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The co-dependency of a drug addict and a loved one within an ordinary family is explored in the latest film in the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Daytime drama series Moving On – a series of 10 stand-alone films created by Jimmy McGovern which feature characters that reach a turning point and learn how to move on in life.

Letting Go by Karen Brown stars Naomi Radcliffe as worried mum Kirsty, whose ordinary world comes crashing down the day she finds a burnt spoon and sticky ashtray hidden under the sofa.

Kirsty has always warned her 14-year-old son Sam about drugs but, despite her initial shock, she's determined to get her son help.

Fearing her partner Lee will be angry, Kirsty turns for help instead to a drop-in centre, where drugs counsellor Brenda gives her the bad news – it looks like heroin. Kirsty ransacks the house and finds a used needle bin in the loft. She tells a horrified Lee, who is forced to confess that he's the addict, not Sam.

Lee promises it won't affect their relationship but Kirsty can't stop thinking about it – the lies, the wasted money, the people, and the danger. She issues an ultimatum: either the drugs go or he does. Lee decides to leave.

Kirsty won't tell anyone the real reason they have split up, even when her mother Shirley presses her. But when Lee drops off Sam after football training one day she decides to take him back and is determined that they can beat it together.

She goes on a mission to learn everything she can, refusing to rest until she finds the "cure". But her crusade takes over her life in a way the drugs never did – her appearance becomes more dishevelled and her work suffers. Kirsty is being dragged further and further down – whose habit is it?

Kirsty is played by Naomi Radcliffe, Sam by Adam Long, Lee by Jack Deam, Brenda by Maureen Beattie and Shirley by Beatrice Kelley.

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Vanessa sinks to sickening depths to win back her daughter's love, in the final visit of the week to Walford, but will it be worth it?

Meanwhile, brides-to-be Ronnie and Kat go head-to-head over their reception plans and Roxy makes a devastating discovery.

Vanessa is played by Zoe Lucker, Ronnie by Samantha Womack, Kat by Jessie Wallace and Roxy by Rita Simons.

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The UCOS team reinvestigate the murder of a talented young boxer when the gun used to kill him is discovered at the scene of an armed robbery 15 years later, as the drama about retired detectives re-investigating unsolved crimes continues.

Twenty-one-year-old Eddie Mayfair was shot dead one week after a victorious fight that left his opponent, Milton Joseph, seriously injured and unable to continue his boxing career. Milton was considered to be the chief suspect, but as UCOS delve deeper they discover a darker side to professional boxing in a case that causes conflict and friction among the team.

When the team speak to Eddie's friends and family no one has a bad word to say about him. All are keen to point the finger at Milton or one of his gang, believing that Eddie was killed in revenge for destroying Milton's career.

Eddie's trainer, Doug Palmer, is still visibly distressed at losing his young protégé, blaming himself for not being at the gym at the time of the shooting. Eddie's manager, Harry Gallo, echoes the praise for his young fighter, but Pullman and Lane are surprised to discover that Eddie's mother, Ronni, is now working as Gallo's PA. Eddie's fiancée, Eve, has since married his friend and sparring partner Danny Branston, but it is clear that marriage and a big house haven't filled the void left by losing the love of her life.

Milton Joseph paints a very different picture of the much-loved Eddie Mayfair. Defensive and bitter, his hatred towards Eddie is palpable, suggesting the rivalry between these two promising young boxers extended beyond the ring. But, as the team discover, boxing isn't just about the glory of the fight; it's a money-making business where everyone involved wants their pound of flesh, whatever the cost.

Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman is played by Amanda Redman, Jack Halford by James Bolam, Brian Lane by Alun Armstrong, Gerry Standing by Dennis Waterman, Milton Joseph by Michael Wildman, Doug Palmer by John Benfield, Harry Gallo by Matthew Marsh, Ronni Mayfair by Maggie O'Neill, Eve by Chloe Howman and Danny Branston by Del Synott.

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