Band of Gold

Mar 12, 1995

Estranged from her violent husband, mother of three Gina Dixon meets another single mother who appears to have no financial worries. Carol's secret is simple. She is a prostitute.

Mar 19, 1995

The hunt is on for Gina's killer, and the finger of suspicion points in several directions as her friends and family struggle to come to terms with the loss.

Mar 26, 1995

Gina's estranged husband Steve is still coming to terms with her death and former secret life, and he goes on the trail of Gina's friends in an attempt to understand what his wife was doing.

Apr 2, 1995

Demons from Tracy's past and present catch up with her in a dream and bring her screaming out of a coma...

Apr 9, 1995

Two months on, Carol is in a psychiatric ward after her attack on Curly and Anita is living on her own folowing the split from George.

Apr 16, 1995

A sinister gift sends Carol's spirits plummeting as she realises that Ginas's killer has her firmly in his sights. A burglary leads to the discovery of a macabre shrine to the murders, complete with video footage of the next victim...

Mar 3, 1996

The success of Scrubitt International is in jeopardy when George is released from prison. Tracey befriends Colette, the new girl on the lane. Carol continues business with Curly, although he has other ideas. Rose hires a private investigator.

Mar 10, 1996

Nobody knows what happened to Anita after she was run over. Rose has fallen out with Tracy and Colette and has problems to deal with at the leisure centre when it is revealed that the women used to be prostitutes...

Mar 17, 1996

It is the morning after Curly's murder; trying times lie ahead for the women. Rose and Carol frantically try to get rid of any evidence, whilst Joyce, having slept with Steve, is getting ready to leave Blackpool.

Mar 24, 1996

George has been murdered in exactly the same way as Curly and it appears that a serial killer is at large. Meawhile, Rose is in Manchester looking for her daughter, whilst Curly'snephew Vinnie confronts Carol...

Mar 31, 1996

Tracy's former pimp, Dez, is released from prison and she brings him back to her house and sleeps with him. Rose discovers that her daughter is not in Manchester after all, but in Sheffield and, to Rose's horror, on the game...

Apr 7, 1996

Colette desparately tries to get tracy to realise what she has done but Tracy seems to be in another world. Colette has no choice but to tell Rose. There is a time bomb ticking and the climax to the series is both unexpected and shocking.

Oct 27, 1997

Carol and Rose have given up working The Lane, and rose gets a job as a Community Liason Officer working with the police in an attempt to 'clean up' the darker side of life on The Lane.

Nov 3, 1997

Paula has disappeared after the murder of D.C. Mace and Rose is called upon to assist the police. Rose finds Paula and takes her to shelter at Carol's.

Nov 10, 1997

Carol accuses Vinnie of spending factory money and arranges for him to be beaten up. He is duly hospitalised. Rose continues working with the community.

Nov 17, 1997

After being raped by Ed Smithson, Sherrie tells Rose. When the police become involved, Sherrie suddenly retracts her statement.

Nov 24, 1997

Police find the body of a balck woman. Rose finds out her name was Marva and Raymond is questioned by the police. He blames Rose and after his release attacks her with a gun...

Dec 1, 1997

Raymond kidnaps Rose who tells him Shaun killed Marva. When Shaun dies, Carol and Rose realise the kidnapper is actually Charlie and that he must have killed Marva. Vinnie takes revenge on Carol for sacking him by setting fire to the factory, unaware there is anyone inside...