Deirdre catches Ken with Wendy!

Deirdre catches Ken with Wendy!
Deirdre catches Ken with Wendy!

Ken's underwhelmed by Deirdre's birthday gift and card, while she's still keeping schtum about knowing Ken lied to her. Later, Ken opens Wendy's gift. He leaves for Wendy's telling a suspicious Deirdre he has another meeting with Brian, but she clocks his new cufflinks. When Deirdre bumps into Brian it's clear that Ken has lied again. As Deirdre sees Ken head for a cab she collars Rita and the pair follow him. Deirdre's in shock when Ken arrives at his destination. A miffed Michele happens to overhear Sally and Ryan discussing his endearing habits. While Ryan is cooking supper Tracy turns up and tries to distract him, but Ryan isn't falling for it and Tracy leaves feeling snubbed. Later, Michelle snaps at Sally, accusing her of coming between a mother and her son. Jason wonders if Marcus will give him a hand moving the rest of his stuff into Maria's, but his bed is empty. Maria's worries mount when Aiden reveals he and Marcus had a row and he stormed off. Later, Marcus apologises to Maria for disappearing all night and suggests they talk. Also, Gail and Nick give Mary a taste of her own medicine; Kylie plans to train as a hairdresser.

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.