Will John Stape kill his hostages? (VIDEO)

John Stape's plan to escape Coronation Street is thrown into chaos when drainage engineers begin to dig up the factor floor next week. One of his victims, Colin Fishwick, is buried in the floor and John's house of cards will collapse if the body is found. So he begs for work on the project and tries to sabotage it from within. Meanwhile, Ches has worked his way free, but John arrives just as the hostages make their escape. There's a tussle and lives are in grave danger as John flies into a panic... Get the scoop on Coronation Street:

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.