Has Doug left Hollyoaks and Ste?

Doug realises he needs to accept Ste's history with Brendan or move on and he makes a life-changing decision. Cindy and Rhys resolve to leave their romp as a one off but can they keep a lid on their bubbling sexual tension? The students find their dream apartment but are bound by Tony's tenancy agreement. How far will they go to make Tony throw them out?

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.