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Friday 19 April 2024

Preview of tonight's Coronation Street - Friday 19 April 2024



Friday 19th April 2024

DANIEL HANDS MAX A SMOKING GUN Bethany does her best to persuade Daniel to put thoughts of Lauren to the back of his mind and come for a walk. Outside the café, Daniel has a go at Max for reporting him to the police and wasting their time but as Daniel and Bethany head off, Max tells Abi that he has no idea what he’s talking about. When Abi reveals who reported Daniel to the police, Max is shocked. Max calls at the factory and rails at Bobby for failing to tell him about Daniel’s involvement in Lauren’s disappearance. Bethany reads an article online suggesting that Lauren was working as an escort which gives Daniel an idea to call Nicky.. Bethany finds Max in the café and orders him to lay off Daniel as he’s a lovely, kind person who is being wrongfully accused. As Daniel heads off to meet Nicky, Max resolves to follow him. In the precinct, Daniel meets up with Nicky and her friend Deana.  Max watches with excitement and after taking some pictures on his phone, explains to Bobby that he recognises Nicky as a sex worker and Daniel is clearly hiding something. 

JOEL FEARS DEE-DEE’S IN DANGER Dee-Dee admits to Michael how much she enjoys Joel’s company but Michael reminds her that Joel lied to her in the past. In the solicitors, Dee-Dee takes a call which shocks her, but she covers in front of Adam. Dee-Dee takes another unwanted call but when Joel arrives she paints on a smile. As Joel helps Dee-Dee with Roy’s bail application, he notices that she’s received some email death threats 

SAM SEES THE GOOD SIDE OF MINDSET In the bistro, an upbeat Nick tells Leanne and Toyah that they’ve had a great week and business is improving. Nick bites his tongue as Leanne puts it down to her reality coding. A couple calls at the bistro with their daughter Anwen who joins Sam for a game of chess. Sam is delighted and Nick and Leanne are pleased to see him making new friends. When Leanne suggests that her reality coding is helping him too, Sam’s sceptical, but in a bid to keep the peace, offers to read up about the Altovalent Institute. 

ELSEWHERE When Michael reveals that according to Adam she’s accepted her job back, Alya’s furious and spotting Adam across the street, heads over to demand answers. Alya spells out to Adam that he can stick his lousy job and storms off. As Adam watches her go, it’s clear he’s smitten.


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Wednesday 17 April 2024

Preview of tonight's Coronation Street - Wednesday 17 April 2024


Wednesday 17th April 2024

DANIEL’S OLD JACKET ATTRACTS SOME FUZZ Bobby’s face pales as he receives a call summoning him to the station for further questioning. In the prison, Roy refuses his breakfast and refuses to leave his cell. DS Swain gives a shaken Bobby a grilling and reminds him that perverting the course of justice is a serious offence and carries a custodial sentence. Bobby returns home and tells Carla how under pressure he made out to DS Swain that the intruder in Lauren’s flat was wearing a balaclava and a dark coat with a fur-trimmed hood. When Bobby reveals that he’s changed his statement as he suddenly remembered seeing a man running out of Lauren’s flat, Cassie, Evelyn and Nina listen with interest. Cassie tells Evelyn and Nina that not long after Lauren’s disappearance, she remembers seeing a coat in the charity shop fitting the description Bobby gave. Evelyn and Cassie return from the charity shop and tell Nina that the coat has gone but there were some other clothes that came in with it and one of the jumpers has a name tag. DS Swain calls at the builder’s yard flat and tells Daniel she’d like him to come with him as there’s been a development in the Lauren Bolton case. Has Bobby unknowingly accused Daniel? 

ALYA STEPS ON ADAM’S TOES Alya tells Yasmeen that she’s decided to accept the job offer from Rich. In the solicitors, Adam and Dee-Dee struggle without Alya to organise them. Rich takes Alya for lunch in the bistro, congratulates her on such a successful morning and tells her that she’s exactly what Fabian’s needs and she’ll go far. Adam receives an email from his biggest client informing him that they’re transferring their work to Fabian’s. How will Adam react to Alya poaching their business? 

SEAN AND DYLAN MOVE ON TO PRECINCTS NEW Having borrowed the Underworld van, Kirk helps Sean and Dylan move their stuff out of No.11 and offers to drop Dylan and Liam at school. In the café, Mary tells Eileen that having called at Sean’s new flat, it’s clear that they’re very short of furniture and the place is desperate for a facelift. As Sean moves the last of his things out of No.11, Mary hands him a house-warming gift in the shape of a candle. 

ELSEWHERE In the Rovers, Joel opens up to Dee-Dee and reveals that Emily has been in touch and she’d like him to meet Maeve, his daughter. In Speed Daal, Eliza admits to Sam and Hope how much she’ll miss them. Stu tells Yasmeen that he really wants to make things work, but it’s up to her. 

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Tuesday 16 April 2024

Coronation Street Episode Review Monday 15th April

DEE-DEE - CORONATION STREET - ITV 
 
Bernie has appointed herself manager of the cafe whilst Roy is indisposed (surely Shona has more experience, but y'know what with that pesky brain injury that everyone's forgotten about....) Everybody expects Roy to get bail but what with his best friend being a 12 year old and him hitting Gary with a cricket bat by mistake, it seems that the world is safer with Roy in the big house. At least he'll be spared the phone calls and the online abuse? 
 
Given how backed up the courts are, I think we should expect to see his trial in late 2026, although I'm still not sure how there can be a murder trial without a body. For all we know Lauren might be in Ayia Napa. Hope, Sam and Eliza (who's still here?) form the Monday Murder Club and hope to exonerate Roy. What do we think, gang? We know that Joel spent some money in a jewellers at the same time that Lauren received some expensive bling from her older man-friend. Or could this be the work of Nathan, Bethany's ex-groomer? He would be out of prison by now. I had thought Harvey was the perp but his storyline seems to be over now. Trying to help Roy, Bobby recants his statement and says he saw another man in a balaclava in Lauren's flat and was warned not to tell anyone. He drags Carla into this and she realises she'll have to lie to the police to back him up. I mean, she has form.
 
ROY - CORONATION STREET - ITV

I'm also not quite sure what this storyline is for, except to win Best Storyline, Best Actor and Best Continuing Drama awards at the Inside Soap Awards. Also to give Roy something to do as, apart from the mobile phone story, he's not had that much to do since Hayley died and it is a waste of a good actor to just have him hand out pie and chips or a frothy coffee each ep. It's just a bit....samey. We know he'll (eventually) get off, we know Roy will be the latest in a long line of wrongly imprisoned people and yet D.S. Swain will keep her job. Perhaps the writers room was reminiscing about the good old days of Free The Weatherfield One and Tony Blair asking questions in parliament and they wanted to Make Corrie Great Again.
 
Alya and Rich sitting at a table in the Bistro in Coronation Street

Whilst Deedee sobs at her failure to keep Roy out of chokey, Adam is having a better day. Flipping off a meeting with boring old Fabian's, he meets an attractive new client, Rebecca, at the Bistro and soon is back at the solicitor's to mix a little business with pleasure. Alya meanwhile has taken the meeting with Rich Fabian and impressed him with her spreadsheets, so much so that he offers her a job. For nine months perhaps? Anyway, the two things collide and Adam is left frustrated and without an admin assistant as Alya storms off. You know how some actors come in for one ep and steal the scene so effectively (Beth, Gemma, Glenda) that you want to see more of them? Well, the opposite of that re: Rebecca.

Talking of scene-stealing, I love the way Debbie makes the most of every scene she's in whether it's wearing a natty little hat and talking about her lucky wraparound skirt ('80s kids will understand) or uncorking a bottle of red with a pop and an innuendo, she is great. More of Debbie please!

Coronation Street Soap Scoop! Roy in danger

Mason has done Toyah a big favour really. She loves going around counselling the cobbles folk, so Maria asking for some (free) informal counselling will keep Toyah in helpful suggestions for some time. I suppose Maria has had mental health problems before (when she was stalking Tyrone), so it makes sense that her anxiety over her son is getting the better of her. Leanne doesn't want her sister's help though, she's quite happy spilling her guts to creepy Rowan, who doesn't want her to invest in Simon's business (spite because Simon didn't sign up for any more modules, or because Rowan wants Leanne to invest in his scheme in order to increase her thetan levels?) To be honest, I thought Streetcars had done a deal with the Bistro to deliveroo their meals and Dev had Aadi cycling around with groceries?

And finally, there's some shenanigans with Stu and a tattoo and Eliza leaving. When is the tattooist going to get a set, a character and a storyline!?

Rachel Stevenson - on twitter

Spoilers for next week's Coronation Street - April 22 to 26 2024

Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less.

Monday 22 April to Friday 26 April 2024


Toyah's secret is revealed and she sees red on the rec, Freddie's led astray, Joel makes his move, Eileen smells a rat, Asha goes on a mission, Carla tells Roy the truth about the lie, Leanne opens her mind to Rowan and Steve wants to hear from Demi more.

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