Phil borrows money from Ian

Phil borrows money from Ian
Phil borrows money from Ian (Image credit: BBC)

Phil is badly bruised after his run in with Isaacs. Isaacs calls Phil and threatens to go after his family. Phil discovers that Grant can’t get hold of the money after all and Phil swallows his pride and arranges a short-term loan from Ian. Ian wants the Vic put up as security. Meanwhile, Max talks Rachel into visiting and lending him money ‘for Bradley’. Rachel leaves but accidentally hasn’t signed the cheque. Rachel hires Masood to drive her home but a tired Masood crashes the car… Amira plans an afternoon with Syed, but Masood asks her to take Zainab out to cheer her up. Syed encourages Amira and as soon as they are gone he heads over to see Christian. Syed talks to Christian about his childhood. Christian tells Syed he loves him and pushes Syed to say the same. Whitney is upset when there’s nothing in the post for her. Tiff skips school and confesses to Whitney that Bobby is bullying her. Whitney encourages Tiff to stand up for herself and Ricky as to separate them when Tiff attacks Bobby. Ricky has a go at Whitney for telling Tiff to fight Bobby. Ricky is upset that he can't reveal he's Tiff real dad when Whitney tells him that Tiff is her sister and it's none of his business.

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.