Scrappers - Episode Guide

Straight-talking Terry Walker and his glamorous wife Lyndsay run a multimillion-pound scrap empire - but they don't always see eye to eye. So, when Lyndsay discovers that Terry has spent the week's payroll at a car auction, all hell breaks loose.

Little Dave, Boyle, Coxy and the rest of the lads rely on Terry - a lot of them couldn't get a job anywhere else. Debs and Michelle at the on-site cafe are worried that no-one will pay off their tab from the tick book.

Terry has promised Lyndsay that he will stay away from car auctions and curb his spending. With Lyndsay watching his every move, Terry puts the pressure on Little Dave and Chris with some new ideas to make the yard more profitable. He is desperate to impress the wife, but must he talk about redundancies at their weekly date night?

Debs and Michelle have problems with their new menu, and everyone's keeping a wide berth when Terry decides to train young Boyle in the crane - can the lad surprise them all and pass his test?

Terry and Lyndsay haven't had a row for weeks, but when the scrapyard king decides to throw an open day to celebrate 21 years of working together at Metro Salvage, tempers start to fray.

The news that young Boyle has been arrested for driving offences doesn't help matters, and with the pressure getting to him, Terry totally loses it with Lyndsay in front of everyone. With days to go until the open day, Lyndsay is not speaking to Terry, the big event could be a disaster - and their marriage is hanging in the balance.

Scrap king and queen Terry and Lyndsay Walker are swapping Bolton for Tenerife and heading off for a luxury break, leaving their precious yard in the hands of daughter Jemma and son Jon. Lyndsay just wants to soak up the sun, but Terry can't forget about work and is soon watching CCTV from the yard on his mobile phone and directing operations from the balcony of his penthouse suite.

In Bolton, things go from bad to worse as the lads take advantage of the bosses' absence and two of Terry's favourite workers are sacked.

Terry faces some big decisions about Boyle and Chris, the two lads sacked while he was in Tenerife. Lyndsay thinks he has given enough second chances and Little Dave agrees. When Boyle snubs Terry by telling him he does not want his support in court for his driving offences trial, even Terry thinks it could be time to say goodbye to his young protege.

The yard is running smoothly and boss Terry Walker is getting bored. His plan to get the lads to take part in a semi-naked calendar might keep him amused, but will anyone else get their kit off?

And when Terry tries to make a quick profit selling grit salt, Lyndsay realises she's got to keep her eye on him. She'd love to get him to slow down, but as the team gathers for the staff Christmas party, it's clear that retirement is the last thing on his mind.

Terry has brought Lyndsay breakfast in bed on her 50th birthday. They hope it will be a new beginning, because they've just had the year from hell. After financial difficulties and a serious accident, it's a miracle they're still trading. Now it's their last chance to get the yard running right, so they can hand it on to the kids.

Terry's trying to drum health and safety into the lads, and has decided to lose a day's takings and put them in a training session on cutting tools. It's money they can ill-afford to sacrifice - Lyndsay reveals that a few months ago they put their previous company into liquidation and used their own personal money to open a new business on the same site.

In the yard, the training is falling apart - the workshop is a mess and Terry shouts at the lads about how the safety inspectors could close them down. Terry is frustrated and everyone feels the stress, although they all get through the training in the end.

At least there's something to look forward to - daughters Jemma and Cathy have organised a surprise party for Lyndsay. It's a great success, and it seems the yard and the family are back on track.

All is not well at the Walker home. Terry and Lyndsay aren't talking - Lyndsay's angry that Terry publicly sacked their son Jon for dropping a car from a forklift. Now plans to modernise the business and hand it on to their kids are in jeopardy.

The yard is a refuge for Terry, who's concentrating on what he does best: making money. He's on a mission to get the lads to remove every valuable part before cars get crushed - but even offering them financial incentives doesn't work, and Terry loses his temper.

Though that may not be the only reason - he's missing Jon. Hoping to make up, he texts his son, who comes into the yard. They resolve their issues, but that's only half the job. Terry sends flowers to Lyndsay, and that night Terry apologises and they kiss and make up.

In the yard, there's an air of optimism. Jon and Lyndsay are back, and everyone wants to get the business running efficiently. But when Terry ventures into the sales office, he sees some of the staff are getting things wrong - and when he calls the office pretending to be customers, things get worse.

Lyndsay and Terry try something totally new - proper job interviews to find new staff. But until they find the right people, they move Jon and daughter Cathy into the sales office. Terry takes Lyndsay for dinner - they may be talking again, but there are lots of challenges ahead.

Terry is so fed up he hasn't been to work for a week. Lyndsay confides to daughter Cathy that he's burnt himself out. When Terry pops in to the yard, he complains to Debs and Michelle that Lyndsay should have a go at telling the lads what to do. Upstairs in the office, Lyndsay announces she and Terry will do a role swap. It can't come soon enough - downstairs, Terry is rowing with Lee. When he gets home, he's still in a bad mood, and he and Lyndsay have words.

Next morning, there's snow everywhere, and the lads aren't convinced that Lyndsay's going to make it through the day. She arrives late but gets stuck in. And, with a rumour about an accident, she's got plenty of challenges. Young Dean denies hitting anyone with the forklift but Lyndsay tells him not to drive it anyway. As she spots more safety issues, her patience is tested, but she stays calm.

Terry arrives and heads to the office, where the girls ease him in gently. As the day goes on, Terry and Lyndsay get an insight into what the other faces, as he struggles with making bank payments and she finds her softly-softly approach isn't working. She hits the financial target, but is shocked when the lads don't follow her orders about safety. Lyndsay realises the problems are bigger than just Terry's temper. At their favourite restaurant, she persuades Terry they need a management consultant to help them make fundamental changes.

Lyndsay has persuaded Terry to bring in a management consultant - he's sceptical but promises to be all ears. The consultant gets the grand tour and then chats to the lads. He advises Terry to praise the staff more - it's hard, but he tries. Meeting - and listening to - supervisors Chris, Dave 'Dotcom' and Lee also takes Terry out of his comfort zone.

Over the next week, things start running better and Terry chills out - until a friendly prank by a neighbouring yard results in everyone being showered in white powder. The yard is a total mess but that's not the worst of it. Head of HR Dave Dotcom has heard someone has been drinking on site and finds empty beer cans in Chris's coat. It is not Chris's first offence - last time Terry sacked him.

It's a big test of Terry's new management approach. He gets Dave to buy a breathalyser to test Chris - it's positive. Terry and Chris have a difficult conversation, but he doesn't sack him. After taking advice from the management consultant, Terry brings in random drink testing. Things settle down and the lads are working well, including Chris, who is selected to take the breathalyser. He passes.

There's one bit of unfinished business - Terry leads a surprise attack on the neighbouring yard with paint grenades and - Lyndsay's idea - pillows. Revenge is sweet. Terry has got the yard working better - and he's not lost his sense of fun.

It's date night, and the Walkers plan a shopping trip to Italy to look at a car shredder, an expensive machine that could turn their fortunes around.

Terry tells sales manager Lee the target while he's away is four grand a day, but things unravel on the first morning. Half the lads don't turn up, there are no customers and everyone mucks about. Nobody listens to Lee, and his own little brother Dean is one of the worst. Lee only does a grand and dreads telling Terry.

At the shredder factory, it's love at first sight for Terry as he wants to sell his house to buy the half-a-million-pound shredder. Lyndsay's not convinced.

When Terry calls the yard, the news about low takings knocks his good mood. Next day, Lee doesn't turn up for work. A tearful Gemma discovers he's gone to hospital with chest pains. Lee's had a hernia, exacerbated by stress.

Terry's back from Italy, inspired and dreaming of buying a £500,000 car-shredding machine. At the hairdressers, Lyndsay reveals to daughter Jemma that she also wants to get the shredder. But there's no point unless the yard runs properly. Terry wants it like a production line, so Lyndsay's agreed to spend £20,000 installing concrete bays for specific parts. There's change everywhere - the new apprentice is 23-year-old Heather. The lads have never seen a girl in overalls, and Dean seems quite taken with her.

Terry instructs the lads to clear where the bays will be built. Then he and Lyndsay take an estate agent to the riverside plot of land they'd bought for their retirement home. Now, they're keen to sell it to pay for the shredder. It's the morning of the build - but nothing's been cleared and no work has been done. Usually, Terry would blow up - but today, he just rallies the troops. Lyndsay is proud he controlled his temper. But soon he spots good parts being wasted, and ends up shouting at his old friend Chris, who walks out. Terry is furious, but tries to stay calm. He's tested when new uniforms he's ordered are the wrong size. And when Chris comes back, Terry handles it professionally. It's a turning point. 

The bays are complete - Lyndsay cuts a red ribbon and Terry pops champagne. It's been a really tough year, but the Walkers are looking forward to the future.