The police have found Joe's body!

The police have found Joe's body!
The police have found Joe's body!

David and Gail anxiously wait to hear from Joe, while Tina tries again to get in touch with her dad. Both Tina and David are putting more pressure on Gail to report Joe's crazy insurance scam to the police, but she wants to wait till he gets in touch. Eventually the police turn up at Gails door, and she's stunned when the police inform her that a body has been discovered in Lake Windermere. Molly calls round for her post but an unsuspecting Tyrone answers the door in his vest and pants. Molly looks great while Tyrone can't hide his disappointment that he's allowed her to see him in his worst state. He worries she'll never fall back in love with him now. Norris remembers where he met Lewis before and decides to stir up some trouble. He tells Mary and Natasha that Lewis has a wife and so Audrey must be his mistress. Not wanting to believe it all three decide to ask Audrey themselves. Also, Matt shows up on Sunita's doorstep; Trevor lets it slip that Janice and Kelly have a very low opinion of Carla, so she vows to get revenge; Quinny receives an upsetting phone call about his brother overseas. *Second Episode, 8.30pm* Gail's in shock and struggles to take in the news about Joe, she simply refuses to believe he's dead. The police make it clear there is still an air of suspicion surrounding his death and David desperately tries to stop her saying anything incriminating. As Audrey comforts Gail they realise that Tina hasn't been told and David thinks he is the best person to tell her. Later, the Police ask Tina and Gail to identify the body and Jason and David accompany them to the lakes. As they enter the mortuary Gail and Tina are overcome with grief at the sight of Joe's body, but take small comfort in knowing that his suffering is finally over. Sunita is desperately trying to get rid of Matt when Dev returns home with her aunts, and they're forced to make up an excuse. The aunts decide to stay a little longer and Sunita worries about keeping up the charade. Trevor tells Janice he's found two kittens in a bin and wants to keep them in Janice's flat. Keen to please, Janice agrees, although she's allergic to fur. Also, Tyrone's mum Jackie arrives on the street to look after him; Anna is worried that Gary will meet the same fate as Quinny's brother. 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.