Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Preview of today's Coronation Street - Wednesday 23 July 2025


Wednesday 23 July 2025

TODD FEARS THEO HAS RETURNED TO HIS OLD WAYS When Theo reveals Noah collared him in the bistro, intent on saving his soul, Todd’s furious to realise that Theo’s being harassed. As Theo heads to the community centre, an incensed Todd reads the leaflet before arriving with Billy to find Noah practising conversion therapy on a member of his congregation. When Noah reveals that Theo is somewhere safe, Todd lashes out, sending him sprawling. Unbeknown to Todd, one of the followers captures the altercation on their phone. 

SAM CAN’T FACE AUDREY’S BIRTHDAY The Platts gather in the bistro for Audrey’s birthday tea. With the party in full swing, Sam slips away and hides in the office, clearly traumatised. 

RYAN’S FIRED UP Ryan warns Debbie that he was only looking out for her and her next assistant manager might not be quite so understanding. 

ELSEWHERE Having taken a call from social services, Sally and Tim break the news to Brody that his Mum has pleaded guilty and it would mean the world to her if he were to visit. Aadi treats Lauren to the café but the mood is spoilt when Dev makes a clumsy remark about her Dad being in prison. Apologising, Dev finds Lauren and tells her he’d like to get to know her better. 

Glenda Young
Fancy writing a guest blog post for us? All details here!  
Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook






Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Coronation Street Episode Review Monday 21st July

AADI - LAUREN - CORONATION STREET - ITV 

Has Dev had a glow up on holiday? He's come back tanned, trimmed, groomed and slim in a silk shirt. And he's no longer a silver fox but a badger. He's also come back to Aadi's insurance fraud, which I presume is going to lead to Alahan Jnr starting a new life in Leeds or something rather, than TPTB re-setting up the STC set. I also presume that Dev will find out about this just as he's about to walk up the Bistro's aisle with Bernie. Later on, Lauren and Aadi share a kiss, so I guess all this subterfuge has been worth it. Incidentally, just exactly how many matching pieces of athleisurewear does Lauren own?

 TODD - BILLY - NOAH - CORONATION STREET - ITV 

I hope Gary doesn't take on Theo's scaffolding company for his building work given that Theo hasn't bee up any scaffolding since March. Theo wants he and Todd to move in together despite the fact they're already living together (rent free?), albeit with George and Mary. But later on, Theo tells a fellow scaffolder that Todd is actually Toddessa and has a hairy back (rude). Worse is to come when Mr Gay Conversion, who has presumably put a tracker on Theo's phone, turns up to be a third wheel on Theo's date with Todd and tries to persuade him to come to a meeting, which is at Jamila house. Not sure who's running the community centre since Yasmeen left, but surely they wouldn't allow a homophobic group to meet there? Also what's happened to Li'l Big Shotz since Glenda was promoted? All those poor theatre kids abandoned by their mentor. I guess they'll have to do an interpretive dance about their feelings.

DEBBIE - RYAN - CORONATION STREET - ITV 

Meanwhile at the hotel, Debbie is not particularly sympathetic to someone with hayfever. The struggle is real, Debs! The guest films Debbie's overreaction on her phone and is going to post it to socials but Ryan intervenes and Debbie is so grateful she plants a smacker on Ryan's chops. Inappropriate snogging in the workplace, Webster! He is worried about her and having read the What To Do When Your Boss Who Has Vascula Dementia Behaves Strangely from Dr Gaddas's stash of leaflets, he tells Ronnie, which leads to Ry being sacked. This is a sexual harassment industrial tribunal in the making.

Talking of sexual harassment, sex pest Carl pretends to be a mugger to his sister with the aforementioned dementia and grabs her bag. Sensitive! He has a bruise from being thumped by the loan shark to whom he owes £50K, so Debbie offers him an iced finger and a loan but reneges when she finds out the full amount he needs.

LOU - SALLY - JOANIE - SHANICE - CORONATION STREET - ITV 

Also in need of ready cash is Lou, asking Sal for money that the Metcalfes don't have to pay for an expensive lawyer in M16 (what do we get for our trouble and pain? A fancy lawyer in Whalley Range?) What's wrong with Adam or Deedee? Some folk are no better than they ought to be. Also in prison news, Michael is too lazy to put new toner in the office printer so uses the one in Carla's office (is Sarah the office manager? Surely she should've networked the printers) and discovers a letter to Logan Ratcliffe requesting a prison visit, which I presume is re: the Becky corruption case, which I thought had been quietly forgotten about. 

 Rachel Stevenson - on bluesky 






Natalie Anderson interview: Danielle, Theo and violence in the Bistro


Danielle starts dating Noah, does this mean she’s accepted it’s over with Theo?

Honestly, I don’t think she’s there. I’ve had this conversation with James, who plays Theo. It’s such a rushed relationship, she had the fling with Jason then this is another big thing – there’s two things happening. One is trying to show Theo what he’s missing with his family life, this is what he’s throwing away. And there might be an element of her trying to fill the void, Danielle and Theo were married for 19 years, that’s a huge amount of time. I’ve been with my husband 20 years and can’t even imagine him not being around. It’s a little bit of a rebound.

How did they end up getting together, they already knew each other?

They’ve known of each other and grown up together through the faith with Theo. She has a line about the history between Noah and Theo and says it was their business, she believes Noah was just trying to do right by him. They’ve all come through the church upbringing together. felt for her like a natural person to fill the void of Theo. But also its probably quite pointed, of all the people she could’ve dated its someone who made his life quite uncomfortable as he was part of Theo’s conversion therapy.

Does Noah think this is for real?

Noah is so disappointed in Theo and his choice because he’s so devoutly religious. Noah is angry and thinks if you don’t want to take care of this amazing family, I will. He is stepping up to the plate, looking after Danielle and the children, keeping them in the faith, providing a happy, stable relationship. There’s an element of duty from Noah. He’s very cosy and getting his feet under the table. Its for him to keep the family unit together and make sure Danielle and the children are not questioning the faith as well. There’s an agenda for Noah to protect this family unit from this awfulness that is happening to her, and be the hero.

Todd learns Danielle is dating Noah and tells Theo, but was Danielle planning to reveal this herself?

Yes from a perspective of co-parenting she was planning on telling him, and was probably waiting to manage her own feelings first – before Todd steals her thunder and throws her under the bus! I love the dynamic between Todd and Danielle, its one of my favourite things to say. Danielle would’ve told Theo in her way.

Talk us through how it all comes out in the bistro and why it descends into violence?

Danielle believes she’s meeting Theo and the children for lunch, she’s actually really excited about them being a family unit again and sitting down together, that’s great and positive for the children. And again, a reminder of what Theo is missing – this is what his life could be like. She wants to lull him into the dependable, familiar things. And then Todd shows up and announces it. The kids are upset, Danielle is fuming and feels she’s been led into a trap. Equally Theo thinks Todd has spoilt everything. it all gets a little bit heated, Miles in particular is very upset with Todd, he goes for him and Theo tries to stop him. In the melee this incident happens where Miles ends up with a bloody nose. For Danielle, Todd is at the root of all of this – whether it was an accident or not, Todd has spoilt this and is the thorn in their side.

Theo lashes out and accidentally injures Miles, is Danielle shocked by this violent side?

I don’t think she’s shocked by it because they’ve had a tempestuous relationship in the past, Danielle is quite confrontational so is not submissive in any way she gives as good as she gets it. The violence I think is a little different for her, for Theo going down this path it’s a side of him she thinks is a bit more out of control – however, everything about him is different to her at the moment, he’s different and struggling with so much stuff. But having a temper is nothing new, Miles getting a bloody nose is not great but I don’t think there’s been violence within the family, probably been highly pressurised arguments with shouting, but this is the first time she’s seen actual violence.

Danielle bans Theo seeing the children and Todd later asks to see her to change her mind, how does that go?

That dynamic between them I love playing with Gareth, been so much fun. It’s really juicy. Danielle is a mum, first and foremost, that’s her priority always. Her kids are her life she’ll do anything to protect them. When Todd reaches out, she does want to take that seriously because its beneficial for the children to see their dad that’s all that matters to her, which is why she agrees to meet. They start to get somewhere, until Todd starts being Todd and tries to manipulate the situation and throws his little daggers in there – Danielle cannot tolerate that, he doesn’t get to tell her about her family! She’s not having any of it and has to go back to the drawing board. Playing those scenes was brilliant.

She blames Todd for ruining everything, she can’t accept Theo’s sexuality?

Even if Theo was having dalliances with other men she didn’t necessarily know about but she could keep up the pretence of family life and almost turn a blind eye, in some weird way she’d been able to cope with that. Todd has made a play directly for Theo and wanst him to be with him. Couldn’t they have carried on behind closed doors, without having to break up a family? Why is he so intent on taking a husband away from his family and children? That’s the bit she cannot forgive Todd for. He wants Theo all to himself and made him question his whole life, and his family to question their lives.

Does Danielle want Theo out of her life or is hopeful about a reconciliation?

She is so conflicted. She absolutely wants to keep him around hoping he has an epiphany. Banning him from seeing the kids is a weapon, there’s a line where she says I really hope he’s worth throwing away your family for. She is waiting for Theo to say he made a mistake and it’s her he wants.

Is she using Noah?

While she cares for Noah but is not completely committing wholeheartedly, she is kind of drawing this out a little bit. If there’s an opportunity to be around Theo, she will take it. On the one hand she wants to do the right thing by her kids, but the right thing for her would be for their dad to come home and she’s not going to give up on that.

What reaction have you had from viewers, are they sympathetic to Danielle?

There’s a lot of sympathy, given I’ve played that confrontational side to her. Her emotions are everywhere and I didn’t want to shy away from that and make her Little Miss Perfect. She’s not immediately likeable, however the reaction I’ve had is people completely understand her position, and think the villain of the piece is Theo. The viewers love Todd and want him to find love, they’re really angry at Theo for going down this path knowing he had a wife and children. Nice that Danielle has had a lot of sympathy.

What’s been your most pinch-me moment on Corrie?

Obviously being in the Grimshaws with Sue Cleaver and Ryan Thomas, oh my god I’m in Coronation Street with Eileen telling Jason off! I almost forgot I was in the scene I was just watching their spat! I was meant to have left and just stood there in the doorway watching it. Amazing. My first scene in Roy’s Rolls with David Neilson was incredible. Getting to shout my head off in the Rovers at Tina O’Brien was another highlight, that was proper!

Do you feel Danielle is struggling with how her life has completely changed?

She is very representative of a lot of mid-life women who maybe got married young and are in their 40s and are at that point in life where they’re either getting divorced or are questioning their lives. What’s next for me? What are the challenges?

What can you tease about Danielle’s future?

As you can imagine it does get messier and more heated. We fall into two camps between Danielle and Theo, and the children will be caught in the middle of that. It is difficult, and representative of a lot of families going through messy divorces. That’s been amazing to play and its not something I’ve done before, there’s a lot of figuring out what’s next and figuring out what’s best for the children. When it starts to become a legal thing, how nasty does that get? It’s one thing trying to sort it out between yourselves, but when it gets to that next level things becomes more weaponised. There are some calculating things coming up, I’m not sure the audience will still be on Danielle’s side after that!

 Glenda Young
Fancy writing a guest blog post for us? All details here!  
Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook 





Spoilers for next week's Coronation Street, July 28 to Aug 1, 2025

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

Monday 28 July to Friday 1 August 2025


Will Abi commit to Carl? Sam gives Lily a taste of her own medicine, James ahead on adoption, Lisa can't help herself, Theo's anger gets the better of him, Dee-Dee fears James has left, Todd's peacekeeping backfires and Carol decides to head home, plus Dev's aunty arrives!

See the full week's preview with pictures at Corrie.net  

Note: If you still see last week's previews when you click through to Corrie.net, please refresh your browser

Glenda Young
Fancy writing a guest blog post for us? All details here!  
Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook






GRITTY SAGAS BY CORRIE BLOG EDITOR GLENDA YOUNG, PUBLISHED BY HEADLINE. CLICK PIC BELOW!

You might also like...

Coronation Street Books for Fans

GRITTY SAGAS BY CORRIE BLOG EDITOR GLENDA YOUNG, PUBLISHED BY HEADLINE. CLICK PIC BELOW!