Declan and Harry fight!

Declan and Harry fight!
Declan and Harry fight! (Image credit: five)

Harry arrives for his first day at school and when Declan reaches out to him, Kyle blows the lid on his relationship to Paul Robinson and Harry retaliates. When Dan catches them fighting, he pressures Declan to cut Harry some slack, after all he's just lost his mother. However, Declan's tolerance is tested when Harry arrives backstage at the play that night, determined to make trouble. Declan and Harry fight, threatening the opening of the play, but it's Bridget and her baby who pay the price. Lou is struggling to look after the cafe on his own and moved by Kate's circumstances and her responsible nature, he offers her a job at Harold's store. Not knowing the store belongs to Elle, Kate accepts and her refreshing honesty and work ethic impresses Lou, and when she fixes the coffee machine, Lou feels his curse may be lifting. Dan surprises Libby by suggesting they continue to investigate using a surrogate to have a baby, oblivious of the effect their baby talk is having on Ben. When Ben presents Dan with a school consent form filled out for 'Ben Fitzgerald' that impact becomes clear. Libby is touched by Ben's surprisingly mature explanation - that he wants to be part of the new Fitzgerald family. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, 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.