P418ORACLE 418 Mon30 Dec C4 9743:47    The following programmes will carry full synopses on this page or subtitles Monday, December 30 The Red Balloon (Almost silent film!) 0 4.15pm * A Pattern of Roses 0 5.00pm * A Frame With Davis 6.30pm Brookside 8.00pm Tuesday, December 31 * Steve Cram joins the Supermilers 0 5.30pm * A Frame With Davis 0 6.30pm Brookside 8.00pm * denotes Oracle subtitles 888  Main Index 410 

P418ORACLE 418 Mon30 Dec C4 9742:02  *  9/4  *   *  TONIGHT at 8.00pm Jane is staying at Terry's, and he asks her not to smoke in the living room. She says that she isn't on drugs any more, but that Barry won't believe her. Terry goes to see Barry, and tells him that while Jane is hanging around she's drinking all Terry's coffee and filling the house with smoke. Barry is sumpathetic towards Terry but when Jane appears he rushes upstairs, collects some plastic bags, and then runs off.  More in a moment 

P418ORACLE 418 Mon30 Dec C4 1731:14  *  2/4  *   *  TONIGHT at 8.00pm Despite Sheila's protestations Bobby goes to join the picket line. When Billy Corkhill crosses the line to go to work he is called a scab and Bobby is furious. Ralph says he's going to the sales, and Harold says he's going for a walk. In fact theyWre both going to do the same thing - change the present they bought for the other for Christmas. Heather prepares to redecorate her house, but her work is interrupted by Joyce who asks if she can stay as she has left her husband.  More in a moment 

P418ORACLE 418 Mon30 Dec C4 9741:54  *  3/4  *   *  TONIGHT at 8.00pm Harold and Ralph swap their new Christmas presents which look rather similar. Ralph has bought Harry a book on walking, and Harry gives Ralph a calculator. Each has bought the other something that they'd rather have themselves, so they decide to swap! Over at the Corkhill's Billy is furious about what happened on the picket line.  More in a moment 

P418ORACLE 418 Mon30 Dec C4 1742:17  *  4/4  *   *  TONIGHT at 8.00pm Billy calms down a little when he thinks about Tracy in Switzerland, but his anger returns when he sees Bobby's car pull into the close. Bobby is blazing and tells Sheila about how Billy crossed the picket line. He decides to report Billy to the Union's secretary. Sheila goes up to Barry's room to find a phone number and comes across the packets of heroin Barry had confiscated from Jane. She screams and Bobby rushes up...  More in a moment 