Rob tries to talk to Barry

Rob tries to talk to Barry
Rob tries to talk to Barry (Image credit: BBC)

Barry Chapman turns up at the police station having suffered another beating and agrees to be seen by Jimmi. Just as Barry starts to open up to Rob, DS Sean Richmond appears and Barry runs off. DS Richmond tells Rob he's on dangerous ground given that he's already been told to keep his nose out. Finally, DS Richmond realises Rob won't let it go, so shows him a file of confidential information which shocks him. When Rob gets home he's amused to find Imogen - who was winding him up with her back chat earlier - has made a huge effort all day baking and getting ready for a surprise for Rob. But this stops him from opening up to Karen about what he found out from DS Richmond. Also, Jimmi gets a tie in the mail from a fan and Michelle helps an attention-seeking asthmatic teen realise the damage her behaviour is doing to her family. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's new 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.