Will anyone save Jacob?
Alone and afraid, runaway Jacob takes shelter in an abandoned building. But the stairs collapse and Jacob is trapped. While the boy's in desperate need of rescue, all three of his parents - Alicia, Justin and Leyla - are fighting over him. Alicia is devastated by the news that Leyla slept with Justin. Leyla is sorry she did it, but not sorry she had Jacob. Come on, girls. Instead of fighting over Jacob how about finding him? It's not happy families at Home Farm, either. Ella and Mia have invited Declan's dad, Dermot, to stay with them for Christmas - and they don't tell Declan until just before Dermot arrives. He gets a warm welcome from the women, but Declan is distinctly frosty towards the old man. And we soon see why. Dermot's keen to soak up not only village life but also Declan's money. Talking of money, the notoriously stingey Carl has already splashed out so Chas can buy her dream wedding. Now Chas gets home to find him down on one knee, offering her a sparkling diamond ring. Chas should be thinking about how much she could flog the ring for but, instead, she's wishing her wedding wasn't a sham. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop
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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.