Nathan's buyer is Declan's wife!

Nathan's buyer is Declan's wife!
Nathan's buyer is Declan's wife!

It's TV gold when nasty Nathan discovers the identity of the buyer he's so pleased to have found for his share of Home Farm - she's Declan's wife! Yes, really! Declan and his missus, Ella, play their game right until the last minute, with Declan pretending to try to put her off buying into the estate. But when the deal's done, Nathan smugly suggests they shake hands - and gets the shock of his life when Ella gives Declan a full-on snog. Then Declan introduces her as his wife, flown in specially from Singapore to help put one over on Nathan. Job done, she can fly off again. But that's where Declan's cunning plan falls apart, as Ella isn't very keen to leave. Charity's not enjoying the same success as Declan. Jai wants her to persuade the Dingles to sell Wishing Well cottage to him, but then she discovers it's her daughter Debbie who owns it. Ah, that might complicate things even further. Chas is definitely complicating things for Carl. He tells her he's got a business meeting, but she knows it's funny business with dirty flirty Eve and calls the cops, telling them he's drunk and he's driving... 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.