Ashley's arrested!

So, now everyone knows that Ashley hit his father - and that Laurel and Marlon had a near-affair. The village gossips can really gorge themselves - and they do. But Edna goes one further - she calls the police and reports an assault. Then she goes to the vicarage to tell them what she's done, just as the police arrive. Sandy's furious and denies that anyone hit him, but Ashley, having confessed to the whole village, is now ready to confess to the police. That's not what Sandy wants from his son, but there's no stopping Ashley and he's arrested. They say confession is good for the soul, but what will it do for Ashley's standing in Emmerdale? Chas doesn't have any standing in Emmerdale worth mentioning. She has done a lot of lying down, though, most recently with Cameron. She feels guilty about this (when she's not feeling lusty) and can't face Debbie at the reopening of the garage. In fact, Chas feels so guilty that she dumps Cameron - again. Brenda and Pollard, on the other hand, are very together. So much so that Pollard wants to tell everyone they are a couple. How sweet! But it leaves Amy feeling sour.

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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.