Stella

- Season 6

(2017)

Stella is woken by Michael and their baby Holly after another dream about the late Rob to find Ben packing for university and Bobby preparing to date a Game of Thrones fanatic. However the real bombshell is Michael's announcement that he wants Stella to accompany him to Dubai in line with his new job. Stella agrees but, as ever there are complications in her life, notably Jackson's first birthday party with Beyoncé's rough and ready family and the arrival of teen-aged Billy, who needs fostering. Furthermore Luke discovers that Holly is actually Rob's daughter.

After dropping Ben off at Cardiff university Stella must tell Michael the truth about Holly's paternity and, whilst he is devastated, he agrees to stay with her and keep the secret. There is good news for Luke and Zoe, left a legacy by Rob whilst Nadine and Bobby launch their dating agency Ponty Partners. Stella's brother Ken arrives for their grandma Olwen's hundredth birthday party though Olwen herself is not a happy celebrant. The festivities over Aunty Brenda opens her mother's private box and gets the shock of her life.

Michael moves into the pub, intending to go to Dubai alone but, after splitting with boyfriend Keckers, Beyoncé billets herself on Stella and, at Olwen's party in the pub, Stella tells everybody what has happened whilst there is more drama when Olwen drops down dead following a big row with Brenda after Brenda's secret is also revealed. Whilst Luke resists the temptation to resume gambling Zoe is persuaded to buy jewellery and sell it for a profit online and Nadine and Bobby put Ponty Partners on the Internet. Stella gets another surprise when Michael reappears, ...

Stella suggests that the now jobless Michael moves back with her but before he can answer there is a visitor - Rob's long-estranged younger brother Will, now a London-based drugs counsellor, who charms everybody, except a suspicious Michael. After an unsuccessful séance to find her real father Aunty Brenda discovers it is the titled Lord Llewellyn whilst Michael, encouraged by Jag to try the dating site, ends up with ex-wife Jan, who at least offers him work. Meanwhile Zoe attends an auction with Will, buying an expensive bracelet but finds it missing when she returns...

Michael celebrates his new job with Luke, who has bought a custom car without telling Zoe but when Luke learns about the bracelet an inevitable row ensues. At Ponty Partners speed-dating evening Beyoncé gets back with Keckers whilst Nadine sets her sights on Will, However Michael's suspicions about Rob's supposed brother deepen when he asks Stella for a loan to finance his addictions clinic in London - and then Michael makes a very disturbing discovery. Meanwhile sausage wars erupt between Yanto and Little Alan at the local football match, where Billy is spotted for ...

With Will arrested, Beyoncé back with Keckers and Billy off to football school Bobby moves next door so that Michael can get back with Stella. However, following Stella's graduation, and, despite the returning Paula's efforts to mediate, Stella and Michael have a big row which ends very badly and she will need the support of her nearest and dearest, both alive and dead, to pull her through. Elsewhere Nadine and Jag find romance over the washing up, Zoe has good news for Luke and Aunty Brenda's meeting with her putative father is not a happy reunion.