Watch Lauren Branning on trial in the Soap Scoop

Watch Lauren Branning on trial in the Soap Scoop (Image credit: BBC)

Little Lauren Branning goes to trial for the attempted murder of her dad on EastEnders next week. And when her star witness, Stacey Branning, refuses to be bribed by Max, it's looking pretty bleak for the emotionally-confused girl. Watch the latest Soap Scoop to find out how the trial progresses, and also find out how Joe McIntyre's life plunges even lower in Coronation Street, what happens when Justin takes on Ash in a motorbike race in Hollyoaks and Maisie gets even closer to Andy in Emmerdale. CLICK below to watch the Soap Scoop

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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.