Cindy seeks comfort in Darren

Holly's condition fails to improve and Cindy's grateful when Darren arrives with a CD for Holly. Darren breaks the news of Jake's disappearance to Cindy, and persuades her have a drink in The Dog. But it doesn't help when she reads an article about Jake. Taking Cindy home, Darren finds himself in a compromising position, into which walks Tony. It's Duncan's 16th birthday party but realising he's forgotten to book a DJ, he agrees to let Rae and Ricky audition. Disaster strikes for Ricky when he finds his dad on the floor, and all thoughts of the party are forgotten. Also, Jake's disappearance remains a mystery, as Darren tells Loretta he's convinced Jake's lying low until the fuss dies down. Loretta searches the village for clues to Jake's disappearance and catches up with Steph. Demoralised to find that Steph has all but given up on Jake, Loretta vows to stand by her man. 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.