Watch how Garry proposes in the Soap Scoop

Garry Hobbs resolves to be a man and propose to the lovely Dawn Swann in EastEnders next week, but will she say yes? You can get a sneak preview of this and other big storylines from Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Emmerdale in whatsontvco.uk's Soap Scoop for the week beginning Monday, February 9. Love is also in the air in Corrie because former former homeless thieve Becky Grainger finds she's the recipient of not one but two proposals! But who will win the maiden's hand - Jason or Steve? CLICK below to watch the Soap Scoop for Monday, February 9.

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.