Episode 1640 (Thu 5th March 1992)

Nick is still desperately looking for a childminder. Archie arrives to show Alice his pigeon. Sarah invites Lynn to her underwear party. She is pleased to be asked. They decide to keep Jack and Mark guessing about what they will actually be selling at the party. Archie offers to look after Alice for a while to let Nick have a break. He is surprised at how much childminders get paid. Elizabeth decides not to worry about gossip anymore. She tells Eric to book a table at The Woolpack. Seth is still insisting that he be allowed to take it easy at work. Lynn takes a reluctant Archie to buy his coffin. Sarah and Kathy tease Jack about the underwear party. The undertaker gets the wrong end of the stick and thinks that someone has died when Archie enquires about a coffin.