So here, in a nutshell is what we know about Coronation Street's leavers, joiners, returners, movers and shakers - as at May 12 2015.
Put your left leg in, your left leg out, in, out, in, out, and shake it all about. You do the Corrie hot-pot and you turn around, knees bent, arms stretched, ey up chuck!
Characters leaving
Carla Connor - Alison King is taking a creative break
Lloyd Mullaney - Craig Charles is doing Red Dwarf
Kal Nazir - Jimi Mistry is leaving
Maddie Heath - Amy Kelly is leaving
Julie Carp - Katy Cavanagh is leaving
Andrea Beckett - Hayley Tamaddon is leaving
New characters coming in
Dan Jones, a laddish brewery worker - played by actor Andrew Paul
Aidan Connor, a cousin of Michelle's - played by Shayne Ward
Dougie Ryan, a wilderness survival expert - played by Paddy McGuinness
Robert Preston's wife - played by Sarah Harding
Characters returning
Bev Unwin - Susie Blake returns as Bev for Deirdre's funeral
Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne returns as Peter for Deirdre's funeral
Brian Packham - Peter Gunn returns for Julie Carp's exit storyline
Robert Preston - Tracy Barlow's ex-husband returns with a new actor Tristam Gemmill
Fiz Stape and Kylie Platt are already back filming after the actresses returned from maternity leave.
Eva Price will also be back after the actress's maternity leave ends.
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