Pick of the Plots: Friday April 11th

Today’s storylines from the UK and Australian soaps….

Abi heads to Freshco to get some anti-sickness meds for Kevin. In the car park, a handsome man called Carl tries to steal Abi’s parking space, causing her to prang her car. Abi loses her temper, shouting that her husband is suffering from cancer. She lashes out, giving Carl a bloodied nose.

Mortified, she apologises and he shrugs it off and heads back to his car. After it fails to start, Abi offers to fix it. When he tells her she is funny and gorgeous and asks her out for a drink, what will she say?

Back at The Rovers, Abi regales Kevin, Debbie and Ronnie with the car park story, minus the attraction between her and the driver. But as she comes back from the ladies’, she is shocked to find Carl chatting to the others and realises he is Kevin and Debbie’s brother. As he listens to Kevin repeating Abi’s story, will he come clean about being the man she met?

Debbie makes a furtive call and arranges an appointment at the memory service clinic.

Meanwhile, when Hope hears Sally and Tim talking about fostering and not wanting to look after a child like Hope, she plots her revenge. Cassie packs Hope and Ruby off to the cinema so she can spend the afternoon with Steve. In the garden at No.4, Tim and Sally discuss their fostering plans when suddenly a balloon full of water comes flying over the fence. A furious Sally turns to see Hope and Ruby filming the incident.

Hope and Ruby return home to find Cassie and Steve in a state of undress. Hope suggests to Cassie that they should both keep quiet about what they have each been up to. What will they do?

Despite Sally’s reservations about the fostering idea Tim secretly books himself in for a fostering information session.

Elsewhere, in the hotel bar, Debbie reads a text from Abi which leaves her confused. When Ronnie calls in with her lunch box and points out she forgot it, Debbie masks her turmoil. In the café, Tim admits to Ronnie that he let slip to Debbie about his plan to propose to her. Ronnie calls at the hotel and, pulling out an engagement ring, gets down on one knee.

Also, Carla breaks the news to Jenny that she needs to pay Lisa back and she’s decided to sell the pub. Jenny receives a parcel. She is delighted to discover it’s a bottle of champagne from Dominic’s very own vineyard. Christina watches, a sly grin on her face. Jenny begs Carla to give her first refusal on buying the pub. Daisy watches, intrigued.

Todd suggests to Julie they should set up a crowdfunding page to send her on the holiday of her dreams before it’s too late, Kit flirts with Sarah who tries her best to play hard to get, and Theo begs an affronted Todd not to cause a scene at his mother-in-law’s funeral.

Coronation Street, ITV1, tonight at 8pm or watch on ITVX now

Aaron and Steph open up to each other.

Meanwhile, Tracy makes a decision.

Elsewhere, Kim orchestrates a romantic night away for Dawn and Billy in the hope that it’ll get their relationship back on track.

Emmerdale, ITV1, tonight at 7.30pm or watch on ITVX now

Harper is in wedding planning mode, and John shows her a spot on the beach that he thinks is perfect. Where is Tane though? Can’t he take some time out to plan his own wedding? When Harper asks her partner what he thinks about the arrangements though, Tane brushes her off. When John comes for a meeting later, Harper is irked when Tane defers to her on all the decisions. Is he as committed to a fairytale wedding as she is? She confronts him – does he care at all? Because he seems bored. None of this means anything if he’s not involved…

Leah is working to accept Theo’s independence and support his decision to go into debt over his car project. Justin still has to urge her not to take him dinner to the Garage though – it’s a journey. Needing another outlet, Leah offers to do Harper’s wedding cake and shows her some options, but when they get to Tane and Felicity’s, it’s a painful memory of Tane’s last marriage. Just as she’s struggling to shake mounting doubts though, Tane surprises her, with dinner and a ring – she represents the future he’s always wanted, he tells her. As she lies in bed next to him though, something still feels off, and she calls Dana to make a heartbreaking confession – she should be over the moon, but Tane still can’t say that he loves her.

Remi enjoys catching up with Sonny, who tries to get his head around Remi’s situation – if he’s a millionaire, why is he here, and not in Ibiza? Remi insists he’s happy here in the Bay, and Sonny wonders how he’ll cope, now that it’s his money and not just his parents’. He raises a toast – here’s to being filthy rich and loving it! He ropes Mali and Kirby into drinks at Salt, and when they get there, he announces that the drinks are on Remi!

John Palmer issues Remi a warning – is Sonny just using Remi for access to his trust fund? Remi’s amused though as Sonny confirms – why else would he be here? When Remi asks him how much of his money he’s planning on spending, Sonny has the perfect response – how creative is Remi feeling? Later, Sonny makes a frank admission to Remi – when they were younger, and his own parents lost all their money, he really hated Remi, to which Remi simply replies – I know.

Home and Away airs 1:45pm on Channel 5, at 6pm on 5STAR with first-look screenings of the following edition at 6:30 pm. The series also streams on 5.