Preview of today's Coronation Street - Monday 2 February 2026

Monday 2nd February

THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR DEBBIE Debbie tells Ryan she'd like him to run the hotel while she's in prison. Kevin arrives for lunch and is fuming to find Debbie, Sally, Tim, Abi, and Tyrone waiting. Debbie assures him they only want to help but as Kevin reluctantly joins, he states he doesn't need their help. Carl appears and accuses Debbie of stabbing him in the back, railing at her for undermining him by putting Ryan in charge. Later at the flat when Debbie opens up to Carl, how will he react? 

TODD STRUGGLES TO GET BY When Theo reveals that he’s off to Doncaster for the day to visit his Mum, Todd looks at his solitary ten pound note wondering how he’s going to manage. In the café, George realises he’s forgotten his wallet and asks Todd to pay the bill. Todd has little choice but to hand over his only tenner. George invites Todd to join him for a drink at the Rovers, but Todd declines. When he receives a text from Theo informing him that he’ll be staying the night at his Mum’s, Todd’s heart sinks.

SPARKS DON’T FLY FOR BERNIE When Mal arrives to start work as an electrician in Roy's flat, Bernie hides her discomfort. She suggests a cheaper electrician to Roy, but he refuses, feeling partly responsible for Mal's marriage breakdown. Later, Dev and Bernie find Mal at the Rovers. Bernie discreetly speaks with Mal, who assures her he'll keep their secret and be gone once his work at Roy's is finished. 

JACK CHOOSES ABI Jack, finding no food at home and a messy living room, goes to school. He later returns with Abi and tells a devastated Kevin that he'll be staying with her for a few days to give Kevin space, as he is clearly struggling. Kevin is left heartbroken as Jack leaves with his packed bag.

ELSEWHERE Shona manages to get the phone number for her Dad's old friend, Bernard Bennett. Jodie, listening in, secretly calls Bernard and asks him for a favour. 

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Episode Review Friday 30 January 2026

Bernie emerges from Weatherfield Emergency Department whilst Dev, Asha and Gemma are all worrying about where she has spent the night.  She seems in no hurry to tell them anything deleting the missed calls and unanswered messages. Given that it is Brody's birthday her absence is raising huge concern.  Gemma lets Roy know that Bernie will not be in and Ryan sat at a table tells her that he saw Bernie last night in the Chariot Square Hotel in one of the rooms with a man and possibly with drugs.  Bernie arrives home and refuses to explain to Dev.  However Gemma challenges her mother but Bernie does not have time for her interrogations.  Gemma is not happy.  At the party Kit thanks Tim for giving Brody and the girls a proper home.  Tim thanks Kit for getting a games console in the house!  Bernie eventually arrives at the party where Dev can hardly contain his pending nuclear explosion.  Brody finally admits that perhaps he now has family.  

Over at worst nightmare flat Theo opens Todd's post to find he has been missing payments on his £7k credit card debt.  Theo is of the opinion that Todd needs help managing his money and suggests that as they are together they should have a joint account and it will all be quite simple for them to share.  Todd can do little other than accept.  Todd decides to invest in his relationship by buying steaks for dinner which Theo castigates as waste and identifies that Todd does not grasp the real value of money to which he has a solution.  They should both rely on cash and only cash (not to be recommended around here as the pubs have gone cashless in the main) and then when they spend something they can see they are handing over twenty pound notes rather than just going tap, tap with a card.  Within seconds Theo has improved his thinking further and asks Todd for his cards so that he can cut them up - which he promptly does although we do not see him cutting up his own cards.  Until the joint account is set up Todd should hand over the internet banking details of his current account and Theo can manage that as well and Todd merely has to ask if he wants some cash and Theo will simply hand it over as it will make it all so much easier for them to control their expenditure.  Todd cannot think of any reason to deny Theo and hands over control.

The electrics in the flat above Roy's Rolls are playing up and  he has asked a website for an electrician.  The electrician when he arrives apologetically is the man who thumped Roy and spent the evening with Bernie at the Chariot Square.  Mal has his electrician tools to prove who he is.  After he has attended to the electrics he reveals that he has left Alice whom Roy and Mal agree has treated them like a pair of fools.  Mal is not going back to Inverness - he has found he can get work in Weatherfield through the website so can stay in the area.  Roy offers to help Mal as he feels responsible.  There is an intermittent wiring fault and Roy offers to pay Mal in advance for the work providing he starts as soon as possible.  They shake hands on it.

Abi arrives at the garage with a morning coffee and discovers Kev sleeping in the back seat of a car under repair and no-one is answering the persistently ringing phone.  He hangs up on the caller as Abi tells him she has come to see about the roof.  Kev is not in a good mood and he tells her not to worry about him, although he is clearly falling apart.  He shouts at her to go.  Debbie is practicing for prison - sleeping on the floor, drinking skimmed milk and peeling potatoes and is surprised when Abi advises her that she will get full fat milk inside.  Abi tells her about the state that Kevin is in and that he needs help.  Abi thinks Kev might be depressed (really?).  Debbie says she will go and see him in the morning before she goes to prison.  Abi reminds Debbie that she managed to get out of prison in one piece so Debbie can.  Debbie, right now can manage, she is worried that the Debbie she will be by the time she emerges will be different.

Bernie leaves the party to put some recycling in the right bin when Gemma chases after her.  Bernie explains that she misses Paul and that most of the time she is in control, but last night she had a wobble as she could not cope.  She tells Gemma that she wants to forget last night ever happened.  Gemma goes back to the party and coming in the other direction is Mal - the dodgy man she was with last night.  After a chat Mal appears to agree he will say nothing about last night.  However he hopes there might be a next time.  Bernie tells him she is married and does not want to see him again.  He will however be working locally so they will see each other again.  

If you know Todd or anyone else who has handed over control of their finances be worried, be very worried.  If I were Mal I think I might be buying a lottery ticket this weekend.  A job, money in advance and freedom, Weatherfield is miraculous.

Written by David Judge.  Directed by Michael Lacey.

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Conversation Street Podcast Episode #717

On our latest podcast, we take a look at the episodes of Coronation Street shown between the 26th and the 30th January 2026 (Episodes #11,782 - 11,786).

Definitely a bit of a divisive week, this one, with opinions all over the place online about Billy's funeral and Bernie's subsequent getting off her cake, as she put it. Even the pair of us felt quite differently to each other about how Wednesday's episode went down, with Gemma praising the writing and direction whilst Michael didn't think it quite did enough to honour Billy's time in the show amongst the Carl vs Theo drama. Speaking of which, we chat for quite a bit this week about who we'd prefer to ultimately see come on top there, and how much Theo is actually in control of what he's doing. One thing we both agreed on, though - which seemingly a  sizeable chunk of Corrie fans online disagreed with - was that Thursday's Bernie-centric saga was fantastic, plus we were both very chuffed to see Sam back on centre stage on Monday's episode - and think that Megan will prove to be quite a force for him to reckon with!

Another fairly news-lite week saw us skipping The Kabin again, so after Street Talk, we head straight to the feedback section for more of your fabulous emails.

Street Talk - 00:16:36

Feedback - 02:41:06

After four months of wreaking havoc on the cobbles, Becky Swain is behind bars where she belongs! In this episode of the podcast, we're joined by the wonderful Amy Cudden, who brought Becky to life - quite literally! - in one of last year's most talked about storylines. Amy reflects on getting the role, working alongside Vicky Myers and Ali King, and shares some of her favourite moments on the cobbles - including the epic Corriedale spectacular!

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