Geoff throws Claudia out

Geoff throws Claudia out
Geoff throws Claudia out (Image credit: five)

Geoff can't believe Claudia lied to him for so long and kicks her out, so Claudia asks Martha if she can stay. Martha agrees, but only if she approaches her parents first. Claudia refuses and begs Irene instead. Irene weakens only when Claudia talks about an abortion and convinces Geoff to let Claudia stay on a few days. Rachel has a baby shower. Colleen talks about the mundane realities of motherhood, and Rachel has a crisis of confidence. Martha tells Rachel that while Tony isn't opposed to her going out with Hugo, it's not going to happen. Miles tells Kirsty that he wants them to have kids of their own. Kirsty isn't adverse to the idea, but she's not sure she's ready yet. Kirsty overhears Miles confiding to Alf about the family he lost, and his doubts about a future with Kirsty if she didn't want kids. Kirsty agrees to come off the Pill to try for a baby. Hugo and Xavier are bonding in the countryside when they pull over to check their map. Hugo allows Xavier to take over the driving. While at the helm of Hugo's car, driving without a licence, Xavier is pulled over by the police. *Showing on RTE One, Friday July 24* Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, 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.