Will Joel be able to protect his mother?

Joel's mum begs Theresa not to tell Joel his stepfather's been hitting her, but despite Joel's efforts Mick manages to win Marie back. Myra decides it time to confront her daughter, Mercedes plays a blinder but it's not enough to deceive her shrewd mother. Will Myra keep the secret and protect her family? It's clear the Kanes are struggling when Ash is unable to pay the rent. Also, worrying about Phoebe, Jacqui seeks help from Frankie who suggests Phoebe and Esther study together.

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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.