The Bartons have turned the village toxic!

The Bartons have turned the village toxic!
The Bartons have turned the village toxic!

There's poison seeping through the soil of Emmerdale… Lambs that are supposed to be bouncing around the hills are dead in the paddocks, alongside their mums; the Dingle dog is lucky to still be alive (years of living in the Dingle mire made it more resistant to toxins); and Carl's kids will never play hookey again after that misdemeanour put them in hospital, their legs covered in a nasty rash. The villagers are blaming Jai and Nikhil’s factory but Paddy's test results point to Butler's Farm. What has farmer John done? Nothing. This is number one son Adam's mess... Talking of guilty people… Shadrach's back! And he's full of his old swagger. He tries to convince Zak that he has no idea how their bathroom ended up in the living room but Zak knows he’s lying. He tells Shadders he’s a coward – and homeless. Ah, well, there’s always Gennie and her nice friends at Victoria Cottage to give Shadders a place to hang his manky hat and coat... Natasha thought Nicola was a nice friend but she changes her opinion when she hears that Nice Nic was overpowered by Nasty Nic, who has been telling people that Maisie is in a clinic. 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.