Cutting It

The Henshall-Ferraday partnership is back! Allie and Gavin are reunited and enjoying life with their head-the-ball family and friends when their plans for the future are unexpectedly derailed. Life in the Manchester hair salon is about to get another shake-up.

Only weeks into the new term and the Henshall Ferraday Academy for aspiring hair stylists is brought to the brink of disaster by disruptive students. Allie realises the time has come to take a step back from the business and relies increasingly on Melissa, unaware of her past affair with Gavin.

Struggling to cope with the strain her illness is putting on their relationship, Allie and Gavin seek solace elsewhere. Gavin finds comfort with Melissa, but when Allie faces some difficult truths, she finds support from unexpected sources.

Realising that nothing and no-one else matters, Gavin's renewed faith in their relationship brings happiness for Allie. But with Allie concealing the truth about her condition from him, will their plans for the future come to fruition.

The Henshall family rally together in the face of tragedy but the secret that Allie has been keeping from Gavin is exposed at the worst possible moment.

Gavin finally contemplates a future without Allie but he risks the wrath of the Henshall family when they discover his plans.

Eight months after their livelihoods went up in smoke, the Henshall hair salon team is back. But with mother and daughter Allie and Ruby now both heavily pregnant to the same man, things are going to get complicated.

While Ruby finds motherhood a breeze, Allie is struggling - not only with her newborn baby but with a tyrannical nanny. And without Allie at the helm, the salon is teetering on the verge of chaos. Finn seeks help from an unlikely source.

Darcey is freaked out by the attentions of the salon's strange neighbour Smee and is determined to see him evicted - but will her plan backfire? Meanwhile Finn becomes impatient at Gavin's continued presence at the salon.

Finn has decided to get Ralfie christened - with his rival Gavin as godfather. The christening dredges up far more for Gavin than he expected. Meanwhile, a blast from the past causes big problems for Darcey.

Last seen setting fire to both the Henshall and Ferraday hair salons, Mia returns to Manchester an apparently reformed character. But then she learns of Finn's dark secret...

It's crunch time for Finn's relationship with Allie - the reality is not living up to the fantasy. And the fact that he's not Ralfie's father is complicating things further.

Allie returns from holiday with her new partner Finn, and is shocked to find that her ex-husband Gavin seems to be coping well without her. Meanwhile, Mia has determined that she will not give up Finn without a fight.

Darcey wants to take Allie's place in the business and in Gavin's bed. Ruby dishes the dirt on Finn and his murky past.

Gavin's celebrity styling slot on a local TV show is jeopardised when Darcey overplays her hand. Finn and Allie try to get to know their daughter Ruby.

Sydney, Gavin's flamboyant nail technician, is jealous when her daughter Calypso enters the Poptartz singing competition. She is determined to stop her daughter becoming a star, until she bumps into an old flame at the auditions.

Finn comes face to face with his responsibilities when his daughters turn up on his doorstep. Allie seizes the chance to get friendly with Boo Wibberley, the Progressive Hairdresser of the Year. Mia's mother, Zinnia Raggitt, causes trouble for her.

When Gavin's salon is threatened, he has to accept help from Allie. As Finn finalises his divorce from Mia, she tells him the last thing he wants to hear.

Allie and Gavin go head-to-head in the Salon of the Year competition, but hairdressing is the last thing on their minds. Finn decides to turn over a new leaf. Ruby's news forces Allie to make a very difficult decision.

Husband-and-wife team Gavin and Allie Ferraday are the proud owners of a successful family hairdressing business. But when another salon - run by the beautiful yet conniving Mia and her charismatic husband, Finn - sets up shop across the road, Allie is horrified to discover that both her business and her heart are under threat.

Allie is concerned to discover that clients are leaving Henshall Ferraday for Mia's new salon at an alarming rate, and suspects foul play. Finn is still trying to win over Allie. Mia and Allie go head-to-head in a bid to style a celebrity photo shoot.

Allie accepts a job styling a wedding party but is furious when she realises she has to work alongside Mia. Tensions mount when a flamboyant guest prompts a surprise confession from Allie's mother. Meanwhile, Finn stops at nothing to get closer to Allie.

Ruby the salon junior is behaving worse than ever. Gavin tries to get to the bottom of the problem but is in for a nasty shock. Allie and her sisters discover that they have more in common than they previously thought.

Gavin finally loses his cool when he is forced to confront Finn at a business seminar. Allie packs in some training for the upcoming hairdressing competition but is furious when Mia gatecrashes the party.

The day of the hairdressing competition dawns, but with Gavin off the scene, Allie's mind is not on her design. Finn takes drastic action in a final bid to win Allie over but finds that there is more than just Gavin and Mia standing between him and his object of desire.