{"id":20309,"date":"2022-08-15T22:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1694159"},"modified":"2022-08-15T22:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T20:23:14","slug":"coronation-street-airs-poignant-episode-as-audrey-confides-secret","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-street-airs-poignant-episode-as-audrey-confides-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street airs poignant episode as Audrey confides secret"},"content":{"rendered":"

The character opened up about her mental health struggle. <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 15 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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**This article includes references to suicide that some readers may find upsetting.**<\/em><\/p>\n

Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) shocked her close friends in tonight\u2019s Coronation Street<\/a> (15th August), as she made an upsetting admission<\/a> in one of the soap\u2019s most poignant and moving episodes this year.<\/p>\n

Pals Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox), Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Roy Cropper (David Neilson) took Audrey out for afternoon tea and at first, the group shared a lot of laughs together. They spotted Ken\u2019s ex Claudia Colby (Rula Lenska) rowing with fellow Still Waters resident Charles, and Audrey and Ken wondered whether Claudia had been seeing Charles while she was dating Ken.<\/p>\n

This led to a spying mission with hilarious results. Rita revealing herself through the plant leaves was a particular highlight \u2013\u00a0along with a certain confession about her love life!<\/p>\n

But as Claudia joined them for a drink and a chat, it wasn\u2019t just Rita revealing secrets. The series of revelations prompted Audrey to tell her friends that she had tried to end her own life just three weeks ago. Viewers will remember that, shortly after her birthday meal with the family, we saw Audrey in a hospital bed\u00a0where a doctor probed her about the amount of sleeping tablets she had taken<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Audrey was referred to Dr Gaddas who prescribed anti-depressants, but Audrey was not keen and still didn\u2019t confide in daughter Gail (Helen Worth) and the rest of the clan.<\/p>

But the nature of the ongoing conversation at the hotel made Audrey feel brave enough to speak up. Unfortunately, the moment coincided with the arrival of a cake to belatedly celebrate her birthday. Silence descended over the characters as they took in Audrey\u2019s words, and eventually she revealed that a nosey neighbour had saved her life on the day she took an overdose.<\/p>\n

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Coronation Street\u2019s Audrey Roberts in hospital.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

She explained that she was lonely and missing her late husband Alfie who she had hoped would grow old and \u201cdoddery\u201d with her. Rita, Ken and Roy sympathised and encouraged Audrey to talk to her loved ones, but she was still reluctant. So later, with Claudia leaving in the hope that Audrey would feel able to speak more freely, the trio listened as Audrey opened up further and eventually promised to start taking the anti-depressants.<\/p>\n

Rita, Ken and Roy privately vowed to be there for Audrey as much as possible, while Audrey headed to her old salon that her family had leased for her, feeling like a weight had been lifted.<\/p>\n

As Coronation Street treated us to a nostalgic voiceover of Alfie gifting Audrey the salon all those years ago, Audrey took one of her new tablets. She then kissed her wedding ring, declaring: \u201cThere\u2019s life in the old girl yet, Alfie love!\u201d<\/p>\n

Samaritans is available 24\/7 if you need to talk. You can contact the charity for free by calling 116 123, emailing\u00a0jo@samaritans.org<\/a>\u00a0or heading to the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0to find your nearest branch.<\/em><\/p>\n

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