Coming Up - Season 9

Released from prison after nine months Kelly goes to live with her over-attentive mother Linda, with whom she does not get on. After a visit to the housing office and meeting with boyfriend Sean, whom she dumps, she returns home. Linda is shocked to learn that Kelly is putting up her baby daughter for adoption when she, Linda, would have helped rear her. The two women argue but ultimately accept that they love each other and reconcile.

Homeless couple Tommy and Mary search for the enigmatic Howie, a friend from the streets who has seemingly disappeared. As they dig deeper on their quest, new, unsettling truths emerge.

About to retire back to her native Nigeria, Martha plans to leave her house to her successful younger son Micah, so neither of them are pleased when older brother Malachi, who walked out on them to be with 'Caribbean Queen', a girl Martha dislikes, reappears and wants to move back in, leading to the boys fighting. But at least Malachi is honest about his shortcomings, admitting them to Martha and winning back her love. Micah cheats to get on well at work and is dating his white boss Jenny, to whom he has lied about his situation. Soon he will have to explain himself to his mother.

In the near future a failure in global harvests has caused a food crisis and the collapse of British society. An official of the beleaguered government seeks out Alistair, leader of the underground but popular far right group the BBA, whose policy recommends deporting all non-British citizens. The official intends to poison Alistair and his quarrelling henchmen but the plan goes awry, giving Alistair an autonomy which is not what the government wanted.

The local amateur magicians' group suspect that dominant chairwoman Felicity was responsible for the on-stage death of their revered founder, illusionist Tom Elstree, especially after his susceptible grandson Gary has has a message from beyond the grave. Thus they are all concerned when Felicity plans to wind the group down with a dangerous stunt that killed her beloved Pedro in 1989. But Felicity only wants to be with Pedro and just needs a little magic to help her.

Jim and his son Barrie run a haulage firm but business is hardly booming and Barrie wants Jim to listen to his ideas to improve trade. When they travel to Newcastle in the middle of the night to pick up a load Barrie rightly suspects that it is illegal and Jim is arrested. It is down to the youngster to take drastic action and help his wayward father by destroying the evidence.

Terrified of looking old Maggie saves for a face lift but husband Adeel finds and confiscates the money. Maggie persuades her daughter Yolanda, a nurse, to help her with a Do It Yourself face-lift using fish hooks but this leads to her face getting infected. Waiting in the casualty department Yolanda reveals to her mother an awkward secret of her own whilst Adeel tells Maggie he loves her the way she is.