IF you think you've got the mother-in-law from hell, switch on Eastenders and watch Pauline Fowler in action for five minutes.

She's sly, bitchy and interfering, and whatever you say about Sonia, you've got to feel for the girl who married into the Fowler family.

Martin's 20th birthday is approaching and his wife wants to give him a surprise, so she books a romantic night out for them to enjoy.

However, Pauline springs Martin a brithday tea (he's 20, not 12), which is bound to send Sonia into that mood where her eyes start bulging and she looks like she is about to go over the edge.

Meanwhile, pouting Sharon launches a hunt for her father, which Dennis is none too happy about.

In fact, he wishes Den was dead. If only you knew Dennis....

Dennis, who was once a bit of a fiesty sex symbol, is now a weakling, pandering to Sharon's every whim. No sooner has he made his derogatory comments than Sharon starts telling the Square that her dad is invited to the wedding.

Over in Corrie, it has been reported that Gail is to find a new man. Let's hope she steers clear of serial killers this time. Those kind of relationships can only end in tears.

And the sooner Casualty's Claire drives her car into the sea the better as far as I'm concerned. I presume we were supposed to feel sorry for her as she bawled at her rapist brother's funeral, but I felt more sorry for Bex, particularly after she was grassed up for leaving the country.

Luke, you've made a big mistake.