Archie bribes Joel to disappear
Ronnie is furious when she finds out that Jack has sold the car lot to Archie. Jack gives Ronnie a cheque for her half of the club and reveals he had to sell the car lot to raise the cash. Later, Archie sees Joel outside the Vic and offers him money to leave Ronnie alone. When Joel refuses Archie tells him that he know he has a wife and children. Joel takes the money and leaves. Bianca is jealous of Ricky's date with Roxy and bullies a terrified Dr Al into meeting her for a drink at the Vic. Ricky is annoyed when Bianca turns up with Dr Al while he's on his date with Roxy and he challenges them to a game of darts. Roxy and Dr Al soon realise that Ricky and Bianca are more interested in each other than their dates. Denise is horrified when she discovers that Liz has moved in with Dot and tells Liz to leave the Square. Libby invites Dot and Liz for dinner and Denise makes Liz's curry extra hot. Liz tells Denise she knows what she's up to, but she won't be put off from seeing her granddaughter. Also, Charlie is unharmed and decides to leave the Square with Brenda. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, Soap Scoop
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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.