Will Whitney escape Rob's wicked scheme? (VIDEO)

Whitney Dean seems unaware she's being used by her new man Rob and is about to find herself in grave danger in next week's EastEnders. Far from looking after her, Rob is using her sexually to pay off his debts. It's a controversial storyline that concludes during next Friday's Comic Relief programming - and when Lauren and Janine try to get her out of her predicament they actually make things much worse for her... Watch the scoop on EastEnders:

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.