After last week's honeymoon farce, happily it's back to business as usual in Portwenn this week, with sweet baby James's childcare arrangements top of the agenda. The Doc doesn't trust childminder Mel - then again, he doesn't trust anybody - but when he pushes her too far, the Ellingham family is thrown into chaos. Step forward promising new character Mike Pruddy (Felix Scott), a handyman with many strings to his bow and, more than likely, a broken heart from his past.