Have Shirley and Phil found the stalker?

Shirley decides to throw a party at the Mitchells so that they can work out who is behind the stalking. Shirley tells Kat to shut the pub to force the thirsty punters over to theirs. Ian, Jack and Derek work out what Shirley and Phil are up to and all claim that they are the stalker to wind them up. Later, Phil searches Heather's bag for her inhaler when she has an asthma attack and finds a stash of envelopes identical to the ones Phil has been receiving. Max is trying to get the Branning house ready for Christmas. Cora is scathing about his choice of decorations. Cora starts talking about Tanya's treatment and says she's looking ill. A frustrated Max bundles her out of the house. Tanya worries Max thinks this Christmas will be her last, but he insists that it won't be. Jean and Kim spy a good-looking stranger and both think he could be the man from Rose's prediction. Kat encourages Jean to speak to the stranger, but she's too shy. Kat confronts the man and they are stunned when he reveals he's a benefit fraud officer. He wants to know why Jean is claiming income support while working in the Vic. A shocked Jean realises that Mo has been falsely claiming for her.

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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.