Christian is back!

Christian is back!
Christian is back! (Image credit: BBC)

Syed promises a worried Zainab that he'll get Qadim's permission for the marriage and they'll be able to keep the money. Syed confronts Qadim but Qadim is sure that Syed will break his daughter's heart and insists he wants his money returned by the following day. Masood meets up with his elder brother, Inzamam, intending to ask him for money for the wedding. Masood is stunned when he realises that Zainab didn't invite Inzamam and his family to the wedding. Syed accompanies Tamwar to Ricky and Bianca's engagement party and New Year party. Meanwhile, Christian has arrived back on the Square and spies on Syed and Amira. Syed is stunned when he finds Christian and they kiss as the countdown reaches midnight. Christian pleads with Syed to be honest, but Amira interrupts them. Syed pointedly tells Amira he loves her. Lucy sees Christian staring at Amira and Syed and pulls him away into the Square as the revellers sing Auld Lang Syne. Jane joins Christian and tells him to let it go as Syed is going to marry Amira. Christian darkly replies that there will be no wedding... Also, Tamwar is stood up by Zulekha at Bianca and Ricky's party but bonds with Afia instead; Ricky proposes to Bianca properly. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk’s weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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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.