Derek plays games with Jack

Derek plays games with Jack
Derek plays games with Jack

Derek hints to Jack that Roxy has shut him out of his relationship with Amy. Derek tells Jack that he has a daughter, Chrissy, who doesn't even know who he is. Jack is moved when Derek says he doesn't want the same for Jack and Amy. Derek heads out to secretly take care of things with Roxy. Meanwhile, Roxy learns Derek is due another delivery of dodgy booze and tells Alfie they need to intercept it, not realising that she's being watched from the shadows... Anthony wants to introduce Amira to Alfie. He's anxious when the 'quiet drink' turns into a huge family roast. When Amira and Anthony return to the Moons' he tries to seduce her. Anthony's disappointed when Amira rejects him, and worries it's because of the state of the house. Dot is shocked when Rose reads out a steamy excerpt from one of her mystery love letters. Rose heads out for the evening. Dot and Cora take matters into their own hands and go through Rose belongings to find out the identity of the man behind the love letters. Also, Fat Boy is thrilled when Janine asks him to do a regular night at the club.

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.