Gemma’s depression at Paul’s illness and looking after the Fab Four has manifested itself into classic displacement. These past few weeks have seen her convinced that Joseph’s ill, which Chesney completely ignores, and what with Bernie’s upcoming imprisonment and Paul's imminent death, you can forgive her for being distressed. With Christmas just around the corner, Joseph’s set to receive a present in the guise of his loaded gran, Linda! Does this mean he is actually ill? This week sees another hospital visit for the family, and back in October, we spoke to Corrie Producer Iain Macleod, who gave us a tease of what happens next:
Iain told us ‘’Joseph's issues, on-screen at the minute, culminate in him falling behind with his school work, and his fairy godmother turns up, in the shape of Linda (his grandmother) who decides that she’s going to try and fix all this and starts throwing money at the situation, which puts Chesney and Gemma in an impossible quandary'’ Iain continued ''By accepting financial help from Linda, they feel that they can't look after Joseph, and are just conceding to Linda’s cheque book'’
How does Gemma feel about it?
‘'It’s interesting because Gemma is not Joseph’s biological mother, so there are tensions around that, (in terms of) Chesney and whose side he should be on. It fractures their (already fraught), relationship'’
We don't want to give anything away, but for other reasons involving Joseph, Gemma, and Chesney, Linda is stopping for a bit longer this time?
''Yes, it's going to be a long runner for us. The tease I can give you is that we are taking the original story played by Ken Barlow (in the very first episode of Corrie) as inspiration. Our inspiration for this story goes right back to 1960, which is all capitalised by Linda’s arrival’’
Watch Coronation Street on ITV & ITVX this week as this Winter-Brown story continues!
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