Can George escape Deena and Graham?

With Phoebe unable to help him George faces the darkest moment of his life. Is there any way to escape from Deena and Graham? Cheryl is finding it hard to juggle the demands of her job with the deadlines for her degree, which leads to a mix up at the club. Elsewhere, Annalise has thrown herself into preparing for the business competition but is she just hiding from her heartbreak? Also, Ste and Doug find themselves at loggerheads over their pitch for the contest; can Amy help them settle their differences?

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.