Coronation Street

Emma is distraught when her father, on his death bed, reveals that she is not his biological daughter.  Audrey is further shocked to discover that Emma’s mother is former Street resident, Fiona Middleton!  She quickly puts the pieces together with Liz and works out that Steve could easily be Emma’s father.  Liz breaks Audrey’s confidence and confides in Steve who takes Emma under his wing and supports her as she tries to put her Dad’s funeral together, even paying for the coffin she cannot afford.  He is quickly caught out by Tracy who wants answers!

Robert struggles to juggle his double life and the pressure is on when Vicky finds Michelle ring and assumes he was intending to propose.  Suddenly, he finds himself engaged to both women in another twist to a plot that we can only hope will die sooner rather than later.

Yasmeen bravely admits to Cathy that something she feels smothered by Geoff, prompting Cathy to partner her up with Brian for a bridge night.  However, as soon as he gets wind of the plan, Geoff wedges himself in, claiming that he loves bridge and demands to be her partner.  The pub hosts the game where Mary distracts Claudia with insults, Johnny and Jenny get drunk and attempt to cheat and Geoff drags Yasmeen home to dress her down for undermining and belittling him, when of course, she did no such thing.  When she laughs at the notion that she flirted with Johnny, he punishes her by making her sleep in the spare room.  Hideous.

Although furious with Evelyn for her behaviour in his absence, the businessman in him cannot resist teaming up with her to make a profit.  Bernie continues to make trouble.

(Doctors is on its summer break)

Eastenders

Callum is distraught when the sister of Chris, his best friend in the army tracks him down to break the news that he has died.  It soon transpires that although nothing actually happened between them, Callum and Chris were deeply in love with each other and Chris wrote to his sister full of affection for ‘H’ (Halfway) in numerous letters.  Overwhelmed, Callum attempts to go to the funeral but cannot stay.  Chris’s sister gives him the letters to keep.

Bobby’s family are less than comfortable to discover that he is exploring Islam.  However, Iqra and her family happily invite him to celebrate Eid with them, Honey and Adam.  Unfortunately, tensions arise between Adam, Habiba and Iqra, resulting in food being thrown and Iqra confessing to a secret relationship.  Privately to her sister only, she admits that the relationship is with a woman.  Words with Habiba confirm once and for all to Honey that Adam has been cheating on her and she shouldn’t trust him but still, she refuses to get rid of him.

Bex gets her long awaited A-Level results but while Sonya is absolutely thrilled that her daughter has passed with flying colours and can head off to Oxford, Bex is less happy.  She isn’t sure she wants to go to Oxford after all or that she will cope with the pressure but also doesn’t know how to tell her mother.

Jean supports Daniel when he gets bad news and Mick reluctantly allows Stuart to take him to hospital when he has more chest pains.  He is diagnosed with anxiety and panic attacks, unable to cope with all the stress around him – Ollie’s autism, Linda’s cancer scare and Stuart’s presence on the Square.  Everything is just too much.

Emmerdale

Furious at being suspended over Maya, Jessie gets drunk and tells several villagers exactly what she thinks of them.  She then lays into Marlon for not having her back, which is completely unfair.  Things remain tense at April’s birthday party but the couple vow to make things worse.  However, Ellis and the rest of the family get a shock when Ellis’s Dad arrives, wanting a relationship with his son.

Charity and Vanessa are desperate to get Faith to move out of Debbie’s house so that they can be a proper family there together with Sarah and the boys.  Feuding with her mother over moving to Scotland, Debbie provides no help.  Eventually, Belle persuades Faith to move into the Dingle house, allowing Charity and Vanessa to start their new life together.  Charity remains adamant that she does not support Debbie’s departure from the Dales, even refusing to say goodbye to her.  However, after a talk with Ryan, she changes her mind, literally running after the car so as not to miss her.

Samson reacts very badly to Lydia’s tragic history when he returns from his trip while Zack is guilt ridden when he and Faith share a momentary kiss.  Faith reveals Bear’s illiteracy, prompting Paddy to want to help him want to learn to read.  As expected, Matty’s new friends turn out to be unsavoury and Moira gets caught in the crossfire.

Hollyoaks

Ste is shocked to discover just how far his ‘friends’ have gone to warn the Maalik family away.  But when Jed reveals that he has been gathering evidence against the group to show to the police, offering Ste a way to escape.  However, Ste has gone too far now and instead of joining Jed, he tells Stuart and Jonny everything.  They confront Jed and force Ste to beat him up – on camera.

Misbah and the whole family are shaken by the attack on Sami but together with Sinead, they stand firm against the group.  Sinead and Yasmine then decide to break into Ste and Jonny’s house and discover some dangerous looking plans.  What they don’t know is that they have been caught on CCTV.

Goldie and Joel get back together but when they are caught out by serial killer Breda, things go drastically wrong.  Horrified, Breda, launches an attack on Joel, believing she is doing God’s work.  However, she is unable to finish the job and Joel is upset that he has been injured.  He agrees to keep quiet about his head injury if Breda’s allows him and Goldie to keep seeing each other.  Breda, meanwhile has even more pressing matters to attend to when a body is pulled up from the river – it’s Louis Loveday!  And of course all of this happens on Breda and Jack’s secret wedding day.  Why not?

Bobby catches Mercedes and Liam in a clinch, prompting Liam to scare Bobby into staying quiet – unbeknownst to Mercedes.  Maxine tells Damon that time is running out.

Home and Away

Ava continues to push Justin away but with Leah’s support he finally gets to the root of her unhappiness.  Her mother and stepfather have separated.

Dean is struggling after his visit to his mother.  He also doesn’t know who to trust – Rick or Mackenzie?  He eventually agrees to Rick’s invitation to attend an afternoon with Ziggy on Rick’s boat in order to get to know him better.  However, on the boat, Ziggy is quick to discover Rick’s true agenda and it isn’t kind.

Colby arranges a surprise party for Robbo and Jasmine ahead of their wedding.  Jasmine is sad as she reflects on the fact that she has no family attending her wedding.  Tori gets herself into a state at the thought of meeting Robbo’s parents, knowing they don’t approve of the baby.

Ryder starts his new job at Salt but gets so excited about it that Raffy starts to feel pushed out.

Bella is frustrated when Tommy sends her a ticket to a photography exhibit and she isn’t allowed to go by herself.  She attempts to sneak out but Tommy stands her up when he finds Bella waiting for him with Raffy.

Neighbours

The Lassisters Music Festival is a real success and Bea makes a good contact in Jess Glynne!  Toadie and Finn also manage to score a big investment for the Sonya Rebecchi Foundation.

Through a bit of meddling from Pierce, Gary finally realises that Kyle and Amy are in love with each other.  He does the right thing and pushes Amy and Kyle together, setting her free to be happy.  Kyle sets up a private concert with Hanson.

Ned refuses to help Bea, not wanting to be the person she turns to anymore, now that he is with Yashvi.  However, after Bea bribes Alfie with some Finn Kelly memorabilia in exchange for cancelling his event, Yashvi is horrified to discover him life streaming from the Kennedy House.  She goes investigate herself but instead of finding Alfie there, she knocks Susan out!  Finn then has to tell the whole truth about the whole Alfie saga.  Unfortunately, Finn ends up in trouble with the police as Alfie’s version of the story doesn’t match his.  He manages to avoid custody by agreeing to house arrest while the police investigate.

Along with a student led petition, Susan is able to help Elly retain her teaching position.  With her job sorted, Elly approaches Chloe and accepts her request for an actual date, much to Pierce’s disappointment.  Despite the misgivings of those around them, Chloe and Elly go on a lovely date and share a kiss at the end of it.  They then head over to the barbeque at Aaron and David’s, which Mark also attends, making things somewhat awkward.  Mark opts to get drunk when the girls go to a baby scan together but the scan doesn’t go terribly well when Chloe doesn’t seem to know how to cope with the prospect of a baby.

When Clive returns and discovers everything Sheila has been up to in his absence, he ends their relationship.  He is less than impressed by her attempts to get back together with him.

Gemma returns to try and straighten Roxy out but although her daughter moves back in with Terese, she and Harlow cannot seem to get along.  Terese gives the girls Piper’s old car to share but this only creates another opportunity to wage war.