Karen remained stony-faced as Jill carried on her conversation and Marcus asked her out for dinner. She laughed at him but agreed to let him enquire. Maggie broached the subject of Roxy being Polish and was keen to point out that she wasn’t racist.Liam told Sydney that he was planning on asking Brian for a job at the pub.
A phone notification reminded Maggie about the town planning meeting and she insisted they were going even though Peter thought they’d agreed not to. A spark of hope for the future is rekindled within the household. Brian didn’t seem too keen but Sydney pushed and he agreed to hire Liam to work in the kitchen at the weekends.Marcus and Jill had an awkward hello where he tried to kiss her and she accidentally dodged. He then thought back to the conversation with Neil and realised where his money had gone.Maggie asked Peter for a stamp and when he said he didn’t have any, she sighed about being ostracised from the local shop and having to go out of her way just to get some stamps. Maggie Cole is flattered when a radio journalist interviews about the history of Thurlbury. They arranged to get together for a pizza and a film, and it was revealed Alex was outside of Neil’s home.Maggie told Roxy how bad she felt about what she’d said about Jill and admitted she missed her best friend. She explained that now she’s been making amends, she felt things were looking up.Maggie dropped Roxy off and was convinced to go into the shop to apologise to Emil. Maggie Cole (Dawn French) remained oblivious to secrets in her own family on the latest episode of The Trouble With Maggie Cole.. Maggie then called Jamie and Becka to tell them she wanted them to go too.Peter then spoke privately to Jamie and told him that they should go to the meeting. We then saw Alex get a video message from them featuring footage of his family.Roxy and Maggie continued chatting and the conversation turned to Emil. Maggie was working on writing letters to people to tell them about Jamie and Becka’s baby news. She then told Maggie that her and Alex used to visit the grounds of the historical site she worked in at night after it was closed to the public.When Peter arrived to school, Karen (Vicki Pepperdine) was a bit frosty and complained about flowers that had arrived from Marcus (Patrick Robinson) for Jill (Julie Hesmondhalgh). Peter tried to reassure her that they would be able to sort things and promised her they could talk about it later. Roxy revealed that she’d only had two boyfriends.
Roxy told Maggie that what had been said on the radio is something she lived with day in, day out.
When the customer left, Maggie approached Emil sheepishly and asked for a book of stamps and enquired about Roxy.During class Jill whispered to a student while Peter was reading a story. With Mark Heap, Dawn French, Emily Reid, Julie Hesmondhalgh. Peter pointed out she was writing to people she doesn’t even speak to but Maggie ignored him.Roxy returned home and Emily told her about his run in with Maggie. Jill assured Marcus that Maggie wasn’t coming and they talked about being contacted by the same journalist trying to dig dirt on her.Roxy spoke to Alex on the phone and she quizzed him about the way he’d been behaving. Alex meanwhile, tried to convince Liam to do some work and they had a frank exchange about Alex not having spoken to Roxy since the news article came out. She was suspicious about them and answered the phone to find the journalist that’s been calling everyone on the other end of it.Resuming the story after the opening credits, Maggie blasted out Culture Club to the annoyance of Peter (Mark Heap) early in the morning. Jamie and Becka agreed to meet them there.Maggie arrived at Emil’s shop and bumped into Jamie and Becka. 'A drama about the Novichok poisoning crisis in Salisbury in 2018.Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? In her excitement and with the help of a couple of G&Ts, she shares gossip about some notable residents in the community - in particular; local GP Carol, publican Brian, author Marcus Ormansby, hairdresser Kelly, teaching assistant Roxanna and Maggie's best friend Jill.
Maggie took the advice and waited nervously as Emil served a customer. Emil refused to sell her any stamps and as she left the shop, Maggie saw the poster for the town anniversary planning meeting.Maggie received an unexpected visit from Roxy and she made a pot of tea so they could have a chat. Use the HTML below.Maggie Cole is flattered when a radio journalist interviews about the history of Thurlbury. Neil (Joe Layton) bumped into Alex as he arrived at work and they talked about Neil’s ‘lottery win’. Roxy explained that she’d accepted Maggie’s apology and Maggie apologised again. He reacted by scalding her in front of everyone.Emil (Tomi May) had an uncomfortable encounter with a customer who was prying about Roxy (Emily Reid).Getting everyone’s attention, Jill then realised a story had broken about Maggie. She offloaded about her experience with Emil and complained that Emil now thinks she’s racist. Maggie asked Jamie if it was true and she didn’t get an answer as Peter walked away.We didn’t get to see much more of the incident this week but we did see that Jamie (Phil Dunster) and Becka (Gwyneth Keyworth) were present and the police rushed to the scene.Jill started the meeting and everyone in the audience got a notification on their phone.