When Monica (Annabelle Apsion) starts getting visions of nursery rhyme characters, she knows exactly what’s going on – she’s going to have another little baby! To quell the family’s protestations, she takes a test and is devastated when it comes back negative. Her solution to her emotional upset is to throw herself into making up for the lost years with the kids she’s already got, but when she causes Liam (Johnny Bennett) to set himself alight, the kids decide something needs to be done.

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Paddy’s (Sean Gilder) surprise birthday plans for Mimi (Tina Malone) go awry when the Jockey is robbed of everything, including all booze, furniture and the life-size cut out of his beloved wife. Paddy’s not a happy man and Karen (Rebecca Atkinson) has just two days to make things all right again. When Stan’s (Warren Donnelly) pen-pal visits from Ukraine, it looks like he’s smitten, but Carrie’s (Amanda Ryan) convinced she’s a gold-digger and puts her under immediate surveillance. The next episode follows on E4.

Tuesday 15th January, 10.00PM, Channel 4