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29th December 1986: An enthusiastic Jenny Bradley dragooned Martin Platt into taking her to a talent contest in Rochdale where she had high - and boastful - hopes of winning first prize. Rita Fairclough agreed to Martin taking her so long as he took good care of her and later on agreed to them using her car when Curly Watts let them down over the use of his van. On the way back, Martin had problems getting the car restarted after it stalled on a country road and as he pushed it, Jenny got the car going again. This gave her a taste of being behind the wheel and she insisted on driving it to the end of the lane. She did so but too fast and took the vehicle off the road, overturning it and trapping an unconscious Martin inside it...
 * For more information see Episode 2686 (29th December 1986).