Andy loses the farm

Andy loses the farm
Andy loses the farm

Diane and Katie desperately search for a missing Andy and Diane finally finds him on top of some hay bales. Katie manages to coax him down, even though he doesn't seem to know who she is, and Diane's heart breaks when he asks to see Jack. Meanwhile, Paddy greets his contact from DEFRA, who reveals the farm will have to close and the poorly animals will be slaughtered. Diane vows to take care of Andy and she and Katie lead him away from the farm. Lexi is over the moon about being pregnant, but Jimmy realises that Carl isn't quite so convinced. Lexi arranges a baby-shopping trip with a typically under-whelmed Nicola. Carl does his best to summon some enthusiasm when he hears about the trip and Jimmy is pleased that he's making an effort. When the girls return Lexi delights in showing off her purchases to Carl and he does his best to play up to Lexi's excitement. Lexi tells the worried factory workers that Pollard needs to make a redundancy and they agree to pull a name out of the hat. Pollard does the honours, but when he picks Lisa's name he refuses to sack his best worker. Pollard chooses again and an absent Doug's name comes up instead.

Patrick McLennan

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.