Victoria decides to sleep with Aaron

Daz warns Andy that they have to do something about Victoria and Aaron after the pair get thrown out of the cafe for being drunk, but Andy is concerned that getting into a feud with the Dingles could compromise his custody claim for Sarah. Andy asks Maisie to intervene on their behalf and she agrees to have a chat with Victoria, but Victoria is furious with Maisie's interference and promptly arranges to take things further with Aaron tomorrow. Zak secretly organises a repeat performance of Belle's recital to win her forgiveness and Sam and Will are roped in to help lure Belle to the church. Belle is in her element as she reads to her dad and the other Dingles join the recital. As the reading finishes, Belle rushes into her father's arms and Zak promises never to let her down again. Lexi is irritated by Jimmy and Nicola's saucy relationship. When Carl cancels his plans with Lexi so that Jimmy can spend time with Nicola and an upset Lexi is left on her own again. Lexi goes for a drink with Gennie and in a desperate bid to prove her marriage is not on the rocks Lexi lies to Gennie that she and Carl are trying for a baby.

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.