16. Coming Out (2001)
On the day of Nikki's trial, Fenner tries one last time to jepordise her chances by trying to blackmail Di into putting a scalpel into Nikki's bag - luckily, Di refused as they left for court. Virginia O'Kane received a hostile reaction from all the girls except Tina Purvis, who was beaten up by her sister for being so sympathetic. Back at the courthouse, evidence has been given and the jury have their verdict - Nikki's sentence is reduced to three years for manslaughter...time she has already served so she is a free woman! As Di entered the bathrooms to check things are OK when she saw the lifeless body of Virginia - with Yvonne standing nearby...is she capable of murder or has Fenner set her up? In sunny Spain, we finally catch up with escapees Shell and Denny - the Spanish police have found them but we are left to wonder whether they survived after jumping into the sea to escape! In the final scene Nikki was in a club with Trish but no Helen - she walked sadly outside and heare
Release date: 2001-07-03
User rating:
5.5 / 10
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Season number: 3
Episode number: 16
Runtime: 60 minutes
Director: Diana Patrick
Writers: Ann McManus, Maureen Chadwick
Guest stars
Sharon Duncan-Brewster
as Crystal Gordon
Victoria Bush
as Tina Purvis
Kerry Norton
as Maxi Purvis
Alicya Eyo
as Denny Blood
Debra Stephenson
as Shell Dockley
Michael Higgs
as Dr. Thomas Waugh
Kate O'Mara
as Virginia O'Kane
Maureen Beattie
as Marion McLoughlin
Danièle Lydon
as Claire Walker
Bernard Gallagher
as Judge Hardy
Cast
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Paul Opacic - Mark Waddle, Pauline Campbell - Al Mackenzie, Victoria Pritchard - Trisha, David Henry - Gordon Alexander, Beth Fitzgerald - Sally Ann Howe, Alberto Banderas - Spanish Policeman, Nathan Constance - Josh Mitchell, Anna Maria Ashe - Newsreader
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Mandana Jones - Nikki Wade, Petia Pavlova - Prison Inmate, Lindsey Fawcett - Shaz Wylie