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Friday, 24 March 2023

Preview of tonight's Coronation Street - Friday 24 March 2023



Friday 24th March 2023

PAUL’S INJURIES REMAIN A MYSTERY Having taken a call from Dee-Dee asking for a witness statement, Peter visits Paul and orders him to back off and stop using Carla’s mental health problems for his own financial gain. Paul assures him that’s not the case but Peter accuses him of faking his injuries. The neurologist tells Paul that he’s sending him for further scans but the problems he’s experiencing are unlikely to have been caused by the accident. Paul’s shocked as Dee-Dee confirms that if that’s the case he won’t be entitled to compensation. 

CHRISTINA HAS BIG PLANS FOR DAISY’S HEN As the stags have a low key do at the Bistro, Christina reveals she’s organised a surprise for Daisy. As two friends from her past, Samantha and Ellie arrive, Daisy’s mortified. 

EVELYN SHUTS ROY OUT With Evelyn branding the cafe a death trap, Roy tells Nina he’s getting rid of his phone as had he not been distracted, he would never have dropped the cake and Cerberus may still be alive. 

ELSEWHERE Struggling to pay the rent, Aaron tells Summer he reckons it’s time they lived together again. Summer’s taken aback but agrees to think about it. Ryan tells Nick about Crystal and how she’s offering him a gig in Ibiza. Nick advises him to think carefully about which is more important to him, Ibiza or Alya. 


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Harriet Bibby interview: Summer discovers truth about Aaron and Amy


After getting back with Aaron after their break up how have things been going between them? Do you think things are different now, does Summer think they have a future?

After their initial bust up, then the night with Amy that Summer obviously doesn’t know about, Aaron said he was really sorry for everything, that he only loves her and she took him back. I think she does believe there is a future. They broke up because he'd been chatting to his ex-girlfriend but he explained why, that nothing was going on, that she was just struggling and he wanted to help her and that's it. Summer accepted he was doing it out of the goodness of his heart, which actually I do think he was at the time. When they do get back together Summer is completely oblivious to anything that's actually gone up. So I do think she thinks right, this is it now we've got past all of our troubles and we're going to make it work. 

So when she realises that Amy and Aaron slept together, how big of a betrayal is that for Summer, because obviously it's her boyfriend and her best friend?

She just can't believe it. The betrayal is huge, there was no explicit break up between them, it was more a series of rows but whether you were broken up for a night or longer it seems it took him literally a couple of hours to go and sleep with her best friend. And as far as Summer’s aware, because she doesn't know the full story at that point, Amy's done the same thing. So it's like betrayal from both sides. If your boyfriend upsets you, you go to your best friend and tell them about it. And if your best friend upsets you you’d probably go to your boyfriend. Summer feels like she's got nobody to turn to because the two most important people in her life, bar Billy and family, have betrayed her.

How does she react first towards Aaron, then towards Amy?

First she gets the story from Aaron that he and Amy have slept together. Obviously she’s heartbroken and breaks up with Aaron and tells him to get out. Then she goes to see Amy and she's fuming. Summer's furious because her and Amy have been friends for so long. From the story that Summer has got from Aaron she thinks that Amy has betrayed her. But when Amy actually does turn around and tell Summer that she didn't consent to this, Summer believes her. After that she’s not prepared to take Aaron on at all.

When Amy tells her the truth, which must be a horrific shock, does Summer instantly believe Amy or is there a part of her that thinks Aaron would never do this?

I think as soon as Amy says it, your gut instinct is to not want to believe it, to not want to believe someone you love is capable of doing that. Her first response is you’re lying, he wouldn't do that but I don't think Summer believes what she's saying because she knows her best friend and she knows she would never lie about it. She wants to fight his corner but I think deep down she knows and when Amy says look, believe me or don't believe me it’s your choice, that’s when Summer straightaway turns and says I believe you, I'm really sorry. It's more that she wants it to be a lie because the truth is so awful. 

How important was it to you that Summer reacted in this way? Were you hoping that this is the reaction she would give?

Yeah definitely. Me, Elle and James spoke about it beforehand and we said we hoped that it's not a case of Aaron trying to manipulate his way back in with Summer and we hoped that she wouldn't go along with her boyfriend. So as soon as we got the scripts, I was grateful that in that scene Summer does turn around and believe Amy, and from that point on she's with Amy all the way. She never questions Amy and I think that’s really important because you'd like to think that if you were telling your friend that that happened to you or if your friend was telling you that something like this had happened to them, you would want them to turn around and be with you.

What’s Summer’s response when Amy decides to go to the police because obviously this is someone that she was in love with now looking at a very serious offence?

It's a horrific situation for Summer, as well as everyone else involved because she did love Aaron and I think they have had a really great relationship up until this point. They've been through the mill a bit but ultimately they've always come back to each other. So to see someone that you once loved going through this is horrible. But at the same time it almost makes her hate him more because she knows that he is capable of being a really lovely guy and he's not been. So when Amy goes to the police Summer is fully in support of that and making sure that Amy does whatever is best for her at the time.

How did you react when you heard about this storyline because Amy & Aaron have been together for a long time, they've had a very close relationship, were you shocked to hear that he was going to be capable of doing something like this?

Yeah, I was shocked but that’s what is so interesting about it. I think a lot of people's initial reaction to this storyline has been but Aaron is such a nice guy, he wouldn't do this and I think that is the whole point, that is why we are doing this storyline with Aaron and why James has taken on this role. It’s different to some rape storylines because it’s not a violent attack, he doesn't believe he's doing anything wrong in that moment and ultimately Aaron is still a nice person he's just done a horrific thing and he needs to realize that he's done that horrible thing. 

How important do you think it is to tackle the issue of a rape storyline?

I think it's really important, when we've done rape storylines before they have normally been attacks and I think instances like this where there has been no consent happen far more frequently than anyone would like to imagine. I think a lot of young women and young men will have been in situations like this and probably been convinced that nothing bad happened, or it was their friend and they didn't think they were doing anything wrong, or they’re made to think that they were both into it and they both wanted it to happen. I think it is one of the things that gets brushed under the carpet a lot and it will happen frequently. So I think it is really important to shine a light on consent and say actually, this is not okay.

Do you think we'll see a different Summer going forward in relationships with men because although this attack hasn't happened to her, she's going to be deeply impacted because this is a person that she trusted?

Yeah and I think Summer’s trust has been tested a lot in the past already, Todd for example  abandoned her and then came back and he really had to work his way back into her life. Summer’s not one to forget quickly and I do think that it will definitely complicate relationships in the future. It will with Amy too who thought Aaron was her friend, he was Summer’s boyfriend, someone who was always lovely and caring and this has happened. It will make them both think what are people really capable of.

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Wednesday, 22 March 2023

Preview of tonight's Coronation Street - Wednesday 22 March 2023


Wednesday 22nd March 2023

ROY IS IN THE DOGHOUSE WITH EVELYN With Cerberus still sick, a concerned Tyrone insists they take him to the vets. When the vet suggests food poisoning, a guilty Roy reveals he dropped an eccles cake in the café and fears Cerberus may have eaten it. Both angry and worried, Evelyn tells Roy that if anything happens to Cerberus, she’ll never forgive him. The vet breaks the news to Evelyn that Cerberus is suffering from kidney failure. 

SARAH TRIES TO REASON WITH DAMON Sarah’s unimpressed to realise Adam is still representing Damon. Meeting up in the ginnel, Sarah begs Damon to stay away from Nick and drop Adam as his solicitor. Damon refuses to make any promises. Dee-Dee warns Damon he’s unlikely to walk free as whoever stitched him up knew what they were doing. Damon’s fuming and cornering Nick in the bistro office, closes the door behind him. 

PAUL’S GENEROSITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS When Gemma confides in Paul that the wedding venue is demanding full payment up front or the whole thing’s off, Dee-Dee overhears him on the phone to the bank. When Paul reveals that there’s been no improvement in his hand, Dr Gaddas refers him to a neurologist.

ELSEWHERE Stephen lies to Sarah, making out that the Americans have pulled out of the contract. Peter visits Carla and drops the bombshell that the factory workers have voted to put Stephen in charge. Ryan persuades Alya to meet him in the bistro later, just before Ibiza club promoter Crystal calls in, handing Ryan her business card. 

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Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Spoilers for next week's Coronation Street - March 27 to 31, 2023

Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less.

Monday 27 to Friday 31 March 2023


Daisy's horrified when Justin returns, Paul confesses to Billy, Amy reports Aaron, Michael wants answers from Stephen, Amy gets devastating news, Beth doesn't heed Glenda's warning.

See the full week's preview with pictures at Corrie.net 

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Coronation Street Episode Review Monday 20th March

DAMON - SARAH - CORONATION STREET - ITV

We start off with Nick hoovering the living room at number 8 in braces and slacks - a sight no-one was wanting to see. There are further horrors in store as he goes into work and finds Dastardly Damon sitting at his desk making his usual vague threats. More threatening though is his Montague/Capulet meet up with Sarah in Chariot Square hotel bar (does nobody drink in the Weathy Arms any more?) where Sarah has flounced off to after discovering that Adam intends to represent her brother's current nemesis. As an aside, Adam wanted to take on more criminal cases due to the solicitors not making money, but isn't bread and butter for the average back street solicitor wills and conveyancing? Or maybe he should start charging for the informal advice people ask him for in the pub? Although all Adam really needs to do is wait for the next round of murders, miscarriages of justice and Tie Rack workers committing fraud. I mean, Stephen's going to need a brief soon, isn't he?
 
Anyway, Sarah invites Damon up to her hotel room to drink champers but then asks him to leave when she realises she doesn't want to break her wedding vows. They later aggressively flirt in the ginnel. We all know Sarah's track record of bad decision making and terrible taste when it comes to the male of the species.

RUFUS - STEPHEN - CORONATION STREET - ITV

Also drinking a soupçon of fizz are Stephen and the factory "girls" to celebrate the American contract. Two flies in the ointment are Peter, complaining that the "girls" have stabbed Carla in the back by voting for Stephen to take over the factory and the world's worst mockney, Rufus, who blackmails Stephen into giving him sole rights to the American market of Nipper Snapper. Stephen picks up the hole-punch of doom! But Rufus is saved by Sean and the ad-break. As another aside, would the name Nipper Snapper even work as a pun in the US? I do 't believe they use the words nipper or whippersnapper to mean child. 
 
To the love islands. Love Island 1 is Daisy still trying to organise a wedding band and, to avoid booking Glenda to serenade the guests with her "Pound shop Jane Macdonald" musical stylings, books Ryan to DJ. From Cafe Del Mar to the Rovers. Once again though, I implore, nay demand, that Glenda get a storyline. She's hung around the stalking storyline, she got involved with Beth and Mario (to be continued....) but she really needs a meaty story to sink her pearly whites into. If it involves some singing, all the better. Also in the wedding storyline, Amy tries on her bridesmaid dress and it looks like she should be covering some toilet rolls. She also gets panicky when the hen night is mentioned and says she's not going. Daisy complains about her bridesmaid not attending her hen night, but really maybe she should make some friends that aren't a) her step-mum and b) her niece-in-law-to-be.

Love Island 2 is Billy and Paul as Paul says he will move back in to the florist flat when his compo comes through, I think "when my compo comes through" might be Paul's famous last words. He says he doesn't want to cadge off of Billy, but really he'd be cadging off God, so I think it'd be OK. Alternatively he could accept the money from Peter - robbing Peter to pay Paul?

ROY - EVELYN - CORONATION STREET - ITV

Oh and Evelyn and Roy don't kiss, but do make up, although Cerberus eats something off the cafe floor and is later ill. Don't kill off Cerberus, Ian Macleod! The Dobbs-Stape-Plummer household has already had one pet death to deal with this year.

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