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Monday, 15 June 2026

Preview of today's Coronation Street - Monday 15th June 2026

Monday 15th June 2026

SAM’S BREAKDOWN BRINGS FRESH HEARTBREAK FOR NICK Nick reels in shock as he waits for news of his son. Nick turns on Ben and Eva, citing Megan’s court case as the root of Sam’s problems. Eva assures Ben that they don’t need Sam’s help with the court case and Will will smash it by himself.

IT’S VIVA ES WEATHERFIELD As an excited Sally, Glenda and Christina assemble with their cases packed, a text from Ronnie informs them that it’s all systems go. What has he got planned?

DEBBIE’S GETAWAY GETS GATECRASHED At the hotel, Sally, Bernie, Glenda and Christina are nursing hangovers. Debbie tries in vain to call Ronnie, while Christina’s phone buzzes as she kills the call. Pointing out they’re here to have a good time, Glenda orders them to switch off their phones.

A CLOSE ENCOUNTER FUELS MARIA’S FEARS ABOUT GARY When Maria spots Gary and Sarah sharing a hug, as Gary asserts they must delete all their messages, Maria watches them with suspicion. Can Maria find proof that they’re having an affair? Maria opens up to Fiz and Izzy about how she suspects Gary is having an affair with Sarah.

CARL’S GUNNING FOR TROUBLE A bitter Kevin tells Carl he’s received a letter from another garage requesting a reference for him and he can whistle for it. Carl takes a call from Fiona offering him some more dodgy work. Will Carl return to his dark side?

As Kevin watches a video of Ruby on Tyrone’s phone, he inadvertently accesses the video of Carl sabotaging the brakes on his car. Kevin storms over to Carl and reveals he knows what he did. Hearing the commotion, Tyrone and Ronnie hurry over. Kevin’s incandescent to learn they were fully aware of Carl’s crimes. Ronnie suggests that for Debbie’s sake they all bury the hatchet but Kevin refuses point blank and, picking up a wrench, advances on Carl. Carl pulls out the package he picked up from Fiona to reveal a gun!

ELSEWHERE In the Rovers Sean refuses to serve Brody, Dylan and Betsy, aware that Brody’s underage. The gang heads to the precinct but when three rough lads approach and demand they hand over the cans they’ve bought, Brody orders Dylan and Betsy to scarper whilst he sprints in the opposite direction with the lads going after him.

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Saturday, 13 June 2026

Episode Review Friday 12 June 2026

Confused? I am. I am back briefly and whilst I normally report on Friday's episode by my count we are actually looking at Wednesday and Thursday's episodes stitched together courtesy of some football.

The two episodes were dominated with Sam's increasing paranoia. Newcomer "evil Roy" was deep inside Sam's head and having run away from Will and locked himself into the cafe Sam is left to face "evil Roy" and "real Roy" at the same time. I would like to think that David Neilson was paid double for this episode at least. Sam then hits "real Roy" with a chair and then goes missing overnight with the police and others looking for him.

Having had to release Summer as Tyrone has "remembered" seeing her the dynamic policing duo of Swain and Green interview Maria - we know she has given Gary an alibi but they are convinced that he dunnit (and we have seen him standing over a dead body which is not conclusive evidence). However she stands up for her man who is behaving increasingly shiftily and they cannot find a reason to re-interview Gary who keeps skulking around with Sarah-Lou. Gary tells Maria that he did not do it - but she knows something is wrong. However we are no closer to finding the killer and at this rate the two detectives will be busted back to constable status patrolling the streets on foot.

Glenda, Christine, Sally (and Bernie who is missing) all want to go away with Debbie and Ronnie has arranged a break in Spain. Debbie however fears that having a turn and being alone in a foreign country is a risk she cannot take. The trip gets cancelled but alternatives are being discussed over serious amounts of alcohol. As a side story Carl has a possible job in a garage in Eccles and is going to turn honest for a while. Ronnie and the girls later agree to do something spontaneous instead of Spain.

For reasons I am not even willing to contemplate Carla and Lisa are going vegan this week. Why? However Carla comes across Sam in a ginnel and manoeuvres him to the play park whilst summoning Nick who then promises Sam he will not lock him before taking him to the hospital to have him locked up. Sam will never trust him again. Carla of course has experience of paranoia herself so will probably now suffer flashbacks. At the hospital Toyah and Leanne arrive and they will be with Sam they promise.

I hope Sam gets the help he needs. Not sure why Carl has suddenly stopped being devious. Gary is obviously lying and both he and Sarah know more than they are saying - but do they actually know anything? Will Jodie go down for assault? Will Nick accept that Sam is ill because he lost his mothers? Will Summer ever give up on losing fathers? These and many more questions are unlikely to be answered next week when I will not be here as I have to go to Yorkshire for a wedding. See you in two weeks' time.

Written by Ian Kershaw and Steven Fay. Directed by Gary Williams.

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Conversation Street Podcast Episode #736

On this week's podcast, we chat about the drama in Weatherfield between the 7th and the 12th June (Episodes #11,873 - 11,877).

Although there were a handful of scenes focusing on Debbie and the Platts' stories this week, the lion's share of the screen time was given to Sam's psychosis and the ongoing murder investigation, with Corrie continuing to drip feed us information about what exactly happened the night Theo died. We have to admit, we found the revelation that Gary was up there on the scaffolding at some point the night of the murder particularly intriguing, but do we think he was the killer? Despite the bloodied scaffold (or was it a sledgehammer?) in his hand, we're going to say no. As for the other major story, we know that Evil Roy is a total Marmite addition to the show, but for those of us who can't get enough of it, we were dining on a deliciously thick helping this week - and honestly, we couldn't take our eyes off the screen whenever he came on! With Sam ending the week at the hospital, though, is this the last we'll see of the Shakespeare-quoting figment of the boy's imagination, or does Evil Roy still have one final act to play?

Not really anything huge in the way of Corrie news this week, so we give The Kabin a swerve, but as always there's plenty of feedback to get share!

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For this week’s bonus podcast, we take a look at a selection of Corrie characters who’ve been banged up for crimes they didn’t commit! With both Summer and Debbie spending time at His Majesty’s pleasure in the past few months alone, we thought the time was right to chat about this increasingly common type of storyline, exploring when it works and when it falls sadly short. Plenty of characters have followed in Deirdre’s footsteps since she famously cried out in court that she “didn’t do any of it!” back in 1998, but have any of Corrie’s attempts to recreate the success of that story ever come close?

Unfortunately, time has not been on our side this week, and we’ve not managed to cover every single wrongful imprisonment storyline the show has produced over the years. Don’t worry though – we’ll be back next week with Part 2! In the meantime, we’d love to hear from you: which Weatherfield miscarriage of justice storylines stand out as your favourite and least favourite? Write in and let us know!

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