With Pamela considering packing her job in, and Malcolm and Terry facing redundancy, Brenda will have to do some quick thinking in order to save her livelihood.

Pamela is getting very depressed, and Brenda and Malcolm decide she needs taking out of herself.

With his mother out of the way for a few days, Malcolm invites Brenda to stay.

There are momentous changes in the offing for Malcolm as he prepares to start up his own motorbike repair business, and finally unties himself from his mother's apron strings by leaving home.

Having split up with Brenda and moved back in with his mother, Malcolm is unhappy in his new job with Mod Shops. So Terry decides to cheer him up.

Pamela returns from spending the weekend in London with David, Malcolm panics after nearly inviting the wrong person out to dinner, and Brenda doesn't take kindly to being treated like riff-raff on her birthday.

Fed up with the constant interruptions into his meetings with Pam, David decides to do something about Brenda.

Having been relieved of her job and home in London, Brenda heads back up north to rejoin Pam and Malcolm.

Brenda and Malcolm unwittingly stumble upon the dark secret of one of their acquaintances.

Malcolm takes Brenda to the Mod Shops annual dinner - with disastrous consequences.

Malcolm's new motorbike business is not doing well, so he decides on a day out with Brenda, Pam and David.

With a sudden boom in business, Malcolm finds work taking up more and more of his time.

The day of Pam and David's wedding arrives - but Brenda can't let it go by without giving them a surprise.

Malcolm's flourishing business is keeping him busy. Too busy. So he decides to take on an assistant.

Pam hires Brenda to look after Sarah for her while she goes to work in David's office for a few weeks.

Malcolm takes his mother to see a musical in London for her birthday, leaving Brenda alone on a Saturday night...

Brenda is full of regret after her moment of passion with Chris, and decides to tell Malcolm all.

Malcolm has forgiven Brenda for her little indiscretion, but still decides to sack Chris. Meanwhile, David and Pam's marriage suffers a rift.

Brenda and Malcolm take in a wounded pigeon and attempt to conceal it from Malcolm's mother.

Malcolm borrows his friend Leonard's boat to take Brenda out - but all does not go according to plan.

Malcolm is thinking of proposing marriage to Brenda. But he has to pick the right moment.

Aunty Peggy suggests Malcolm and Brenda move into her house while she is staying with Marjorie.

Malcolm and Brenda are settling into their new life together in Peggy's house.

To celebrate her birthday, Pam asks Brenda and Malcolm round to meet some of her neighbours.

Brenda gets annoyed when everyone begins to tell her to look after Malcolm properly.

Uncle Bernard has moved in with Malcolm and Brenda, but insists on keeping it a secret from everyone.

Malcolm agrees to fix Lucinda's car for her. Meanwhile, Uncle Bernard has a narrow squeak when Marjorie decides to clean the house.

Things are hotting up with Bernard still staying at the house, Marjorie and Pamela suspecting Brenda of having an affair, and Malcolm seeing Lucinda on the quiet.

Brenda has left Malcolm and gone back to live with her mother. But Malcolm isn't giving up that easily...

Pam and David attempt to reconcile Malcolm and Brenda.

There are differing reactions when Malcolm announces the date of his wedding... to Lucinda.

It's Christmas and in the Wilson and Stoneway households, the festivities are well under way. But it looks like Pam is about to receive a surprise present.

Malcolm and Brenda are both going on their birdwatching club's annual ""Twitch"" event in Anglesey. But they are not alone...

Pam and David are moving house, and Malcolm offers to help. Meanwhile, Brenda meets handsome medical student, Jonathan Macmillan.

Malcolm and Lucinda go bird-watching - at the same time as Brenda and Jonathan.

Pamela insists that Jonathan use the house for a doctors' residency party, Joyce makes a nuisance of herself when Gerald runs away from home, and Brenda and Malcolm seek refuge in the Grapes.

It's nearly Zelda's christening, and Pam and David choose Brenda, Malcolm and Lucinda as godparents.

Malcolm decides to end his unhappiness and leave Lucinda for Brenda.

Lucinda holds a small dinner party in order to announce her pregnancy. But it seems she is planning to announce more than that...

In the light of recent revelations, Malcolm and Brenda are back together once more, and this time it looks like it's for good.

Pam still wants a nanny for the children, but David has other ideas. Meanwhile, Malcolm makes a momentous decision.

Malcolm is making himself at home at the Wilsons'. But Joyce is doing all she can to get rid of him.

Malcolm is making himself useful around the house, but Brenda is none-too-pleased and contrives to spend some time alone with him.

When Malcolm suggests a day out in order to ask her a question, Brenda thinks he intends to propose.

When David is unable to go on holiday to Eilat, Pam takes Brenda instead.

While Pam and Brenda continue to have a wild time in Israel, back in England, Malcolm is having solicitor trouble.

Brenda and Malcolm's wedding day draws near, and while Brenda remains in the dark about Joyce's present to the couple, there's a last-minute hitch concerning Malcolm's divorce.