{"id":31229,"date":"2023-03-20T01:01:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T00:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1802924"},"modified":"2023-03-20T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T14:50:18","slug":"coronation-street-confirms-horrifying-acid-attack-storyline","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-street-confirms-horrifying-acid-attack-storyline\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street confirms horrifying acid attack storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"

The soap has worked with the Katie Piper Foundation and other charities on the storyline. <\/p>

By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 20 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Coronation Street\u2019s Daisy Midgeley is set to become the victim of an acid attack in an upcoming storyline on the soap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The scenes, which air on Monday 27th March, will see Daisy (Charlotte Jordan) confronted by her stalker Justin (Andrew Still) as she\u2019s preparing for her wedding to Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard).<\/p>\n

As she\u2019s about to leave The Rovers for the last time as Miss Midgeley, Justin emerges with a glass of clear liquid and throws acid at her.<\/p>\n

The soap worked with The Katie Piper Foundation and Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) on the narrative, telling the story to \u201chighlight the devastating impact and long lasting effects of such heinous attacks\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Daisy distressed by Justin in an earlier episode of Coronation Street.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The last few months on Coronation Street have seen Daisy terrified by the stalking ordeal, with a police officer dismissing Justin\u2019s messages<\/a> and unwanted attention, while earlier in the month, viewers watched Daisy call off her wedding<\/a> after Justin invaded her home.<\/p>\n

On portraying Daisy throughout this storyline, Jordan said: \u201cWhen I was first told about this storyline, I really didn\u2019t see this coming. It\u2019s not something you see a lot on television so I was really surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a fear lurking in the back of Daisy\u2019s mind since Justin was released on bail. She has always been thinking, \u2018Will Justin retaliate in some way?\u2019 Seeing him again after he has been warned multiple times by officials to stay away from her, she is certainly scared of how he is going to react. I don\u2019t think Daisy really thought about how obsessed Justin was going to become.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Coronation Street producer Iain MacLeod added that the soap wanted to show the \u201clong-term reality for people who are subjected to this kind of attack\u201d.<\/p>

\u201cIt is something we might often read about in the papers but perhaps don\u2019t fully understand, in terms of the depth and variety of effects it can have.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs well as the medical impacts, we explore the social fallout of having your appearance profoundly changed, both in terms of your own ability to process that and how the wider world reacts to you,\u201d he said. \u201cThe story will at times be heartbreaking but we felt it was an important one to tell.\u201d<\/p>