Calvin can't hide his jealousy of Malachy

Calvin tells Mercedes that The Dog are holding their own 'sexy santa contest'. Malachy suggests Mercedes enters to promote The Loft and get one over on Cheryl. He also pushes Calvin into entering with her. While Calvin can only watch on jealously as Mercedes and Malachy share a loving kiss. Josh tries to make amends with Dave but he's not interested and prepares to head home for Christmas. Meanwhile, Anita is trying her best to make it up to Leila and Ravi but is getting nowhere. Later, Anita sees Dave and heads over to apologise. She's shocked by Dave's bitterness and heads off, alone. Also; Kris assumes Nancy wants him to move in when she suggests getting a lodger. But Nancy says that living together would be a nightmare. The pair realise there's been a misunderstanding, and Kris hints that they head back to the empty flat. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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.