Family Affairs
Focuses on the lives of residents in the fictional London suburb of Charnham.
Season 8 Episodes
Eileen told Dave how the fire came about. She told him that she couldn't stand Pete for what he'd done to her and her fa…
Tanya snapped at her mum for going on about her and Sean having a baby together. Sean guessed that it was because she an…
Lucy is worried about Eileen who tells her that she's worried and missing Pete. Lucy doesn't seem to believe her. Eileen…
Cat was disappointed with the lack of action from Doug. So disappointed she thought she'd tell all of the customers at t…
The prison tells Eileen that Pete has been moved into a more secure unit after he smashed up his cell. Later, Eileen is …
Gary wakes up late; Chloe has gone to school early for ""some music thing"". Gary and Myra worry that Chloe is over doin…
Justin is trying to find Kelly after he spoke with Doug. He hears from Lewis that she's gone to the hospital - Justin im…
Gary and Chrissy began with a quiet night in. Gary tells Chrissy that he worried about Chloe; he doesn't think he's doin…
While Melanie thinks things are going really well with Brendan, Kelly thinks that he's cheating on her. Kelly overhears …
Yasmin and Marc return from their honeymoon. Yasmin is surprised to find Sadie running the shop. Marc carries his bride …
Yasmin and Marc finally get out of bed! But Yasmin soon goes back leaving Marc to cook breakfast. As he's about to throw…
From BBC Pure Soap: Cat was uncharacteristically speechless when Doug explained the reason he'd been acting weird. He …
From BBC Pure Soap: Doug popped over to see what Cat's answer was after his proposal of marriage. Realising it wasn't …
Despite recent events, Tanya decides to go to work to take her mind off things. As she steps out of the front door, howe…
Geri and Marc are feeling uncomfortable as Marc starts work on the pub. She asks him if what they had was just a fling o…
Tanya's upset about her phone call to Nick last night. She wishes she hadn't made it. She tells Sean and he sympathises.…
From BBC Pure Soap: Caleb told stories about his visit to Africa and handled Denise's loaded questions with charm and …
From BBC Pure Soap: Yasmin was her usual tactless self when she wanted Chrissy to put her make-up on. Melanie got fed …
Sean hears that there was an attack outside Radar, the club he was at the other night where he bumped into Brendan! Cher…
Tanya calls Nick, Charlie answers the phone and lies to her . . . Tension's are running high between Les and Denise. H…
The pressures getting to Brendan . . . Tanya's suspicious when she catches Charlie out of school and Nick's no where t…
Brendan admits to Sean that he's bisexual. Dave finds out that Cheryl's been lying to him . . . and she has a stuffed ca…
Sean tells Tanya about Brendan, meanwhile, the police hear take evidence from the victim of the attack - he points the f…
From BBC Pure Soap: Brendan agreed to go to the police and help with their enquiries in a bid to solve the homophobic …
Chrissy is caught at home with Chloe when they're supposed to be at the hospital! Doug is at Cat's bidding! They go t…
From BBC Pure Soap: After a night of passion with Sean, Brendan left his bedroom swiftly and silently. By the evening …
Cat, Marc and Justin wait in the hospital while the doctor's see to Doug. The wait brings back painful memories of his m…
From BBC Pure Soap: Cheryl officially moved in with Dave. Even after her cull of drainpipe jeans and Adam Ant singles …
Caleb tells Denise about his wife . . . Also, Les asks him to move in but Denise tells him that he mustn't . . . Camer…
Cameron notices that Sean hasn't been at the gym much lately, he jokingly mentions it to Brendan who fails to see the fu…
Gary asks Chrissy how she paid for her coat and eventually gets to the truth!!! Also, Gary's best mate from school comes…
It's Valentine's Day in Charnham. Yasmin and Cheryl get cards from their loved ones while Myra and Geri receive annonomo…
From the official FA site: Tanya sends Charlie to the doctor's as he has German measles. She explains to Sean that it …
Marc and Yasmin caught a glimpse of Cameron coming out of Geri's place first thing in the morning. They both give their …
Mel comes back from her week away to find a strange man in the kitchen - Ashley. Also, Myra gets in touch with Ashley's …
Mel had it out with Chrissy while Gary finds out the truth about Myra and Ashley's relationship and gets a few home trut…
From BBC Pure Soap: Yasmin was jealous of the attention Geri got from the advert she modelled for. Yasmin bullied Marc …
A mysterious stranger is in town he has a few drinks with Dave at the Swan and later ends up in the flat with Cheryl . .…
Justin wants to build bridges with Les ""Mr Boulter"", because Kelly won't be with him if he doesn't approve. He asks fo…
The clock strikes 12 . . . Doug and Cat can't get any peace from Sadie. The alarm is set off in the salon. Justin …
From BBC Pure Soap: Caleb and Les had let down Cat over her engagement party venue as their oven was broken. Justin off…
From BBC Pure Soap: While Chrissy was being questioned she almost convinced the police she was innocent. While the poli…
From BBC Pure Soap: Tanya organised games at the engagement party. Most party goers got drunk and played along. Geri an…
From BBC Pure Soap: Chloe told the police that she wasn't ill. The police gathered more evidence incriminating the Cost…
The Costellos, minus Chloe, are interviewed one by one by the police. Mel is held in custody after she admits to taking …
Gary tries to keep Chloe's kidnapping quiet while he tries to figure out what to do, but Mel tells Brendan. Also, Bren…
Les arrives in Liverpool to find out that his father has died. Meanwhile, Denise tells Caleb that she can't have a relat…
From BBC Pure Soap: Tanya returned home unexpected and was annoyed Sean had been using her bedroom with a young lover. …
It's Brendan's birthday. Caleb tells Brendan that he used to date Denise. He gets very sentimental about kids while talk…
Gary and Myra head to Leeds in search of Chrissy and Chloe. They have no luck but we do catch a glimpse of the pair and …
Gary and Myra continue their search for Chrissy and Chloe but when they have no luck they decide to return home. They wa…
Chloe tells Jean about ""the game"" she used to play with her mum. Jean quickly calls Gary who immediately sets off for …
The police find Chrissy's things but there's no sign of Chrissy until a police officer picks her up after she walks out …
Denise and Les interview potential candidates for Caleb's job. No one's up to Denise's standards. Also, Denise gets a ca…
From BBC Pure Soap: Chrissy was taken away by the police and handcuffed while Chloe watched everything. The police expl…
From BBC Pure Soap: Sadie's money worries only worsened. She hid yet another ‘Final Notice' bill and rifled through h…
From BBC Pure Soap: Illicit daytime meetings were becoming a habit for Marc and Geri. Cat discovered the affair was sti…
From BBC Pure Soap: Justin bumbled his way through a ‘getting-to-know-you chat' with Les Boulter. After the initial a…
From BBC Pure Soap: Cat choked on her drink when Geri told Yasmin her secret lover was married. Yasmin started to think…
Kelly is upset that her parents won't support her as long as she's with Justin. Although she'd prefer to avoid it, she …
Myra has the pleasure of meeting Jeff. She doesn't think that he's really the type of man Sadie would be seen with . . .…
Cameron tells Geri that he knows about her and Marc. She's annoyed that he followed her. Later, Cameron bumps into Marc …
Cameron hired Brendan to help him get his bike back off Shane. Their plan worked and Shane was not all that happy about …
Cat told Cheryl about her fling with Dave a few months ago. Cheryl was surprised since she thought they'd split up a lo…
Lewis is worried, he hasn't seem Cameron since yesterday morning. He asks Tanya and Sean if they've seen him, Tanya says…
Sean feels abandoned again when Tanya tells him she's spending the night at Nick's. He expresses his distrust of Nick. T…
Brendan sees Shane riding Cameron's bike. Shane tells him that he's seen Brendan in Radar, the same gay bar Sean saw him…
Yasmin goes for an abortion, against her wishes. Meanwhile, Geri tells Doug that Marc's forcing Yasmin into having an a…
Tanya plots against Nick. She calls Sue and tries to persuade her to put pressure on Nick. Then, Tanya sees Charlie with…
Despite Sean's objections, Tanya goes to see Nick. She lets herself in. There doesn't appear to be anybody home but ther…
Tanya discovers her boyfriend, Nick, is under investiagation for child abuse in Manchester.
Brendan discovers the identidy of the gym theif and his double life is threatened to exposure
Nicks abusive ways finally catch up with him and officers from the child protection team arrive to take Charlie into car…
Brendan takes part in a police line up.
Eileen tells Sam that she never wanted him and that's why she gave him up. But when she sees how much it's hurting him, …
Chrissy is let off the hook and only has to attend counseling sessions. Cat, Sadie and Kelly think it's outrages that sh…
Gary tells Chrissy he loves her but confesses to Myra that he's not sure he means it . . . Cat worries about her weddi…
Justin's mistake at the cafe costs Doug £5,000. Justin makes up for it by booking Cat and Doug a wedding venue. Also, Ca…
Yasmin confesses to both Chrissy and Geri that she read Marc's letter! Lucy, Mel, Tanya, Cheryl, Geri and Yasmin all e…
Eileen gets Chrissy to agree to host a fashion show as part of Miss Charnham while Justin and Kelly decide to document t…
Everyone's very sympathetic after hearing Yasmin's awful news, but Chrissy tells her that she shouldn't have lied. Yasmi…
Cheryl's boss puts her in an awkward position after she planned to pull a sickie so that she could enter Miss Charnham. …
Geri is out to get Yasmin and expose her for the fraud she really is! But when she tries to tell Marc the truth about hi…
Kirkdale returns to try to persuade Eileen to give evidence against Pete in his upcoming trial. She refuses. Also, Eilee…
Geri decides she needs to spend some time with her family so she heads off to see them in Wales. When Doug hears the new…
Pete feels things might be looking up when Eileen introduces the new evidence against Kirkdale. But it brings bad news f…
Mike persuades Eileen to give evidence against Pete. Under pressure, she agrees and changes her statement. But when shes…
Pete looses his temper in court and ends up telling the jury that he's been in the dock before for manslaughter! Also,…
The homeless girl who Pete saw on Charnham common the night of the fire comes forward as a witness in his case. It looks…
Both sides put up a convincing closing argument as Pete's trial reaches it's climax and the judge sends the jury out to …
The jury have not been able to reach a verdict so, as if to prolong Eileen's agony, the judge sends them back to deliber…
Dave and Eileen tell Lucy that she only killed Mike in self defense and that this isn't her fault! Dave persuades Eileen…
Eileen distracts Pete long enough to tear the tape apart. When Pete plays it he thinks the tape player has chewed up the…
Eileen's annoyed when Pete tells Sam to get lost. Later, Pete tells Eileen that he dumped Mike's body in a river after w…
Sadie worries about being upstaged when she hears her cousin Ursula has been invited to her birthday party but later rel…
Danny shows up at Sean's place and since Tanya is out of town he invites him in. They spend the early evening together …
After the weekend, Cheryl is left wondering if breaking up with Dave was the right thing to do. He assures her that it …
Geri returns to find Marc half naked living under Cat and Doug's roof. Needing a place to stay she turns to Dave but soo…
Dave decides not to believe Patrick's accusations but he does ask Cheryl about her relationship with him. She tells Dave…
Cheryl confronts Patrick about telling Dave about their night together, he lies and tells her that Dave pretty much kne…
Marc is surprised to see Geri working in the Swan, Yasmin and Geri wind him up. Later, Marc follows Geri home and she te…
Denise tries to come to terms with her son's sexuality but Brendan tells Sean that he is not gay and that he's put all t…
Cheryl gets drunk and throws a darts match which her teammates are less than impressed with! Dave looses his patience wi…
Cameron persuades Mel to talk to Lewis about his drugs, she reluctantly agrees but when she goes to talk to Lewis he blo…
Cheryl confronts Patrick about the file she found. He threatens to get Dave arrested if Cheryl doesn't take the job away…
Chrissy and Gary finally find the time to sit down and talk. Chrissy tells Gary that if he wants she will move out. He a…
As Pete and Eileen head away for a few days, Sam shows up. Eileen and Lucy agree to let him work in the pub while Pete a…
Eileen tells Dave about the flowers. Pete already knows but Eileen managed to get the card out of sight. Pete is suspici…
It's the day of Mike's funeral and Lucy wants no part of it but then Sam insists that she go with him and she agrees. Tr…
E161
The police find nothing in the search of the pub. Chrissy tells Eileen that she's not going to go to the police. Eileen …
The police talk to Pete informally. He tells them almost all of the truth - leaving out the bit where Mike dies in his f…
Sam asks the police over the phone to come to the pub to meet with him. When he hangs up, Eileen begs him not to tell th…
E164
Sam can't decide whether or not telling the police what he knows will help Eileen or not. But the detective doesn't acce…
E165
Lucy tells Sam the whole story. He's surprised to hear that Dave was in on the whole thing. Sam asks Lucy why she went a…
E166
Lucy comes home after spending a few days away from Charnham. Eileen is worried that she's going to tell the police at w…
At the police station Lucy starts to tell the detective exactly what happened in the flat when Mike died. She gets too e…
Eileen tries to keep Lucy away from Pete, Tanya tries to keep Sean away from ex-boyfriend Nate and Chrissy samples the s…
Gary decides to play dirty and Dave decides to take it easy with Trish.
Chrissy goes to tell Gary that she will fight him all the way for custody over Chloe. Gary can't believe that she's goin…
Tanya and Sean make up and agree not to fight again. But the peace doesn't last long . . . Sean storms out after Tanya h…
Charlie leaves and Sean never gets the chance to say goodbye because he's been spending the night with Nate. Nate tells …
E173
Despite Pete's best efforts, tensions increase between Eileen and Lucy. A surprise visitor is in need of Chrissy's suppo…
Eileen has some bad news from the doctors. Pete finds a shoulder to cry on in Trish. Lucy's makeover has surprising resu…
Lucy's behavior gets increasingly out of control. Eileen breaks her bad news to Pete. Davie has his first day at school.
E176
Trish subtly winds Pete up about Eileen and Dave's relationship. Lucy's irrational behavior provokes much gossip. Despit…
Eileen and Dave wait anxiously at the hospital for news on Davie. Myra is gob smacked when she finds out the truth behin…
Dave takes Eileen by surprise with a heartfelt announcement. Cat and Pete are not prepared for the doctor's news on Davi…
Trish sinks to new depths to drive a wedge between Eileen and Pete. Lucy violently lashes out after a confrontation with…
E180
Trish continues to scheme, leading Pete to make an angry decision about his marriage. Lucy is crushed when Sam makes his…
E181
Trish is gutted to learn that Eileen and Pete have reconciled. Lucy attempts to open up to Kelly but ends up insulting h…
Trish pretends to comfort Eileen while subtly pushing her to confess to her crimes. Pete vows to find the culprit behind…
Eileen gets another surprise - a package from Mike. Trish swears to make Eileen pay. Babs makes Tanya a surprise offer.
Lucy's breakdown takes a dramatic turn. Babs tears a few strips of Sean. The Charnham Book Club gets off to a rocky begi…
E185
Eileen is driven too far by Trish, but will it backfire on her? Lucy runs away when she learns the police are looking fo…
Trish sets her sights on Sam. Tanya agrees to move to Southampton with her mother. Sam convinces Lucy to talk to the pol…
Sam tells Trish the truth about what happened to Mike. Tensions loom between the Boulters and the Mackenzies. Sharon win…
E188
Trish confronts Dave and Lucy and they both confront Sam! Later, Trish throws her weight around in the bar, much to Geri…
Sam's brother, Olly, shows up and Trish makes him feel very at home. Sam tells him he can stay for one night but when he…
Olly comes back, despite his brother's warnings. As Sam orders him out, Pete and Eileen return home. They also find Lucy…
E191
It's Sunday, Cat panics when she can't remember where she left Doug's Chain of Office after a heavy night with the alcoh…
E192
The Sunday lunch goes well until Kelly tells the vicar that she and Justin aren't married! Luckily, the vicar thinks tha…
Eileen tells Trish about her time on the run in Hastings. Starting from when she left Pete until her Halloween return! T…
From the official Family Affairs website: Eileen and Trish piece together the events of the past. Will Eileen have a be…
E195
While Sam finds out he's adopted, the Trish and Eileen saga moves closer to the present day with a different perspective…
Sam tells Lucy about when he went back home while Trish tells Eileen how she found out the truth about Roy's death and h…
The police and paramedics arrive at the scene of the accident. While Eileen is rushed to hospital, Dave is questioned ab…
Eileen worries about how much Pete knows. She shares her concerns with Lucy and Sam. Lucy can't imagine that Pete doesn'…
Pete meets with Trish and tells her that neither he nor she can tell Eileen what he knows. She's carrying his child afte…
As Tanya goes into labor and Sean is left to consider what a huge deal this is, unfortunately Nate just doesn't get it a…
E206
Lucy persuades Kelly to leave Suzy in her care, but later Kelly regrets her decision when she returns home to find the b…
Eileen tells Lucy and Pete that she didn't go through with the abortion. Eileen tells Pete that she realised that this b…
Myra and Gary discuss Chloe's current mood swings. Myra suggests that Chloe should see a child psychologist, Gary agrees…
E209
Chrissy asks Gary to pick Chloe up from school, he says yes but when a job comes up (taking Pete and Eileen to the airpo…
Yasmin returns to find the salon empty and her flat very very full of people! Yasmin eventually catches Cat having a qui…
Sam tells Olly that he's proud of him for standing up in court but then Olly reveals that he lied and said he was framed…
E213
Gary struggles to come to terms with what Bradley has done and when the child protection unit turn up to talk to Chloe h…
E214
Kelly tells the vicar how important it is that Suzie be welcomed into Christianity, Justin tells the vicar that God's co…
Babs seems to be trying to set Tanya up with Dave! But Dave really isn't interested. Also, Tanya wants to call the baby …
Tanya moans at Sean that Babs is really not helping, Sean says that she should do something about it but Tanya doesn't s…
The same day from different points of view: The Williams family's day: Conrad is awoken by the sound of Gary's car ala…
Conrad does some serious thinking but eventually decides that his kids can come and live with him when his wife goes to …
After another chat with Chloe, the police manage to obtain a warrant to search the Williams' house for any of Bradley's …
From the official Family Affairs website: After hearing about the new evidence against Bradley, Chrissy struggles to st…
From the official Family Affairs website: Gary shows up at Martin's house and goes head-to-head with Bradley! Martin's …
After seeing Bradley go into next door with Sharon, Chloe goes inside to tel her parents but she can't seem to get a wor…
Lucy and Olly get close, much to Sam's dislike. Olly asks Lucy why she always goes for the bad boys. She tells him that …
Pete and Eileen return and Sam's surprised by Pete's good mood but when everybody's back's are turned, Pete turns nasty.…
Katie and Conrad have found that Ania's missing from her bedroom. Conrad can't think of anywhere she might be which adds…
Pete convinces Eileen that it's a good idea for her to give up the pub license. Afterwords, he and Trish celebrate quiet…
Conrad has no luck in talking Ania into letting him take her to school and later he has the same sort of luck with tryin…
Katie hears that her ex-boyfriend has been signed to a record label which makes her think twice about their relationship…
Sharon tells Chrissy that she thinks Bradley was abused by his dad. Brendan turns to Sean for marriage advice. Sean te…
Chrissy is disgusted by the fact that Sharon ignored her husband's abuse of her son. Sharon tells Chrissy that it was wo…
Yas sets up a date that Chrissy really can't refuse! When Eileen starts to bleed, she and Lucy rush to the hospital!
Chrissy's lunch with Alan goes well except that Gary walks into the cafe as they kiss goodbye! Pete finally gives in t…
Gary and Chrissy both disclose their feeling for each other but not to each other! Chrissy tells Mel that her feelings f…
Kelly isn't talking to Justin after yesterday's incident and when Denise realises that it's her fault she goes to see Ca…
Jason, Brendan's boyfriend, thinks it's best he leave but Mel invites him in! They talk for a bit and wait for Brendan b…
Mel confronts Brendan about his playing away with other men! She moves out and leaves it to Brendan to explain her depar…
The rumours fly fast and furiously around Charnham about Pete and Eileen's very public break-up. Pete's giving everyone …
E240
Chloe comes home from school to find her mum and dad kissing in the kitchen . . . she's then informed that they're now o…
As she makes her final preparations for hospital, Geri cuts her hair. Later, she fears she looks like a boy but Sam reas…
E242
After an argument with Conrad, Katie decides to go back on her decision and agrees to make a statement to the police. La…
Gary is still adamant that Chloe should not be told about Bradley's release but everyone else seems to want her to know …
Yas gets a date with Owen. Kelly makes a new friend in Alex Williams. After a visit to the psychiatrist, Chrissy decides…
After hearing that Brendan has been blaming her for their break-up, Mel makes the reason they broke up very public by an…
Sam spoils Olly's day by telling Lucy that Olly lied in court! Lucy dumps him and Olly blames Sam. Les is jealous that…
Alex apologises to Kelly about running out on her yesterday. He tells her that all that twin talk freaked him out a bit …
Les finally gets to meet the infamous Christian and he's rude to him! Sean tells Denise that Christian has a crush on he…
E249
Chrissy continues the quest for her mother without much success. Meanwhile, Mel decides to confront Brendan and get her …
Chrissy returns home with disappointing news: her mother's fried dies a couple of weeks ago. She worries that her search…
Chrissy finally gets a breakthrough in the search for her mother. She heads off after hearing that her mother remarried …
Katie tries to clear the family name by confronting the local gossip: Sadie. Later, Katie saves Jake's job by helping hi…
After Jake spends the night at the Williams', he's quite keen to get out of the way before Conrad catches him! Conrad do…
Chrissy finally plucks up the courage to ask her step-father, Keith, about her mother. He tells her all about his awful …
Ella Williams returns from LA with plenty of stories to amuse the kids, but she finds that she's a little bit behind the…
E257
After a visit from Cat, Denise is finally persuaded to leave the house and go back to work. Once she gets there however,…
Tanya returns to A&E after her maternity leave, leaving Sean with baby Harry! After getting a phone call from Nate, Sean…
Sean and Tanya learn that the only thing Harry had was an ear infection but Tanya's relief is short lived after she find…
Les has had enough of Denise's inability to cope with the cafe but after speaking with Cat, he decides that it's time to…
E261
At breakfast, Dave and Eileen start to talk about Sam's recent departure. Dave tells Eileen that if he didn't think ther…
The girls persuade Yasmin not to go clubbing but to spend New Year in the Swan! Later, Katie and Mel trick Yasmin into "…
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