Myra defends Mercedes

Carmel's Christening plans are thrown into question when Myra finds out that Mercedes isn't invited and begs Riley to change his mind. Standing resolute, Riley decides to continue with his game playing but when he invites Mercedes over to see Bobby she gets a lot more than she was expecting. Elsewhere, Dennis returns from India but Leanne is concerned when it seems that there's something he's not telling them. Also, Barney suffers a terrifying encounter...

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.