The BEST episodes written by Debbie Oates
#1 - Lost Souls
Medici - Season 3 - Episode 7
Savonarola, who had taken Tommaso's confession, denounces his killing and openly accuses Lorenzo, who however continues to deny. Clarice begins to suspect the truth. To continue his strategy of control over the Holy See, the Magnificent makes a promise that triggers a family crisis.
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#3 - Ducking and Diving
Robin Hood - Season 2 - Episode 5
A horrified Robin realises that his plan to capture the Sheriff's spy, Henry of Lewes, has failed because he has a traitor in his gang. Fearing for Marian's safety in the castle, Robin sets about rooting out the turncoat. His only clue is supplied by Marian: the spy's meeting place is located at the Trip To Jerusalem Inn, where the traitor outlaw sells his secrets to Gisborne.
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#4 - Turk Flu
Robin Hood - Season 1 - Episode 5
Robin must be patient when the Nottingham Fair comes to town bringing with it the temptation of the silver arrow competition. Before he can compete Robin must first deal with the Sheriff's latest plan of using Saracen slaves as labour in his deadly mine. Can Robin, with the help of the Nightwatchman, defeat Nottingham's plan in time for the competition?
#6 - Sun 21 Nov, 2004
Coronation Street - Season 45 - Episode 234
Jack fusses around a vulnerable Vera having been discharged from hospital with a sprained ankle. Eileen and Jason are baffled to find Kelly stayed the night with Sean. Charlie starts work at No.5, Cilla wants Les to get rid of the bath but everyone he asks to take it away wants paying. When Angela nips over to No.11 to borrow a casserole dish, the gossip starts among the factory girls. Sally sets the whole family to work cleaning the house ready for the Davenports' visit. Frankie's sympathetic towards Vera and helps out around No.9. Jack's feeling so guilty he calls the deal off with Ron Hepplewhite, but Ron insists that the deposit is non-refundable and visits Vera to make sure Jack has to go through with it. Chesney's feeling lonely but is delighted when Sean and Kelly come to play in his new den - the bath. Les begrudgingly pays Kevin to take away the bath.
#7 - Mon 20 Dec, 2004 [Episode 2]
Coronation Street - Season 45 - Episode 259
Steve tells Liz that he's going to be a good father to his baby with Karen. Leanne has spiked Candice's drink in the Rovers, and Warren hasn't yet told Candice that Leanne and Jamie are also going to Weatherfield County FC's Christmas party. Karen is becoming increasingly worried about the baby. Steve won't answer his phone, and Karen hangs up in fear when she phones the hospital. Sally is worried that Sophie's invisible friend will embarrass her and Kevin at Oakhill School's Christmas Fayre. Kevin in despair goes to the Rovers with his invisible friend "Eric". Later, Sally hoovers up "Ebony Rae". Chesney has taken one of the Websters' mince pies from the window sill, and tries to teach Schmeichel some new tricks.
#8 - Episode 5936 (10th January 2005)
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 7
Tommy confiscates Craig and Rosie's tickets for a "Stench of Death" concert. Kevin thinks Tommy's being too hard and they should let them go to the concert. Hayley finds Roy hiding in the flat. She tells him he's got to stand up to Vince and show him who's boss. Ken, Deirdre, Tracy, Blanche, Wanda and Adam go for a pizza. Adam thinks Wanda is hysterical. Hayley accuses Vince of being a bully and makes things worse by mentioning how Roy wanted to be a librarian. Wanda asks if she can move back into the Barlows' house. Ken and Deirdre refuse her. Shelley's finding the dieting a struggle. Charlie buys them both membership for a local gym.
#9 - Episode 5937 (10th January 2005)
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 8
Ashley and Claire arrive back from their honeymoon. The police have a word with Vince and make him apologise to Roy. It's obvious they find it funny and Roy feels humiliated. Ashley tells Fred he's welcome to carry on living with them but Fred's uncomfortable. Charlie wants to take Shelley to bed but she's too tired from the gym. Charlie sulks and makes Shelley feel guilty. Danny and Mike buy Adam a pair of football boots to take back to school while Ken buys him a dictionary and thesaurus. Chesney sees the police car outside the cafe and thinks Roy must have been serving up rat sandwiches. Claire finds an earring down the side of the sofa. She and Ashley worry Fred's got involved with another woman. Vince intimidates Roy and forces him to cook him a fry-up even though the cafe is closed.
#10 - Episode 5951 (31st January 2005)
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 22
Tommy and Angela enjoy exchanging anniversary presents. Sally asks Tommy to open the garage as Kevin is driving a car to Oxford for Ian. Tommy and Katy get into a fight as Katy is being evasive about going to see Cardiff University, since Tommy has been given the opportunity to drive there for Ian. Sally and Gail have a long discussion about Sally's affair. Sally starts to defend it as good for her marriage, Gail says she is trying to make sure Sally isn't hurt, and nothing is resolved. Sally finds out via Gemma that Justine has been crying at home a lot recently, but Ian manages to persuade her that it'll still be okay. Katy tells Martin she is going to come clean about her exams to Tommy, this way she won't even have to go to university and can look after the baby. An inquorate meeting of the Book Club comprised of Roy, Blanche, Norris, Rita and Ken discuss Roy's "rebellious" suggestion that they have a second non-fiction book each week.
#11 - Episode 5961 (14th February 2005)
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 32
Shelley's dreading her weigh-in as she's still a couple of pounds away from target. Sally corners Gail on her way to work saying she needs to talk. Tommy's suspicious. Steve receives two valentine cards; one from Tracy and the other he thinks and hopes is from Karen. Sally tells Gail how Ian had an affair with his previous PA, Della Hopkins. Gail advises her to stop seeing him and leave her job. Ken's still hurt at Deirdre turning down his proposal. Les finds Chesney using Cilla's toothbrush to brush Schmeichel's teeth. Sally finds a card from Ian. She shreds it just as Justine arrives at the garage. Justine visibly tenses when she sees a note saying Della has called in. Sally's paranoid and thinks Justine suspects her of having an affair with Ian. Sean hands out Valentine's chocolates in exchange for kisses.
#12 - Episode 5973 (2nd March 2005)
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 44
Katy tells Martin she's aborted their baby. Martin's devastated. Ken and Deirdre set off for the register office. Tracy's furious when a man drives down Victoria Street and almost knocks her and Amy over. Tracy unnecessarily insists on taking Amy to hospital to make sure she's okay. She doesn't realise that the man is her long-missing father - Ray Langton. Sally's shocked when Rosie says she knows that Sally isn't having an affair with Martin because she and Gemma reckon she's having an affair with Ian instead. Martin and Gail finally manage to convince Kevin that Sally is not having an affair with Martin. Sally tells Rosie that she and Gemma have got the wrong end of the stick and mustn't repeat these stories to Kevin. Rosie's unconvinced. Tracy and Ray continue to argue at the hospital. Tracy's completely oblivious to who she's arguing with.
#13 - Episode 6017 (1st May 2005)
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 89
Danny and Norris hatch a plan to get rid of Jack's pigeons. Danny pays Jamie to drive them down to Birmingham. Chesney says his goodbyes to Sophie and Schmeichel before he leaves for Spain. Jack's shocked to find his pigeons and coop have been stolen. Hayley, Fiz and Kirk say an emotional goodbye to Chesney as he leaves with Roy. Mel Hutchwright, the author of Hard Grinding turns up at the Book Club meeting having been invited by Blanche. Norris, Rita and Emily are in awe. Ken's unimpressed. Les and Cilla arrive back on the street to find that Roy has left for Spain with Chesney. Norris offers Mel a bed for the night at No.3 while Blanche buys his drinks. Jack's homing pigeons return and Danny and Norris's scam is exposed. Roy and Chesney miss their flight when they spend their time in the viewing room.
#14 - Episode 6036 (27th May 2005)
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 108
Shelley's got a black eye. She's worried people will think that Charlie's beaten her up so on Charlie's advice agrees to stay upstairs in the bedroom. Sarah starts her new job at Comptons. Diggory sacks Sarah accusing her of stealing from the till. Sarah's very upset. After inspecting the till, Keith tells Diggory that he's got vermin in the shop and they're responsible for the missing money, not Sarah. Eileen and Liz go speed dating. Leanne apologises to Jamie hoping that they can try again but he's still upset and angry. Jamie tells Frankie he's been seeing his mother and how she's an alcoholic and he blames himself for her mess. Frankie tries to comfort him. Leanne gives Danny a key to her flat to give to Jamie. Danny agrees to try and persuade him to give Leanne another chance. Shelley goes downstairs to get a drink. Charlie tells her off and ushers her back to bed before anyone sees her. Shelley apologises.
#15 - Episode 6054 (20th June 2005)
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 126
Shelley tells Charlie that she can't face people. He's disgusted with her. Roy continues to experiment in the cafe, all the time with the door, which gets on Hayley's nerves. Tracy and Steve ask Roy to write a letter requesting that his name be removed from Amy's birth certificate but Roy refuses, baffling Hayley. Bev asks Liz to stay with her in the bar. Lloyd agrees to give Claire cab-driving lessons in return for dirt on Dev. Sarah takes Scooter to casualty when he cuts himself on a rusty nail. Gail's cross that Sarah used one of her best napkins as a bandage. Blanche and Lena Thistlewood surf the internet for hip replacements. Blanche decides she'll get it done in Poland. Shelley can't bring herself to leave her room. Dev tells Lloyd and Claire he's hoping for a boy. Roy tells Steve and Tracy that he refuses to write the letter. Deirdre is exasperated when Blanche decides to fund her hip with a loan from Quickfastloan.com.
#16 - Sun 1 Jan, 2006
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 1
Sally and Kevin are distraught that their little girl has had sex. Blanche heads of to Lena's as they've arranged to go to a funeral together. Carol's jealous of Frankie's good looks and makes bitchy comments insinuating Frankie's a tart. Jamie's uncomfortable in Frankie's company and Frankie can tell. Carol accuses Jamie of fancying Frankie but Jamie tells her she's sick in the head. Danny and Leanne go for lunch at Les and Cilla's. Danny thinks it's hysterical while Leanne is embarrassed when Les shows him her child's nurse's uniform. Kevin and Sally drag Rosie round to No. 6 where they have a showdown with Keith, Audrey and Craig. When Kevin and Sally discover Keith already knew Craig and Rosie had a sexual relationship they're incensed. Sally has a go at Audrey citing Sarah's teenage pregnancy. Craig and Rosie declare they've done nothing wrong as they're in love but no one will listen. Jack and Vera bicker while Hilary snaps away with her camera. Blanche's friend Lena has died, causing Blanche to mull over her own mortality. Keith tries to bar Craig from leaving the house but Craig ignores him. Jamie gets a taxi to the airport and refuses to tell Carol where he's going. Sally banishes Rosie upstairs. Rosie cries her eyes out for Craig.
#17 - Mon 30 Jan, 2006 [Episode 1]
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 22
Gail discovers the glass in the backdoor is cracked. She asks David if he's responsible. He takes offence and storms off. Fred's depressed thinking he's lost Bev forever. He wishes he'd told her how he felt. Audrey gives David a talking to about his behaviour and way he treats Gail but David's unrepentant. Ashley cuts himself in the butchers and Fred takes him to hospital. While waiting for Ashley, Fred's shocked to see Stacy (Orchid) being admitted in an ambulance. Sunita's finding it very hard to cope with the twins. Shelley offers to help. Maria and Tyrone are interviewed by a journalist from the Gazette for the 'Surprise the Bride' competition. Maria continues to belittle Tyrone and his looks. Roy attends the school reunion. He and Clifford are the only ones there. Clifford turns out to be more nerdy than Roy. Dev calls on Sunita and again offers to help. Sunita's too exhausted to refuse. David plays truant from school pretending he's got a free lesson. Fred phones the hospital and finds out Stacy is on Primrose 3 ward. He doesn't tell Ashley as he knows he'd disapprove. Dev holds Sunita and begs her to let him help with the twins. Sunita's too tired to resist and when he kisses her she responds.
#18 - Mon 30 Jan, 2006 [Episode 2]
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 23
Dev is walking on air thinking that he and Sunita now have a future together. Shelley and Violet are appalled when Sunita announces she's going to get back with Dev for the sake of their children. Tyrone continues to work on the burger van. He's worried what Maria will think of it but Molly's supportive and tells him he's doing a great job. Clifford goes for a drink with Roy and Hayley. He tells Roy he's the only fellow pupil who doesn't hate him. Ronnie enjoys winding Tracy up by telling her they can't baby sit for Amy as they're going clubbing. Steve's worried that Tracy will be out for revenge. Fred visits Stacy and is appalled to find she's been beaten up. Stacy explains she was pulling her last Thai bride scam, intending to then go straight when the man attacked her. Roy and Hayley help drunken Clifford into a cab. Molly draws up a business plan for Tyrone so that he can impress Maria. Fred admits to Rita he's been to see Stacy and tells her what's happened. Rita warns him to stay away from Stacy as she's already conned him once. Sunita breaks down, admitting to Shelley she can't play happy families with Dev as she doesn't trust him. She decides it's best if she moves back to her family.
#19 - Mon 13 Feb, 2006 [Episode 2]
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 33
Ed tells Emily how truly sorry he is for accidentally killing her husband and how he's a changed man. Emily's deeply upset and insists he leaves. Ronnie decides to befriend Tracy as she secretly thinks it would be better to have her on side. Tracy reluctantly agrees to go shopping with her. Deirdre's worried sick when the man she had a drunken snog with turns up at work and blackmails her into approving his planning application by threatening to tell Ken. Charlie's furious at being left with Amy and Tracy doesn't answer her phone. Roy agrees to help Clifford re-build his model railway so he can enter the model railway competition. Amber nags Dev about Shareen and Dev finally confesses she's his daughter. Amber's gob-smacked to discover she's got another sister she didn't know about. Eileen spots Ed in the street but Ed's too upset to talk to her. Eileen's unaware of his emotional turmoil and thinks she's been dumped. Sean tries to comfort Eileen but she's too upset and snaps at him. Sean's hurt. Charlie storms into the Rovers with Amy. He thrusts her at Tracy and tells her she's dumped. Norris arrives home and finds Emily in turmoil. She tells Norris about Ed's confession and how he murdered Ernest. Norris is horrified.
#20 - Mon 6 Mar, 2006 [Episode 2]
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 48
Sally wanders across the moor totally distraught. Rosie phones Kevin who comes to the rescue. He guides tearful Sally back to his truck. Ashley's upset about Matt's visit, convinced Matt wants to take Joshua from him. When Claire realises Matt's the man who's been chatting to her at Josh's nursery Ashley vents his fury on her calling her stupid. Fred calms him down. Les makes his taxi his home and even plugs a TV in to the car. Clifford tells Roy how whilst building his model railway he's cut through a gas pipe causing everyone to evacuate their flats. Les goes to the chippy only to be served one of his own socks deep fried by Cilla! Emily, Norris, Rita and Freda play cards. Emily's very fragile but when Norris tries to broach the subject Emily refuses to discuss it and sends Norris packing. Roy's put out when Clifford turns up with all his railway gear proposing to build the model railway in Roy's flat now that his is out of bounds. Rosie's guilt-ridden blaming herself for her mum's breakdown. She promises Sally she won't have sex with Craig again until she's older. Sally's grateful. Ashley and Claire make up but when Claire suggests the problem of Matt isn't going to go away and they should have a meeting with him Ashley's dead against it.
#21 - Mon 17 Apr, 2006 [Episode 1]
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 77
Norris is pleased to find two replies from the dating agency in his in-box. Chesney asks Fiz to speak to the social worker and tell them what a good mother Cilla is but Fiz refuses to lie. Gail's still upset about the Richard cards having hardly slept a wink for worrying. Mike's funeral takes place. He's carried to the church in a glass hearse pulled by two black horses. Blanche and Audrey are both surprised to see that Archie is the undertaker. Danny, Adam, Jamie and Dev are the pall-bearers. Fred gives a speech at the funeral. He talks about his great friend Mike and how the dead aren't really dead. Gail gets upset - thinking about Richard Hillman. Sarah has a go at Tracy when she refuses to pay for her manicure. Jason tells her not to be too hard on Tracy as she's just had an abortion. Danny gives speech about Mike. Adam becomes more and more angry. Audrey tells Rita and Norris about the Hillman cards. Adam's fury boils over and he accuses Danny of murdering Mike. Danny retaliates accusing Adam of not being there for Mike at the end. Frankie reprimands Danny for his shameful behaviour.
#22 - Mon 17 Apr, 2006 [Episode 2]
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 78
Mike's burial takes place. Adam and Penny weep at the graveside. Genna the social worker calls at the Battersby-Browns to interview Kirk and Fiz. Adam puts a letter he's written to Mike on top of the coffin. He's distraught that both his parents are dead. Norris gossips to Blanche about the Hillman cards. Rita tells him off. Sarah tells Audrey about Tracy's abortion. Audrey innocently mentions it to Blanche. Mark Redman turns up at Mike's burial but stays in the background. Later he finds Adam alone in the factory. Mark introduces himself to his brother. Adam explains how Mike's left everything to Danny. Mark tells Adam if he's a true Baldwin he'll put up a fight. Blanche embarrasses Audrey by introducing Keith to Archie as Audrey's boyfriend. The wake takes place at the Rovers and Danny buys champagne for everyone. Janice and the factory girls enjoy getting drunk at Danny's expense. Danny tries to apologise to Adam for the row at the church but Adam ignores him. Drunken Janice starts brawling with Cilla on the street just as Genna is leaving No. 5. Chesney's distraught thinking it's ruined his chances of being adopted. Blanche lets Tracy know she's found out about her abortion. Tracy pleads with her not to tell Deirdre or Ken. Adam makes up his mind to contest Mike's will.
#23 - Sun 28 May, 2006
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 106
Whilst out shopping with her mother, Amber goes missing and it’s not long before a frantic Ravinder phones Dev to enlist his helping tracking down their troubled daughter. When news of Amber’s disappearing act spreads, Dev is taken to task by several street residents over his recent treatment of his teenage daughter. Meanwhile, Amber reappears at the café and despite Roy’s concerns, a friendly Hayley offers Amber a solution to her woes: she could move into Roy and Hayley’s spare room. Will the confused teen take up the offer or with the residents stinging criticisms still ringing in his ears, will Dev finally reach a decision that will see him reconciled with his daughter? Elsewhere, love is very definitely not in the air over at Streetcars. Lloyd is down in the dumps as he informs a concerned Steve that Kelly has walked out on him. Steve turns relationship councillor and advises his depressed driver to attempt to talk to the leggy machinist. However, it’s not all domestic bliss for Steve as he is rattled when his girlfriend Ronnie reneges on a night out at the cinema and offers out his babysitting services to a relieved Tracy. Meanwhile, Charlie has plans and asks Tracy to organise a babysitter for Amy that evening. He informs his thrilled girlfriend that they are going to let their hair down and go out for the night. Deirdre disappoints her daughter when she declines to look after Amy whilst Tracy parties yet again. When Steve is later railroaded into babysitting duties, Tracy attempts to track down Charlie so they can head off but has the delay led the devious builder to reconsider his party plans? Did he intend to go out with the lads from the outset?
#24 - Sun 18 Jun, 2006
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 121
Sean can hardly believe that he is finally spending Fathers’ Day with his dad after 20 years! He meets him in the Rovers and can’t help but show him off – much to Brian’s dismay. They head off for the pizza restaurant and Brian can hardly get a word in edgeways as an excited Sean tries to make up for all the Fathers’ Day meals he has missed out on. But the wind is taken out of Sean’s sails when Brian drops a bombshell that sends him reeling and wishing that he had never dug up the past. Amber is also looking forward to spending Fathers’ Day with her dad but she is also disappointed when it becomes clear that Dev is only interested in the twins. Even a card from Amber can’t lighten his mood and she can’t help but feel second best. More problems of the paternal kind for Danny and Jamie, after Leanne’s failed attempts to get them to reconcile. Danny tries to make amends but Jamie makes it clear that he can never forgive his father – whatever day it is! Amber decides to try and make Dev feel better and sends him a card from the twins. Her plan works initially and Dev’s mood brightens considerably until he calls Sunita and discovers she didn’t send the card. As usual Amber bears the brunt of his bad temper and it does her bid to stay with Dev over the summer no good at all. Meanwhile the other teenagers on the Street are giving their parents the run around. David has skived off school and thinks he has kept his truancy a secret from his mum by deleting the headmaster’s phone message but his plan backfires when the headmaster turns up at the house to speak to Gail. Sophie confides in Craig that she knows where Rosie keeps all her secret stuff, so Rosie is concerned later when she discovers that her stash of booze from Amber has gone missing. Sally is stunned when she finds a drunken Sophie throwing up in the back yard and smells alcohol on her breath. Elsewhere, Sean is putting a brave face on things as he struggles to come to terms with Brian
#25 - Mon 19 Jun, 2006 [Episode 1]
Coronation Street - Season 47 - Episode 122
After Sally has put a drunken Sophie to bed, she sets about trying to find out where she got the alcohol. When Rosie confesses it was hers, and that she got it from Amber, Sally heads off to confront Dev. Dev tries to apologise to Sally but when it comes to dealing with Amber he seems unsure what to do. Desperate to offload the problem to her mother, Amber is stung when he implies he thinks she would be better off in Finland. Sean is still trying to out on a brave face but decides he wants some answers from his mother. She is the only person who can tell him what really went on all those years ago. He leaves a message for her to return his call. David is still AWOL and Gail is determined to get to the bottom of his absence from school. He arrives home full of lies about football practice and when Gail confronts him about the truancy he insists he has never done it before and won’t do it again. But can Gail believe him this time? Maria is almost knocked down by a good looking stranger in a fast car. He tries to make amends later but Maria is playing hard to get. Elsewhere – Keith and Craig are devastated when Charlie gets his mortgage for the house.