Jack collapses!

Following a nightmare first day at college, things go from bad to worse for Esther when Jack catches her skiving. Not in the mood to be lectured, Esther walks away, unaware of the critical situation she's left behind as Jack collapses. With wedding preparations in full swing, Ste and Dennis are united in their misery. Elsewhere, Will and Liberty are desperate to bring the family together again - but will they succeed?

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.