Stacey is acting very strangely

Stacey is acting very strangely
Stacey is acting very strangely (Image credit: BBC)

Stacey has spent the night with a random bloke, Dermot, and she won't answer Jean's questions about him. Stacey is rude to Mo when she advises her to get back on her stall before she loses it and she stomps out. Stacey turns up at Booty wanting a makeover and when Chelsea is taken aback by her strange mood she starts throwing cosmetics around the shop. Jean is called to calm her down. Max visits Tanya and the girls and a jealous Tanya asks about his mystery lady. Max assures her that it didn't work out and nothing happened between them. Abi wants to know if Max still loves Tanya and he assures her he does and after encouragement from the girls Tanya and Max arrange lunch. Bradley arranges a surprise lunch for Syd and presents her with flowers. Bradley is disappointed when Syd tells him at the end of their date that she doesn't want to see him again because she can't deal with a relationship. A puzzled Bradley is sure that Syd likes him, but is hiding something. Also, Nick puts the screws on Billy to come up with the cash; Jack helps Ronnie move into his flat. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's new weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop Get all the latest soap gossip delivered straight to your door. Subscribe to Soaplife magazine today

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.