Carmel makes a sacrifice for Father Francis...

Carmel makes a sacrifice for Father Francis... (Image credit: TONY BLAKE)

With Father Francis preparing to move to Africa, Carmel considers drastic action to be with him... Freshers' Week arrives and Will's nervous, but excited as he meets his new flatmates - sporty Rob, posh Barney, perfect Annalise and everyman Scott. But metalhead Ash makes the biggest impact when she flashes the SU Bar... Also, Rhys resigns when Cheryl gives Gilly a job in Chez Chez, alienating him from Jacqui.

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.