Christmas doesn't go well in the Benson and Cunningham households; Kurt reveals his decision to drop out of school and is thrown out of home, whilst Dawn tells her parents that Beth is seriously ill and needs her help.

23 December 1996

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26 December 1996

19 December 1996

The Bensons party while their parents are away, and Ollie has a smashing time, forcing Jambo and Tony to help him out of a predicament. Kurt's friends plot to get him together with Natasha, but the pair themselves remain stubborn, and Natasha resolves to keep her distance in the new year.

1 January 1996

Louise decides to treat herself to a new hair-do. Ruth decides to stick around. Kurt is in a quandary about his blue velvet trousers, and Maddie is out for the last laugh at the Video Road Race competition.

8 January 1996

Louise goes mad with the hair dye. Tony's caught in a love triangle. Ollie and Sarah continue their secret rendezvous.

15 January 1996)

Ollie and Sarah are an item... but they've never actually met! Kurt goes on a disastrous double date with Lucy, and Louise embarks on her first driving lesson.

22 January 1996

Ollie faces the music, and Louise prepares for the college revue. Jambo's on the road to discovery.

29 January 1996

Tony is in the mood for celebrating and Louise is given a helping hand by newcomer Dermot. Dawn tries to tempt her mother into a life of sin, and Jambo searches for his father.

5 February 1996

Romance is in the air as Kurt receives a mystery Valentine's card, and Ollie plays Cupid for an unsuspecting couple.

12 February 1996

It's pancakes at dawn for Kurt and Rob on the day of the Riverbank College Pancake Race. Meanwhile, Natasha is determined to find the identity of the admirer who sent her a St. Valentine's Day card.

19 February 1996

Carol imagines all manner of hideous consequences as Kurt prepares for his parachute jump, and Louise's obsession with Dermot intensifies.

26 February 1996

Maddie is not amused by the anonymous love letters, Ruth and Kurt go parachuting, and Louise makes a startling discovery.

4 March 1996

Lucy's eighteenth birthday party takes place, and Natasha tries to make Kurt jealous by going with Dermot - a decision which proves harmful when Rob gives Dermot a little something to help him score with her.

11 March 1996

Natasha's friends refuse to believe that she took drugs, as the police start asking questions. The truth of Natasha's fatal overdose begins to sink in for Rob and Dermot, and Maddie realises she has a lot more to cope with.

18 March 1996

It's confession time at the Bensons'. The police tell Maddie she is on her own but she's got a stalker for company. Tony is faced with a choice between Julie and his pension plan.

25 March 1996

Jambo has difficulty proving his innocence to Mrs. Benson, while Maddie is worried - is she the victim of an April Fool, or is the stalker after her? Lucy finds what she has been looking for but she has lost her man.

1 April 1996

Ollie gets a job at the video shop. Jambo continues the search for his long-lost father and Terry is playing mind games with Dawn. Meanwhile, Ruth discovers that Kurt is up to his old tricks.

8 April 1996

Ollie's got himself a job at the video shop but would swap it for a lads holiday. Jambo's search for his long lost father continues. Ruth plays mind games with Dawn, who's trying to keep a secret from her father.

15 April 1996

Louise tries to contact Natasha. Bazz searches for a cure for his hiccups and Ruth persuades Kurt to play with a local band.

22 April 1996

Kurt is annoyed with Rob for eating his dinner, everyone is worried about Louise and her unearthly sightings and Susi seems to have found a desperate remedy to her problems.

29 April 1996

Kurt receives a letter which makes him rush out and kiss Ollie. Terry is lashing out at everyone in sight, Jambo is having parental problems and the Medium has revelations about Natasha and Dawn.

6 May 1996

Susi drives people crazy with curiosity; Jambo hires a private eye, which upsets Dawn; and Louise's behaviour is disturbing.

13 May 1996

Ollie is forced into doing some revision, Ruth and Kurt are getting a lot closer, and the fashion show continues to be the bane of Jude's life.

20 May 1996

Excitement builds about the celebrity guest Michael has invited as Jude's fashion show nears its finale. Meanwhile, Ruth makes herself home at the Bensons', Ollie skips his revision, and Dawn tries to come to terms with her past.

27 May 1996

The welfare officer is due to visit the Cunningham household; Cindy may have to choose one parent or the other. Maddie and Michael do lunch and Kurt has a little something to make Ruth smile.

3 June 1996

Jambo tries to convince Kurt and Tony to come on a lads' holiday; Julie isn't convinced that Tony will save himself for their wedding night and Rob is stealing from the rich to give to the poor - namely Dermot.

10 June 1996

The race is on for Carol and Lucy to fix Kurt's guitar; Dawn finally tells her father about the baby and Ollie and Stan land Susi in it at the video shop.

17 June 1996

Maddie and Michael's romantic breakfast date is ruined by road rage. Ruth tells Kurt that only one of them will be going to America.

24 June 1996

Ruth and Kurt take their bike tests and wonder which of them will pass. Dawn and Jude find themselves a new flatmate, while Kurt thinks he has discovered why Ruth doesn't want him to accompany her to America.

1 July 1996

Ruth and Kurt are not speaking and time is running out because Ruth is off to the United States today, so Kurt turns to Jambo for advice. Dawn, meanwhile is worried about Jude - she thinks she is behaving oddly.

8 July 1996

Tony manages to rush from Scotland and, with the help of the check-in officer, makes it to the gate. Tony, eager to get over Julie, manages to flirt with several women and ends up having a one-night-stand. Meanwhile, Dawn and Jude are furious when Terry evicts Lewis in favour of Vinnie.

23 September 1996

Ibiza proves to be a nightmare for the lads. Bazz can't get his track played, Jambo and Jurt haven't pulled but Tony is attracting the beach babes by the dozen.

26 September 1996

While Rob and Lucy return from their holiday, Kurt finds his attempts to scare Carol backfire.

30 September 1996

Is Rob making promises to Lucy that he cannot keep? Tony panics as his past catches up with him.

3 October 1996

Susi and Cindy are friends again, at least temporarily. Jude is one step closer to discovering what is wrong with her and Tony feels unable to express his frustrations to Julie. Ollie, meanwhile, has more than his exam results to keep him happy.

7 October 1996

Jude receives her test results and Jambo hears the outcome of his uncle's will but is having problems remembering what type of car he has been bequeathed. While Angela and Terry are away on honeymoon, Max resumes his heavy drinking and Ollie faces a charge of having sex with a minor.

10 October 1996

Max discovers the downside of excessive drinking and as Ollie tries to dig himself out of a hole over Mandy, Lewis pushes him further back in. Julie attempts to develop her relationship with Tony, but he is strangely reluctant.

14 October 1996

Julie becomes listless when Tony rejects her and Jambo meets the woman of his dreams. Ollie tries to escape from his troubles by hiding out in army camouflage.

17 October 1996

Susi and Ollie are brought closer together. Michael is anxious to sort things out with Maddie and Bazz.

21 October 1996

Michael invites Maddie to a ball, what Lucy finds out about Rob frightens her and Susi's argument with Terry finds her homeless.

24 October 1996

Lucy and Carol spend the night nursing Rob while Susi is tracked down. Maddie gets a disturbing insight into Michael's darker side.

28 October 1996

Angela learns she is in need of an urgent operation and Maddie tries to avoid the determined Michael. Meanwhile, Rob plans a theft.

31 October 1996

Rob and Dermot wait for the right moment to strike, Angela is taken to hospital and Bazz and Jambo do their first-ever children's party.

4 November 1996

Ruth is out of favour with her flatmates and Angela makes a will. Dermot and Rob's plans for the perfect crime go horribly wrong.

7 November 1996

Rob and Lucy manage to escape from the submerged car. Rob dives back down for Dermot and Carol but is he too late? Ruth tells Dawn she thinks she might be pregnant.

11 November 1996

Rob insists the accident was caused by road rage but the police have their doubts and things look bleak for Carol. Maddie is back to her old form when an old flame turns up and Ruth has a new job as the editor of the college magazine but Kurt has his doubts about it.

14 November 1996

Lucy and Kurt decide to tell D.C. Norton the truth about Rob. Lewis finds himself a lodger while Jambo loses his cool.

18 November 1996

The Cunninghams are getting seriously worried about Terry's disappearance. Rob is under threat.

21 November 1996

The day has arrived for Rob's court hearing and Kurt and Jambo wouldn't miss it for the world.

25 November 1996

Ruth takes drastic measures when Kurt "seeks justice" on Rob. Rob narrowly makes it out alive when he is confronted by the drug dealers. Angela is horrified to discover that her marriage to Terry was a sham and bigamous.

28 November 1996

Kurt, Jambo and the gang decide to shop Rob but that's nothing to what the dealers have in mind for him.

2 December 1996

The news about Rob is all over the papers. Dawn and Jude have second thoughts about acting as match-makers for Maddie.

5 December 1996

Maddie wants Michael out of her life but it is not that simple. Angela returns home from the hospital.

9 December 1996

Maddie tells Jude the truth about Michael. Ruth has evidence against Tony's activities in Ibiza but will she use it against him? Ollie has got an- other date but he may not have much of a love life if Kurt gets his hands on him.

12 December 1996

Jude is thrilled at Michael's plans for Christmas and Julie is furious at Tony's first executive decision.

16 December 1996

Dawn dishes out a few home truths to Jude, much to the poor girl's dismay -- but it's almost certain she'll soon start plotting her revenge. Meanwhile, the future looks brighter for Susi.

Tony seems flustered when he and Julie escape to a hotel for their long-awaited night together. Kurt is not impressing Jambo with his slovenly ways. Dawn makes a decision that could save her daughter's life.

The day of Susi and Lewis's party dawns with Kurt looking for free laundry services. Tony and Julie have trouble finding privacy.

30 December 1996

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