Novels by Coronation Street Blog's Glenda Young

Sunday, 26 July 2026

Preview of today's Coronation Street - Sunday 26 July 2026


Sunday 26th July 2026

DAVID IS ADVISED TO THINK INSIDE THE BOX Having found out from Kit that it was Jodie who attacked Sarah, an angry Shona confronts her sister demanding some answers. They visit Sarah in hospital and she tells them about Jodie’s trinket box. Will they be able to find it? With David and Shona having gone to bed, Lily tiptoes downstairs in search of her console.  She reaches under the sofa and pulls out Jodie’s trinket box. What will she find?.  

LEANNE STRUGGLES TO DO RIGHT BY HER FAMILY Sam returns home from hospital.  Leanne, Nick and Toyah fuss over him.  He is troubled when Leanne reveals she has a new boyfriend but she tries to reassure him and tells him she would like them to meet. Leanne calls at Speed Dhal with Sam in tow and introduces him to Idris.

STEVE ORDERS CASSIE TO DROP HER INVESTIGATION Cassie is still determined to get rid of Ross and shows Steve  an app where you can post reviews of ex boyfriends and explains how she’s uploaded a photo of Ross in the hope that there will be a deluge of horror stories that she can show to Tyrone, proving that his Dad is a monster.  Steve advises her to delete it. Will she agree?  

MARIA STANDS BY GARY Maria wakes up with a hangover.  Gary urges her to pull a sickie and suggests they do something nice together. Spotting them David is furious at her for swinging the lead pointing out that he had to close the salon while he visited Sarah in prison.  Asserting that Sarah is where she belongs, Maria angrily stalks off.

ELSEWHERE Ollie arrives for his first shift at Speed Daal.  Leanne leaves Alya to show him the ropes. Ben calls at Speed Daal and is taken aback to find Ollie there, dressed in his chef’s whites, clearly now working for the competition.  

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Saturday, 25 July 2026

Episode Review Friday 24 July 2026


I think we are still on Thursday episodes but next week we might well have caught up!  Much of tonight's activity centres around Maria who decides to visit her murderous mate, Sarah-Lou, in prison and to reveal that Gary has blabbed.  Sarah feels she needs to explain her wish to keep Kit's nose out of it and instead it will cost Gary his wife, his kids and his freedom.  Sarah Lou (as Maria calls her) squirms and accepts that Maria would like to rip her head off.  Maria gets her claws out and digs them into Sarah Lou pointing out that Harry might be used to a new step-father every month - but her kids are not.  Sarah promises that she will never use Gary's name.  She tells Maria to go home and sort it out with Gary.  That seems unlikely.

Shona gets some good news - Harper is coming home tomorrow - that will be Sunday then.  

Carla and Lisa manage to organise a date night until DS Swain-Connor's phone goes off and there is a new development in the Silverton case and she is going to be extra busy for the rest of the day!  In similar good news we also find that Sam is coming home tomorrow to the reveal that Sarah has been locked up.  Nick is worried it will set Sam back.


DS Connor-Swains busy day is driven by Sarah's availability to be interviewed.  The DS has Sarah's phone records and knows that she phoned Gary but before the questioning gets underway Sarah decides it is time to 'fess up and she admits she killed Theo in self defence.  She exchanged a few pleasantries with Gary but he was not involved in any way and she cannot remember what she did with the murder weapon or where it is now.  So it looks like Sarah will be leaving the Street for a while.  However she has not really thought through this whole confession lark so sounds completely unbelievable when the inevitable questions are served up by the DS.  The cracks are showing and the DS is not swallowing the crumbs she has been thrown.  Kit breaks the bad news to the Platt family.  


In case you had forgotten Eva and Maria are not the best of friends - it is all to do with Aidan who had a fling with Maria when courting Eva ending with a fight in the fountain on the wedding day.  At Audrey's they are daggers drawn with Eva refusing to let Maria anywhere near her tresses whilst a little later (and having consumed her body weight in alcohol Maria has more than a few digs at Maria.  Sadly no fisticuffs. 


Anyway we know Kit does not like Gary and also that he loves Sarah - is he plotting to save his beloved at the expense of Windass?  He certainly seems to be implying that Sarah is not going anywhere if he can avoid it.  Sarah says she is letting him go - but Kit is going nowhere and he promises to look after Harry and Bethany.  Sarah also issues Kit with a warning about Jodie.


Returning home very much the worse for wear Maria tells Gary she has been barred from the Rovers.  Gary makes it clear that he loves Maria and not Sarah.  Eventually Maria relents and it looks like Gary will not be sleeping on the sofa tonight.  

We close with Kit and Harry hugging, both wanting Sarah back with them.

Unless there is one of those twists we should have seen coming I have to say Sarah's future looks pretty bleak.  Harper and Sam will be back soon so hopefully the flags will be flying on Sunday.

Written by Ella Greenhill and directed by David Kester.





Friday, 24 July 2026

Preview of today's Coronation Street - Friday 24 July 2026


Friday 24th July 2026

SARAH ADMITS TO EVERYTHING - WILL SHE PROTECT GARY

Maria visits Sarah and rails at her for involving Gary in Theo’s death. Sarah finally decides to come clean to a shocked Lisa about killing Theo - but will she drag Gary under the bus with her?

Kit is shocked when Sarah reveals it was Jodie who attacked her.

Maria struggles to cope with what Gary’s involvement means for her and her family.

Shona and David’s joy at discovering that Harper can come home from hospital is short lived when news of Sarah’s admission reaches them.

Meanwhile Nick, Toyah and Leanne find out that Sam is also being discharged but Nick worries what effect it might have on him when he finds out his Aunty Sarah has been charged with murder.

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