Riley proposes to Mercedes!

Tensions are running high in the village on the day of Mitzeee's hearing. When Riley asks Mercedes to marry him will the newly engaged McQueen be able to twist the knife even further? Recently released Myra is settling back into family life at the McQueens, but what is she hiding? Phoebe gives relationship advice to George, but is she really looking out for his best interests, or is there a hidden motive? Elsewhere, Callum tries to bring together Lacey and Martha, while Bart's lie about passing his exams proves harder to maintain.

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.