wants to be liked but just gets used so Carmel says most girls say "no".

3x22 - 218

March 17, 1987

DS Todd questions people about the party and he finds out that Pete left early and why and later asks Pete to answer more questions at the police station because they think the same man is responsible for all the attacks on women.

3x23 - 219

March 19, 1987

Pete returns home after hours of police questioning and worries he will be charged with the attacks. Kathy says she will visit Pat and find out what she told the police. Pauline thanks Den for keeping Lofty employed but asks if he is doing it for Michelle, which he denies.

3x24 - 220

March 24, 1987

Arthur visits Mary and says that prostitution is not the answer and he has worked out that everyone is on their own in the world and he will make something out of nothing.

3x25 - 221

March 26, 1987

Pete is fed up of being constantly hounded by the police. Kathy visits Pat in hospital to get her to confirm that Pete did not attack her but Pat says she does not know so she would be lying.

3x26 - 222

March 31, 1987

Den and Angie each receive their decree nisi, meaning they will be divorced in 42 days. Dot finds out that Colin and Barry are a gay couple and is horrified and asks Doctor Legg to be tested for AIDS as she used Barry's cup.

3x27 - 223

April 2, 1987

Dot attempts to avoid Colin and Barry. Sue tells Debbie about the lump in her breast and admits she is scared to see a doctor about it. Mark arrives following his release but soon leaves with a girl called Jude and Michelle realises he is not coming back. Pat returns from hospital.

3x29 - 225

April 9, 1987

Jan has it out with Den. Barry is fined £150 for the car crash and Colin is forced to lend him the money. The past is raked up for Kathy when she receives a visitor who has shocking news for her.

3x30 - 226

April 14, 1987

Sue is told her lump is not cancerous so she, Ali and Guizin celebrate. Simon and Sharon use Mary's flat for sex but find Annie there alone and spend the time tidying and see a letter about her unpaid court fine.

3x31 - 227

April 16, 1987

Mary asks Ethel to babysit for two hours. Nine hours later, Mary returns to find Michelle looking for clean clothes for Annie, who has vomited after eating chocolate all day. Michelle tells Mary to think about Annie for once and believes that Mary has taken drugs.

3x32 - 228

April 21, 1987

Den is two months behind on his VAT payments and Angie tells him if he sells the car that she should get half. Simon books a hotel room for him and Sharon. Mary has another court letter and Ali lets her work in the cab office but she struggles.

3x33 - 229

April 23, 1987

Mary is visited by Mr Atkinson, a court warrant officer, who orders her to pay £30 or be arrested. Dot and Ethel help and later Mary works in the café but at the end of the day, Ali is unable to help with any extra money.

3x34 - 230

April 28, 1987

Kelvin studies for exams but when Ian cannot find him, he accuses him of spending the day with Tina until he finds out Tina was at home with a cold. Mary continues to struggle with work in the café and cab office, which annoys Ali.

3x35 - 231

April 30, 1987

Sharon and Simon return from their weekend away. Barry and Colin discuss new hobby ideas that will allow them to spend more time together. Den and Angie almost get back together, until one of Den's lady friends appears, sending Angie into a furious rage.

3x36 - 232

May 5, 1987

Chris arrives following the accident at Mary's flat. Renovation work begins at The Dagmar. Sharon gets fed up of Angie being drunk all the time and says she cannot live with her anymore

3x37 - 233

May 7, 1987

Arthur goes to court. Lofty talks about having a baby with Michelle. Sharon wants to move back into the Vic.

3x38 - 234

May 12, 1987

Dot and Tom swap properties but Tom's belongings will not fit into the smaller flat so he insists that Dot store them in her hall! Dot refuses and blocks his path. Mary's mother, Edie, arrives and asks Mary for the whole truth. Sue is annoyed as Guizin's children will leave and she thinks they love her more than their own mother.

3x39 - 235

May 14, 1987

Pete is fined £200 for assaulting a police officer. Debbie and DS Rich hold their engagement party in the Vic. Angie vows to sort her life out and stop drinking. Mehmet returns and takes Guizin and the children home, which upsets Sue.

3x40 - 236

May 19, 1987

Ethel has started collecting odd coins she finds on the floor while cleaning at the Vic. Mary is arrested and taken to the Magistrate's Court for none payment of debt. Tony decides he's going to move back home to Trinidad and buys his flight ticket that afternoon. He tells Colin his plan but asks him not to tell Kelvin yet.

3x41 - 237

May 21, 1987

Colin finds out Barry spent the night with another man but later apologises for his jealousy as they have an open relationship. Den and Angie's divorce is finalised. Ethel asks Tom to speak to Pat about moving out but Pat still refuses. Tony tells Kelvin he is moving to Trinidad.

3x42 - 238

May 26, 1987

Lou and Pauline start to plan a joint birthday party for Vicki and belated wedding reception for Michelle and Lofty.

3x43 - 239

May 28, 1987

Pauline tells Michelle about agreeing to sell the meat for Den but Michelle advises against it so Pauline agrees not to do it. Michelle and Lofty then have their party and get a birthday card for Vicki from Arthur.

3x44 - 240

June 2, 1987

Walford is preparing for the general election. Ethel moves back into her old flat above the surgery as Pat moves back into the Vic. Naima isn't sure that she's done the right thing by cutting off her family.

3x45 - 241

June 4, 1987

Magda and Sharon return from a shopping trip together. Pauline talks to Michelle about Vicki's father having rights and maybe wanting custody of her one day, but Michelle dismisses Pauline adamant that Vicki's father is no longer in her life. Tom takes Dot out dancing.

3x46 - 09/06/1987

June 9, 1987

Arthur tells Mary not to waste her vote in the general election. Barry eventually opens up to Colin about his health worries. Sue talks with Ali about IVF while Ali agrees to give her driving lessons. Sharon shows a few people the video of a drunken Angie, including Den, and then comes up with a plan.

3x47 - 243

June 11, 1987

Barry continues to worry as he waits for the results of his blood test. Michelle tells Pauline that she and Lofty are going to adopt Vicki. Angie breaks down upon watching the video of her drunken self and admits to Sharon she has a problem and that she needs to change.

3x48 - 244

June 16, 1987

Lofty asks Den for time off work whilst he and Michelle are interviewed by Social Services over Vicki's adoption. Pat flirts with Ali and asks if he wants company - Ali says he will think about it and leaves.

3x49 - 245

June 18, 1987

Arthur and Tom get competitive over the London in Bloom contest. Den asks Ian to do the catering in the Vic, unaware that Magda wants Ian to work for her. Ali worries that Sue is obsessed with having IVF and tells Kathy that he has become redundant in their relationship but he has needs and he asks Kathy for a casual relationship but she refuses.

3x50 - 246

June 23, 1987

The Vic and the Dagmar are decorated with flowers for the competition and Tom finds out the judges will be visiting the next day. Mary has a letter from her mother about Annie with some photos.

3x51 - 247

June 25, 1987

Pauline is worried about Arthur being unemployed and he realises that people will think he could have another nervous breakdown if he is unemployed again. Colin loses the key to his bicycle lock and he and Barry are questioned by police when Barry tries to cut through the chain with a hacksaw.

3x52 - 248

June 30, 1987

Carmel holds a jumble sale to raise money for the health centre and Willmott-Brown donates a honey-glazed ham for a raffle. After Magda and Angie talk, Magda tells Den that she thinks Angie wants him back.

3x53 - 249

July 2, 1987

Dot and Ethel look after baby Vicki and reminisce about their own childhoods.

3x54 - 250

July 7, 1987

Den is furious when he discovers graffiti on the Vic. Simon and Sharon are unsure about their relationship and ask people what they think of them together. Willmott-Brown worries that business in The Dagmar is slow. Rezaul tells Doctor Singh about his ambitions and then tells Naima the family have called and another of her cousins will be visiting her.

3x55 - 251

July 9, 1987

Sue and Ali talk and he says he was never unfaithful to her, which she says was only because he is all talk. He admits he wanted company without doctors or clinics and someone who wanted him, not a baby. Naima gets a letter from Debbie saying she is pregnant.

3x56 - 252

July 14, 1987

Ali and Sue are happy and in love again causing them to open the café late and close it early. Farrukh and Naima say they will miss each other when he goes back to Bangladesh. Den agrees to Pete's suggestion of a country and western night in the Vic.

3x57 - 253

July 16, 1987

The fruit and veg stall trade is down, and Pete must talk to Lou if his plans for a seafood stall can come off. After Arthur's talk with Doctor Legg, he takes extra care of Lou. The Vic hosts a country and western night.

3x58 - 254

July 21, 1987

Angie and Sharon move into the flat above The Dagmar. Den has not been seen but Lofty finds the envelope - it is for Simon from Den with the keys to the Vic's cellar.

3x59 - 255

July 23, 1987

Tom tries to get a confession from Arthur about sabotaging the Vic's flowers so Arthur accuses Tom of sabotaging the Dagmar's. Arthur then finds out The Dagmar has come second.

3x60 - 256

July 28, 1987

Arthur has stepped up the rigour and regularity of his football training sessions but still has an attendance problem. Sharon tells Michelle she's off to Mallorca for a week for a familiarisation trip with her new job at the travel agency. Angie and Pat are worried for Simon about him getting close to Magda while Den's away.

3x61 - 257

July 30, 1987

Lofty forgets that it is Michelle's 18th birthday. Kathy tells Pete that Ian made Tina tell Naima about the missing money. Later, the punk girl enters the Vic when the door is meant to be locked and takes £200 cash from the till. Simon tries but fails to sell his car. Rod tells Mary that he fancies her and she tells him about her overdue court fines for soliciting. Sue and Ali discover that Ashraf is not legally allowed to evict them

3x62 - 258

August 4, 1987

Den arrives back from his impromptu holiday to North Africa. Pat overhears his phone call and susses the real reason behind his trip. Carmel's brother, Darren, and his son, Junior, come to stay at her flat, much to her disgruntlement. Darren tells Dot that Nick has got a job as a gardener for the Queen Mother at her posh house in Devon. Angie tells Pat that Den went away to do a job for The Firm which cleared all his brewery debts. Den clocks that something has been going on between Simon and Mags while he's been away.

3x63 - 259

August 6, 1987

The pirate radio station is still operating from the café. Mary rings up her mum wanting Annie back, but when her mum refuses Mary tries to lend money from various people in order to go up north herself, but is unsuccessful and throws a brick through her window. Sue and Ali visit baby Hassan's grave and Sue opens up her heart to Ali. Den confronts Wicksy about the missing money and Magda, leading to Wicksy getting kneed and ear full from him.

3x64 - 260

August 11, 1987

Den kicks Simon out of the Vic and sacks him. Rod cleans The Dagmar for Mary. Michelle takes on the task of looking after both Martin and Vicki so that Pauline can have a break. Lofty makes a comment about it being good practice for them when they have their second child causing Michelle to snap at him.

3x65 - 261

August 13, 1987

Michelle and Den are in a reflective mood after their encounter. Magda decides she'd like to move to Walford permanently. Den brings a lady friend to The Dagmar's disco, in full view of Angie and Magda.

3x66 - 262

August 18, 1987

Dot has been stung by a wasp. Mary returns from Stockport. Den announces to Arthur that he is taking over as manager and coach of the Queen Vic five-a-side football team. Ian and Pete are disgusted and resign out of loyalty to Arthur. Wicksy also tells Den to stick it, so Den recruits Kelvin, Ali, and himself as replacements.

3x67 - 263

August 20, 1987

Darren is already taking advantage of Carmel and has left her with the children for the day. Her mother can't help out and she has to take time off work. At the five-a-side football match between The Dagmar and the hastily recruited Queen Vic team, Den encourages his squad to play as dirty as they can in order to win. After the match Den tells Pete that Wicksy can have his job back at the Vic, with a pay rise. Magda tells Wicksy she's decided to rent Kelvin's flat, and asks Wicksy to move in with her.

3x68 - 264

August 25, 1987

Tensions rise between Colin and Barry after the football match. Wicksy is feeling sorry for himself after Den kicking him at the match, Angie tells him that they'll get him back through the takings by attracting more customers to The Dagmar. Mary receives some good news from Carmel - it turns out she's been examining her case and she thinks there is a good chance Mary will get Annie back. Arthur starts his Manpower Services Commission course.

3x69 - 265

August 27, 1987

An unusual woman arrives in Walford. Colin and Barry end up in a row which leads to Colin putting down his foot about rent issues in which Barry isn't paying. Doctor Legg and Dot discuss how Mary deserves to be with Annie. Martin has a near accident in Lou's care.

3x70 - 266

September 1, 1987

Barry is excited about his trial at The Dagmar. Naima shows Donna the ropes at the shop and Donna lands herself another job at the Vic. Mary receives a letter from social services. Tensions grow at the ladies' dart team rehearsal for the match.

3x71 - 267

September 3, 1987

It's Kelvin's last day in Walford and Sharon, Barry and Ian are busy arranging a surprise party for him that evening. Everyone is excited about the Lady Mayoress coming to town and gather at The Dagmar to meet her. Donna settles in at the Vic and becomes friendly with Pat. Kelvin leaves without attending his surprise party leaving a note for Carmel saying he can't face saying goodbye so the residents celebrate what they've got left of him.

3x72 - 268

September 8, 1987

The Vic ladies' darts team sets off for the Isle of Dogs for the big match. Ali, meanwhile, is fixing up a poker game for the men later that day. News reaches Mary that social services have approved the flat dashing her with joy. Tina's parents turn up in Walford, wanting answers about the way their daughter is living.

3x73 - 269

September 10, 1987

Pat and Frank catch up on old times. Pauline and Derek get to know each other. Ethel, Dot and the rest of the team go on a river trip. Tina's parents, aghast at her living situation make her return home to Ilford with them.

3x74 - 270

September 15, 1987

Naima moves into the Fowler's. Doctor Legg decides to take up jogging. Ethel is excited to hear of Willmott-Brown's upcoming Mardi-Gras party at The Dagmar. Carmel tells Mary that her parents are delaying returning Annie, which sends Mary into a rage. Darren overhears Doctor Legg wanting the outside of the surgery repainting and offers to get a team onto it for £300 including materials.

3x75 - 271

September 17, 1987

Rod and Carmel persuade Mary to allow her parents to inspect her flat. Darren hires Rod to paint the surgery for him, and then disappears. The launderette gets robbed while Dot is out buying her outfit for The Dagmar's evening party. Derek turns up once again in the launderette and goes for a walk with Pauline, to tell her his friend can't help selling Kathy's jumpers after all. He says there's no real reason for him to come to Walford again, unless she just wants to see him again, but Pauline politely declines.

3x76 - 272

September 22, 1987

Michelle finds out from Doctor Legg that she isn't pregnant, and dreads telling Lofty. She spends the whole day talking it through with Kathy, Naima, Den and Magda before eventually telling him. She explains she doesn't want another baby, she wants to get on with her life, get a job, and if he wants a baby so badly he'll have to stay at home and be the mum. Rod is busy painting at the surgery, without Darren. They meet in the Dagmar at lunchtime and get drunk, much to the doctors' disgust. Donna talks to Kathy in the Vic and asks if she can get some work with her making jumpers, saying her dad was a tailor and her mum a dressmaker. Kathy looks unconvinced.

3x77 - 273

September 24, 1987

Lofty is still thinking about Michelle's ultimatum. Sue tells Arthur and Angie that she and Ali are thinking of moving away from the grime and stress of Albert Square, inspired by the lovely new flats she saw on the Isle of Dogs. Mary tells Rod he has to move out of her flat temporarily so she has a better chance of her parents handing Annie back.

3x78 - 274

September 29, 1987

Guizin returns to help Ali out at the café. Ali tells her that Sue has gone to stay with her father, but later, Sue phones the café and Guizin learns that Ali doesn't know where Sue is. Sharon thinks Angie are Den are missing each other, and starts thinking of how she can get them back together. She asks both Den and Angie separately to take her out the next night, with the intention of ducking out, thereby setting them up on a date together.