Russ spoils Nancy

Russ realises that he's got a good thing going with Nancy when Dominic talks about his own relationship with Loretta. Nancy is touched when Russ organises a romantic meal for her birthday at Il Gnosh and he assures her he loves her and isn't going to leave. Warren is struggling to keep control when the club is vandalised again and he asks Justin to burn down the Loft for him to rid himself of the problem once and for all. Justin isn't interested but when he ends up splitting up with an emotional Hannah he agrees for enough money to leave the village. Meanwhile, Hannah finds out that Ash planted the food in her room and unable to deal with the day's upheavals her eating disorder returns. Sarah is a bundle of nerves ahead of her date with Lydia and goes all out to prepare a lovely meal. A more casual Lydia feels guilty when she sees the effort that Sarah has gone too and the date turns into a disaster when she has an allergic reaction to Sarah's meal. Lydia takes her Epipen shot and recovers and the date is saved when Lydia moves in for a kiss. Also, Darren plays a prank on Cindy but she gets her own back. VIDEO: Click here for Hollyoaks preview clips and backstage gossip Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, Soap Scoop Get all the latest soap gossip delivered straight to your door. Subscribe to Soaplife magazine today

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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.