Elaine goes on a blind date

Elaine goes on a blind date
Elaine goes on a blind date (Image credit: BBC)

Elaine is getting nervous about her blind date with Owain so Julia promises to call her to give her 'an out' should she need one. When Owain calls to see if she could go to the garden centre for drinks after the lunchtume rush, Elaine hesitantly agrees. Elaine is instantly attracted to Owain and likes his interest in meditation but then the topic of Owain's wife Cerys comes up. Elaine tries to tell Owain that she doesn't think it is going to work when he suddenly lunges at her just as the overhead sprinkler system is activated, soaking them both. Owain's wife Cerys sees and he chases after her saying nothing happened. Cery's explains how much she has missed him and wants him back. Elaine wishes them both well. Back at The Mill, Lisa asks Daniel if he could look after Izzie while she attends a job interview. He's not pleased as he has a meeting, but finally agrees. He moans to Zara but she offers to take Izzie while he goes to the meeting. He agrees despite telling Lisa he won't be leaving Izzie with anyone. Simon arrives for his practical exam and meets examiner Dr Giles Kane who explains that on a timed buzzer Simon will see 13 patients, played by actors in different roles, and he will have to diagnose their illnesses - Giles will observe. Giles is impressed and Simon finally feels relaxed and confident, but Giles has one last question, why does he want to be a GP? Simon can't answer. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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.