Sam accuses Peggy of murder

Sam accuses Peggy of murder
Sam accuses Peggy of murder (Image credit: BBC)

Shirley is horrified when Heather reveals that she accidentally let slip to Marsden that Phil wasn't with them when Archie was murdered. Marsden catches up with Phil and questions him about his alibi. Shirley is forced to confess that Heather blew his cover. Marsden returns with a search warrant and asks to see the shirt Phil was wearing on Christmas night. Phil looks panicky until Shirley produces the shirt. It's been freshly laundered. Marsden later turns up at the Mitchells and announces that Sam is under arrest for murder, but Sam points the finger at Peggy instead... Stacey reminds Bradley about her hospital appointment to check her pregnancy. Bradley tells Stacey that he's excited, but Stacey doesn't believe him. Bradley takes Stacey to the hospital and he suggests to Stacey that they leave Walford. Stacey hesitates but agrees that they should start a new life away from the Square. Lucy throws a party at Ian's rental flat after meeting an intriguing teen called Leon. Meanwhile, Lauren dumps a shocked Peter. At the party, Whitney and Todd meet a kid called Fat Boy and Peter ends up snogging a teen called Zsa Zsa. Lauren sees them and is upset. Whitney wants to sleep with Todd, but he wants to wait until she's ready. 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.