Soaps preview 13-17 Feb

Emmerdale
Aw, sweet. It's Valentine's night – and after all their problems Moira and John are back together in love again. What can possibly go wrong? Nothing – apart from CAR CRASH DEATH HORROR!

It's all going so well too, as John finally cracks and tells Moira he can't live without her (irony, irony). Following last week's close thing with Chas, where they nearly got to it in the kitchen before John chickened out, he's finally faced up to the truth – he loves Moira and will for the rest of his life (ahem).

So it's not long before he tells her that the divorce is a bad idea and that they should move back in together. The kids Adam, Holly and Hannah are delighted with the reconciliation and, wasting no time, John and Moira book a hotel room for a Valentine's night of passion.


With a new start on their minds and with Moira's affair with Cain on the way to being forgotten (we won't ever forgive. It was silly), they head off in Andy's Land Rover to the posh country hotel.

But with those icy roads on the Dales, driving can be deadly. John loses control, the vehicle skids on the ice and ends up teetering on the brink of a ravine. Will either of them survive? Will both of them die? It's a real cliffhanger.

Also this week: Having fallen for his ex after their sex to create a saviour sibling for their child, Andy Sugden starts to make trouble for Debbie and Cameron. Knew it.

Coronation Street
Oh, Tyrone. Is it any wonder you've not had much luck with women? Can't you tell that Kirsty is a complete psycho. I mean, she's only crashed into the back of your car, threatened your mate Tina and worst of all, nearly got Rita banned from driving.

So why when you hear her on the phone arranging to meet another man called Nathan are you jealous? You should be slapping Nathan on the back, buying him a drink and wishing them best of luck.

In fairness to Tyrone, Tina is quick to agree that Kirsty is more than likely cheating on him but she just wants her out of his life. So Tyrone follows Kirsty and sees her laughing and joking with Nathan which confirms his worst fears.


Tyrone angrily confronts her, furiously accusing her of doing the dirty and asking if he might not be the father of her unborn baby – after all bringing up another man's baby as your own once is probably enough.

But then Nathan turns up in a flash car. It's all been a terrible mistake – he's her cousin and he's brought a car for him to borrow for a bit as a special Valentine's gift. Instead of seeing a test drive as a rubbish gift and dumping her anyway, Tyrone is struck by incredible remorse for doubting his evidently psychopathic girlfriend.

So much so that when he realises he rushes round to the police station with a ring and gets down on one knee to see if Kirsty will agree to be his ball and chain. Will she say yes? For his sake, we hope not.

Also this week: Julie tells Brian she's pregnant without realising that he's had a vasectomy. Oops.

EastEnders
Poor old Whitney. She deserves a bit of care and tenderness after her recent troubles. And fortunately on Valentine's Day, Fat Boy is on hand to shower her with presents.

As well as a load of rubbish - a foot massage and face pack (though nothing as bad as a test drive in a new car) – he saves up one big surprise – he has tickets for a weekend in gay Paris.

But while he's full of great ideas, unfortunately he's spreading his loving thoughts on stony ground. For Whitney is tortured by a single thought – she doesn't fancy Fat Boy.

She fell for him when she needed a shoulder to cry on – and he was her friend with a convenient place to rest her head. But now she's feeling better, she's started to see him as a friend again and reckons that there's no chemistry between them.

So Fat Boy is left with a broken heart and spare seat on the Eurostar, when Whitney comes clean and tells him she really fancies Tyler. But even after she's ditched Fat Boy there's an added problem. Lucy Beale also fancies Tyler and is determined to get in there first.

Also this week: More Valentine's love action: Heather looks like she's found happiness as violent Andrew buys her an engagement ring.