EastEnders villain returns and the weekend soap gossip

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Max Branning's revenge could step up a gear on EastEnders next week when he receives a visit from the mysterious chairman of Weyland & Co.

Way back in January, viewers saw Max (Jake Wood) have a secret meeting with his boss at the top of The Shard and he's been loyally carrying out his wishes ever since.

Clearly keen to keep a close eye on how things are going, the chairman reappears next week when he turns up on Albert Square to deliver a message to Max.

What news does the chairman have to share with Max and will anyone spot them together? There's still a long way to go with their plans, so they'd better hope they don't arouse too much suspicion...

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EastEnders airs these scenes on Thursday, May 25 at 7.30pm on BBC One.

Read more news, spoilers and gossip on our EastEnders homepage

Over on Hollyoaks, Sienna Blake's relationship with Warren Fox takes yet another twist when she makes a shocking discovery.

Just when things seem to be getting on track for the on-off couple, Sienna (Anna Passey) gets suspicious of Warren as she spots him having a secret conversation with lawyer James Nightingale.

James wants to check whether Warren (Jamie Lomas) has changed his mind about the child arrangement order he was planning to organise when he was secretly planning to fight Sienna for custody.

Sienna is curious when she spots Warren stuffing the paperwork into his pocket and she later makes her own sneaky move by taking a look at what he's hiding.

Even though Sienna is heartbroken over Warren going behind her back, she still doesn't want to leave him and instead decides to make him love her again.

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After glamming herself up, Sienna goes to The Loft to seduce Warren but ends up falling to the floor after a tussle with Cindy Savage (Stephanie Waring) over a stolen bottle of wine.

As Sienna is clearly in pain, Warren suggests that she should go to the hospital but she stubbornly insists that it's not necessary.

Sadly, the pains continue and Sienna later confides in her old nemesis Nancy Osborne that she's losing the babies.

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Putting past animosity to one side, Nancy accompanies Sienna to the hospital and they're both relieved when they hear two healthy heartbeats during a scan.

Although overjoyed by the good news, Sienna realises that she's going to have to fight Warren if she wants to keep her kids. Have battle lines been drawn?

Hollyoaks airs these scenes on Thursday, June 1 at 6.30pm on Channel 4.

Coming up on Coronation Street, Brian Packham faces a dilemma when Cathy Matthews makes it clear that she wants them to be a couple.

The pair both have feelings for each other, but have stopped short from acting on them as they're worried about hurting Roy Cropper's feelings following his own split from Cathy (Melanie Hill).

Next week's episodes see Cathy egged on by her kebab shop co-worker Gemma Winter, who's noticed the romantic spark between her and Brian in the past.

Following Gemma's encouragement, Cathy goes ahead and asks Brian (Peter Gunn) out on a date – but it leaves him totally torn as he's still concerned this would be disloyal to Roy.

Under pressure to make a decision, will Brian choose happiness with Cathy or keeping his friendship with Roy going strong?

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Coronation Street airs these scenes on Friday, May 26 at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV.

Read more news, spoilers and gossip on our Coronation Street homepage

Meanwhile, Rebecca White's new business plans suffer an early setback on Emmerdale when Charity Dingle returns to her old tricks.

Earlier this week, Rebecca (Emily Head) came to Charity's daughter Debbie with an idea to rent out Lawrence's expensive classic cars for a tidy profit.

Rebecca and Debbie (Charley Webb) are both clearly excited about the idea as they discuss the finer details at The Woolpack, but Charity smells a rat when she eavesdrops and realises they're trying to keep it a secret from Lawrence.

Wanting a cut of the profits, Charity (Emma Atkins) blackmails the new business duo by threatening to tell Lawrence everything unless she's made an equal partner.

Rebecca and Debbie are left with no choice but to agree to her demands, but with Charity's reputation for trouble, surely it's only a matter of time before it all ends in tears?

Emmerdale airs these scenes on Monday, May 22 at 7pm on ITV.

Read more news, spoilers and gossip on our Emmerdale homepage

EastEnders was the winner of our storyline poll last week as 40% of you chose Max's latest scheming as the best plot.

Hollyoaks came second with 26% for Yasmine's collapse, while Coronation Street was third with 18% for Kate's suspicions over Johnny.

Emmerdale had the remaining 17% for Belle and Lachlan growing closer.

Don't forget to vote in our new poll below and let us know which storyline looks best this week!


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