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?
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#6 - Sun 21 Nov, 2004
Coronation Street - Season 45 - Episode 232
#7 - Mon 20 Dec, 2004 [Episode 2]
Coronation Street - Season 45 - Episode 258
Warren chickens out of telling Candice about Jamie and Leanne coming to the party. She doesn't find out until they get in the car! Fred, Martin and Tyrone argue over who gets which best man duty. The doctor's finally confirm that Karen has miscarried.
#8 - Mon 10 Jan, 2005 [Episode 1]
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. Katy sits her exam but worries that she's failed it. Roy apologises to Kevin for the way he treated Rosie and promises her some free food in the café to say sorry. Angela reminds Tommy he was a punk when she met him. Tommy relents and gives Craig and Rosie their tickets back. Vince takes the mickey out of Roy for wanting to be a librarian and insists on eating his own sandwiches again. Roy can't cope, he has a panic attack and phones the police to report him.
#9 - Mon 10 Jan, 2005 [Episode 2]
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 café and thinks Roy must have been serving up rat sandwiches. Claire finds an earring on 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 café is closed. Deirdre clocks Charlie saying something to Shelley and Shelley looking upset. Adam leaves to go back to school. Vince gets Roy up against a wall then pushes him over. Roy’s in tears. Charlie arrives and rescues Roy. He fires Vince. Hayley arrives to find Roy distraught and tearful.
#10 - Mon 31 Jan, 2005 [Episode 1]
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 22
Gail tells Sally that she can trust her not to say anything to anyone about her affair but she can't trust her not to offer an opinion. Sally reassures Gail that there's nothing to worry about. Later, however, Rosie comes home from school for lunch with Gemma (the Davenport's daughter) who tells Sally that her mum's been crying for no reason at all. Sally worries that she might have been caught! Sally goes to work and seeing Ian decides to confront him about these latest revelations. At first, Ian puts off the conversation but the issue is forced onto him again when he gets a phone call from Justin that (as his assistant), Sally answers. Having hung up the phone, Ian reassures Sally that Justine is just getting over emotional about a broken plant pot . . . Sunita asks Shelley if she'll break her diet for a couple of hours and help her taste test a new range of foods. Shelley agrees thinking it'll be no big deal but later, Charlie comes home to find Sunita feeding Shelley fatty foods
#11 - Mon 14 Feb, 2005 [Episode 1]
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 32
Cilla gets a Valentines card from another man! Les is immediately suspicious and fearful that she might be seeing somebody else. Worried that she'll loose Les, Cilla gives Chesney £5 to tell his uncle Les that he sent his mam the card! Feeling rejected by Deidre, Ken decides he's not talking to her! Meanwhile, Blanche's friend Lena plots to steal Ken for herself! Steve gets two cards on Valentines Day morning. He knows that one's from Tracy and thinks that there might be a chance that the other is from Karen . . . Steve contacts Karen's family to try and get in touch - they tell him that they don't want to be put in the middle and agree that if Steve were to send a letter to Karen that they would pass it on to her . . . as Steve is about to post something in the letter box he's set upon by the factory girls and Kelly asks him if he likes his card. Steve is furious for Kelly for "playing with his mind"! Sally tells Gail about the visit from Ian's ex. Gail urges her to end the rela
#12 - Wed 2 Mar, 2005
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 44
Martin goes to visit Katy and tells her that he wants to play an active role in his baby's life only to be told: there is no baby anymore! Feeling that his life has fallen apart he goes to the pub to get very very drunk . . . meanwhile, Sally is surprised to find that Rosie thinks she's telling the truth about Martin but is shocked when Rosie accuses her of having an affair with Gemma's dad! Sally quickly goes on the offensive and denies it all, telling Rosie that she mustn't go putting ideas like that into her dad's head after all she's seen the damage that this lot of lies about Martin have caused . . . Unconvinced, Rosie agrees not to share her suspicions with her dad. Also, after hearing that Katy has aborted the baby, Kevin sees that there's nothing going on between Martin and Sally. Kevin returns home and announces that he's sorry for how he acted and is pleased when Sally forgives him! Also, Sally gets a visit from an angry Gail. Having just heard the news about Katy, Gail tries
#13 - Sun 1 May, 2005
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 90
Blanche's favourite author, Mel Hutchwright, comes to Weatherfield. Cilla and Les return and go to Hayley's to pick up Chesney. Les is shocked to discover that Roy and Chesney have gone to Spain.
#14 - Fri 27 May, 2005 [Episode 2]
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 109
#15 - Mon 20 Jun, 2005 [Episode 2]
Coronation Street - Season 46 - Episode 125
Sunita and Dev continue to argue because he doesn't want her to work now that she's pregnant. Shelley suffers from a panic attack when she goes out in public with Charlie. Steve and Tracy confront Roy over taking his name off of Amy's birth certificate as her legal father. Steve is happy when Roy is at breaking point and is close to agreeing for the arrangements to start for Steve to be Amy's legal father. Dev isn't too happy with Eileens suggestion of two new drivers because he only wanted Claire to have the job. Bev sees Shelley in a terrible state. Charlie grabs Shelley because he needs money off her to pay for the taxi, but she flings her bag at him and runs into the back door of the Rovers as quickly as she can.
#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 105
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 120
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 121
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.