Bianca's in big trouble!

Bianca's in big trouble!
Bianca's in big trouble! (Image credit: BBC)

As rent day arrives Bianca becomes increasingly desperate in this special episode. Janine arrives at the Butchers' with the bridesmaid dresses. As well as demanding the rent by the end of the day, when Janine sees the ceiling has been ruined by the flooded bathroom, she insists Bianca pay for the damage. As Bianca stalls, Janine spots Pat's ring on Bianca's finger and tells Bianca she'll take the ring as down payment. A debt collector turns up, but Bianca slams the door in his face. Bianca starts out for work and coolly tells Carol, who is packing, to leave her keys on her way out. At the cafe, Bianca asks Ian for an advance on her wages, but Ian refuses. When Bianca tries again later at the chippie a stressed Ian fires her, and she tearfully leaves, all hope now gone. In a moment of madness, Bianca steals an unattended money belt from a market stall. Pushing through the crowd she runs straight into Mr Lister, spilling the contents. Bianca does a runner home and confesses to Carol. She admits she's terrified she'll be sent back to prison for breaking her probation. There's a knock on the door and Bianca says a tearful farewell to Carol and the kids as the police take her away.

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.