Coronation Street Producer Stuart Blackburn has lifted the lid on some of the exciting storylines coming up in the soap this summer and autumn.
In an exclusive interview on the official website Stuart reveals that there are some dramatic times ahead for the residents of the country’s most famous street.
Peter Barlow arrested and charged with Tina’s murder and meeting up with Jim McDonald in prison.
Kylie hitting rock bottom after son Max is diagnosed with ADHD - and resorting to taking his medication herself.
The return of Ken Barlow.
Disaster for Tyrone and Fiz at the hands of Jason’s dad Tony.
Talking about Kylie hitting the self destruct button Stuart hints of the devastation to come: “Over the weeks we see a real change in Max’s behaviour and what we are going to learn is that he is suffering from ADHD.
“We have done an awful lot of research on this and it is going to take us to a point where Max is going to be put on medication. Kylie hits a really low point physically and emotionally she is completely drained and in that moment of madness she takes some of Max’s medication. She is utterly ashamed and David is disgusted when he finds out. This is, out of all the bad decisions Kylie has made, the worst one ever. It is going to have a devastating effect on her, her health and those around her and it is going to bring real trouble to the door of the Platts household.”
On Ken’s return Stuart reveals :”Ken is coming back to quite a few surprises. What we will learn is that Deirdre hasn’t told him the extent of Peter’s problems and actually what we will see with Ken is that loyalty to his family. He will be the one person who Peter can turn to.”
And he reveals that Tony Stewart is shaping up to be a true Corrie baddie : “Just when we think Fiz and Tyrone have finally got some happiness and they are looking to the future disaster is going to strike and this is going to put Fiz and Tyrone up against the Grimshaws - right at the heart of that is Tony and we are really going to see his true side or one of his sides.”
Stuart concludes “Obviously these are just a few of the storylines we have got some much more coming up as we head towards Christmas - we have some great comedy with Beth, Kirk, Sinead and Chesney, watch out for the Windasses they are going to be back in action soon. We have just got that mix of great great drama, romance with Gail and Michael, new characters and always at the heart great comedy.”
To see Stuart’s interview in full go to www.itv.com/coronationstreet/summer from 8pm Friday July 4th.
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