Chas says Dan's her man!

Chas says Dan's her man!
Chas says Dan's her man!

It's the day after what would have been an unthinkable night before just a week ago. Dan spent the night with Chas - the whole night, and they weren't just sleeping... although you have to wonder if Chas is sleepwalking through her life right now. Later in the pub, Chas can't take her eyes off Debbie and Cameron. When Dan appears, sure that Chas is going to have woken up and will shoot him down, she shocks him by announcing that Dan's her boyfriend. What does Cameron think of that? Because that's all Chas really cares about... Val cares about Pollard. When she came back from Portugal, she thought she would be able to pick up where she left off with Pollard. But Pollard had picked up with Brenda. Val has had to fight for her man - and it looks like she's winning. Amy's mum, Kerry, has thrown a spanner in the workings of Brenda's romance with Pollard. Amy needs Val and Pollard's support and Val makes sure she's there, which is why she's sitting next to Pollard at Kerry's lunch. Brenda's furious and tells Val to leave, thinking Pollard will support her - but he doesn't. Laurel knows she has to tell Ashley about her relationship with Marlon before Paddy does. She just has to work out how to drop that bomb without causing major damage.

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.