Peggy and Archie kiss, Viv returns, Ravi fights

Phil Mitchell is not a happy bunny in EastEnders towards the middle of the month when he walks in on his mum Peggy (Barbara Windsor) kissing Archie (Larry Lamb).

Having originally ousted Archie from the Square in April, Phil returns to Walford from holiday with his son Ben (Charlie Jones) and can't believe it when he sees Archie escorting Peggy back to The Vic from their meal. Seizing the opportunity to warn Archie again, Phil insists that he's still not welcome on the Square. Archie, however, maintains that he'll leave when Peggy tells him that there's no future for them.

Having acquired a gun, Phil intends to use force to coax him to leave - as if the cement mixer and blow torch weren't enough! However, when he walks into the flat, he's stunned to see Archie and Peggy kissing.

Peggy tries to reason with her son, but Phil's not willing to listen. Despite having 'promised' not to hurt Archie, Phil pops round to his flat and issues him with a final warning: leave Walford or die.

As a parting shot, Phil drops a bullet into Archie's whiskey glass. Will Archie live to regret defying Phil?


These scenes air on Tuesday, July 14 at 7.30pm on BBC One.

Over in Emmerdale, Deena Payne makes her welcome return to the screen in a few weeks as everyone's favourite postmistress Viv Hope.

> Pictures: Deena Payne returns to 'Emmerdale'

Returning home to the village having been released from prison, Viv walks into the Post Office only to be attacked by Brenda (Lesley Dunlop), who believes that she's a thief. Paddy (Dominic Brunt) walks into the shop and is shocked to see them locked in a cat fight and quickly informs Brenda who she's wrestling with.

Meanwhile, Viv's husband Bob (Tony Audenshaw) struggles with his conscience after having slept with Gennie (Sian Reese-Williams) the previous night. He'd decided to see his wife in prison to confess his promiscuous act, but he, too, is shaken to discover that Viv's back in the village.




These scenes air on Tuesday, July 14 at 7pm on ITV1.

Following a squabble earlier in the week, Ashley (Stephen Arnold) decides to go for a few drinks with Peter (Chris Gascoyne) and Lloyd (Craig Charles) in The Rovers. However, when he returns home, Claire (Julia Haworth) won't let him into the house.

Waking up with a slightly sore head the following morning, Ashley tries to apologise to Claire but she's not prepared to forgive him so easily. With Ashley at work, Claire's looking after Freddie and doing some ironing when she suddenly collapses. Lloyd's (Craig Charles) concerned when Clare doesn't turn up for work and pops around to the house. While there, he hears Freddie crying inside and peeking through the window, he sees Claire unconscious on the floor.

Ashley throws into a state of panic when he sees Claire being carried out of the house on a stretcher. He travels to the hospital with his wife and worriedly waits for any news from the medical teams.


These scenes air on Friday, July 17 at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV1.

Over in Hollyoaks, the boys arrange a house party in the already over-crowded flat above Evissa, but they're not impressed when nobody turns up. With only each other to entertain, Archie (Stephen Beard) - for some unknown reason - goes into the attic looking for alcohol. While he's up there, however, he makes a surprising discovery - a huge bag of cash.




These scenes air on Wednesday, July 15 at 6.30pm on Channel 4.

And finally, Ravi (Stephen Uppal) prepares for his fight with his unknown opponent and is taken aback to find that his brother Ash (Junade Khan) has roped Calvin (Ricky Whittle) in after the original challenger pulled out.

Ravi's too proud to call the fight off and the pair exchange blows before Ravi knocks Calvin to the floor…




These scenes air on Friday, July 17 at 6.30pm on Channel 4.

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