Elliot gets a blast from the past

Elliot gets a blast from the past (Image credit: BBC)

It's Elliot's 50th birthday and Martha has organised a surprise birthday party for him despite the fact Elliot doesn't like fuss. As Martha heads off to sort out the party, she bumps into Tara Sodi (played by Meera Syal), an old friend of Elliot. Martha invites Tara to Elliot's party, and she readily accepts, excited about seeing Elliot again. Elliot ends up enjoying his party - but when Tara turns up, it seems that he's not as pleased to see her as he first appears. Meanwhile, Linden is tormented by his kiss with Faye but decides to take his mind off things by taking junior doctor Oliver under his wing. Linden reaches boiling point when he fails to save a patient, which shocks an already distraught Oliver. As Chrissie comforts Oliver, Linden rages that his conduct on the ward is 'completely inappropriate'. Also, Penny is frustrated that Oliver always seems to perform better than her and vows to prove she's top dog. Defiant Penny shuns Daisha's offer of help: she can do this on her own. But Penny is soon forced to swallow her pride and ask Daisha for help.

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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.