Eva kisses Duncan

Eva kisses Duncan
Eva kisses Duncan

Eva sets Duncan up on a date with Anita. But she's horrified to discover that he's stood her up. Eva lays into him and he admits that he can't kiss. Eva lunges herself at him just as Anita rounds the corner. Steph breaks the news to her family that her cancer's terminal. Tom angrily flees the house, Darren chases after him when they come across Kevin. Tom opens up about Steph and his bleak view of death. Kevin challenges his attitude towards the afterlife and with his spirits lifted, Tom returns home. Later, Steph confides her own fears to Darren. Cheryl's convinced that Malachy's mystery girl can't be anything serious and is hopeful that after this brief fling he'll be ready to move on with her. Troubled by Cheryl's declaration, Lynsey broaches the subject with Malachy and they fall in to a passionate embrace. Also, Cheryl hints to India and Tex about their grandfather's engagement and mentions that he'll be in The Dog at lunch. India and Tex turn up and angrily accuse Cindy of being a gold-digger. Cindy fights back and Alistair calls for an end to the squabbling. Happy to have heard about her disinterest in his money, Alistair hands a shocked Cindy a prenuptial agreement. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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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.