Zak can’t keep away from Joanie

Zak is now totally smitten with Joanie and the married man just can’t keep away from her. Another kiss from Joanie leads Zak to slip out of the house to watch her perform a gig at a workingmen’s club. It turns out that Joanie’s new boss is a nasty piece of work, and Zak just can’t stop himself from wading in to play Joanie’s hero…

Having been discharged from the mental health unit where she was being treated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Chas returns to the village. And there’s tons to catch up on. Chas reels as Diane tells her she plans to sell her half of the pub – and can’t believe her ears when cancer patient Diane goes on to explain how she’s been thrown together with Gordon, Chas’s ex husband, who’s also been having chemotherapy.

Meanwhile, Aaron’s out with Ross, who’s planned a raid on a warehouse. But when Aaron, who’s on lookout, gets spotted by one of the workers, will the situation get out of hand?

At the village hall, David can’t believe it when he sees the ransom money he left in exchange for Val’s ring has gone as there’s no sign of the stolen piece of jewellery!

Soon, Leyla and Nikhil make an admission to David while, elsewhere, Bernice finds a phone containing texts about ‘ransom money’. Will she suss Lachlan and Gabby’s racket?

 

Sarah Waterfall
Soaps Editor at What's On TV

Sarah has been writing about soaps for over 20 years! She’s worked for Hello!, WOMAN, PA News, Closer, TVeasy – and is currently What’s On TV's Soap editor as well as writing for WhatToWatch.com 

She’s interviewed tons of famous people from movie stars to pop stars, TV stars and of course, soap stars. The soaps have always been at the heart of Sarah's work; visiting the sets, getting the goss, and writing about all the soapy shenanigans week in week out, earning her a place on the judging panel for The British Soap Awards in 2017 and 2018 and on the BAFTA TV Awards in 2022 … and the nickname Soapbird!