Donna's 18th birthday is a let down

Donna's 18th birthday is a let down
Donna's 18th birthday is a let down (Image credit: five)

It's the first week of exams and Donna's way behind with her studies. It's her 18th birthday, however, and she's determined to celebrate. She plans a special day with her friends, starting with breakfast and ending with a night out on the town, but it's the day before the exams and they can't possibly do everything. Donna receives a beautiful necklace from Saffron but when she goes to ring Saffron, Rebecca intervenes. Later, Donna's birthday ends on a sour not when she and Ringo fight. He tells her he needs a break until the exams are over because her attitude is stressing him out too much. Kate won a spot in Jason Coleman's school of dance, however she's disappointed Harry and Sophie haven't sorted out their differences. Sophie is making a cake for her late Mum's birthday so Susan decides to talk to Harry instead. When they get home, they find Sophie in the midst of an emergency - the house is full of smoke and the cake is ruined. Sophie realises then that she needs her brother's support and they make up, finally. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's new weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

Soaplife graphic

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.