Pick of the Plots
Pick of the Plots: Monday March 11th
The latest goings on in River City, Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Doctors.
Lenny takes drastic action in an attempt to silence Alex, Amber’s grief takes her to the edge, AJ teaches Callum a lesson, and Caitlin cannot face the reality of losing the pub.
River City, Monday at 10pm on BBC Scotland, repeated Tuesday at 8pm on BBC One Scotland.
Michelle and Robert excitedly agree to do the pregnancy test together later. Michelle confides in Carla but as the builders have a kick around their ball hits Michelle hard in the stomach, forcing her to go the medical centre to get checked over. As Robert lets rip at Anton, Michelle breaks the news to him that she wasn’t pregnant.
Meanwhile, Evelyn tries to sneak back into number 9 but finds a furious Tyrone in wait, angry at the worry she’s put him through. Tyrone refuses to let Evelyn know he is pleased she is back and tells her to pack her bags. Later, Tyrone is secretly relieved when he finds that Evelyn didn’t abide by his order to go, he tells her that she can stay until she has repaid the money he spent to get her home. Evelyn is pleased to have a reason to stay.
Elsewhere, David is snowed under at the barbers but puts his foot down when Nick ropes in Gail to help; Kate and Rana are underwhelmed by Lolly’s plans for their hen night; Jan flirts with Eileen but Seb is unimpressed to find them together; and Jenny awkwardly thanks Liz for sparing her from a prison sentence.
Coronation Street, Monday at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV, STV and UTV.
As Jean gives her caravan more of a homely feel, Stacey is beside herself about the lack of contact with her mum ahead of her appointment and turns to Shirley for help. With no luck, Stacey accepts defeat but allows Lily to send Jean a photo of her themed outfit for the day. After receiving the picture of Lily, Jean decides to answer Stacey’s call and assures her that she’s okay. Stacey pushes for answers and reminds Jean about her appointment, but Jean refuses to disclose her whereabouts, and their conversation comes to an abrupt end when the campsite owner, Jerry, checks in on Jean.
Meanwhile, Mel has her sights set on Walford East and with Max now owning part of the business, she plants doubts in Rainie’s mind about Iqra and Habiba’s capabilities. After instructions from Rainie, Kathy reluctantly enlists Mel’s help leaving the sisters worried about their future at the restaurant. Later, Rainie is deflated when Jack returns home alone and reveals that Max is staying on in France.
Elsewhere, Karen encourages Mitch to step-up for Bailey and makes him realise it’s time to tell her the truth about her mum. Karen promises to help Mitch as much as she can but is taken aback when he suggests moving in with her.
Also today, Habiba flirts with Adam; and Phil returns home.
EastEnders, Monday at 8pm on BBC One.
Rhona’s anxieties start to get the better of her as her hysterectomy operation looms. Vanessa waits by her bedside and a resolute Pete joins her. When a groggy Rhona comes round, Pete’s insistent he loves her, her and Leo are all the family he needs.
Meanwhile, Jacob struggles to hide his irritation as David plans a romantic evening with Maya. Desperate to stop David and Maya’s date night, Jacob tells his dad Priya’s stuck for a sitter, and guilt trips him into having Amba instead.
Elsewhere, Chas talks to a subdued Paddy about Bear, and realises now’s not the time to tell him about the baby; Kerry’s furious to realise Dan took Amelia to see Daz in her absence.
Emmerdale, Monday at 7pm on ITV, STV and UTV.
With Imran planning to leave his family and go back to anger therapy, Tony decides to tell Misbah and Sami about the provocation Imran faced from Ste. A teary Yazz and Misbah tell Imran that they forgive him.
Meanwhile, Ste’s new boss, Stuart, pays the coffee house a visit and he is still there when Sami arrives to confront Ste. Sami provokes Ste, who pushes him to the floor. Stuart suspends Ste and then smiles discreetly at Jonny. What’s going on between these two?
Elsewhere, Sally’s disheartened when Myra fails to correct Father Marcus’s presumption that she’s marrying a man.
Hollyoaks, Monday at 6.30pm on Channel 4 and a ‘first look’ at 7pm on E4.
Rob convinces Joyce to let him interview Jimmi, but as he probes Jimmi’s relationship with Addison, Jimmi clams up. In a flashback we see Jimmi and Addison in a pub, Addison opening up about fears for his job. In the interview room, Jimmi denies Addison had any undue influence on him as FME on the Grant Hill case, but when they ask about his outside-work meetings with Addison he refuses to comment, even if Rob wants to arrest him.
In another flashback we see Addison tell Jimmi how worries about the reinvestigation of Grant Hill’s death have caused him to drink excessively to handle his stress. Following Jimmi’s interview, Rob and Joyce try to make sense of his lack of comment.
Later, Addison arrives for his interview, and re-affirms that the original investigation was right to focus on Charlotte Hill, dismissing Valerie and Grants druggy associates as serious suspects. However, he is rattled when Rob reveals he knows Grant’s dad wasn’t his biological father. The tough questions continue as Rob presses an increasingly irritable Addison about his history of violence in the military and an assault on his father.
Doctors, Monday at 1.45pm on BBC One.
