Is Darren gambling again?

Darren uses Jack's wedding gift to purchase betting chips at the casino - will he slip back into his old, destructive ways? Mercedes discovers that Doctor Browning forgot to fill the coma patient's chart in properly - but is it enough to save Lynsey's nursing career? Elsewhere, Neil is enjoying being the man in demand. However, when he doesn't take his driving lessons seriously enough Tony refuses to continue teaching him. Also, Tilly questions whether she is doing what she wants with her life as her intense study schedule starts getting the better of her.

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.