Steph has terminal cancer!

Steph has terminal cancer!
Steph has terminal cancer!

Steph and Gilly reflect on the success of the charity pants walk. Later, at the hospital they meet Louis, who got the all-clear! With her spirits lifted, Steph heads in for her appointment and afterwards proudly presents the cheque to the hospital. Back at home, Steph sits Gilly down and drops the bombshell that her cancer is terminal. India excitedly runs her business idea past Cindy, but she admits that without Tony's backing she's got no money. When Alistair asks to meet her again, she's all set on declining his proposal, until he presents her with a diamond ring. With Cheryl secretly spying on them, Cindy says yes. Malachy and Lynsey are enjoying flirting with each other, until they're interrupted by Brendan. At work, Malachy is frustrated when Mercedes turns up dressed to kill for a meeting with a mystery guy. Later, Malachy hints that he might have a new love interest and it's Mercedes turn to be jealous. Mercedes turns up at his house and questions a confused Lynsey. Also, Darren asks Jem out on a date, but she turns him down and reveals that she's enrolling on a course at HCC. He takes pleasure in announcing that he's been accepted onto an accountancy course. 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.