Rex is losing his grip on the business and his marriage to co-director Stella. Donna, heavily-pregnant, takes up natural childbirth classes, Pauline becomes very "grren" conscious, and Jill is having to cope with Husband Ray's new girlfriend. Norma spots severe discrepancies in the accounts and a dodgy stock of solvent spells trouble for the workers on the factory floor, especially Donna.

Rex has to face a disgruntled workforce when the company's wages account is grossly overdrawn, and Stella and Norma are forced into an unwilling alliance to salvage what they can with the VAT putting the pressure on. Queenie's husband Chyunky has a hare-brained idea for making money, and Jill has an embarrassing time at her daughter's 15th birthday party.

Rex.s departure leaves a legacy of chaos and a few regrets for Stella and the factory girls. Queenie tries to raise bailf for Chunky and Pauline voices her suspicions to Jill that Frankie is having an affair with his works secretary, Maureen.

Donna realises motherhood is not quite what she expected and shows signs of missing her workmates, while Jill tries to leave her past behind and goes out for a night on the town with Pauline.

Trouble at home for Pauline and Carol May.

If it's not last night's vindaloo, what's giving Queenie a belly ache?

What are Klepto and Simon doing on a scout's outing to Blackpool? There are strange encounters at the seaside for the girls of New Lyne Electronics.

Last in the series. Jill contemplates whether to marry her footballer boyfriend; Queenie is heavily pregnant; Carole May is back with her husband; and, the arrival of robot assembly machines causes a riot and hilarity.