LEADING a double life has turned John Stape into a ladykiller in Coronation Street (ITV1).

That’s what happens when you take on another person’s identity. Having buried Colin Fishwick after he died from a heart attack, John assumes his identity from time to time. When coconspirator Charlotte Hoyle got stroppy, he hit her with a hammer and she was then helpfully caught in the bar explosion/tram tragedy. She survived that but then her life support machine was turned off.

If only that was the end of it. Now Colin’s elderly mother Joy has turned up looking for her missing son. And, in a moment of madness, John tells her everything.

Not a good idea. She’s an angina sufferer and the news that her son Colin is dead and buried (under the knicker factory, wasn’t it?) is enough to cause an attack. A fatal attack. Like mother, like son. The only thing John/Colin needs to decide now is where to bury her. The woes of Kevin Webster, car mechanic and adulterer, continue with the family home becoming the battleground.

Wife Silly Sally has chucked him out following his lover Good Golly Miss Molly’s deathbed confession that baby Jack is really Kevin’s son. But Kevin’s finding the financial implications of bringing up baby on his own are no laughing matter.

So he puts the family home up for sale. Sally is not best pleased and tells Kevin in no uncertain terms that she’ll do everything to put off prospective buyers.

Presumably would-be purchasers will find rats running around the front room and Sally in night attire asking “Do you want a good time, luv?”.

Someone who’s been having a very good time is Carol Jackson in EastEnders (BBC1). While the baby swap drama has been unfolding elsewhere in Walford, she’s been bonking toyboy Connor Stanley. Her conscience is beginning to prick and she’s toying with the idea (as well as Connor) of dumping him. Her indecision drives Connor straight back into the arms of young Whitney.

To make matters worse, Connor and Whitney are almost caught out by Carol and granddaughter Tiffany. Now we know that Tiff has already seen Connor and Carol going at it like the proverbial hammer and tongs, but has yet to tell anyone.

The sight of Connor and Whitney in an embrace causes Tiff to tittle-tattle about what granny’s been up to. If only Connor had heeded Pamela Stephenson’s Strictly advice: “Don’t throw granny around the floor.”