Sam rejects Minty

Sam rejects Minty
Sam rejects Minty (Image credit: BBC)

Heather is heartbroken when Minty tells her that he's proposed to Sam, but she hides her hurt. Minty visits Sam in hospital and crosses paths with Ricky, who is just leaving. Sam tells Minty that she's sure Ricky is still in love with her and laughs off accepting Minty's proposal the night before. Back in Walford, Heather comforts a devastated Minty. Heather says marrying him was the best thing she ever did and when Minty moves in for a kiss she responds. Vanessa tells Max she wants to know everything about him. Vanessa makes Max pretend it's the first time they've met. Max is defensive when Vanessa asks him about Bradley. Max warns Vanessa that he'll break her heart, but she insists she likes a challenge. Later, Max is upset when Dot gives him Bradley's urn, as it's the week of Bradley's birthday. Ian expectantly waits for the twins' exam results. Peter is resentful that he worked hard for his exams while Lucy cheated. Peter does well and Ian is proud, but he lavishes Lucy with praise for her top marks. Peter is horrified when the headmaster calls round to say that inconsistencies have been noticed in Lucy's exam papers, but Peter is also under investigation! 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.