On Monday at 7:30pm, having handed baby Liam over to Helen, Maria’s convinced herself that she’s not fit to be a mother. She’s a broken woman and can’t forgive herself for inviting a murderer into her home. Desperate to help, the Connors suggest that she should move to Ireland with them.

At first, Maria refuses, but when Audrey urges her to pull herself together for Liam’s sake, she agrees. Helen’s relieved as Maria takes baby Liam in her arms, but their relief is short-lived when a surprise visitor turns up; it’s Carla! Read more & comment »

This is the moment when Tony Gordon admits to police that he murdered Liam Connor last year. He walks from the canal bank to admit to police that he murdered Liam and pushed Roy into the canal.

In the dramatic scenes, his fiancee Maria Connor storms into the police station shouting and demanding an explanation for why he did it.

Ohhh tonight’s installment is a Corrie episode not to be missed!

Coronation Street’s Rosie Webster is set to get a boob job in 2010, as part of a bid to become a glamour model.

The decision shocks her mum sally Webster, who is trying to work up the courage to tell her family that she has breast cancer and needs a lumpectomy.

Rosie plans to sell her beloved sports car to pay for the operation, however she is spared having to part with her motor after her agency boss agrees to ‘invest in her future.’

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Former Coronation Street actor Sean Wilson has claimed that ITV make the soap “on the cheap”.

The actor played Martin Platt on the soap for 21 years but is now a master cheesemaker.

The 44-year-old told the Swindon Advertiser: “Television has shot itself in the foot at the moment, it has spent a lots of money on the wrong things and has to now make things on the cheap, or in a reality show format – it’s fair to say Coronation Street has had to take that route but I had a lovely 21 years there.”

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On Monday at 7:30pm, Tony’s a desperate man and as he frantically tries to cling on to the new life he’s created, he packs Maria off to a health spa for the day, knowing the police are about to come calling.

Keeping up the façade, Tony goes to work but when the police arrive and arrest him on suspicion of Liam’s murder, he can feel his world falling apart. Down at the station Tony’s interviewed about the Croppers allegations, and as the police pile on the pressure, saying they’ll speak to Maria, will Tony crumble and confess to murder?

Meanwhile, Roy and Hayley return to the café and are relieved to hear that Tony’s been arrested and taken to the police station. But as gossip about Tony’s arrest spreads, Maria arrives back on the street. Is she about to discover the awful truth about Tony? Read more & comment »

Coronation Street actress Jennie McAlpine has admitted that this year’s Christmas episodes will be very dramatic.

Jennie plays Fiz on the show and is currently filming the festive scenes. She told RTE:

“What can I say? It is dramatic, really dramatic, but I think it’s going to be really, really traditional Corrie, in that there’s real high drama over the Christmas, but then real farcical comedy as well. Christmas Eve is very funny.”

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Katherine Kelly has credited Coronation Street’s Roy and Hayley Cropper, for the success of her character on the soap.

Kelly told ATV news network: “The Croppers were the making of Becky, and without them I actually don’t think Becky would still be in the show. The Croppers, especially Roy, were the thing that really turned public opinion [about Becky] around to being positive.

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As you can see from the pictures, Coronation Street is currently filming the wedding scenes for Gail Platt and Joe McIntyre but don’t expect things to run smoothly.

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Coronation Street star David Neilson has said that Roy Cropper is very different now, to how he started off in the show.

Speaking to ATV News Network, Neilson explained: “I was recently watching some footage they’d put up on the Coronation Street website of Roy when he was first in the show and [I realised] he’s very different to the way he is now. He was very up in the air and ‘pleased to meet you’ and very smiley in the beginning. And his Northern accent was a lot stronger!

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Corrie actors Ryan Thomas and Tina O’Brien – who played on-screen husband and wife – have split up after what the Sunday People describes as “a series of bitter rows.”

According to the paper’s report, Tina left the couple’s home with their one-year-old daughter Scarlett last week and sources close to the couple reckon she “has no plans to return.”

One of those sources told the paper, “They can’t stand the sight of each other. There’s not much hope of them getting back together.

“It’s completely over between them. Ryan and Tina have always had a fiery relationship, although deep down everyone thought they would spend the rest of their lives together… Read more & comment »

Coronation Street bosses have reportedly lined up three special web episodes of the show which will feature Tony Gordon as he voices his thoughts on how best to confess to his fiancé Maria that he killed Liam.

The online only shows will feature Tony alone in his office at Underworld holiding a gun, leaving us to speculate whether he’ll kill himself or if the gun is intended for someone else.

Each on of the online episodes will feature a different version of the same script, and each will have a different ending. Tony’s ultimate fate will be played out during regular TV episodes when Gray O’Brien leaves the show. Read more & comment »

Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas – who plays Jason Grimshaw in the show – has apparently been questioned by police in connection with a drink-drive collision.

25-year-old Ryan was reportedly quizzed over the incident – which took place in the early hours of last Saturday morning – when a car hit a lamp-post in Manchester city centre.

According to the PA, another man was arrested at the scene and was later charged with “driving while under the influence of drink or drugs”. Read more & comment »

One of Coronation Street’s favourite characters, Kelly, will shortly be off our screens as Tupele Dorgu, who plays the rough-and-ready character, is leaving the show early next year.

On ITV’s Corrie website, Tupele said, “I feel privileged to have been part of such an iconic show for five years and I am grateful to everyone at Coronation Street for the opportunities I have been given.

“I have however decided to leave the show and am very excited about seeking new challenges and opportunities within the industry.” Read more & comment »

On Monday at 7:30pm, as Hayley takes over the relief manager’s job at the factory, the gossip about Tony continues. The pressure’s starting to get to Hayley, and she wonders if she’s up to the job. Roy’s also feeling the heat and unable to stop thinking about Tony’s hospital confession, he decides it‘s time he got some answers.

Arriving home, Maria finds Roy waiting for her, she demands to know what’s going on.

When David overhears Gail and Joe discussing their engagement, he’s distinctly unimpressed. But it seems nothing can dampen their spirits; that is until Joe gets a knock on the door from a debt-collector… Read more & comment »

Coronation Street’s executive producer Kieran Roberts has defended the show’s use of cigarette smoking.

He told The Radio Times: “While we have a duty not to glamorise the habit, it wouldn’t be realistic to see nobody smoking – but only a few regulars do.”

Roberts added that the smokers on the street do adhere to the smoking ban on the show, saying:

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