Abi and Imran\u2019s baby bombshell<\/h2>\n ![\""EMBARGO\"]( "\\"\"EMBARGO\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cAbi Franklin (Sally Carman) is always in a pickle, and over the course of 2022 will find herself in the Branston of all pickles as she fears she\u2019s pregnant after her one-night stand with Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo). It\u2019s another challenging year ahead for the character in and she risks losing Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) and Jack Webster (Kyran Bowes) as she\u2019s pitched into a protracted legal battle to try and keep hold of her life. As for the impact on Imran\u2019s relationship with Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor), the bounds of her forgiveness will be tested to the max and he could be forced over to the dark side. The bomb at the heart of this story won\u2019t go off for months, but the way it does is surprising and the last thing you\u2019d imagine to happen. It becomes a gob-smacking cataclysm!\u201d<\/p>
Faye and Emma\u2019s criminal cover-up<\/h2>\n
\u201c2022 gets off to the worst start for Faye Windass (Ellie Leach) and Emma Brooker (Alexandra Mardell) \u2013 on the drive back from a New Year\u2019s Eve party they knock over a man in the street, it\u2019s not their fault but it becomes this terrible life-changing event that throws them into a total nightmare of secrecy, dilemmas and a cover-up. These two likeable, decent but hapless young women are miles out of their depth and there are serious consequences. The decisions they make only add to the nightmare! It\u2019s a brilliant story, actually quite funny and quirky in places, that cements and challenges a new friendship between the characters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lydia destroys Sarah and Adam<\/h2>\n ![\""EMBARGO\"]( "\\"\"EMBARGO\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cWe wanted an updated version of those 80s and 90s thrillers like Fatal Attraction. Looking back they\u2019re horribly dated in terms of the gender politics but what might a story of that type look like in the 21st<\/sup> century, with no vilification of the \u2018scorned woman\u2019? Lydia Chambers (Rebecca Ryan) is Adam Barlow\u2019s (Samuel Robertson) ex and will be a threat to his marriage to Sarah Barlow (Tina O\u2019Brien) \u2013 to put it more accurately she is the catalyst for them destroying their own relationship. There\u2019s lots of secrecy, scheming and intelligent subterfuge, everyone is capable of behaving badly. It culminates in an exciting sequence in the first six months of 2022.\u201d<\/p>\nSummer falls apart<\/h2>\n
\u201cFor Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) we have what I hope is a relatable story about the pressures of being a teenage girl, encompassing having to look a certain way, romantic and academic stress, and how conforming with your peers might be risky from a health point of view. It digs further into Summer\u2019s experience as a diabetic and reveals things the audience may not be aware of about her condition. It will be a long-running, nuanced and heartbreaking watch as this promising young woman disintegrates, and examines her three dads \u2013 Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank), Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) and Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) \u2013 trying to co-parent Summer, but with the undercurrent of their messed-up romantic entanglements underneath that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barlows and Platts at war<\/h2>\n ![\""coronation\"]( "\\"\"24_09_coro_daniel_max_david_daisy_2nd_ep_01\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cSummer has been the catalyst for Max Turner (Paddy Bever) and Daniel Osbourne\u2019s (Rob Mallard) feud which lights a burning fuse between two huge legacy families, who have just spent an uncomfortable Christmas together. David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) and Daniel develop a bitter rivalry which sucks in Sarah and Adam and soon we have a \u2018clan warfare\u2019 vibe. David and Daniel have never really crossed before and having them in angry, emotional scenes is dynamite, they\u2019re both smart-mouthed and witty. It has the potential to run for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Can Fiz trust Phill?<\/h2>\n
\u201cWe will give the audience cause to question the motives of Phill Whittaker (Jamie Kenna) at times in the coming months \u2013 I won\u2019t spoil the outcome but Fiz Stape (Jennie McAlpine) ends up with a huge dilemma about where her future lies. I think I know what her happy ending looks like\u2026 It\u2019s a long and complicated story but when once you\u2019ve been hurt and humiliated like Fiz has by Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall), even if she wanted to take him back is that straightforward? Will her pride, and her family, let her? We\u2019ll definitely have more comedy fighting between Ty and Phill after their hilarious spat on Christmas Day!\u201d<\/p>\n
Amy dates drug dealer Jacob<\/h2>\n ![\""CORONATION\"]( "\\"\"CORONATION\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cHow would Tracy McDonald (Kate Ford) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) react to their daughter Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) being in a relationship with possibly the most unsuitable boyfriend they could think of? I\u2019m thrilled Jacob Hay (Jack James Ryan) is back, he\u2019s got that laconic, funny Corrie leading man quality. He wants to redeem himself, make amends with Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) and Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) and put his drug-dealing past behind him. It\u2019s \u2018Meet the Parents\u2019 done Corrie style, really rich and funny as Steve and Tracy try to put Amy off Jacob, then have to bite the bullet and try and get along with this lad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tim and Sally\u2019s life-changing bombshell<\/h2>\n
\u201cKicking off at the start of January is a massive story for the Metcalfes, stemming from a New Year\u2019s resolution which seems innocuous at first then quickly turns into something life-altering. We\u2019re dragging an incredibly prevalent issue out into the daylight, some might find the subject matter awkward but its incredibly potent and becomes a threat to what Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) and Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor) think they know about each other, themselves and their future. Plus it starts with a brilliantly ludicrous scene in which Tim mistakenly thinks he needs to pull his pants down \u2013 it all starts from there!\u201d<\/p>\n
New love for Yasmeen<\/h2>\n ![\""yasmeen\"]( "\\"\"yasmeen-coronation-street\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cWhat Yasmeen Metcalfe (Shelley King) went through with Geoff was colossal psychologically and has lifelong ramifications, so we want to explore that but not in a way that feels like retreading old ground. As she gets closer to Stu Carpenter (Bill Fellows), can she learn to trust again or is her emotional circuitry irrevocably damaged to the extent it will cost her future happiness? We imagine Stu as a bit like what Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) might be like in his mid-60s, he\u2019s a little rough and ready and likes to carouse and cause trouble which messes with Yasmeen\u2019s head, as she disentangles to what degree Stu is like Geoff. It\u2019s a complicated, unique love story and I\u2019m staying tight-lipped about how it ends!\u201d<\/p>\n
Zeedan wants to repent<\/h2>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pleased Zeedan Nazir (Qasim Akhtar) brought trouble when he returned, as there\u2019s nothing more difficult to storyline than a stable soap family! You need somebody upsetting the apple cart but beneath that he\u2019s still a good guy who made a terrible mistake. Bringing in his ex-wife Marrium Nazir (Kiran Landa) holds a mirror up to his worst behaviours and Zeedan starts to regret the man he\u2019s accidentally become in trying to protect his secrets. He could lose his happy ending as a result of the dishonesty he\u2019s perpetrating. There is brilliant stuff to come of a family at war with itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gemma and Chesney\u2019s blast from the past<\/h2>\n ![\""17_02_coro_gemma_chesney_1st_epa"\"]( "\\"\"17_02_coro_gemma_chesney_1st_epa\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cChesney Brown\u2019s (Sam Aston) son Joseph Brown (William Flanagan) is a sensitive young lad who\u2019s already got a certain amount of tragedy in his backstory with the death of his mum. While his parents\u2019 attention is lavished entirely on his four little screaming siblings, Joseph runs away which provokes widespread panic and spins off into another story for a neighbouring household. Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) makes a faustian pact in the aftermath of his disappearances that tarnishes the family\u2019s reputation, and sees the return of a character connected to that household that provides another threat to their stability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jenny\u2019s toy boy scandal<\/h2>\n
\u201cWhen an older man dates a younger woman in soap barely anyone remarks on it, but when it\u2019s the other way round it becomes the story. The relationship between Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) and Leo Thompkins (Joe Frost) addresses that, she must overcome her own internalised prejudices of being a \u2018cougar\u2019 and whether he has some kind of fetish for older women. It\u2019s funny, romantic, cringey in a deliberate way, and sees Jenny single-mindedly decide to pursue her own happiness. But it\u2019s not that simple\u2026 I want to bring the fun back to the Rovers, because we all need some fun after the last few years, and this plot feels fresh and heartfelt.\u201d<\/p>\nVisit our dedicated\u00a0<\/strong>Coronation<\/strong>\u00a0Street<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page\u00a0<\/strong>for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch check out our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/section><\/section><\/section><\/section><\/section><\/body><\/html>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cAbi Franklin (Sally Carman) is always in a pickle, and over the course of 2022 will find herself in the Branston of all pickles as she fears she\u2019s pregnant after her one-night stand with Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo). It\u2019s another challenging year ahead for the character in and she risks losing Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) and Jack Webster (Kyran Bowes) as she\u2019s pitched into a protracted legal battle to try and keep hold of her life. As for the impact on Imran\u2019s relationship with Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor), the bounds of her forgiveness will be tested to the max and he could be forced over to the dark side. The bomb at the heart of this story won\u2019t go off for months, but the way it does is surprising and the last thing you\u2019d imagine to happen. It becomes a gob-smacking cataclysm!\u201d<\/p>
Faye and Emma\u2019s criminal cover-up<\/h2>\n
\u201c2022 gets off to the worst start for Faye Windass (Ellie Leach) and Emma Brooker (Alexandra Mardell) \u2013 on the drive back from a New Year\u2019s Eve party they knock over a man in the street, it\u2019s not their fault but it becomes this terrible life-changing event that throws them into a total nightmare of secrecy, dilemmas and a cover-up. These two likeable, decent but hapless young women are miles out of their depth and there are serious consequences. The decisions they make only add to the nightmare! It\u2019s a brilliant story, actually quite funny and quirky in places, that cements and challenges a new friendship between the characters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lydia destroys Sarah and Adam<\/h2>\n ![\""EMBARGO\"]( "\\"\"EMBARGO\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cWe wanted an updated version of those 80s and 90s thrillers like Fatal Attraction. Looking back they\u2019re horribly dated in terms of the gender politics but what might a story of that type look like in the 21st<\/sup> century, with no vilification of the \u2018scorned woman\u2019? Lydia Chambers (Rebecca Ryan) is Adam Barlow\u2019s (Samuel Robertson) ex and will be a threat to his marriage to Sarah Barlow (Tina O\u2019Brien) \u2013 to put it more accurately she is the catalyst for them destroying their own relationship. There\u2019s lots of secrecy, scheming and intelligent subterfuge, everyone is capable of behaving badly. It culminates in an exciting sequence in the first six months of 2022.\u201d<\/p>\nSummer falls apart<\/h2>\n
\u201cFor Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) we have what I hope is a relatable story about the pressures of being a teenage girl, encompassing having to look a certain way, romantic and academic stress, and how conforming with your peers might be risky from a health point of view. It digs further into Summer\u2019s experience as a diabetic and reveals things the audience may not be aware of about her condition. It will be a long-running, nuanced and heartbreaking watch as this promising young woman disintegrates, and examines her three dads \u2013 Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank), Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) and Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) \u2013 trying to co-parent Summer, but with the undercurrent of their messed-up romantic entanglements underneath that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barlows and Platts at war<\/h2>\n ![\""coronation\"]( "\\"\"24_09_coro_daniel_max_david_daisy_2nd_ep_01\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cSummer has been the catalyst for Max Turner (Paddy Bever) and Daniel Osbourne\u2019s (Rob Mallard) feud which lights a burning fuse between two huge legacy families, who have just spent an uncomfortable Christmas together. David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) and Daniel develop a bitter rivalry which sucks in Sarah and Adam and soon we have a \u2018clan warfare\u2019 vibe. David and Daniel have never really crossed before and having them in angry, emotional scenes is dynamite, they\u2019re both smart-mouthed and witty. It has the potential to run for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Can Fiz trust Phill?<\/h2>\n
\u201cWe will give the audience cause to question the motives of Phill Whittaker (Jamie Kenna) at times in the coming months \u2013 I won\u2019t spoil the outcome but Fiz Stape (Jennie McAlpine) ends up with a huge dilemma about where her future lies. I think I know what her happy ending looks like\u2026 It\u2019s a long and complicated story but when once you\u2019ve been hurt and humiliated like Fiz has by Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall), even if she wanted to take him back is that straightforward? Will her pride, and her family, let her? We\u2019ll definitely have more comedy fighting between Ty and Phill after their hilarious spat on Christmas Day!\u201d<\/p>\n
Amy dates drug dealer Jacob<\/h2>\n ![\""CORONATION\"]( "\\"\"CORONATION\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cHow would Tracy McDonald (Kate Ford) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) react to their daughter Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) being in a relationship with possibly the most unsuitable boyfriend they could think of? I\u2019m thrilled Jacob Hay (Jack James Ryan) is back, he\u2019s got that laconic, funny Corrie leading man quality. He wants to redeem himself, make amends with Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) and Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) and put his drug-dealing past behind him. It\u2019s \u2018Meet the Parents\u2019 done Corrie style, really rich and funny as Steve and Tracy try to put Amy off Jacob, then have to bite the bullet and try and get along with this lad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tim and Sally\u2019s life-changing bombshell<\/h2>\n
\u201cKicking off at the start of January is a massive story for the Metcalfes, stemming from a New Year\u2019s resolution which seems innocuous at first then quickly turns into something life-altering. We\u2019re dragging an incredibly prevalent issue out into the daylight, some might find the subject matter awkward but its incredibly potent and becomes a threat to what Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) and Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor) think they know about each other, themselves and their future. Plus it starts with a brilliantly ludicrous scene in which Tim mistakenly thinks he needs to pull his pants down \u2013 it all starts from there!\u201d<\/p>\n
New love for Yasmeen<\/h2>\n ![\""yasmeen\"]( "\\"\"yasmeen-coronation-street\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cWhat Yasmeen Metcalfe (Shelley King) went through with Geoff was colossal psychologically and has lifelong ramifications, so we want to explore that but not in a way that feels like retreading old ground. As she gets closer to Stu Carpenter (Bill Fellows), can she learn to trust again or is her emotional circuitry irrevocably damaged to the extent it will cost her future happiness? We imagine Stu as a bit like what Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) might be like in his mid-60s, he\u2019s a little rough and ready and likes to carouse and cause trouble which messes with Yasmeen\u2019s head, as she disentangles to what degree Stu is like Geoff. It\u2019s a complicated, unique love story and I\u2019m staying tight-lipped about how it ends!\u201d<\/p>\n
Zeedan wants to repent<\/h2>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pleased Zeedan Nazir (Qasim Akhtar) brought trouble when he returned, as there\u2019s nothing more difficult to storyline than a stable soap family! You need somebody upsetting the apple cart but beneath that he\u2019s still a good guy who made a terrible mistake. Bringing in his ex-wife Marrium Nazir (Kiran Landa) holds a mirror up to his worst behaviours and Zeedan starts to regret the man he\u2019s accidentally become in trying to protect his secrets. He could lose his happy ending as a result of the dishonesty he\u2019s perpetrating. There is brilliant stuff to come of a family at war with itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gemma and Chesney\u2019s blast from the past<\/h2>\n ![\""17_02_coro_gemma_chesney_1st_epa"\"]( "\\"\"17_02_coro_gemma_chesney_1st_epa\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cChesney Brown\u2019s (Sam Aston) son Joseph Brown (William Flanagan) is a sensitive young lad who\u2019s already got a certain amount of tragedy in his backstory with the death of his mum. While his parents\u2019 attention is lavished entirely on his four little screaming siblings, Joseph runs away which provokes widespread panic and spins off into another story for a neighbouring household. Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) makes a faustian pact in the aftermath of his disappearances that tarnishes the family\u2019s reputation, and sees the return of a character connected to that household that provides another threat to their stability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jenny\u2019s toy boy scandal<\/h2>\n
\u201cWhen an older man dates a younger woman in soap barely anyone remarks on it, but when it\u2019s the other way round it becomes the story. The relationship between Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) and Leo Thompkins (Joe Frost) addresses that, she must overcome her own internalised prejudices of being a \u2018cougar\u2019 and whether he has some kind of fetish for older women. It\u2019s funny, romantic, cringey in a deliberate way, and sees Jenny single-mindedly decide to pursue her own happiness. But it\u2019s not that simple\u2026 I want to bring the fun back to the Rovers, because we all need some fun after the last few years, and this plot feels fresh and heartfelt.\u201d<\/p>\nVisit our dedicated\u00a0<\/strong>Coronation<\/strong>\u00a0Street<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page\u00a0<\/strong>for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch check out our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/section><\/section><\/section><\/section><\/section><\/body><\/html>\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Johnathon Hughes Published: Monday, 03 January 2022 at 12:00 am After an epic year of hate crime, murder and mayhem, 2022 is lining up to be just as packed for the residents of Weatherfield. Romantic betrayal, earth-shattering secrets and the return of some old faces promise to make it another exciting year ahead \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Johnathon Hughes Published: Monday, 03 January 2022 at 12:00 am After an epic year of hate crime, murder and mayhem, 2022 is lining up to be just as packed for the residents of Weatherfield. Romantic betrayal, earth-shattering secrets and the return of some old faces promise to make it another exciting year ahead \u2013…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/9447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\u201cWe wanted an updated version of those 80s and 90s thrillers like Fatal Attraction. Looking back they\u2019re horribly dated in terms of the gender politics but what might a story of that type look like in the 21st<\/sup> century, with no vilification of the \u2018scorned woman\u2019? Lydia Chambers (Rebecca Ryan) is Adam Barlow\u2019s (Samuel Robertson) ex and will be a threat to his marriage to Sarah Barlow (Tina O\u2019Brien) \u2013 to put it more accurately she is the catalyst for them destroying their own relationship. There\u2019s lots of secrecy, scheming and intelligent subterfuge, everyone is capable of behaving badly. It culminates in an exciting sequence in the first six months of 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFor Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) we have what I hope is a relatable story about the pressures of being a teenage girl, encompassing having to look a certain way, romantic and academic stress, and how conforming with your peers might be risky from a health point of view. It digs further into Summer\u2019s experience as a diabetic and reveals things the audience may not be aware of about her condition. It will be a long-running, nuanced and heartbreaking watch as this promising young woman disintegrates, and examines her three dads \u2013 Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank), Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) and Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) \u2013 trying to co-parent Summer, but with the undercurrent of their messed-up romantic entanglements underneath that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSummer has been the catalyst for Max Turner (Paddy Bever) and Daniel Osbourne\u2019s (Rob Mallard) feud which lights a burning fuse between two huge legacy families, who have just spent an uncomfortable Christmas together. David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) and Daniel develop a bitter rivalry which sucks in Sarah and Adam and soon we have a \u2018clan warfare\u2019 vibe. David and Daniel have never really crossed before and having them in angry, emotional scenes is dynamite, they\u2019re both smart-mouthed and witty. It has the potential to run for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe will give the audience cause to question the motives of Phill Whittaker (Jamie Kenna) at times in the coming months \u2013 I won\u2019t spoil the outcome but Fiz Stape (Jennie McAlpine) ends up with a huge dilemma about where her future lies. I think I know what her happy ending looks like\u2026 It\u2019s a long and complicated story but when once you\u2019ve been hurt and humiliated like Fiz has by Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall), even if she wanted to take him back is that straightforward? Will her pride, and her family, let her? We\u2019ll definitely have more comedy fighting between Ty and Phill after their hilarious spat on Christmas Day!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHow would Tracy McDonald (Kate Ford) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) react to their daughter Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) being in a relationship with possibly the most unsuitable boyfriend they could think of? I\u2019m thrilled Jacob Hay (Jack James Ryan) is back, he\u2019s got that laconic, funny Corrie leading man quality. He wants to redeem himself, make amends with Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) and Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) and put his drug-dealing past behind him. It\u2019s \u2018Meet the Parents\u2019 done Corrie style, really rich and funny as Steve and Tracy try to put Amy off Jacob, then have to bite the bullet and try and get along with this lad.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cKicking off at the start of January is a massive story for the Metcalfes, stemming from a New Year\u2019s resolution which seems innocuous at first then quickly turns into something life-altering. We\u2019re dragging an incredibly prevalent issue out into the daylight, some might find the subject matter awkward but its incredibly potent and becomes a threat to what Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) and Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor) think they know about each other, themselves and their future. Plus it starts with a brilliantly ludicrous scene in which Tim mistakenly thinks he needs to pull his pants down \u2013 it all starts from there!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat Yasmeen Metcalfe (Shelley King) went through with Geoff was colossal psychologically and has lifelong ramifications, so we want to explore that but not in a way that feels like retreading old ground. As she gets closer to Stu Carpenter (Bill Fellows), can she learn to trust again or is her emotional circuitry irrevocably damaged to the extent it will cost her future happiness? We imagine Stu as a bit like what Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) might be like in his mid-60s, he\u2019s a little rough and ready and likes to carouse and cause trouble which messes with Yasmeen\u2019s head, as she disentangles to what degree Stu is like Geoff. It\u2019s a complicated, unique love story and I\u2019m staying tight-lipped about how it ends!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m pleased Zeedan Nazir (Qasim Akhtar) brought trouble when he returned, as there\u2019s nothing more difficult to storyline than a stable soap family! You need somebody upsetting the apple cart but beneath that he\u2019s still a good guy who made a terrible mistake. Bringing in his ex-wife Marrium Nazir (Kiran Landa) holds a mirror up to his worst behaviours and Zeedan starts to regret the man he\u2019s accidentally become in trying to protect his secrets. He could lose his happy ending as a result of the dishonesty he\u2019s perpetrating. There is brilliant stuff to come of a family at war with itself.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cChesney Brown\u2019s (Sam Aston) son Joseph Brown (William Flanagan) is a sensitive young lad who\u2019s already got a certain amount of tragedy in his backstory with the death of his mum. While his parents\u2019 attention is lavished entirely on his four little screaming siblings, Joseph runs away which provokes widespread panic and spins off into another story for a neighbouring household. Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) makes a faustian pact in the aftermath of his disappearances that tarnishes the family\u2019s reputation, and sees the return of a character connected to that household that provides another threat to their stability.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen an older man dates a younger woman in soap barely anyone remarks on it, but when it\u2019s the other way round it becomes the story. The relationship between Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) and Leo Thompkins (Joe Frost) addresses that, she must overcome her own internalised prejudices of being a \u2018cougar\u2019 and whether he has some kind of fetish for older women. It\u2019s funny, romantic, cringey in a deliberate way, and sees Jenny single-mindedly decide to pursue her own happiness. 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Barlows and Platts at war<\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\nCan Fiz trust Phill?<\/h2>\n
Amy dates drug dealer Jacob<\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\nTim and Sally\u2019s life-changing bombshell<\/h2>\n
New love for Yasmeen<\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\nZeedan wants to repent<\/h2>\n
Gemma and Chesney\u2019s blast from the past<\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\nJenny\u2019s toy boy scandal<\/h2>\n
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