Karl's hired, then fired by PirateNet

Karl's hired, then fired by PirateNet
Karl's hired, then fired by PirateNet

Sunny convinces Zeke not to quit PirateNet, and encourages him to be honest with Karl. But when Zeke sees how enthused Karl is by his experiences on the radio, he can't do it. When Karl gets himself sacked by breaching the station charter, Zeke, knowing how much it means to him, starts an on-air campaign to bring him back. But Sunny rings up Zeke's show and gives him an on-air serve for not being honest with his listeners. Elle secures the garage a lucrative corporate car account and Steph vows to do everything she can to give their new clients superior service. Meanwhile a chauvinist customer, 'Hot' Rod Falzon brings a car in and insists Lucas work on his car. Steph does her best to ignore his attitudes but when he pushes her too far, she finds a way to set him straight. But she finds out that 'Hot' Rod is the manager of the corporate car firm and now the deal is off. Trying to distract himself from girl troubles, Toadie buys himself a classic, gas-guzzling car. Still hurt by Sonya's rejection and aware she's a greenie, Toadie rubs in his purchase and suggest Sonya has no grounds to argue - after all, her boyfriend drives a heavy polluting ute. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's new weekly soaps video preview, the 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.