Will Ian and Mandy marry?

Will Ian and Mandy marry?
Will Ian and Mandy marry? (Image credit: Colin Hutton)

It's the morning of Ian and Mandy's wedding. In desperation, Lucy throws Mandy's wedding ring down the drain. Ian is frantic when he realises it's missing. His stress increases when Janine interrupts his search to insist her loan is repaid by the end of the day. Meanwhile, when a Rolls Royce turns up sent by Phil, Ian worries Phil his plotting something sinister and asks Max to drive them to the Register Office instead. Ian realises that Lucy ditched Mandy's wedding ring. Confronting her, Lucy denies it. Lucy is livid when Ian wants her mum Cindy's wedding ring to give to Mandy. Begging Ian to see that Mandy will destroy him, Lucy gives Ian an ultimatum: ditch Mandy or lose his daughter for good. Lucy is stunned when Ian tells her to leave, he chooses Mandy! Phil wants a word with Ian but Ian warns Phil to stay away or he'll tell everyone what Phil and Ben did. Realising people are listening, Phil laughs it off. Ian returns home to find Mandy packing as she's had enough of the drama. Ian is on his knees in the Square, begging, as Mandy walks away. Lucy gently ushers Ian home then goes to get help. When she returns, Ian is gone....

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.