Cheryl leaves the Valentines'

Cheryl leaves the Valentines'
Cheryl leaves the Valentines'

Cheryl packs her things and leaves the Valentines'. Their sense of hopelessness manages to bring Sasha and Lauren closer, they need to be there for each other. They want their dad back and realise they need Carmel to make it work. Cheryl feels put out when she realises Carmel means more to the Valentines than she ever did. Suzanne worries Cindy could let slip to Neville and matters are made worse when Jake sees them together. She heads home only to find Rhys has told Neville everything and he's booting her out. Suzanne assumes it was a jealous Cindy who landed her in it, and has to go and stay with Darren and Cindy while she gets herself together. Dave's sick after an all-night bender. When Suzanne asks if it's food poisoning, Dave gets an idea. He finds an expensive receipt for a meal last night and demands compensation from Gnosh. Tony sets Dave a challenge - identify the wine he ordered last night in a taste test and he'll refund the meal. Dave fails, and Ste revels in telling Dave he's been barred from every eatery in 20 miles. Also; Jakes is stunned when a face from the past suddenly turns up... in his bed. 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.