Emma believes Ruby is in danger when she swallows Curtis' pill
Summer gears up for her Oxford interview, but she's not herself
Maria has a surprise for Sally who's prepping for the election.
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Emma believes Ruby is in danger when she swallows Curtis' pill
Summer gears up for her Oxford interview, but she's not herself
Maria has a surprise for Sally who's prepping for the election.
13th Dec 7-30pm
As Emma babysits Hope and Ruby she goes to switch off Curtis' TV Doctor DVD but is puzzled to hear the Doctor using the same phrase Curtis used when tending to Harvey the night of the storm. As Emma and Gemma discuss the coincidence, they're horrified to realise that Ruby has swallowed one of Curtis' pills. At A&E Emma shows the doctor Curtis' pills, explaining he suffers from a heart condition. The doctor confirms that Ruby's fine as the pill she took was only a vitamin. Emma's confused.
Summer tries to apologise to Daniel but she's hurt when he reveals that he's not allowed to talk to her. At school she watches Daniel fly out of his classroom and is horrified to see the word paedo scrawled across the board.
As Zeedan sets about redecorating Speed Daal, he's shocked by the arrival of his estranged wife Marrium.
Fed up of Adam's reputation as a ladies man, Sarah questions him over how many women he's actually slept with. Sally asks Maria to say a few words about her clean air campaign at the press interview later. Maria's buoyed by Sally's belief in her.
8-30pm
Back at home a shell shocked Emma assures Tyrone it was a false alarm and Ruby just swallowed a vitamin tablet. Curtis returns home making out he's exhausted after his run. Emma confronts him with the pill box and demands answers. Will Curtis come clean?
As she looks at photos of Daisy, Summer feels frumpy. In a bid to cheer her up Billy takes her to the Bistro. But having eaten a burger, Summer feels guilty. Oblivious to her fragile state, Billy assures her she'll smash her Oxford interview.
Zeedan convinces Marrium that her Dad started the fire as an act of revenge.
Sally waxes lyrical to the journalist, painting herself as a game-changer whilst belittling Maria's cleaner air campaign. Maria's seething. Gary reckons she should put herself up for election and give Sally a run for her money. After a successful meeting with Gavin's PA, Lydia, Sarah invites her for a drink. Seeing Adam, Lydia glances at him with recognition.
Wednesday December 15th
At the hospital, Emma quizzes Dr. Handley about Curtis? condition, but he refuses to be drawn. Frustrated, Emma calls Neville. As she grills him about Curtis? illness will Neville tell all?
When Sally agrees to lend her support to a new housing development outlined for the Red Rec if elected, having been promised first refusal on the show home, Maria's incensed. As Sally prepares for her election Q&A, Maria steams in and tells her she's withdrawing her support and going to run for council herself. Sally's horrified.
Sarah meets up with Lydia and her son, Finn, and introduces them to Adam. Lydia pales and alluding to the fact that she had a relationship with him at uni, makes her excuses and leaves. Under Sarah's steely gaze, Adam admits his relationship with Lydia was years ago and he can't really remember. Sarah's unimpressed.
Marrium asks Zeedan for help. Audrey arrives in a neck brace having had another car accident but still in denial about her eyesight.
8-30pm
Hanging his head in shame, Curtis finally admits he's not dying, explaining to Emma how he first feigned illness when his parents were getting divorced, enjoyed the attention but once he'd started, he couldn't stop. When Emma asks about his medical training, Curtis admits that was a lie too. Asserting she'll never be able to trust him again, Emma orders Curtis to pack his bags. But before she can share her news, Steve tells her about the ?4k Curtis raised and how they want to thank him. Will Emma have a change of heart?
Sally tries to talk Maria out of her decision, asserting she has no experience but Maria sticks to her guns, pointing out she has integrity instead. With the Q&A underway, Maria forces Sally to explain how she was imprisoned during her mayoral career. Smarting from her humiliation, Sally vows to beat Maria at her own game. Adam and Sarah row over his past infidelities but suddenly Sarah's phone beeps to remind her she's ovulating. Sarah drags him home.
As Zeedan and Marrium pour over the family's paperwork, Marrium tells him that she doesn't hate him anymore and he's still the decent man she married. To Gail's relief, Audrey accepts that she needs to book an eye test but is scared of losing her independence.
Friday 17th December (1 hour episode)
Emma accompanies Curtis to his appointment with the psychologist. Emma listens, overwhelmed, as Curtis explains how he's spent years convincing people that he's dying as he enjoys the attention. Curtis assures Emma that he intends to get better, he loves her more than anything and tomorrow could be the best day of their lives. Will Emma agree to go ahead with their wedding plans? Emma explains to Amy that Curtis is suffering from a factitious disorder and he?s seeing a psychologist. Amy's astounded and insists she can't marry him and must tell the family the truth. Meanwhile, unaware of Curtis? lies, a drunk Steve hands him his bank card and PIN, asking him to transfer the ?100k they raised to Oliver's charity account. At home Curtis opens his laptop and takes out Steve's bank card.
Kelly's forced to admit to Gary and Maria that she's been letting Stu sleep in the barbers as he has nowhere to go. Determined to help Stu, Kelly asks Billy and Yasmeen about hostels. Yasmeen forms an idea
As Tim and Gary share a moan about their ambitious wives, Tim lets slip that Weatherfield County are proposing to build a new training ground. When Gary whips out his phone and calls Maria with the news, Tim's fuming.Maria asks James if he'll endorse her election campaign, but he refuses, explaining that all County players have been instructed not to get involved with any political campaigns about local developments. Maria and Phill smell a rat.
Stu thanks Yasmeen for the offer of a room but when he makes a joke about his high cleaning standards, how will she react?
George asks Gail for help with a Christmas present idea for Eileen.
Ken's hurt when Adam says that he and Sarah are thinking of spending Christmas alone. Gail tells David that Audrey's suffering from cataracts and will be moving in until she's recovered. Sarah suggests a joint Platts and Barlows Christmas so not to offend anyone. As Kevin and Abi arrive back from their honeymoon, Kevin hopes they don't bump into Kelly.
adam a daddy? dump him fast emma
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Coronation Street fans can expect a special schedule this week, with episodes airing every evening for the next five days.
The ITV soap is getting a nightly outing at 7.30pm from Monday to Friday, coinciding with a big week for Curtis Delamere and Emma Brooker.
ITV's regular schedule has been transformed this week to make way for new singing competition Walk the Line, which is also airing nightly.
This means that just one Corrie episode airs tonight, rather than the usual two. However, fans aren't missing out overall ? there are single editions from Monday to Thursday and an hour-long edition on Friday, which adds up to the usual output of six episodes.
In Monday's visit to the cobbles, Emma (Alexandra Mardell) agrees to do Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) a favour by babysitting for him.
While Emma is looking after Tyrone's daughters, she's horrified as Ruby (Macy Alabi) swallows one of Curtis's pills.
Emma rushes Ruby to hospital to be checked over, but she's baffled when the doctor explains that the tablet was just a vitamin, rather than heart medication.
This risks exposing the fact that Curtis has been lying to Emma about his health for months.
Corrie recently revealed to viewers that Curtis has a Factitious Disorder, a mental illness whereby people deceive others by pretending to be ill.
Sam Retford, who plays Curtis, then opened up to Digital Spy and other media about keeping the secret of his character's condition.
He told us: "It's been pretty tough, because it's something that's fascinated me so much and it's something that I've really tried to delve into. I didn't pretend it wasn't going to happen. For example, if you were to watch the episodes back, you would see all of his actions are influenced by this.
"So it's something that has always been in the very forefront of my mind but never something I was able to talk about. It's been pretty tough.
"A few people guessed it, which is good. We left some clues in there. We didn't want it to come out of the blue because it is something that influences people's everyday decisions and their day-to-day life. It's a really debilitating disorder."
Coronation Street airs tonight at 7.30pm on ITV.
If you've been affected by the issues raised in this story, organisations who can offer support include Samaritans on 116 123 (www.samaritans.org) or Mind on 0300 123 3393 (www.mind.org.uk). Readers in the US are encouraged to visit mentalhealth.gov.