Cain makes a surprise confession

Cain makes a surprise confession
Cain makes a surprise confession

Aaron agrees to do a job with Eli and they break into Holdgate Farm to steal cast iron fireplaces for scrap metal. Cain catches them in the act and can't believe how stupid they have been as the police have been alerted and are on their way. Cain tells Aaron and Eli to scarper and when the police arrive Cain is arrested and taken in for questioning, but after a private chat with the station inspector, Cain is mysteriously set free. Debbie is stunned that Cain has been let off and demands to know what's going on. Debbie gets tearful and tells her father that she's afraid that one day she'll wake up and find him gone. Cain confesses that he was let off because he's a police informant. Debbie can't believe that Cain is going against everything the Dingle family believe in. Leyla has her first day at Home Farm and she's confused when Nathan finds out about her mum's care home fees and makes a large donation. Nathan hints that he'll help her financially if she sabotages David's council campaign and she realises he's been trying to nobble her all along. Leyla strips off the suit Nathan bought for her and walks out of Home Farm in her undies!

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.