Grafters

Joe brings Auntie Maureen (Uncle Alan's wife) down from Newcastle, where she discovers Alan in bed with his mistress. By threatening divorce Auntie Maureen gets the Purvis brothers the money that Alan has tried to cheat them out of.

Things are looking rosy for Joe and Viv, and they even discuss the possibility of a joint business - Purvis & Casey, much to the consternation of Trevor who feels he is being cut out. But on the business front Joe is concerned about some shady goings on with the sale of the flats, and his uncle Alan arrives to take control of the situation.

Becky tries to apologise to Simon for her cruel joke, but Simon is affected by Tina and Becky's prank and shows the first signs of growing up. Richard takes Sam to his cottage (his pride and joy), a listed building and the first concrete house in Britain.

The night after the party - Trevor is released from jail, while Joe and Lizzie wake up together. Viv refuses to believe that nothing happened and decides to get away from Joe.

Clare, convinced that it was her brother Nick that set up the burglary to frame Trevor, decides to leave him on his own to manage the business. As Clare arrives to tell Trevor of what she has done, she bumps into Karen, Trevor's ex-wife who has arrived to announce that she is leaving for Canada with their son and her new boyfriend Andy.

Pippa and Geoff feel that they are suffering at the hands of the Purvis' incompetence. The electrics are blown, their house robbed while they are out at dinner, and they fear that their daughter is being taken advantage of by Simon.

The conversion has started and Viv has moved her office into the school to be on the site at all times, while business is booming as the Marriott family offer Trevor another contract to convert their loft. Nick Costello meanwhile is working behind the scenes trying to stir up bad feeling against his new competition by telling Geoff Marriott that the school conversion Purvis and Purvis have started round the corner is going to be a nightclub.

Trevor and Joe Purvis are miles away from their native North East working on a site in Brighton for local building developer Nick Costello. Joe has become involved with Viv, the site architect where they are working, while Trevor has caught the eye of Clare Costello, Nick's younger sister.