Viv desperately tries to capture Bob's attention

Viv desperately tries to capture Bob's attention
Viv desperately tries to capture Bob's attention

What exactly is it that women see in Bob? He's been married seven times to five wives; Viv is one of two wives he married twice and it looks like she's hoping to make it third time lucky. Why??? Viv, how about a man who can afford to prop up the bar instead of work (and we use that word loosely) behind it? Nope. Bob's the job for Viv and she's desperate for his attention. Returning from a shopping trip, she accidentally cuts her head on the car door. Seeing Bob and wanting comfort, she lies and says she's been mugged. Is she going to make a mug of Bob? Hazel, the woman Bob might have liked to make wife number six, has more important things on her mind. Jackson's out of bed and in a wheelchair; next stop home. But where's that going to be? Nice guy Declan offers her his village house for a minimum rent. See, Viv - now there's a guy worth chasing. After farmer John's desperate bid to make Holly see sense, he and Moira get their daughter back on methadone, then they all try to get into the Christmas spirit. They might need a Christmas miracle to get their family life back to normal. 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.