Stacey steals from her family

Stacey steals from her family
Stacey steals from her family (Image credit: BBC)

Stacey tells Ian where to go when he demands repayment on the money he lent her. The Slaters' electric bill is overdue and Stacey offers to take the cash to the post office, but Stacey later sneaks out of the house with the money. Max turns her down when she asks him on a night out. Stacey, strangely, glances at the eyes on a poster and yells at it. Peggy struggles to cope with Phil's constant drinking and the pair have a stand off in the Vic. Phil falls down the stairs and is taken to hospital unconscious. Peggy visits Phil as he recovers and asks him what's wrong and she's devastated when he says that she is his problem. Tanya asks Max to look after Oscar as she has a lunch date with Al at Fargo's. Max interrupts their meal and introduces himself to the doctor then offers to buy them a drink. An irritated Tanya remarks that she's got a bottle of wine chilling at home and invites Dr Al to come back with her as a jealous Max watches them leave. Also, Bradley calls at Syd's, but she refuses to answer the door; Ronnie tells Roxy she's back with Jack. 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.