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Lucy paints "Syed loves Christian" over Syed and Amira's bedroom wall, as the drama continues in Walford.

Meanwhile, Zsa Zsa sets up three dates for Fatboy to go on.

Having been persuaded to visit Jack, Ronnie is upset to find Chelsea at his bedside.

Lucy is played by Melissa Suffield, Zsa Zsa by Emer Kenny, Fatboy by Ricky Norwood, Jack by Scott Maslen, Ronnie by Samantha Womack and Chelsea by Tiana Benjamin.

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Jac is determined to stay unaffected by her mother, Paula's, situation, in the 500th episode of the medical drama. But when Paula deteriorates, Jac is forced to admit to Michael and Joseph that she's the mother who deserted her. Jac decides to offer Paula a kidney.

When Chrissie goes into early labour, her baby boy is delivered by emergency C-section. Chrissie finally admits to Mark that Sacha is the father.

Meanwhile, Faye is thrown by a letter reminding her to choose an inscription for Archie's gravestone.

Jac is played by Rosie Marcel, Paula by Julie Legrand, Michael by Hari Dhillon, Joseph by Luke Roberts, Chrissie by Tina Hobley, Mark by Robert Powell, Sacha by Bob Barrett and Faye by Patsy Kensit-Healy.

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Sophie Dahl tackles a "melancholy day"

Sophie Dahl tackles a "melancholy day" with indulgent and restorative delights as her cookery series continues.

When feeling melancholic there's no getting away from it, so Sophie indulges her blues with bubble and squeak cakes served with red onion gravy and a languid fried egg. Next, she shuts herself away from the world and, while reading "hopeless" poetry, treats herself to a luscious chocolate orange sauce poured over ice-cream. For the soul, Sophie craves the curative power of chicken soup, for which she has her own luxurious version made with roast chicken, crispy croutons and parmesan cheese. Sophie then prepares a soothing cardamom rice pudding with spicy plum compote, a comfort food favourite reminiscent of her childhood days in India.

After this indulgent menu, it really is time to get outside and engage with the world again. Sophie recommends food shopping for the liveliest colours and flavours that can be found. She returns to create a spicy tom kha soup, made with exotic vegetables and huge pink prawns, which awakens the senses and inspires her to open the curtains and let the sunshine back in once more.

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The work of Great Ormond Street Hospital's Intensive Care Unit is the focus this week, as the series with unprecedented access to doctors from one of the top children's hospitals in the world, as they make some of the hardest choices in medicine, continues. When medical technology seems to offer so much, every parent with a sick child will hope that something can be done – but doctors must decide when enough is enough.

The hospital's ICU is the largest such unit in the UK and takes patients from all over the country. It is often the last resort for those who can't be helped anywhere else, and although most patients leave the ward in three days, some must stay longer.

The film follows intensive care consultants Christine Pierce and Andy Petros as they make crucial decisions about their most difficult cases. Seven-year-old Ellis has been in a coma for five weeks with an unknown illness, and doctors must keep him alive if they are to have any chance of solving the mystery of his condition. Eight-month-old Uzoma has been in hospital since she was born and the team must assess if she'll ever be well enough to go home. The parents of eight-month-old Deanne have been told the injuries she suffered as a result of her prematurity are so severe that she's unlikely to survive for long, but her mother doesn't believe this and has asked the hospital to review her case. Finally, there's a one-day-old baby who has been born without a windpipe – the team must decide whether it's right to try experimental surgery even though it has little chance of success.

In every case the team is faced with an impossible dilemma – technology can keep a child alive on a machine almost indefinitely, but when a child is not getting any better, doctors must decide whether it's right to carry on.

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The Gemma Factor Ep 6/6

Tuesday 13 April

10.30-11.00pm ´óÏó´«Ã½ THREE

It's Gemma's 21st birthday and she wakes up with her faith in achieving fame as unshakeable as ever, convinced that this will be the day when it all happens, as the comedy series concludes.

But it dawns on her that her dream may not come true after all, so she and Jeff visit her agent, Kenny, whom she decides to leave. Kenny though, decides he will make Gemma a star after all, by planning a high-profile lesbian kiss with Janet.

Meanwhile, Nell is devastated to find that her savings for her trip to Borneo have been stolen – and the prime suspect is Dom.

Kieran and Gemma finally have a date – at her birthday party – and while Janet is incapacitated through drink, Betty moves in on a rather surprised Kenny. Nell exacts her revenge on Dom in a most public manner, and Gemma finds that stardom – and a route out of Lumb – may not be unattainable after all.

Gemma is played by Anna Gilthorpe, Jeff by Ross Adams, Kenny by Angus Barnett, Nell by Hannah Kew, Dom by Ashley Taylor-Rhys, Kieran by Philip McGinley, Janet by Emma Kearney and Betty by Claire King.

The Gemma Factor is simulcast on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ HD channel – the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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