Tracy Barlow

[lizann]

Maybe the much loved character is Emily - she was always close with Tracey and maybe she still visits or writes to her?????????

Would Tracey be left out maybe for Blanche's funeral as she is her grandmother???????

[Perdita]

She is reportedly coming for a couple of months and then permanent later this year, she would only be released for the funeral day, not several weeks.

[alan45]

If its a well loved character that rules out Devil Boy.

If its someone Tracyluv meets in prison then that pretty certain to be a female. If Gail is remanded for something to do with Joes attempted Insurance Fraud then it could be her.

[Dazzle]

That's the best theory I've read so far.

As for Tracy getting out of prison, maybe she appeals and/or is released on a technicality. Or maybe she does something in prison (for example, saves a prison officer's life or rats out a fellow prisoner) that gains her early release.

I would imagine that there's going to be a big storyline in the prison to re-introduce Tracy, also involving the other character.

[Perdita]

SUPERBITCH Tracy Barlow will make a shock return to the cobbles.

The fiery brunette, who is behind bars for murdering boyfriend Charlie Stubbs, is making a comeback after bosses agreed a deal with actress Kate Ford, 32.

Fans will get to see Tracy in prison when she starts a love affair with a popular Weatherfield resident.

Kate’s initial scenes will be filmed in the nick but we can reveal she will be back on the Street for good later in the year, sparking rumours her killer character will be released early.

Bosses are keeping tight- lipped about which fella will be getting up close and personal with the jailbird, but her former lover Steve McDonald is firm favourite.

The cab boss – played by Simon Gregson, 35 – is going through a rocky patch with new wife Becky (Katherine Kelly, 31) because she refuses to have children.

But Tracy could also rekindle her romance with returning Irish hunk Ciaran McCarthy – played by Keith Duffy, 35.

A show insider said: “We are absolutely thrilled that Kate is coming back.

“She was a huge favourite with fans who will be interested to see how prison has changed her.

“Will it have toughened her up or made her see the error of her ways?”

Filming at the Manchester studios ground to a halt yesterday as more than half the cast and crew were kept away by heavy snow.


Daily Star

[Dazzle]

Fans will get to see Tracy in prison when she starts a love affair with a popular Weatherfield resident.

Who on earth could it be? How can she have a love affair with a man whilst in prison? It must just be that they fall in love, rather than anything physical (unless someone gets a job as a prison warden, but that would be going too Bad Girls!). Steve, Ciaran or whoever must start visiting her in prison.

[Perdita]

Steve is the obvious one, because of Amy. But why he would start something with her again, being newly wed, can't see scriptwriters coming up with one of those stories, surely

[Dazzle]

I'll be disappointed if it's Steve. I really hoped that he and Becky would have a lasting, if tempestuous, marriage.

[tammyy2j]

I hope its not Steve and isnt Ciaran getting with Michelle?

[Perdita]

I don't remember Tracey and Ciaran from before, so why would he start something with her in prison?