Cain gives Ryan a job

Cain gives Ryan a job
Cain gives Ryan a job

Faye stands her ground when Mark makes another attempt to get her to leave the village but she's intrigued when he warns her to stay away from Cain. Faye later approaches Cain and asks him to reconsider taking Ryan on at the garage. Cain gives Ryan the good news then hints to Faye that they may see more of each other now he's working with Ryan but Faye makes it clear that using Ryan to win her over isn't going to work. Val is determined to keep Diane away from Rodney. Diane offers Rodney Maisie's shift at the pub but Val jumps in and lies that she's already asked Pollard. Val's plan backfires when Diane decides to take Rodney up on his offer of dinner, leaving Pollard in charge behind the bar. Over dinner, Rodney starts to reminisce about their marriage and Diane starts to feel uncomfortable. Betty is furious when Eddy leaves his bike parts all over her front room and uses her tea towels as rags. Turner tries to appease Betty but she insists that Eddy has outstayed his welcome. Turner confesses to Eddy that Betty wants him to move out but Eddy has a reprieve when Lily offers him a room at hers. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's new weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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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.