Jill has a young family, and an unemployed husband and gets a job on the assembly line at Lyne Electronics.
Rex is looking for voluntary redundancies and has his eye on Sally who is past r etirement age. Despite the best efforts of the other girls, there seems nothing they can do so they decide to cheer her up with a night on the town.
Friday, sees the arrival of an unexpected visitor at the factory. Mr. Kim Soo Y oung is the son of the chairman of Yongchan Electronics and Queenie is to look after him.
Donna conceals her pregnancy test, Queenie sells exotic lingerie at the workbench. The sudden arrival of a Korean business delegation starts speculation and rumour of an imminent take-over.
Modern management techniques hit Lyne Electronics, with unexpected consequences for Klepto and Simon.
Chunky's aunt dies, leaving a small legacy to his 'wife'. But she had forgotten that he never remarried Reluctant to forfeit such a windfall, Queenie decides to solve all Chunky's problems, and plans are set in motion for the imminent celebration.
Mr Parrott the Korean's efficiency expert criticises the management of Lyne Elec tronics, and Bella Grout is brought into to supervise the business administratio n. New streamlined practices include ID tags for the workers, and minimum tea breaks.
Bella's regime comes to an end when the partnership with the Koreans falls throu gh. Initial jubilation turns to dismay when Beachcroft announces that the factory is to close down at the end of the week.
Rex is losing his grip on the business and his marriage to co-director Stella. Donna, heavily-pregnant, takes up natural childbirth classes, Pauline becomes very "grren" conscious, and Jill is having to cope with Husband Ray's new girlfriend. Norma spots severe discrepancies in the accounts and a dodgy stock of solvent spells trouble for the workers on the factory floor, especially Donna.
Rex has to face a disgruntled workforce when the company's wages account is grossly overdrawn, and Stella and Norma are forced into an unwilling alliance to salvage what they can with the VAT putting the pressure on. Queenie's husband Chyunky has a hare-brained idea for making money, and Jill has an embarrassing time at her daughter's 15th birthday party.
Rex.s departure leaves a legacy of chaos and a few regrets for Stella and the factory girls. Queenie tries to raise bailf for Chunky and Pauline voices her suspicions to Jill that Frankie is having an affair with his works secretary, Maureen.
Donna realises motherhood is not quite what she expected and shows signs of missing her workmates, while Jill tries to leave her past behind and goes out for a night on the town with Pauline.
Trouble at home for Pauline and Carol May.
If it's not last night's vindaloo, what's giving Queenie a belly ache?
What are Klepto and Simon doing on a scouts outing to Blackpool? There are strange encounters at the seaside for the girls of New Lyne Electronics.
Last in the series. Jill contemplates whether to marry her footballer boyfriend; Queenie is heavily pregnant; Carole May is back with her husband; and, the arrival of robot assembly machines causes a riot and hilarity.
Things are looking up under Mr Kim's management. Meanwhile, Klepto prepares to go to Newcastle Uni, Queenie is eight months pregnant, and can Carol May keep her marriage together?
Queenie and Rosie prepare for motherhood.
Donna is getting worried about her husband Gordon's mystical union with Willow, and Queenie advises her to give him a taste of his own medicine. Jill is finding life difficlt, and her two children seem to be drifting into their own worlds. Bernie and Carol May have taken up Norma's offer of a partnershipin the company, but Carol May's previous workmates are increasingly hostile to her new management status. Frankie attempts to get romantic with Pauline.
Carol May's husband Colin switches obsessions from fish to dance in one pirouette, while Queenie's long-lost teenage son turns up on the doorstep.
Carol May suffers from husband Colin's irrational behaviour and violent outbursts, and Norma reveals that she has given up men. Pauline is coming to terms with her breast cancer, and Queenie and Donna are back at work, with Bernie running the new creche, much to Norma's horror. Jill tries to sort out her own domestic life with Swedish tennis coach Axel and deal with her 16 year old daughter's request to marry a young Asian businessman.
A night out at the working men's club is just the tonic for Pauline, and gives Queenie a chance to display her talents.
When Chunky's mate Kip persuades the girls to invest in a racehorse, Queenie finds herself in for a bumpy ride.
Pauline is battling with her illness and, with the support of her colleagues, is determined to live as normal a life as possible. The chance to take part in the dance team is one she will not pass up, especially as Tommy Docherty is awarding the £2,000 prize. Queenie, is still struggling to admit the truth about her long-lost son- the child she had at 16. Carol May has won a three-year order worth £450,000 to the company, and is facing up to the reality of her husband Colin's breakdown and his return home. Norma is torn between her career and her girlfriend Trina, who is moving to London. Gordon is moving back with Donna, while Jill abandons her Swedish tennis ace for a more settled existence.
