Natasha has to think on her feet

Questions, questions, questions… Natasha is not a natural-born liar – or murderer – so batting away the curious police is proving stressful. The cops know Mark is a bigamist and that he’s missing… How long before they find out he’s now plant food on the Home Farm estate? They’re not the only ones who want answers from Natasha, either. Mark’s firstborn, Ryan, wants her to tell him all about the dad who ran out on him and mum Faye. Meanwhile, number two son Nathan has been mopping up drunken Maisie in the village and arrives home with her to find Ryan having a cosy chat with Natasha. Is he happy to see his half-bro? Let’s see…there's hate in his eyes and venom in his words so, no. Elsewhere, the Dingles have to be rehoused thanks to Shadrach's drunken attempt at having a bath. Paddy squeezes some of them in and Pollard puts Sam and Samson in the B&B. Now Zak and Lisa just have to figure out how they’re going to rebuild when they had no insurance and the kitty’s empty (Shadrach took that, too). Still, Jamie's smiling because Gennie's back and Doug and Diane are growing closer so there are some happy villagers...

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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.