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19/06/2015

Fallon is a reluctant birthday girl, and Lilian is an encouraging auntie.

Reluctant birthday girl Fallon reckons she can only spare ten minutes for a drink later. Harrison sneaks into The Bull at lunchtime to do some prep, on the pretext of seeing Jolene. Later he quietly rounds everyone up for Fallon's surprise film screening. It does the trick and Fallon's delighted; how did Harrison know it's her favourite film?
As Mike checks everything's safely out of Willow Cottage, he notes sadly that he can't take Betty's tree with him. It would have broken her heart if she'd known about Roy's marriage troubles. Roy and Brenda encourage Mike gently to remember the good times. For his part Mike entreats Roy not to give up on Hayley - they were meant to be together, just like him and Betty. Roy avoids answering. As they see him off Mike rues the end of an era.
Kate's feeling sorry for herself over her parents' reaction to her dropping out of her course. Lilian's sympathetic, assuring Kate that Jennifer must be blaming herself deep down. They bond over their recent experiences with relationships. The solution, declares Lilian, is to put on their best frocks and paint the town red. Over gin at the Bull Lilian encourages Kate to have faith; together they'll come up with a plan that will amaze everyone.

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Credits

RoleContributor
WriterCarole Harrington
DirectorKim Greengrass
EditorSean O'Connor
Jill ArcherPatricia Greene
David ArcherTim Bentinck
Pip ArcherDaisy Badger
Kenton ArcherRichard Attlee
Jolene ArcherBuffy Davis
Tom ArcherWilliam Troughton
Brian AldridgeCharles Collingwood
Jennifer AldridgeAngela Piper
Christine BarfordLesley Saweard
Lilian BellamySunny Ormonde
PC Harrison BurnsJames Cartwright
Neil CarterBrian Hewlett
Susan CarterCharlotte Martin
Ed GrundyBarry Farrimond
Shula Hebden LloydJudy Bennett
Kate MadikanePerdita Avery
Elizabeth PargetterAlison Dowling
Fallon RogersJoanna Van Kampen
Mike TuckerTerry Molloy
Vicky TuckerRachel Atkins
Roy TuckerIan Pepperell
Brenda TuckerAmy Shindler
Peggy WoolleyJune Spencer

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