There's an evil presence in Emmerdale

Edna's convinced that Carl's kids Thomas and Anya are wrong 'uns and won't even let the little girl stroke her beloved Tootsie. When Tootsie later goes missing, Edna’s sure Thomas and Anya are to blame. Are they? That’s not the only mystery to hit the village… Laurel gets home and finds the door to the vicarage open. She thinks Ashley’s dad Sandy is to blame. Is he? Debbie has done all her thinking and is ready to leave Emmerdale. Her mum and dad want her to stay but her mind is made up. Andy would like her to stay, too, so that he can be close to Sarah. But he has accepted Debbie's reasons for leaving and drives her and Sarah to the airport. Lisa is also thinking about her future. She’s had a letter from the solicitors and can’t escape the very real prospect of being sentenced to prison. Still, at least she’ll be somewhere that’s safe from the destructive force that is Shadrach. Meanwhile, Jimmy wouldn't mind being in a nice, quiet prison cell when Carl and Nicola argue about Carl’s approach to fatherhood. And Leyla wants somewhere else to live – alone with David. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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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.