Coronation Street

Alya accidentally drops Ryan in it with Gary after he lies about being paid.  Oops!  Gary is further enraged when Derek breaks the rules and has a drink with Sarah and Adam.  But while Sarah is impressed with Gary’s commitment to the factory, Adam remains suspicious.

Eileen finally discovers the truth about Jan being an informant for the police in what should have been a really interesting and enlightening plot was actually overly complicated and not very interesting at all.

Caught up in yet more lies between oblivious Vicky and Michelle, Robert finds himself tangled up with Jed, who has broken into his car and stolen Michelle’s engagement ring as leverage.  Robert then has to report the ring missing but gets wrapped up in even more lies as he fibs about the circumstances.  Jed then follows him to Coronation Street, making it clear that he wants to be paid off for keeping quiet.  Honestly, I don’t know what is up with Coronation Street at the moment but it really is dragging out some tired stories at the moment.

Tyrone is horrified to realise that he has forgotten to enrol Hope alongside Ruby at the school and now there are no more spaces left.  Determined to fight her granddaughter’s cause, Evelyn stages a protest at the school, just as Fiz returns and discovers what is going on.

Shona is horrified to realise that she has missed Kylie’s birthday (thanks for the heads up, David – she was your wife) and that is likely to be the reason that Max has been acting out.  You know, along with his Dad being dead, his step-dad being in prison, thanks to his uncle, not taking his ADHD medication…

Geoff continues to manipulate Yasmeen and Dev has to ask Mary to move out.  Emma spends the day with Amy but is still determined to have nothing to do with Steve.  However, privately, she begins to soften.

(Doctors is on its summer break)

Eastenders

With injured Hunter having turned up needing help, Mel positions herself to support Sharon at an appointment.  There, she causes a ridiculous scene in order to steal pain medication for Hunter involving the rather imaginative use of a fish tank.  Yes, really!  Ben is quickly on her tail and uses his guess about Hunter’s whereabouts to pressure her to help him find Lisa, believing that that will help him find Louise and put him back in Phil’s good books.

Whitney is confused when she finds the letters from Chris to his sister about Callum but cannot work out exactly what they mean.  Stuart abducts Ben before Callum’s stag night in a bid to keep him away but this only prompts Callum to leave the event to rescue him.  After an argument and then a heart to heart, Callum interrupts Whitney’s hen night to confess – he has cheated on her with Ben.  After a heart to heart with repentant Callum and a confrontation with Ben, Whitney decides to go ahead with the wedding anyway.

Iqra comes out to her grandparents and introduces them to her girlfriend.  They offer their support in principal but it’s clear that it’s going to be a long road ahead.  After batting away the likes of Robbie, Iqra and her girlfriend go public on a night out.

Chantelle and Keegan are concerned when Bailey arranges to speak to a medium in a bid to contact her mother.  She is devastated when she realises she is a fake.  However, on her way out, the medium has a few words of warning for Chantelle in her situation with Gray.

Max struggles to keep up with Ruby and her young hipster friends and colleagues, very much feeling the age gap between them.

Emmerdale

It’s tragic Frank’s funeral and there isn’t the turnout that he deserves.  Even of those that attend, most of them wrongly believe that he was responsible for the fire, including Vanessa, his own daughter.  However, with the engagement ring as evidence, Tracey and Megan are adamant that the man they adore was innocent.  While Tracey gives a passionate and beautiful eulogy, Megan later takes to the lectern and gives a speech, delivering some harsh home truths.

Liv has a seizure, worrying her friends and family.

Hollyoaks

Finn is due to be released from prison and Diane decides she wants to give him a second chance.

Sylver turns Grace down when she kisses him and despite not doing anything wrong, he confesses to Mercedes.  Aware of her affair, Grace puts Mercedes firmly in her place when she confronts her.  Mercedes then discovers that Liam threatened Bobby to stay quiet, prompting his behaviour.  She finally does the right thing and chooses her family over Liam.

Ollie finally bonds with baby DJ but Brooke is struggling with her pregnancy secret.  Ollie confides in Cindy about DJ’s true paternity but manages to persuade her to keep it a secret, even when Luke is suddenly released from prison.  But while Luke is determined to get back together with Mandy, he has no qualms with having a one night stand with Cindy as well.

Tony accuses Sylver of murdering Harry but realising he is wrong, he puts the pieces of the puzzle together a realises that the serial killer is actually Breda.  Unfortunately, when he confronts her, she gets the upper hand and stabs him.  In possibly the most awful moment in soap opera history, it looks as if Tony Hutchinson, the Ian Beale of Hollyoaks might possibly have died at the hands of a serial killer on a random Wednesday evening in the pouring rain.  He sees his life in the village flash before his eyes, including images of Kurt and his baby, Grace.  Then he sees Harry, seemingly calling him into Heaven.

While his friends are worried about him, Diane is adamant that he has walked out on her again and is quick to give up on him.  Breda compounds it by concocting a story, complete with letters, of an affair.

Cleo is anxious to realise that she will be older than a lot of people on her nursing course, including Peri.

Home and Away

Ben pleads his case to the police.  He outsourced the surfboards as he couldn’t manage the order.  He has no idea that the company was dodgy or involved with drugs.  However, they didn’t take a deposit and he didn’t check all the boards individually.  With no supporting evidence, Ben is charged but granted bail.

Colby has no choice but to arrest Mac when Rick makes a complaint against her.  However, he manages to broker peace between father and daughter on the promise that she will pay back the money if he will drop the complaint.

Robbo refuses to stay in protective custody and returns to Summer Bay in a bid to draw out the gang and end the situation once and for all, temporarily re-joining the police.  Jasmine returns with him and Tori stays behind.

Irene and Bella continue to live in deep anxiety over what happened with Tommy.  Ryder suddenly changes his whole personality and ends things with Raffy.  Dean and Ziggy are in love.

Neighbours

Paul and Terese are stunned when another of Paul’s exes turns up.  Lynn arrives on the premise of checking on Steph’s business but she is quick to warn Terese not to go through with the wedding.  Meanwhile, Gail and Gary go on another successful date.

Finn is elated when the charges are dropped and he is allowed to leave the house again.  However, his first free day is spent on a very awkward double date with Bea, Elly and Chloe.  Things come to a head when Chloe refers to Elly as her girlfriend.  Realising that they are in different places, Chloe ends their relationship.  When Chloe then starts spending time with Pierce (she really does flit between partners, doesn’t she?), Elly is jealous and continues to try and be best friends with heartbroken Chloe.  When Pierce tells Elly to back off, Elly falls and lands on her tummy.

Roxy and Mark end up in bed together but Mark is determined to keep their fling a secret.  When Harlow finds out, she uses it to make Roxy do her chores and demand full custody of the car!

Shane and Dipi realise that Ned refused to let Yashvi move in but took the offer of the car when she she ‘agreed’ to move back in with them anyway.  Yashvi is hurt when she hears Shane criticising her and has to repeat a test at school.

New girl Mackenzie starts at Erinsborough High and makes friends with Yashvi.  Sheila is found unconscious in the bush and the near miss reunites her and Gary.