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Season 2

7 episodes · 18th February 1999

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01 Episode 1 still Episode 1 Episode 118th February 1999 7 months later and Geraldine is well on the way to giving birth to her first baby. Jo has finished her training in London and is heading back to Castlefield when a young man named Ryan sits next to her. He is Jim Pratt's son who has just finished his jail sentence, unbeknown to Jo who seems to be warming to his cheeky nature. 02 Episode 2 still Episode 2 Episode 225th February 1999 Luke is still suspicious of Shazza and demands to know where she has been going all the time, which leads to a argument and Mrs Mullen doesn't make things any better when she tells them the house is not big enough for the pair of them, if all they can do is argue! Shazza storms out and heads off to her driving lesson on the buses, which is secret she has been keeping. She didn't want to tell anyone until she passed. 03 Episode 3 still Episode 3 Episode 34th March 1999 Rita's daughter Vicky shocks Rita when she tells her that she has decided to quit college and find a job instead. Rita wanted more for her daughter and didn't want her ending up like herself still training at 40. She is even more furious when Vicky mentions that she has already discussed it with her father, Graham. 04 Episode 4 still Episode 4 Episode 411th March 1999 Rita is still reeling after sleeping with her ex husband Graham and goes home to John who has been out searching for her. In her anger she tries to cause an argument with John over Mikey who he has let stay the night after he found her sleeping rough in the club house. The guilt becomes too much for Rita to take and she ends up breaking down and confessing everything to John. 05 Episode 5 still Episode 5 Episode 518th March 1999 Shazza still hasn't gave Luke an answer over whether she will marry him or not, which is frustrating him as he needs to know, good or bad! Angie has applied for a promotion at work, and to prove her commitment has been assigned to investigate benefit fraud, she is pleased until she discovers Shazza Pearce's name on her file. 06 Episode 6 still Episode 6 Episode 625th March 1999 Shazza gets her job back on the buses, as the company are short staffed and cant afford to lose another driver. Geraldine goes to see the doctor to see why she is having so much trouble losing weight after having the baby, and is shocked when the doctor tells her she is pregnant again. Geraldine is devastated by the news, it has been hard enough to cope with baby George over the last weeks, never mind another baby coming so soon. Dave one the other hand is ecstatic and cant understand why Geraldine is so depressed. 07 Episode 7 still Episode 7 Episode 71st April 1999 Eddie and Theresa are back in their own house at last after Ryan, Matt and Luke have finished repairing it, and Eddie thinks now is the perfect time to think about starting a family. Theresa agrees and throws away her pills! They are happily planning their future when there is a loud noise and they notice a huge crack in their living room ceiling.
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01 Marsha Thomason profile Marsha Thomasonas Sharon Pearce 02 Gaynor Faye profile Gaynor Fayeas Holly Quinn 03 Debra Stephenson profile Debra Stephensonas Diane Powell 04 Lorraine Ashbourne profile Lorraine Ashbourneas Geraldine Powell 05 Lesley Sharp profile Lesley Sharpas Theresa Mullen 06 Melanie Hill profile Melanie Hillas Rita Dolan 07 Nicholas Gleaves profile Nicholas Gleavesas Rick Powell 08 Ricky Tomlinson profile Ricky Tomlinson 09 Tim Dantay profile Tim Dantay 10 Saira Todd profile Saira Todd 11 James Nesbitt profile James Nesbitt 12 Kay Mellor profile Kay MellorCreator
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