DENISE (EastEnders, BBC1) is skint, so she does what surprisingly few cash-strapped, unemployed EastEnders seem to do and heads to the local job centre to sign on. Unfortunately, it turns out they can't help her until she fills out an application form - and when she goes back with the completed paperwork, she receives disappointing news.

With no money to eat, Denise heads to the food bank, but is shocked to discover that Cora works there. Will Denise swallow her pride or continue to go hungry?

Whitney is feeling down after getting a letter from Lee about the divorce, so she says she's going shopping to cheer herself up. When Woody realises she's left her purse behind, he sets out to find her - and is shocked by what he sees. But what will Mick make of everything that has been going on at the pub when he returns this week?

Meanwhile, Jack's situation gets even worse, Stacey continues to act as Martin's personal peacekeeper as she encourages him to make amends with Kush, and Ian's willpower receives a boost after he joins a slimming club.

Why would anybody go into business with Tracy in Coronation Street (ITV)? She's devious, untrustworthy and would stab you in the back as soon as look at you. Nevertheless, Toyah and Peter have agreed to buy the Rovers with her - in fact, alcoholic Peter becoming a landlord doesn't sound like a great idea either.

Before they can sign up, his and Toyah's relationship hits a rocky patch when she admits she secretly had the IVF implant and thinks he may have hit Chloe and pushed Ken. Nevertheless, she and Leanne storm round to Chloe's to demand she tell the truth - will she come good?

Leanne, meanwhile, has trouble at home thanks to a jealous Nick who organises Oliver's naming ceremony without telling her, and somehow makes her believe she's a bad mother in the process.

Sarah and Gary find Bethany drunk but dressed for one of Nathan's seedy parties, Anna learns that Phelan has been driving Faye to see Seb, and Shona ponders leaving Weatherfield.

Marlon is planning to pop the question to Carly in Emmerdale (ITV), but it's looking unlikely he'll catch her in a romantic mood after she encounters her ex Matt in the Woolpack. The reunion is far from happy as he wants to know why she didn't tell him Billy had died, while she accuses him of abandoning her and their son.

When Marlon sees how upset his girlfriend is, he tries to bundle Matt out of the pub, and gets punched for his troubles. But has the meeting stirred up something more than just grief and resentment for Carly?

Elsewhere, Jai insists that Nell moves into Holdgate, but she may be given her marching orders again after Priya finds little Amba with a fistful of pills. And as if Nell wasn't already in enough trouble, she manages to catch Ross's eye.

Dan belatedly decides to take a stand against Josh and Jamie, but when he arrives to confront them, he finds Josh lying motionless and bleeding from a head injury...

Vanessa is relieved when Rhona agrees to go to rehab and Zak tries to drum up business for Victoria's food van by serving up meaty burgers - at a vegan market.

In Hollyoaks (C4), Cindy's policies and public speaking may still need work, but as the Hollyoaks' election race heats up, it's clear she's a natural at dirty tricks. When her speech goes wrong at the press launch at The Bean, she retreats to the toilets, where she hears Zack and Leela getting intimate - and uses her microphone to broadcast the encounter.

So, not only has she embarrassed her political rival Simone in front of the local press, Louie now knows that Leela, the mother of his secret love child, is having a fling with his other son...

Elsewhere, Mac sensibly insists he's not going to sign a power of attorney without getting a second opinion, prompting devious Marnie to claim he's already seen another doctor - he's just too confused to remember. When Mac then suffers a mini-stroke even Marnie starts to wonder if she's gone too far, but can she persuade James to abandon their sinister plan?

Joel returns from what he claims is a church retreat, but it's clear that something is troubling him, while Goldie feels guilty about helping Grace to set up Warren after she sees how excited Sienna is about having a 'stable' family for her twins.