Roo pines for Sid

Roo pines for Sid (Image credit: Channel 5)

Marilyn has moved back in with Miles and even though she's hurting, she's determined to move on with her life. Miles and Morag try to help by cooking her up a storm and putting on a big dinner. However, the night takes a turn for the worse when Marilyn gets drunk and insinuates that Sid cheated on her with Roo. The following day, however, Marilyn has a revelation and decides to forget about Sid and Roo, and regain her independence by getting a job. She is starting a new hairdressing business! Meanwhile, Roo scrolls through her Hawaii photo album - clearly thinking about Sid... Xavier is still determined to find out why April dumped him and goes off to find her. Meanwhile, Dex and April meet up to plan how they're going to confess to Xavier. It's a struggle to stay focused and before long, they're pashing. Enter Xavier. He's furious and tells them both to stay away from him. Dex and April resolve to stay together, as Xavier pours his heart out to Gina about the betrayal. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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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.