There is more bad news for Harold

There is more bad news for Harold (Image credit: five)

Harold wakes from his surgery to learn that the cancer has spread to his lymph nodes and the doctors recommend chemotherapy. To Lou and Susan's dismay, Harold asks for time to think about it. It's only when cancer survivor Steph urges him to make his decisions based on what he truly wants, rather than fear the consequences, that he changes his mind. Meanwhile, the community rally round for Harold but Steph refuses to share their optimism and Toadie realises that it's connected to her own experience of cancer. Steph admits that she still lives in fear of the cancer returning and worries that she's wasted her third chance at life. When Toadie challenges her to make a change, Steph decides to sell the bar. And Paul surprises Rebecca by making an unexpected offer - he'll finance Charlie's if she runs it. Will job dissatisfaction lead her to make a deal with the devil? Rachel and Ty are disappointed that their song hasn't had more hits. Donna decides they need a film clip and roping the boys in as eye-candy helps to ease the tension between Zeke, Declan and Ringo. But when she puts the clip online without consulting the others, publicity-shy Rachel is not happy... Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, Soap Scoop Get all the latest soap gossip delivered straight to your door. Subscribe to Soaplife magazine today

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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.