Carla Connor (Alison King)

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Originally Posted by maidmarian

Know Im being picky -but actually she was born
a Langton !

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I know! Deirdre's married to Ray and pregant in the classic Corries I'm currently watching on YouTube. :p

Maybe I should have specified Tracey's an important character because she's Deirdre's daughter.

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Originally Posted by maidmarian

Re Rob -I always thought they may bring him
back at some point in the future- but not so
soon and not from prison.
Perhaps its more to do with Alison Kings break
- a final story for Rob & Carla and part of her
exit story.

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Hopefully, Alison King will return to Corrie in the future. I can see Rob being brought back as a regular character if that happens - but not for at least a decade if the producers have got any sense! (In reality it'd be a lot longer of course.)

​What could have got Carla Connor so upset in these brand new Coronation Street filming pictures?

Alison King, who plays Carla, was spotted filming an emotional scene with her on-screen love interest Ben Price on Wednesday night (November 18).

The stars were working on location in Manchester and paparazzi photographers were nearby to give fans a sneak peek.

The scene sees Carla taking a walk alongside the canal with her partner Nick Tilsley, leading to a heart-to-heart and a tearful embrace.

Nick is clearly as loyal as ever towards Carla as he supports her through a difficult time, but what could be wrong?
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Ben Price as Nick and Alison King as Carla in Coronation Street
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Ben Price as Nick and Alison King as Carla in Coronation Street
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Ben Price as Nick and Alison King as Carla in Coronation Street
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Ben Price as Nick and Alison King as Carla in Coronation Street
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Details of a huge new storyline for Carla recently leaked, when it was revealed that newcomer Johnny Connor could be her biological father.

Johnny once had a one-night stand with Carla's mum, and killer Rob Donovan will start blackmailing him over the secret from behind bars in a gripping new plot.

Corrie fans will have to stay tuned to see whether Carla and Nick's canal scenes are linked to this bombshell or another story altogether. Either way, though, it looks like there are interesting times ahead for the Underworld businesswoman before her exit next year.

King announced in May that she will be taking a break from Coronation Street in 2016, but she later clarified that she'll be around for a while yet as her current contract runs until May.

Coronation Street chief John Whiston has revealed that soap had to tinker with Carla Connor because audience research suggested fans didn’t like the character.
The soap regularly refers to market research to see how well characters are going down with viewers at home.
And writers had to rethink Carla - played by Alison King - because they felt she wasn’t “breaking through” in their research.
John also revealed the one thing that could pull Corrie off air - a big gust of wind!
Talking about Carla, he explained: “We do audience research to see how the characters are doing. For a long time we were playing long stories with Carla.
“She is a consummate actress but somehow she was not breaking through in the research. We thought, ‘What can we do to show a different side of her?’
“She had a soft spot for Roy Cropper – this strange character we all love. That boosted her image and it showed she must be a nice person to like Roy.”
And referring to his biggest concern for Corrie, John told the Daily Star: “The two things I worry about are the schedule room and the writing room.
“Someone asked me what the biggest risk is to Corrie and it is a sharp gust of wind coming into those rooms.
What you have is a wall covered in Post-It notes with all the A stories and the B and C stories. If they were all blown away, we could go off air.”

Ha market research my foot. I do not believe they do enough as a lot of the characters would be long gone.

Oh so glad Nick went to lordes and got a cure

Carla Connor is going to get herself struck off the Barlow’s Christmas card list and put herself on a collision course with Tracy when she has sex with Robert Preston.

The Underworld boss is going to go on a gambling and booze bender when she discovers that Johnny Connor is her real dad. She will head to the local casino where she drowns her sorrows before bumping into Robert. It’s not long before one thing leads to another. According to the Daily Star Sunday Carla will confess all to best friend Michelle McDonald the next day who suggests she keeps it a secret.

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But Carla tells her she’s going to confess all to Nick adding: “It’s better he hears it from me than someone else.” Has she made a fatal mistake by sleeping with Corrie killer Tracy’s boyfriend and will Nick Tilsley ever forgive her?

Ridiculous, thought Corrie producers had learned from their mistake making newly wed Molly have an affair with Kevin the minute they came back from their honeymoon :wall:
No doubt Carla will be pregnant leading to a never done before Who Is The Daddy? storyline http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smile...aby-863730.gif and ultimately to Alison´s exit from Corrie http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smile...ing-490602.gif

Very stupid storyline. But they are fnding a way for her to leave

This is a shame, I have grown to like Carla and Nick as a couple

Can't understand why she sleep with him. I rather she wasted a bit more money . Nick could forgive that.
If Johnny was not so keen to hide her like his dirty little secret and embrace her as his daughter it would have the opposite result