Phil steals from the Vic

Phil steals from the Vic
Phil steals from the Vic (Image credit: BBC)

Phil takes hundreds of pounds from the Vic till. Glenda has been left alone behind the bar and she makes a half-hearted attempt to stop Phil, but she's enjoying the drama. Phil gives the money to Rainie and orders her to get more drugs. Left on his own, Phil looks at a picture of the family and viciously smashes it. Back at the Vic, Peggy is furious with Glenda for letting Phil steal from the till. Ronnie and Roxy ask Peggy to help them prepare for the club's re-launch and Glenda is jealous. At the re-launch Peggy and Glenda argue. Peggy is stunned when Glenda lets slip that she knew Archie was sexually abusing Ronnie and did nothing to protect her daughter... Bianca thinks Carol needs some romance in her life and she gets the number of the Army Recruitment Officer Lewis. Carol calls Lewis and leaves a message, but she's not hopeful of a response. Bianca and Whitney glam up Carol for the club re-launch, but Carol feels unconfident. Carol says she's not interested in men and ignores calls from Lewis who wants to arrange a date. Also, Shirley and Heather fend off the bailiffs; Darren has his circumcision then gets kneed by Vanessa's hubby Harry! 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.