Series 7
1. Episode One
First broadcast: Tuesday 26th January 2010
It's Frank's 50th and Liam has the dubious honour of sharing the auspicious day with him on his 11th birthday. Uncharacteristically, Frank snubs the chance of a party, and instead opts to dwell in his own lonely loveless existence until... Libby, a local librarian literally falls into his life.
2. Episode Two
First broadcast: Tuesday 26th January 2010
The Maguire clan is fully mobilised for the christening of its newest member - baby Connor, with Mimi pulling all the strings.
3. Episode Three
First broadcast: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Liam's pursuit of his first true love is threatened when he becomes tangled in a web of his own lies. His desperate attempts to conceal his Chatsworth life are shattered when Frank is summoned to the school.
4. Episode Four
First broadcast: Tuesday 9th February 2010
Mimi gets a toy boy, Billy, the Jockey football team's star striker. However, Mimi's happiness is short-lived when she discovers her new beau is the not the man she thought he was.
5. Episode Five
First broadcast: Tuesday 16th February 2010
Maxine is desperate to make a good impression at her parent's party so cajoles Ian into pretending to be her boyfriend.
6. Episode Six
First broadcast: Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Patrick's plans to salsa into the sunset with his new love are scuppered when Mimi forces him to guarantee the financial security of the family.
7. Episode Seven
First broadcast: Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Frank's romantic love, Libby, returns and her time away has only fanned the passionate flame that burns in her heart.
8. Episode Eight
First broadcast: Tuesday 9th March 2010
Wedding bells are in the air on the estate, a little too frequently for the liking of the police, as the Maguire's exploit a new money making scheme.
9. Episode Nine
First broadcast: Tuesday 16th March 2010
Carl and Chesney's attempt to outrun their troubles lead them to discover the grass isn't always greener, even in Wales.
10. Episode Ten
First broadcast: Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Shane is devastated to discover he's firing blanks and whilst he frets, Kelly is reconciled to their future without children.
11. Episode Eleven
First broadcast: Tuesday 30th March 2010
A school project leads Liam to befriend elderly world war two veteran, Reggie.
12. Episode Twelve
First broadcast: Tuesday 6th April 2010
In an attempt to build confidence Ian joins the local boxing club and quickly strikes up a friendship with its aging owner and trainer, Jock.
13. Episode Thirteen
First broadcast: Tuesday 13th April 2010
Kelly takes guardianship of her 15 year old half sister Tonya, when left homeless and needing help to get her baby boy out of care.
14. Episode Fourteen
First broadcast: Tuesday 20th April 2010
After months of separation Patrick and Mimi amicably agree to a clean break and a quickie divorce; however, they get a nasty shock when it's revealed their marriage was never legal.
15. Episode Fifteen
First broadcast: Tuesday 27th April 2010
During his birthday celebrations, Joe receives tragic news of his father's death. The painful realisation that 'life's too short' fuels his determination to start a new life with Karen.
16. Episode Sixteen
First broadcast: Tuesday 4th May 2010
Births, breakdowns and ballroom dancing, librarian love and legless lust, masochism, murder and sham marriage, it's been a frenetic year on the Chatsworth estate... but it's not quite over yet.