Previously, the show was embroiled in awkwardness after the previous actress it cast in the role emerged as older than her casting agent had said she would be.
In coming weeks, Bethany will show up on the cobbles and be taken for drinks by Andy, who thinks she is older. Having run away from life in Milan, Bethany's mum, Sarah, will have no choice but to follow her daughter to Weatherfield.
Relive the life of Bethany Platt, in pictures
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