Leyla's secret is out!

Leyla's secret is out!
Leyla's secret is out!

Doug and Pollard have their routine day livened up by Leyla's sister, Alicia, who marches into the shop with young Jacob and tells Leyla she's wrecked her marriage. Terrified - and rightly so - of what else Alicia might say, Leyla moves the family dispute next door. It gets very nasty; that Alicia has got a mouth on her and Leyla ends up slapping her face. Oooooh, not a good move. Full of hate, Alicia spits out Leyla's secret. Oh boy, has she got some explaining to do to David... Aaron's got something to tell Moira. He spots Holly in Hotten and discovers she's working in a bar. She's not in good shape, though and she's not happy to see Aaron, refusing to talk about how she's let her family down. Aaron tells Moira where she can find her daughter - but Moira has to decide if she wants to see her. The gloves are off between Declan and nasty Nathan and it's Declan who's landing all the blows, this time by giving Nicola Nathan's job and making sure Nathan is suitably humiliated. Hear that clucking sound, Nathan? It's the chickens coming home to roost. *Second episode* Has Leyla got 'Blackmail me - I'm easy' written on her somewhere that we can't see? Nasty Nathan made her life hell when he got her drunk, poured her into his bed then threatened to tell David unless she did as he asked. Now Alicia is using emotional blackmail to get Leyla to give her and Jacob a roof over their heads. That's easily done while David's away, but when he gets back he's going to notice two more people in his home and start asking questions. Moira's got questions she wants Holly to answer and heads off to the bar that she works in. Moira wants to know if Holly's ashamed of herself, but it's clear that Holly's having a good time. Furious, Moira drags Holly out of the bar and into her car. They're going for a drive, she tells her druggie daughter. And you can be sure it's not for a nice day out. One person who isn't going for a drive is Pearl. Paddy pushes Aaron to give Pearl a refund and take his dodgy motor back, which he does. But Aaron's little money-making scheme is starting to cause a lot of trouble - and there's worse to come. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's 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.