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Monday, 1 June 2026

Preview of today's Coronation Street - Monday 1st June 2026

Monday 1st June 2026

DANIEL HAS A DAY FROM HELL As an anxious Daniel prepares for his return to work, Bertie presents him with a ‘World’s Best Teacher’ mug. In the corridor, Lily taunts Daniel by reading out Truthteller2’s latest posts. When she purposely bashes into Daniel, he’s gutted to find his new mug smashed to pieces and breaks down in tears. Jake films on his phone. Daniel barrels into the Rovers on a mission to get drunk but when Adam bans Sean from serving him, Daniel storms out. Spotting Megan in the precinct, Daniel lets rip at her for ruining his life. Is Megan in danger?

TODD’S STRUGGLES ONLY GET WORSE Lisa tells Todd she’s interviewed Danielle. In the visiting room, a distressed Summer reveals to Todd that she’s considering pleading guilty to manslaughter as it seems her only option. Todd’s heartbroken for her as he opens up to Sarah. Todd asks Lisa if he can have his phone back from the police now but her response floors Todd.

TYRONE’S NERVOUS AS CARL CLOSES IN ON THE TRUTH In the pub, Carl sidles over to Tyrone and tells him he can see fear in his eyes, it’s obvious he’s hiding something and he intends to find out what it is.

ELSEWHERE Idris calls at Speed Daal and flirts unashamedly with Leanne, suggesting they have another night out. When Alya warns her she’s playing with fire, will Leanne agree? Idris tells Alya that he’d like her to look after his legal affairs.

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Episode Review Friday 29 May 2026

We open with Todd visiting Summer in jail (or vice versa possibly as it looks like the same jail where they hold the male prisoners). Todd admits he wish he could change places with her. Summer wants to know why she is in there and I can only think that she is thought to have committed a serious crime and failed to ensure a cast iron alibi and did not tell the truth when originally asked about it. Summer thought Theo was going to kill her but she did not kill him. She reveals to Todd that Tyrone is a sort of alibi but he is refusing to confirm her story. Adam, the worst solicitor in the world, advises Summer to be aware that it will be a life sentence so a plea bargain for manslaughter would mean she is out in a few years. {Adam - a killer needs means, motive and opportunity - there is no indication of the means by which Theo died nor therefore how anyone did it - that ought to be enough for her to be released on bail}.

Along at the garage Ty is telling someone how messed up his head is over Summer being in prison. It seems that the mystery phone calls have been to Ronnie whom we know rescued Carl from being under the car. Ty wants to make it right but he cannot conceive a reason for not being at the wedding which would also mean that he did not commit the car dropping exercise. They agree to meet in the Rovers later to discuss it (hardly private). Fiz gets out of breath after a short trot across the cobbles - is she ailing for something?

Danielle is now Ryan's number one suspect so based on that hunch DS Swain-Connor hauls the poor girl in for questioning. Danielle later tells her alibi to Todd in the Rovers that she was visiting a friend from the church so cannot possibly have offed Theo and she also makes it clear that the children should get the life assurance monies which Todd says was what he was intending to arrange.

Idris is obviously making a good impression with Leanne who takes to check with Alya that given her previous involvement with Kai. Alya warns her that Idris does not have a good record in relationships but then (apart from Nick) has Leanne ever been keen on anything but bad boys and she admits her relationship record is hardly ideal. Leanne tells Alya that she can look after herself. Outside on his way to his meeting Idris runs across Tracy outside the flower shop and inevitably they chat each other up so it looks like handbags at dawn between R'Leanne and R'Tracy in the next few weeks. Later in the background we see Leanne and Idris getting very touchy feely.so we can guess where that is going (to the flat above the cab office).

Daniel thinks his hell is over as Truthteller has gone quiet. He decides to celebrate. Jodie reckons they got a pang of conscience (which means she admits she did). A celebration is called for so Ken, Alya, Adam, Bertie, Tracy, Jodie and Daniel assemble in the Bistro. Ken orders one bottle of the cremant d'Alsace (a sparkling wine from the Alsace), which will mean a small glass each. Even Tracy knows it is NOT champagne. Joy is short lived however as another troll has started on Daniel. The new troll also reflects that Bertie has not been taken from Daniel so it is likely to be someone who has seen them all together. (Could it be Bertie?).

Ronnie and Ty end up discussing Ty's head out the back of the Rovers and guess who is listening - Carl - who can probably work out that Ty did the dirty and that Ronnie covered up for him. When they all get back in the Rovers Todd starts questioning Ty on why he is not telling the police the truth that he saw Summer and Theo still alive. Todd explains what has happened to Carl. Even Carl thinks it is very dodgy. Carl wants to know what Ty was doing that evening. Ty almost gives the game away by asking Carl what he was doing that evening and then we are helpfully shown events in very dark flashback, Carl under the car "fixing it", Ty removing the jack and then as leaves finding Ronnie arriving outside and that Carl needs help. Ty sees Summer picking up her phone and Theo looking out of the flat above. Ty returns home - even Fiz thinks he is close to a nervous breakdown. Fiz is sure Summer will be alright. Ty is not so sure.

Does it matter who killed Theo? No, so why are we being forced to watch the police make numerous mistakes, incarcerating Summer for the whole of Summer and constantly having to watch flashbacks filmed in the dark so it is impossible to actually see what is on the screen? My apologies for my discontent but having been away for three weeks I had hoped that we might be dealing with the gentle lives of people living in the back streets of Walford without crime, hospitals, and frankly dodgy characters. The good news is that due to a need to visit Menorca and Yorkshire I will not be here for the next two weeks either and then hopefully it will be time to get ready for the Rovers annual Christmas panto.

Written by Joe Turner and directed by Jordan Hoff.

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Conversation Street Podcast Episode #734

On this week's episode of the podcast, we chat about what happened in Corrie between the 25th and the 29th May (Episodes #11,864 - 11,868).

There's a new guy in town, and in keeping with seemingly all of Corrie's new additions to the cast recently, he's a bit of a git! Idris schmoozed his way into Weatherfield this week, and it didn't take long for Leanne to fall for his roguish charms - just how long will it take for her to find out he's not quite as 'chill' as he first appears? Also this week, Daniel loses control after Truthteller's trolling intensifies, Ben worries that Megan's left Will seriously damaged, and Tyrone's got a secret that could set Summer free... but will he risk his own arrest by revealing what he knows about the night Theo died?

Up next on the podcast it's The Kabin, where we take a first look at the scheduling chaos in store for Corrie once the World Cup starts, and we round off the podcast with more of your feedback on the recent goings on in Weatherfield.

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It’s time for another classic character profile – though this week, we’re tackling an entire family in one go, because let’s face it, most of them probably couldn’t sustain a whole episode on their own! Arriving on the cobbles in 1974, the Hopkins clan – henpecked husband Idris, long-suffering Vera and formidable matriarch Megan – only stuck around for six months, so what exactly went wrong, and did the show give up on them too soon? We discuss the family’s brief and, at time, chaotic stay in Weatherfield and the continuing adventures of daughter Tricia, who managed to outlast the rest of her relatives and carve out a few memorable stories of her own.

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