Leanne and Peter play happy families

Peter tells Leanne he's returning to work at the bookies and suggests they work separate shifts. Nick grudgingly gives his blessing. However when Nick's too busy to go ice-skating with Simon and Leanne, Simon insists they invite Peter instead. Nick fights his emotions as he watches them leave. Tyrone's keen to avoid a fuss on his 30th birthday and is pleased when Kirsty arranges a night out with the girls from work while he stays in with Ruby. (Kirsty is planning a surprise party for Tyrone in the pub). Fiz is outraged that Kirsty's leaving Tyrone on his own, but as she arrives at No 9, the Rovers is a hive of activity in readiness for the surprise party. At the house Tyrone and Fiz begin kissing passionately. But when Kirsty - along with babysitter Emily - lets herself into the house, Fiz and Tyrone are forced to hide! Karl mocks Jason and Stella for their fling, but they refuse to let him goad them. However when Stella summons Karl to the pub, he presumes she's had a change of heart. Also, Rob suggests to Michelle that they buy Underworld together; Peter gives Beth a month's notice on the bookies' flat; Chesney panics Kirk with the news that his turkeys are stolen.

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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.