Will Diane protect her bullying daughter?

Diane finds Sinead's laptop and prepares herself for what she might find. She's furious when she finds out the truth about her own daughter and Sinead is forced to confess when faced with the evidence. At school, Diane can't come clean to Patrick, both hers and Sinead's futures are on the line. She tells Sinead to pin all the blame on Ruby.

The Minniver sisters are dealt life-changing news when Maxine realises who her baby's father is - Tyson the stripper! When Mitzeee reveals she's late too, could they both be pregnant by the same man? The sisters buy pregnancy tests and prepare to find out the truth...

Ruby's OK after the car accident, but the Osbornes are falling apart at the seams. The family host a charity quiz night and Ruby decides to show Esther's video to the whole pub.

Cheryl is presented with an exciting investment opportunity when Leanne surprises her with a meeting with a business investor. But, it's in Southport - the place where Cheryl found out her brother was a killer... She agrees to go and the girls head off to find their fortune.

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.