Pick of the Plots: Tuesday August 8th

SoapWorld takes a look at the latest goings on in River City, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Doctors this Tuesday.

Everyone’s eager to find out who the new owner of the Tall Ship is but Robbie’s staying schtum. Caught between Caitlin and Suzie’s squabbles and irked by Stevie’s sly behaviour, Robbie grows increasingly frustrated with pub life.

So when old friend Hayley returns with a fabulous career opportunity as tour hairdresser for pop band Steps, Robbie’s future takes a promising turn. And when Claire from Steps turns up in Shieldinch, there’s huge excitement for everyone which means Robbie must decide whether it’s Better The Devil You Know or if it’ll be a Tragedy to stay put in Shieldinch.

Elsewhere Kim starts to see sense after some harsh home truths from Scarlett about domestic abuse; an enraged Bob has revenge in mind; Alex’s behaviour piques Annie’s suspicions.

River City, Tuesday at 8pm on BBC One Scotland.

As Mick admits the truth to Linda about what happened whilst she has been away, Linda soon realises that he’s talking about Whitney who gets caught up in the furore.

With Linda desperate to get her head around Mick’s revelation, Mick points out some home truths to Linda but can they salvage their relationship?

This episode only features Mick, Linda and Whitney.

EastEnders, Tuesday at 7.30pm on BBC One. Repeated at 10pm on UKTV channel ‘W’.

Rebecca cancels the home Farm Zombie run out of concern for Lawrence but Lachlan’s determined to keep the event on track. As the villagers get stuck into the Zombie event, Sarah begs Belle to let her take part too. Meanwhile, a drowsy Lawrence and stirs and decides to investigate the noisy shenanigans outside, and it’s not long before he’s hurtling towards Belle, Lachlan and Victoria in his car…

Priya’s feeling sorry for herself and downs the booze at the zombie run. Pete reassures an emotional Priya she’ll find someone but she misreads the situation and goes in for a kiss unaware Sarah’s nearby. What has the young Dingle seen and heard?

Elsewhere Jamie teases Josh about his friendship with Pollard; Ross is feeling niggled about what’s going on with Emma.

Emmerdale, Tuesday at 7pm on ITV, STV and UTV.

Hunter rings in sick for his shift at The Dog but Zack drops him in it. Mac heads round to the McQueen’s to confront Hunter and discovers he lied because he was with a girl… totally unaware it was Neeta. Later, Hunter finds Neeta upset in the folly and the star-crossed lovers admit their love for each other.

Holly and Cindy suspect that Dirk has killed Armstrong when they discover Armstrong’s badge in the bin, and Armstrong seemingly goes missing. However, flashbacks soon show what really happened and, later, Cindy gets a phone call from Armstrong telling her that he’s leaving.

Elsewhere Zack continues to react irrationally to Daniel’s crying; Mandy and Luke row in front of their daughter.

Hollyoaks, Tuesday at 6.30pm on Channel 4 and a ‘first look’ at 7pm on E4.

Doctors, Tuesday at 1.45pm on BBC One.