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Car salesman Marty's life is in a mess with children who disobey him and a wife, Katrina, who lives beyond their means. On a final warning for poor sales and time-keeping he oversleeps but tells boss Mike he cannot come in because Katrina has died. Flowers and cards arrive from work-mates which he explains to Katrina is a hoax and more lies are needed when sympathetic colleague Grace takes more than a friendly interest in him. Eventually another staff member Kathy discovers the truth and forces him to confess. Meanwhile Mike's secretary Beth is troubled by anonymous phone calls, possibly from Dave, the husband who disappeared some years earlier.
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Receptionists Viv and Tracy tell everybody that they are off to Ibiza on holiday when their actual destination is the Dominican Republic. In exchange for their free vacation they must act as drug mules for Tracy's boyfriend Jimmy but Viv is arrested at customs and Tracy returns home alone, claiming that her friend is ill. When Viv's parents discover the truth about her situation Tracy claims innocence but ultimately confesses all to her family. As a result she is able to incriminate Jimmy and give her drugs money to Viv's parents to help her case. Beth meanwhile suspects that husband Dave may have had an affair with her work-mate Marianne and Grace is still annoyed with Marty.
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Bored by her comfortable but safe marriage Kathy begins an affair, based totally on sex, with estate agent Niall ,who is also married. They agree to meet in one of the properties on his books, from which they witness a violent attack on the man next door. Kathy photographs the thugs and suggests calling the police but Niall, afraid that it will expose the affair, dissuades her. At the wedding of colleagues Emma and Jez Kathy catches Mike in a compromising position with Beth but when he tells her his marriage is on the rocks she empathizes and keeps his secret. Visiting the victim's family she learns of the criminals' motives but discovering that Niall is not worthy of her she ends the affair and confesses everything to her husband Ralph. Marianne meanwhile admits to Beth that she did have a friendship with Dave but does not know his current address.
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After rowing with his wife young mechanic Rick ends up sleeping at the show-room so Mike takes pity on him and lets him stay at his house. Rick unfortunately finds it hard to resist the attentions of his host's precocious 15 year old daughter Ruby and soon they are having sex. However, whilst Ruby believes it is true love Rick is aware of the unreality and danger of the situation. When Ruby has an accident Mike is with Beth and confides in Rick the fact that his own marriage is going downhill, his wife Alison becoming suspicious. Rick moves out but his effort to find out how Ruby's accident was caused leads Mike to look at her phone messages and to discover what has been going on - causing Rick to go on the run.
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Salesmen Pete and Jason are attacked by two thugs who steal the cars they are test driving. However it transpires that Pete, an ex-gambler with huge debts and a baby on the way, allowed it to happen in return for payment - some of which goes to Marie, the woman who bore him a son, a son of which his wife Vanessa knows nothing. Jason has his own problems, being the victim of his girlfriend's domestic violence but ultimately he discovers the truth from Pete, who has returned to gambling and lost heavily. Finally Pete decides to tell Vanessa all about Marie and break her hold on him. Beth meanwhile discovers who is behind the mysterious phone calls, making her more positive about her relationship with Mike.
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Beth is planning to move in with Mike, who is leaving Alison for her, so she is knocked sideways to learn that Dave is alive and working as a fruit picker in Kent so she goes to find him. She is understandably irate at his desertion of his family for all his claim that, after a breakdown, he felt unable to cope and believed the family would be better off without him, and she does not share his mother Gina's delight at his return. Dave tells Beth that he knows of her affair with Mike and threatens to walk out again but in the mean time Jack, Mike's father-in-law and the owner of the car salesroom, confronts Mike and advises him to stay with Alison or lose his job.
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Ex-alcoholic and scout master Joe is the jocular head of sales at Coopers' sportswear firm. One day, following an accident at work, he is sent home early and is surprised to find his wife Belinda also come home ahead of time. For no good reason he suspects infidelity and installs CCTV in his house . This obsession breaks into his work duties as boss Jenna notices though the camera only catches teen-age son Finn smoking pot and entertaining a girlfriend - until one day he shadows his wife and discovers the true reason for her secret life, based on a tragedy in their past. At the same time co-worker seduces the willing new boy Ash and Jenna receives an unwelcome letter.
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Jenna's assistant Holly suspects boyfriend Neil of infidelity and generally feels life is passing her by. She schemes to get back with high-flying ex-lover Adam and seeks to impress him by claiming that she actually is the company's boss and faking her online profile to make herself more glamorous. However Adam is also lying and an argument between the couple in which Jenna's cat is injured almost ruins their attempt to get back together again.
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Warehouse manager Billy 'Toke' Tokington and two friends dress as super heroes to act as nocturnal urban vigilantes. One night he rescues Chrissy Michaels, a homeless girl, from being attacked and installs her in the camper van on his drive, also getting her work in the warehouse. His girlfriend Sal suspects infidelity and his attempts to reunite Chrissy with her family flounder, due to Chrissy herself, who absconds in his van. Soon afterwards he is arrested for abducting her but when he tracks her down and learns that she has been deceiving him returns to Sal and lets her go her own way.
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Fork-lift driver Wendy is happy with partner Katya and their little girl - until jealous, violent ex-girlfriend Nina turns up, threatening to kill Katya. The police are called but Nina persuades them that she is the victim, driving a desperate Wendy to go through a friend with ex-army contacts to arrange for a hit-man to deal with Nina. Nina is almost killed in a hit and run but when Katya learns of the deal her reaction is not what Wendy had hoped for. Elsewhere Kim's unstable son Ash turns on girlfriend Ally and Toke is reminded of an embarrassing moment from his past.
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Robert 'Fletch' Fletcher and his wife Caz are trying for a baby though she is irritated by his nights out with the lads. When his mother falls dangerously ill Caz contacts Fletch's long-estranged father Patrick, much to her husband's disapproval. In fact there is no joyful reunion as the meeting reveals the circumstances of Fletch's paternity whilst Patrick, now remarried, has no interest in starting a new relationship with his son. An over-reacting Fletch turns on Caz but is made to see by his workmates that she is the best and only significant thing in his life, leading to reconciliation between the couple. Meanwhile Kim and Ally visit Ash in a psychiatric ward but he turns on them and has to be restrained.
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Jenna gets a call from sister Lizzie, just out of prison, and - to avoid her being sent back to jail - passes on drugs at a club on her behalf but a man collapses after taking them and Jenna is arrested. Lizzie is not grateful , given her situation but her boyfriend Aaron, the actual drug supplier, agrees to compromise her if Jenna pays him a large cash sum. Jenna decides to get both her and Lizzie off the hook by fitting Aaron up as well as admitting her unhappy past and rivalry with Lizzie to devoted partner Jake.
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