Pick of the Plots: Tuesday April 8th

Today’s storylines from the UK and Australian soaps with your new soap opera editor Craig Thomas Cameron….

Ruby’s anger and resentment towards Stacey builds following Martin’s funeral and, at the wake, emotions bubble over. Later, Stacey discovers Ruby at the allotment, and a confrontation ensues, leading to revelations that could destroy any hope of peace between them.

Lily hits the bottle with encouragement from Avani, only for a returning Stacey to find her daughter drunk. Stacey tries to make amends with Lily, but her efforts are in vain. Later, Stacey is horrified to discover Martin’s stall has been set on fire.

Meanwhile, Ross tries to put things right with Sharon by apologising for upsetting Alfie, but she makes it clear that she won’t be won over by smooth talk. After taking a mysterious call, Ross makes it his mission to convince Vicki that they should stay in Walford longer than planned.

Elsewhere, Bianca panics when she realises the crime podcast episode has dropped and confides her fears in Kat. It’s not long before Freddie confirms Bianca’s fears by showing her that there are clips of her appearance all over social media. Kat and Freddie try to convince Bianca to come clean to Sonia about it.

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Tracy is wracked with guilt when Eric beats himself up over the missing money, wrongly believing that he’s to blame. He also continues to praise Tracy for her support.

Meanwhile, when Charity realises that it was Jacob who called the police, she suggests they team up to bring Kammy down.

Elsewhere, Gabby and Thomas make themselves at home.

Also, Liam is annoyed when distracted John misdiagnoses Kerry.

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On the beach, Dana battles a hangover while on patrol with a less-than-sympathetic John. She admits that she spoke to Tane last night, and the wedding may turn out to be a big event after all. Given her hangover though, John doubts that she was as tactful as she remembers. Dana crosses with Rose, who jokingly warns her to enjoy herself while she can – Xander’s on his way back. Under the watchful eye of John Palmer, Dana refuses a call from her boyfriend though – she can always talk to him later.

Tane, meanwhile, confronts Harper with what he knows – Dana said she wanted a big wedding? Harper’s on edge – she doesn’t want to spook Tane, and she denies having spoken to Dana at all. She’s guessing her sister had a bit to drink? Harper quickly tracks Dana down, and she’s furious with her sister for sticking her nose in. Dana’s blunt though and tells her sister to stop lying to herself – she knows she won’t tell Tane what she wants because she’s scared.

The confrontation drives Harper back to Tane, where she’s finally honest about what she wants – her wedding day should be the happiest day of her life. Is it too much to ask for the fairytale? Tane comes to her with an answer later – if she wants the big wedding, then that’s what they’ll do. Harper rushes to tell Dana the news, and she’s thrilled for her sister, but Harper peels off, Dana runs into Rose again, who has bad news for her – has she spoken to Xander? He said he’s been trying to call her. He’s decided to stay in Melbourne, she tells her. He’s not coming back to the Bay.

Cash comes to Eden’s wanting to talk, and he says what he has to say – he loves her, and he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. He needs to know if she feels the same way. Eden feels the pressure and tells her in the moment that if he needs to know now, then the answer is no. She’s not ready for that kind of commitment yet. After talking it through with Tane, Cash approaches Eden and reiterates – he’s happy with where they are now. Being with her is enough for him.

Marilyn’s rolling out the red carpet for Eliza – she doesn’t know what the teenager likes, so she’s made a bit of everything for breakfast. Roo plans on taking her out shopping for some things that she needs, but as they wait outside for her, Eliza quickly steals a fifty dollar note from Marilyn’s unattended handbag. When they come back from shopping, Eliza moans that the shops were lame, but she does give Roo a card to say thank you for hosting her. When Roo asks how she paid for it, Eliza says she’s offended – is Roo accusing her of stealing?

When Roo approaches her later, Eliza swiftly hides her music box of horrors, and Roo apologises for jumping to conclusions. They hug, and Roo is moved, but Eliza’s expression is cold and blank. Has Eliza already got Roo wrapped around her little finger?

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.

Feeling on the outer with Sadie, Byron takes his leave of a Rodwell jewellery working bee to attend a meeting with Leo and his barrister, who welcomes Byron to the legal team as a volunteer assistant. With a court date set for two months’ time, they will need to sink plentiful resources into Leo’s defence strategy.

Finding it hard to be around Krista, Leo suggests she doesn’t need to stick around during a meeting with his barrister, leaving her feeling rejected. However, Krista is determined to support Leo.

When a booking is cancelled last-minute at Yorokobi due to rumours about Leo, Leo asks Byron to take on the bulk of Yorokobi matters and be the face of the business. Byron assures that Leo can count on him. When Nell returns home from Big Kev’s funeral, Terese takes the time to check in with her, given all the recent upheaval. Nell, although sad, is glad for Terese’s support. When JJ checks in with her though, she makes a quick exit, leaving him feeling uneasy.

Finding Remi assaulted and fearing a haemorrhage, Wendy rushes her to the hospital. Cara and Andrew arrive and Remi confirms that Jordan mistook her for Cara after Cara took photos of the gang. Cara feels terrible that her actions resulted in Remi getting hurt, and both Andrew and Remi warn her to leave Leo’s investigation to the police from now on. Aaron meanwhile questions if Cara’s audit is a little over the top but Cara is determined to win her battle with Paul, even though her coworkers are beginning to despise her.

Aaron asks Cara where her intel is coming from, and Holly is relieved Cara doesn’t reveal her source.

Max confirms with Holly their ‘catch-up’ is still on, which causes her to doubt that it’s a date. Max is equally confused with her apparent lack of enthusiasm, debriefing with Taye. Later, learning that the Drinks Divas van is being relaunched as the Waterhole on Wheels, both Holly and Taye vie for the job running it. Krista challenges the pair to compete for the gig. As Holly and Taye get to work, Max arrives, playing hard to get on advice from Shane. This only puts Holly off.

Witnessing fun and apparently flirty banter between Holly and Taye, Max is jealous at their apparent chemistry. Later, Holly confronts Max about his closed vibe towards her. Their day of miscommunication finally clears up when Max reveals that Holly is the one he wants. No more games. They finally kiss.

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Joel wakes up at Tommy’s place burdened with some distressing new information and not wanting to let him out of his grasp, Tommy tries to turn Joel against his wife. Tommy continues to scheme.

Grace is planning her own party behind DI Banks’s back. Rex doubts Robbie is the mole but gives him one last chance to tell him what he needs to know, with even the threat of getting to Lexi not working, he leaves Dodger to get rid of him.

Fighting his conscience, Rex manipulates Dillon and Frankie and invites them to Grace’s party at The Loft, promising protection. Turning to Maxine for advice, Sienna is lost for words when she faces her long-lost twin Dodger, and things get more complicated when the family reunion unexpectedly grows…

Having doubts but feeling like they don’t have a choice, Dillon and Frankie head to the party.

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Shaw pushes Lenny’s paranoia to the brink as he becomes increasingly obsessed with monitoring Alex’s every move. Stirring things up, Shaw spins the lie that Alex is having an affair with Lydia and encourages Lenny to cut off his son entirely.

Later, tensions mount between father and son when Lenny asks where Shaw was buried. Alex is thrown by a cryptic, off hand comment from Lenny and realises he’s under suspicion.

Alex confides in Amber about Lenny’s weird behaviour but things worsen when he discovers he’s been frozen out of the Murdoch business systems. It leads to a heated confrontation between Alex and Lenny which, in turn, triggers a shocking realisation by Lydia about her daughter Amber.

Elsewhere, Bob is far-from-happy when Kenzie has to spend the day with Kelly-Marie’s children, Jamie and Michaela. Scarlett insists all will be well but he fumes about the girls being a bad influence on his son, much to Kelly-Marie chagrin. As the sibling’s clash, Scarlett is the voice of reason – it’s unrealistic to keep the kids away from each other forever, they’re family.

However, when one of the children is injured, Bob is forced to face up to the fact that Kenzie’s behaviour masks other issues.

Elsewhere, Tyler feels the heat when his debt collecting duties fall short. When Harry counts the cash, Tyler’s stunned to discover there’s £200 missing. A panicked Tyler tries to come up with an explanation but Harry is disgusted at how weak his son appears.

Their altercation is interrupted by Eddie arriving with the cash in hand, claiming it was on Tyler’s desk all along – saving the day but stirring suspicion in Harry.

River City tonight at 7pm on BBC One Scotland and across the UK on the iPlayer. This episode was first shown yesterday on the BBC Scotland channel