Frightened Aaron attacks Jackson!

Frightened Aaron attacks Jackson!
Frightened Aaron attacks Jackson! (Image credit: Helen Turton)

Aaron's biggest fear is that the Dingle clan will find out he's gay. He thinks his mum Chas will use it as another reason to give up on him and his uncle Cain, who he looks up to, will disown him. So when Paddy tells Aaron that Adam knows he's gay he unwittingly lights the blue touch paper… Terrified of being outed, Aaron punches Jackson when he touches him in The Woolpack. Villagers gossip about Aaron's homophobic attack but Paddy knows different. And when Jackson has Aaron arrested for assault, he’s convinced everyone’s going to find out his secret… One truth that definitely comes out is that Carl's kids, Thomas and Anya, don't really want to live with him, they want to be with their mum. They don't want to hurt Carl so they tell Chas how they feel. But when she tells Carl he accuses her of changing their minds. Meanwhile, in the sweet world of Jai and Nikhil, they're chewing over Natasha's investment proposition. She wants a quick answer but they want an associate to look at the plans. Will they throw Natasha a lifeline? 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.