THAT bunny-boiling woman in Fatal Attraction has nothing on Emma Barton in Emmerdale (ITV). Having abandoned her husband James and three sons - after trying to suffocate one of them - she's back in their lives and determined to bring the family back together by hook or by crook. Or by murder if she has to.

Emma is a crazy lady. The word psycho springs to mind. I'd watched out if I was Chas, Emma's soon-to-be-ex husband James' latest love. Emma is determined to prise them apart and spots an opportunity to put the knife in, in a nice way you understand, when James and Chas row. The pair aren't on speaking terms so Emma invites James back to her place for tea and sympathy.

Need I say that one thing leads to another? Not much tea, very little sympathy but a lot of sex as Emma reminds James what they used to have as a couple - sex. They've got the sons to prove it.

After waking up together in bed the next morning, James is keen to put the whole affair behind him. Emma has other ideas. Like telling Chas. Meanwhile James has confessed all to old flame Moira whose advice is that he tells Chas everything immediately. Whatever he decides you can bet that Emma hasn't finished with him yet.

Newly-weds Chrissie and Robert are finding married life isn't a bowl of cherries after her son Lachlan sexually assaulted a woman he fancied. So Chrissie decides it's time that Lachlan's father paid his errant son a visit. She's so busy worrying about her son that she hasn't noticed Robert is hopping into the sack with lover Aaron at every opportunity.

There's another one thing leads to another (ie sex) situation in Coronation Street (ITV) as newly-returned Sarah decides to leave a family dinner at the Bistro to send an email to her uncle in Italy. Bad boy Callum offers to help as she's having trouble with the Internet. Before you can say "hard drive" they've made a connection

Brother David arrives back unexpectedly and nearly catches arch-enemy Callum on the job although Sarah's lusty lover manages to slip out the back door before he's caught.

No sneaking away for Owen the builder after his split from Anna. He has one last try at building bridges with Anna but when that fails he tells his family that he's moving on. Bye, bye, Owen.

Going nowhere at the moment is Da-Do-Ron-Ronnie in EastEnders (BBC1). She's been in a coma for the pantomime season but is now on the road to recovery although stil in a hospital bed. That's the good news. The bad news is that sister Roxy pays her a visit, worried that she's found out about Roxy's fling with Da-Do-Ron-Ronnie's husband Charlie. While she's been unconscious (what do you mean, you couldn't tell the difference from her normal state?) Roxy and Charlie have been sharing childcare duties for the baby born while Da-Do-Ron-Ronnie was asleep.

The aftermath of Stan Carter's death sees the Carter family falling apart. Mick is especially upset after learning his sister is actually his mother and that his brother raped his wife. No wonder his head is all over the place like a lorry load of eggs that's crashed on the M1. He's particularly upset that his biological father has offered to,pay for the funeral.