Zara meets Matthew's mother

Zara meets Matthew's mother
Zara meets Matthew's mother (Image credit: BBC)

Zara meets Matthew's mother Judith who is scathing about Letherbridge. She thinks she recognises Zara, but Zara says they haven’t met before. Judith confesses to having had botox and Zara mentions Daniel’s clinic. Later, Judith comes to The Mill and makes an appointment and, in the absence of Matthew, tells Zara she won’t take kindly to her son being hurt – the message is clear! Cherry is caught looking at dating websites by Jimmi. Later, she tries to explain that she was looking for Simon but Jimmi just teases her! Also, Charlie is out of his depth when confronted with a distraught mother who has discovered that her son has been stealing her HRT tablets in a bid to become a transsexual.

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.