London Ink - Episode Guide

London Ink's doors open to clients and Louis recalls how he sketched out Beckham's Guardian Angel tattoo. Dan the graffiti guru reveals his troubled past.

Louis thinks Dan spends too much time yakking with his clients and not enough time working. The shop holds an Apprentice Challenge in order to pick the best candidate.

With Nikole away the boys decide to have a lad's night out at the dog races. Louis is suddenly out of his comfort zone Dan takes the bookies to the cleaners.

Tensions run high at the studio. Louis loses it with Dan who is forced to do a tattoo design he hates, Phil loses it with a client but Nikole does one of her best tattoos.

Sexy portrait expert sexy Sylvia Z takes a guest spot in the studio and apprentice Rachel comes under scrutiny from the guys, is she really up to the job?

This week both Louis and Dan celebrate their birthdays in very different ways. It's also Friday the 13th, but will it be a lucky or unlucky omen for the studio?

Jodie Marsh gets a new tattoo from Louis of a 50s style pin up girl on her arm and Dan offers to tattoo Olympic high jumper Ben Challenger, but turns up six hours late.

Dan's teen idol Sam Fox comes into the shop, but Louis steps in to do her tattoo. And, on different days, glamour model Alicia Douvall and her ex Jordan Ali come in.

Boxing superstar Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton comes in for a new tattoo, but finds himself put to work when Nicole gets him to ink a pair of boxing gloves on her thigh.

Tattooing legend Bob Tyrrell joins the team and gets straight to work with signature portraits of Elton John and Billy Joel on the shoulders of a tuneful impersonator.

Boyzone, in the shape of Ronan, Mikey and Shane, brave the pain for both new, and alterations to existing, tattoos. Plus Dan and Phil visit the Liverpool tattoo convention.

Alex Sim-Wise, ex-Page 3 model and TV presenter, gets a sexy pin-up on her stomach from Dan, while Louis inks an Anthony Gormley inspired design.