Soap watch
Coronation Street
ITV
With Ken in Canada, Kevin looking after his sick dad and Tommy Duckworth shown the door for good, the troubled soap’s producers must be delighted that there’s a new addition to bolster the cast of Corrie when Kylie goes into labour two weeks ahead of schedule. Meanwhile, Chesney moves back in with Katy but turns down her amorous advances.
EastEnders
BBC1
Just as one Branning child sobers up and sorts herself out, so the storm clouds gather around another. Abi has often held her head while all around her have lost theirs but the fear that she could be pregnant, and her reaction to it, causes a rift with Jay. Jean tells Ollie about her bipolar disorder and Billy becomes attractive to the opposite sex after a big win on the horses.
Emmerdale
ITV
It never rains but it pours, particularly in Yorkshire, and Paddy is left feeling under the weather by the revelation that his wife is addicted to painkillers and having an affair with her female supplier. Cameron is not a man to cross but he’s getting more irrational by the day. Latest to feel his wrath is Sean, who accidentally knocks Debbie’s wing mirror while kicking a ball about and gets Cam’s version of the hairdryer treatment.
River City
BBC1
Stella is over the moon when Mark reveals he’s got a job interview, but all is not as it seems. Elsewhere, Robbie’s nerves about his date with Luke prove unfounded as the pair hit it off. However, romance is short-lived when an unexpected meeting with Will makes Luke realise Robbie is on the rebound. And Jimmy sees Scarlett in a different light when she puts her cancer worries aside to help her daughter.