Tragedy for Corrie's Mike

[kayla05]

After the hilarity of Cilla and Les’ wedding, Coronation Street is taking a different tone as Mike Baldwin sees his world torn apart by Alzheimer's next year.

"They will be some of the saddest scenes ever screened on Corrie," a source told the Daily Mirror. "To see Mike, who's always been a very strong character, losing it will be heartbreaking.

"It will obviously strike an emotional chord for all those who have been touched by this dreadful illness."

Mike (Johnny Briggs) first shows signs of the illness after his lover Penny King (Pauline Fleming) rejects his marriage proposal. Furious, he goes for a drive in Weatherfield but gets lost.

Finding the Rovers looks familiar, he heads in and asks Rita (Barbara Knox): "Hi Rita. Is Bet around?"

But former landlady Bet (Julie Goodyear) left in 1995 to run a bar in Spain.

Writers sought advice from support groups for the illness so they could handle Mike’s illness with tact and sensitivity.

[Hopes]

It's going to be sad watching him go downhill like that but corrie always goes to great lengths to make sure stories such as this is portrayed in a sensitive way and that's probably why it's still going strong.

[eastenders mad]

poor Mike. I wonder if anyone will find out that he has the dieases. It would be funny if it was Ken that found out that Mike has the dieses.

[Lennie]

Didnt Alma also get that as well? and then she died

[Chris_2k11]

Didnt Alma also get that as well? and then she died

No, she had cancer.

[Lennie]

Yeah, but i thought she was losing her memory as well

[Debs]

awww poor mike it is a horrible thing to have so im hoping it is done well

[Lennie]

Lets hope this brings Danny and him closer

[Luna]

Lets hope this brings Danny and him closer

im not sure it will because he wont be able to remember danny or adam

[Bryan]

this will be a potentially good storyline, if done well, its alwats heartbreaking toi ssee a character that youve grown up with for years going downhill