RIVER CITY: MONDAY 09 MARCH 2020

River City
Monday 09 March 2020
BBC Scotland
22:00

Devised by Stephen Greenhorn
Written by Rob Fraser
Directed by Stuart Davids
Series Producer: Joanne Sneddon
Series Producer: Oliver Kent
Executive Producer: Kate Oates

This week in Shieldinch...

With innocent people in danger, Lenny tries to save Rory from himself.

Bob struggles to put his attack behind him.

Stevie wonders if Poppy really wants to cement their future together as a couple.

With tensions building, Alex urges Lenny to force Rory out of town.  Meanwhile, Rory is stunned to find Lenny is slowly stripping him of power and instructs an increasingly tense Lou to help him regain control.

Lenny makes Rory’s lawyer Jill an offer she can’t refuse - to betray Rory and save her own skin.

Just when Lenny thinks he’s got Rory where he wants him, he discovers a frigh*tened Callum hiding and quickly realises the danger his son is to those around about him.

As things come to a head, Lenny and Alex turn the heat up to get Rory out of town but he’s not about to go without a fight.  With family affairs dangerously fraught, Rory takes an innocent Eve hostage forcing the Murdoch men into a stand-off with Lenny making the ultimate sacrifice.

Elsewhere, desperate to put his attack behind him, Bob struggles to hold it together and reluctantly admits to Eve he’s suffering from anxiety.  Bob throws himself back into work but is derailed by a visit from Rory, making him relive the trauma of the stabbing.

Stevie is shocked at Poppy’s cynical views on marriage and tries to make sense about what this means for their future together.  He decides to make a grand gesture and a shock proposal but, in true Stevie style, things don’t quite go to plan.

An encore presentation of this programme is on BBC One Scotland, Tuesday 10 March 2020, at 20:00.

CAST

Holly Jack as Nicole Brodie
Victoria Liddelle as Eve Christie
Sanjeev Kohli as Amandeep "AJ" Jandhu
Jordan Young as Alex Murdoch
David Paisley as Rory Murdoch
Sally Howitt as Scarlett O'Hara
Lindsey Campbell as Poppy Patterson
Adura Onashile as Jill Amuka
Sean Connor as Dylan Christie
Lesley Hart as PC Louise "Lou" Caplan
Ty McPhee as Callum Adams
Scott Fletcher as Angus Lindsay
Jimmy Chisholm as Sonny Caplan
Frank Gallagher as Lenny Murdoch
Stephen Purdon as Bob O'Hara
Iain Robertson as Stevie O'Hara