Tony proposes to Rachel

Tony proposes to Rachel
Tony proposes to Rachel (Image credit: five)

Tony decides to propose to Rachel and plans a surprise with 115 roses - but the van opens and the roses spill across the road. Meanwhile, Martha notices Geoff and Annie's old farm is still for sale. Could this be what she spends Jack's insurance money on? Rachel is held up at the hospital. Tony arrives and borrows a single rose from a patient. He proposes to Rachel, who accepts and everyone applauds. Belle is popping pills to help her meet deadlines. Her boss Jerry is impressed with her work and Paula, a colleague, is jealous. Belle finds Jerry and Paula in a clinch. Jerry and Paula are later involved in a car accident and when Jerry tells his wife he was alone in his car, Belle realises that Jerry and Paula are having an affair. Jerry swears Belle to secrecy, promising to make her acting editor. But the owner of the paper overrules him and makes Paula acting editor. Charlie asks Rachel about an old assault case and Rachel confirms that Robbo was the suspect. Charlie contacts the assault victim, who agrees to make a statement and Charlie brings Robbo in. Joey agrees to make a statement, but is worried her brother Brett will discover her sexuality. Charlie persuades Joey to come out. But when she does Brett is disgusted and throws Joey out. *Showing on RTE One, Friday April 3* Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, Soap Scoop Get all the latest soap gossip delivered straight to your door. Subscribe to Soaplife magazine today

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.