SOME people behave very childishly if they don’t get their own way. Just look at Nick-Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street (ITV1) who should perhaps be called Kick-Kick Tilsley after vandalising an ice cream van.

What could be the matter? Did the ice cream man forget to stick a Flake in his 99? Nick-Nick feels like sticking that Flake where the sun don’t shine but he’s not getting hot under the collar over ice cream.

It’s because he’s seen his mother Gail the hamster kissing... no, not Santa Claus but her latest inappropriate beau Michael.

It’s true that she’s canoodling with a better class of criminal these days. Unwisely, previous bedmates have included a serial killer and an insurance fraudster.

New man in her life Michael is no saint but his crimes are of the petty variety. For instance he burgled Gail’s home but she’s forgiven him. They’ve kissed and made up which is what’s annoying her sons Nick-Nick and the Demonic David.

Newly-released from prison Michael is hoping to make a living with an ice cream van. He’s going to become a Mr Whippy which as we all know is ice cream not a member of the Weatherfield S&M club.

After good samaritan Gail has helped Michael clean up the decrepit van they share not a choc ice but a kiss. Nick-Nick sees them playing tonsil hockey and gives the van a good kicking. Not since Basil Fawlty attacked a car with a tree branch has a vehicle been treated so unkindly.

Rita couldn’t care less about ice cream, she’s too busy berating erring husband Dennis the menace. She shouldn’t give him another chance after his fling with Gloria but she does and very quickly regrets it. He tricks her into giving him a roof over his head. That’s the final straw. Rita tells him to sling his hook (but in more ladylike terms).

Adam in Emmerdale (ITV1) continues his journey along the path of self-destruction, triggered by discovering his father wasn’t his father but his father’s brother who’d slept with his brother’s wife McMoira. Adam’s left home, is penniless and hardly anyone is speaking to him (possibly because he’s so rude to everyone). His only career option is drug-dealing although he foolishly decides to try the goods before selling them.

Handy Andy has two women fighting for his affections. After he dumps older woman Bernice she plots to win him back with a romantic dinner and some saucy lingerie for afters. When Andy turns up with new love Katy, Bernice serves up a plate of revenge - emptying a bowl of sauce over Katy’s head.

Someone in EastEnders (BBC1) is preparing a romantic surprise too. Exsquaddie Lee’s wooing methods are extreme.

He breaks into the Butcher household and sneaks into Whitney’s bedroom. She gets quite a surprise when she opens the door to find a man in her bed. Well, on her bed actually. Lee appears to be testing the mattress springs so goodness knows what energetic games he has in mind for her.