BUGGERNATION STREET EPISODE GUIDE (101-onwards)

101: HOME IS THE WAR HERO

Albert makes a miraculous recovery from his coma, but daughter Beattie suspects his discharge is due to the hospital laundry room’s inability to cope; she also suspects her father might have changed his will to favour Ken over her, though a search for it is interrupted by an equally suspicious Ken. His phone-sex with the sexy Sister is envied by Jerry, who tries his best to tempt her without success; Len is not impressed by his time-off from work, though Deirdre is more sympathetic. Elsewhere, Alf gate-crashes the Bishops’ bedtime routine in the hope of catching them having sex, and Hilda’s efforts to keep Stan warm on his window rounds are greeted with disapproval on his part. (Rating: 9/10)

102: JUST GOOD F**K BUDDIES

Despite their best attempts to keep a lid on their ‘bit of fun’, Billy and Irma become aware the truth is beginning to seep out; Lucille tells Billy she knows, and Betty does likewise with Irma. When Maggie agrees to loan the pair the room she and Alf reserve for water-sports, Alf is also let in on the secret; he tells Jerry, and Jerry tells Len, Ray and Rita. However, when Ena joins the dots, she wastes little time in airing her suspicions to an unimpressed Annie. Elsewhere, a recovering Albert informs Beattie she’s outstayed her welcome, forcing his daughter to pack her bags and leave without her anticipated inheritance; and Len’s contract with Weatherfield Baths is cancelled following the negative publicity from the Gazette interview. (Rating: 9/10)

103: LOVE’S YOUNG NIGHTMARE

While a desperate Hilda remains ignorant as to who’s sleeping with Irma, Annie decides not to reveal what she knows to Billy and instead approaches Irma, advising her the liaison has no future; Billy, on the other hand, plans to bring on one of his mother’s migraines by announcing her worse nightmare - that he and Irma are engaged to be married. Elsewhere, Albert is eager to return to the post of deputy caretaker at the Community Centre, though Ena is happier running it on her own. It takes the combined persuasive tactics of Len and Alf to convince her that there won’t be any ‘accidents’ to mop up if Albert returns. (Rating: 9/10)

104: ENTERTAINING RITA

Lucille is dreading tea with ‘Auntie Annie’ and has to endure a series of snide, thinly-veiled comments about marriage from her in Billy’s presence, even though Annie has yet to address the Irma issue to her son directly, having been informed of his ‘fake wedding’ by Betty. Hilda is pushed to desperation when it comes to the identity of her daughter’s fuck-buddy until Irma comes clean and finally puts her out of her misery. Meanwhile, Len invites Rita to his place for a quiet night of heavy pegging, and Alf encourages Maggie to make a prank phone call to UNIT’s scientific adviser. (Rating: 10/10)

105: KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY

Rita’s pounding the night before has left Len a little tender and in something of a ratty mood, though it doesn’t dissuade Jerry and Mavis contemplating a little pegging themselves. Emily has lost a pair of tights she discarded during a moment of excitement with Ernie at the Community Centre, though they are discovered by Deirdre, who shows them to a down-in-the-dumps Lucille; the two decide they need a leg-over-free night out with Ray and Jerry. Meanwhile, Albert’s dinner with Ena and Minnie consists of cheese & chutney sandwiches he makes himself, and Hilda’s folorn disappointment that Irma and Billy are cooling things down is nothing compared to Annie’s explosive response to the whole affair when her son admits he was intending to announce a fake engagement just to make her ill. (Rating: 10/10)

106: MUTINY AT THE ROVERS

Annie is still angry with Billy, deciding to go and stay with her daughter Joanie for a couple of days as a means of punishing her son. Left in charge of the Rovers, Billy immediately organises an after-hours poker school, but conserving his energy for it leads to a lack of effort in the bar that infuriates Bet and Betty. Janet returns for the first time since Albert’s food-poisoning, though her determination to rent a house of her own indicates she won’t be staying for long; Albert, meanwhile, is more concerned with acquiring ‘that bloody radio’ from Stan, whilst Stan himself is eager to increase his income from the window-cleaning round. Ernie and Emily are otherwise engaged in putting on a film show for the old folks at the Community Centre, hoping it won’t end in a similar disaster to last time, despite Ena’s pessimistic predictions. (Rating: 9/10)

107: FILM ‘99

Albert lends Ernie a dusty old reel for the old folks’ film show at the Community Centre, though doesn’t turn up in person due to the day falling on the anniversary of the 1743 Battle of Dettingen; he decides to go to the cemetery and sit with his dead comrades. The film itself - one of Albert’s hardcore silents - receives a lukewarm response from an audience accustomed to contemporary porn, though one of those in attendance is an old man called Walter, who Minnie and Ena had once met on a blind date. Meanwhile, Ken and Janet look over a house Janet intends to rent as a ‘sex dungeon’, and Stan is doing his best to increase his income, though Dave Smith informs him he’ll have a new position as a ‘nocturnal supervisor’ the following evening, an offer Stan finds impossible to refuse. (Rating: 10/10)

108: BOTH ENDS BURNING

Stan informs an unimpressed Hilda that he has no choice but to become one of Dave Smith’s ‘nocturnal supervisors’, but when Ray hears about Stan being a night watchman guarding the vans from Dave’s bakers business, his warnings about an Accrington mob targeting the vehicles are received with scepticism - something that spurs Langton on. Annie remains absent from the Rovers, despite Billy’s reassurances the pub hasn’t been converted into a strip-club under his temporary management; Irma confronts the two admirers she’s been prick-teasing; Janet’s bragging about her newly-rented ‘sex-nest’ of a house gets on Rita’s nerves; and Len declines Emily’s invitation to speak to the W.I. on the subject of local government corruption. (Rating: 9/10)

109: THAT JOKE ISN’T FUNNY ANYMORE

Stan wakes-up locked into the back of the van and is released by coppers who lead him towards the nearest breathalyzer; Irma is annoyed with Langton’s prank and orders him to be nice to her father, but her mood is soured further by Emily’s survey of the corner-shop books. Ray receives a visit from Dave Smith, but denies any involvement with the incident. Albert is less than impressed by Janet’s excitement over the ‘sex-nest’ due to his memoirs having been rejected from serialisation on ‘A Book at Bedtime’, but finds solace by making himself sick gorging on Easter eggs from the Kabin, despite their extortionate price. (Rating: 10/10)

110: THERE’S GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN

Irritated and embarrassed by Hilda openly discussing Stan’s bodily functions before Maggie in the corner shop, Irma lets slip it was Ray who locked Stan in Dave Smith’s van. Without gauging the degree of her husband’s anger, Hilda tells Stan, triggering a chain of events that climaxes in a Rovers showdown and sees Langton lock himself in the ladies’ loo. Meanwhile, an exhausted Alan informs Elsie he can’t cope with two role-playing secretaries, Albert gives Jerry a few tips on his own role-playing, and Emily attempts to recruit some ‘young people’ for input on a sermon Ernie intends to write about youth culture. (Rating: 10/10)

111: A GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT

Despite Annie Walker’s protestations, Stan kicks down the door of the ladies’ loo, but discovers Langton has vanished into thin air; he actually turns up in Albert’s front parlour, having accessed the legendary secret panel. When Stan eventually catches up with him, Ray tells Stan he’ll waive the £150 he owes Fairclough & Langton, but Irma thinks her father has been swindled without confirmation from Len. Len himself annoys Rita by preferring to go see United play at Old Trafford instead of treating her to a day-out; Ken admits he’s taken aback by Janet’s appetite for erotic furniture; and Lucille tells Annie she’s considering changing her hairstyle again. (Rating: 10/10)

112: SLACK SABBATH

Sunday on the Street - Jerry is getting on Langton’s tits by doing his ‘Mrs Mop routine’ via road-testing the Hoover first thing on a morning; Ernie wakes up and realises he forgot to write his sermon about The Sweet, forced into improvising and receiving the inevitable critique from an unimpressed Ena; Deirdre has her Auntie Renee for company again (who seems to fancy her chances with Billy); Irma is so bored that she offers her services behind the counter to Maggie; and Albert is busy drawing up a rota of neighbours he can scrounge a free meal from when Janet moves out. Meanwhile, Len appears unconcerned the menstrual odour Rita rubbed off on him isn’t exactly to his lodgers’ taste. (Rating: 10/10)

113: YOU LOOKING AT MY BIRD?

Alf is furious when Maggie tells him Len propositioned her in the shop; he promises not to sort him out with his fists when Maggie seems uneasy with his violent reaction, though Irma thinks it’s romantic that Maggie has two men fighting over her. Alf later confronts Len, but merely issues a warning as to what he’ll do if Len tries it on with Maggie again. Meanwhile, Ena and Minnie have fallen out (though nobody knows why), Albert is disappointed that no neighbour has offered to make him a free meal in Janet’s absence; and Deirdre joins Billy at the opening night of a new disco, though even her Auntie Renee’s eccentric antics don’t ruin the ambience when Billy is invited back to Deirdre’s place afterwards. (Rating: 10/10)

114: FLIDS OVER TROUBLED WATERS

Stan and Hilda receive a mocking postcard from Gail and Tricia in South America that prompts an angry Hilda into withdrawing cash from the bank and buying a see-through neglige from an expensive department store, if only to prove there’s more to her than scrubbing floors. Emily does her best to mend relations between Ena and Minnie, who fell out after Ena sat on and broke one of Minnie’s King Crimson LPs; meanwhile, Maggie accepts Len’s apology, as does Alf, whilst Irma proposes she and Maggie take a weekend’s break together, with Alf looking after the shop. (Rating: 9/10)

115: INTERNATIONAL RESCUE

Minnie is convinced the Daleks have invaded and Hilda believes her, telling Stan to get a tender in for cleaning the multiple windows on the Skaro visitors’ spaceship; having had Lucille blow his cover re a bet on a horse called Skinny Boiler, he could probably do with the cash. Alf has a go at a dummy run in running the corner shop as Irma books a weekend away for her and Maggie, but the talking point amongst most residents is the reopening of Blake’s International under the new management of Dave Smith; a swanky do on the premises is the social event of the Weatherfield season. (Rating: 10/10)

116: COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Annie hatches an idea for the Rovers regulars to visit the imminent Buggerton Festival, though when Ena collects dozens of names for the coach-trip, she reckons the Community Centre should be in charge of organizing the excursion. Meanwhile, Maggie is anxious about leaving the shop in Alf’s hands when she and Irma have their weekend away in the Lakes, Janet makes a quiet exit and heads for her suburban sex-nest, Ena returns a tatty game of Subbuteo given to her by Stan and Hilda, and Albert believes he’s finally found a way to win back his beloved radio. (Rating: 10/10)

117: A QUIET NIGHT IN

Hilda informs Stan she’s booked a B&B in Southport for them to spend the weekend at, something he does his best to get out of without any luck; Billy is grateful, as he secures a key to Irma’s boudoir in her own absence, though his plans for a quiet night in with Langton and a couple of birds end up as a bit of a damp squib. Maggie confesses to Alf she’s not confident in his shopkeeping abilities, Len is furious with Rita for bunging his beloved soiled swimming costumes in the washing machine, Betty joins Emily on a sponsored walk for spastics and ends up with piss down the back of her legs, and Albert takes charge of organising the day trip to Buggerton Festival, much to Annie’s secret relief. (Rating: 10/10)

118: WEEKEND WORLD

With Maggie and Irma away, Alf is struggling to cope as a solo stand-in shopkeeper and breaks down in front of Jerry; Len also faces retail trouble when Kevin the Paperboy refuses to work unless he receives a 5p rise; Len has no better luck when a quiet night in with Rita is gatecrashed by Jerry. Meanwhile, Albert’s victory at wrestling control of organising the trip to Buggerton Festival from Annie is short-lived when he comes face-to-face with football hooligans at the community centre, who proceed to smash a few windows on the Street before scurrying away. (Rating: 9/10)

119: MAGICAL MISERY TOUR

Frustrated by Albert Tatlock, Annie decides to drop out of the trip to Buggerton Festival and Billy takes her place as Lucille is recruited to plug the gap in the Rovers; Len pisses off Jerry by refusing Mavis a day-off to join him on the excursion, but he’s more focused on a swimming lesson as Elsie again declines his offer to ‘loan’ him Lucille. Maggie and Irma are back from their weekend away, with Irma having scored with a footballer and Maggie ending up playing gooseberry; the latter takes her frustration out on Alf’s arse. Jerry sits next to Betty on the coach trip, with Langton deciding he’ll have more fun sitting next to Billy, and Albert adds more pubs to the route after wrongly assuming his drinks bill will count as expenses due to his status as deputy caretaker. (Rating: 9/10)

120: EVE OF DESTRUCTION

It’s Christmas Eve on the Street, and whilst Emily volunteers to put up Ena’s decorations, Ernie (along with Jerry) is coerced into helping Rita do likewise. Meanwhile, Blanche’s invitation for Christmas Day dinner to Billy is rejected by Annie, and Ena’s participation in the Xmas Eve party for mentally-handicapped kids at the Community Centre is in jeopardy as Albert is left hanging about in his Father Christmas outfit whilst Ena (with the keys to the toy cupboard) is tracked down. Elsewhere, Alf and Maggie attend a Plaza festive screening of ‘Emannuelle’ aimed at couples, and Irma receives a phone-call from her footballer ‘boyfriend’. (Rating: 10/10)

121: MEET THE NEW YEAR, SAME AS THE OLD YEAR

New Year’s Eve is marked (or planned to be marked) in different ways by different residents of the Street. Jerry plans to continue his anal journeys with Mavis, but the latter’s increased flatulence forces her to take a rain check; Ernie and Emily decide to go to bed early; Blanche gets her own back on Annie after she prevented Billy from accepting the invite to Christmas dinner by turning up for lunchtime drinks and drinking her under the table. Meanwhile, Stan goes too far in celebrating the New Year by leaving the house in such a tip that pressure from Hilda forces him to recruit Jerry and Lucille to help with a clean-up operation. At least Betty makes a fresh start by being welcomed back to Maggie’s loo. (Rating: 10/10)

122: BOYS WILL BE BOYS

Irma confronts Ken about the way he behaved on New Year’s Eve and makes it clear she’s not interested; Len learns that Langton waived the debt to Stan to save his own skin and a furious Fairclough tells Ray he needs to pay back the missing £150. Meanwhile, Ernie and Emily’s efforts at drumming up interest in Community Centre classes meets with apathy again; Albert invites Stan to indulge in some gambling to ‘win back’ his precious radio; Alan goes to see Hawkwind in concert, despite Hilda’s warnings to Elsie as to what that might entail; and Annie again expresses her disapproval over Billy’s sideline career as a pedaller of pornography. (Rating: 10/10)

123: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

Alan disturbs the household when returning late from the Hawkwind gig, and attempts to make amends by taking Elsie out for a meal; however, Lucille’s sob story about a tea consisting of Ravioli and Smash prompts Elsie to invite her along. Meanwhile, Albert finally exacts revenge on Stan by defeating him in a range of pub games, with the prize being his beloved radio; Billy spurns Annie’s entreaties not to take ‘Heidi and the Horses’ to a new adult cinema in Newtown; and Jerry feels that Len has punished Ray enough over the waived debt business. He’s unaware Mavis has suggested a sex education course at the Community Centre, which Irma imagines will consist of her and Jerry giving a talk on swinging. (Rating: 10/10)

124: THE FILTH AND THE FURY

Following the police raid on the adult cinema, Billy is grilled by Newtown CID, who are convinced he was supplying the fleapit with its movies; Len, meanwhile, did a runner and evaded arrest, though the filth are eager to speak to him. Billy spends the night at Newtown nick and is only released once he’s given information on Len to his interrogators. Len feels the heat as Len and Jerry regard him as a coward, explaining his anxiety to Alf yet carrying on as usual - until he’s flagged down by a cop car. Elsewhere, Ena makes a meal to fatten-up Ken, while a despairing Hilda sees Stan surrender the radio to a triumphant Albert. (Rating: 10/10)

125: THE INTERROGATION GAME

Ray and Jerry join Len at Newtown nick after the filth have searched the Fairclough household and found over 20 copies of ‘Councillor Nonce & the Sexy Schoolgirls’ as well as other incriminatng evidence of a pornographic nature. Ray and Jerry receive a grilling, but are eventually released while Len feels the full weight of intimidating CID tactics. Billy returns home eager to emphasise he didn’t grass Len up, but the gossips are in full swing over the affair and Annie takes to her bed with a ‘migraine’. Meanwhile, Albert pisses his pants because Ena has locked the loos in the Community Centre, and Elsie finds both Hilda and Irma keen to sample the delights of aromatic erection oils. (Rating: 10/10)

126: FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES

Blanche and Hilda both receive Scrubber’s Day cards, whereas Annie’s day-off is due to a persistent migraine she weaponises against Billy following his close brush with the Filth. Len is eventually released with a caution thanks to an intervention by a couple of VIPs, and he offers Alf a night with Rita as a thank you for bringing him home from Newtown; Len first has to overcome Rita’s less-than-ecstatic mood when he strolls into the Kabin, however. Meanwhile, Albert rents a colour telly on a free trial for a month, but the one guest he’s not so keen to show it off to is Ena. (Rating: 10/10)