Ronnie finds a mysterious little girl

Ronnie finds a mysterious little girl
Ronnie finds a mysterious little girl (Image credit: BBC)

Roxy is determined not to let Ronnie buy Booty and she puts in an outrageous bid and wins the salon. After the auction Ronnie finds a young girl in the Square who is asking people if they know her father. Ronnie takes a look at the photo the girl is holding and is stunned to see who it is... Lucas manages to keep the residents from digging the soil underneath Trina's tree. Mo arrives with a metal detector and starts digging in the dirt next to the tree, but all she finds is an old foil pie tray. Meanwhile, Denise convinces Roxy to pay for a fountain in the middle of the new gardens. Phil tries to impress Shirley with flowers, but she is dismissive. Phil shows Shirley his arm and she melts when she sees a tattoo with her name. Phil is alarmed when Shirley reveals she knows that tattoo is a fake, but she tells him that he won her over with the flowers and the couple are reunited. Heather warns Phil not to hurt Shirley again. Also, Jane and Ian arrange for Lucy to have home tuition; Ricky confesses to Minty he can't afford to keep Billie on at the Arches. Get EastEnders storylines first! Sign up to receive our EastEnders Extra newsletter 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.