Coronation St Spoilers 2025 and 2026

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Executive producer Kate Brooks lifts the lid on the explosive turn of events that will see one character killed off during a special flash-forward episode.

‘There’s a special episode coming up mid-February and in that episode we’re doing a bit of a flash-forward ep. I know it’s been done recently on another show but this is something that’s been in the making for a really long time. The big stories we have on the table, it gives us a destination for those big stories to all come together and be involved in a much bigger storyline.’

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Coronation Street is planning an emotional new storyline for Bernie Winter-Alahan following the shocking death of Billy Mayhew. Show bosses are taking the caring character in an unexpected new direction this year, after she was rocked by the recent Corriedale tragedy.

The ITV soap has already explored a tough time for Bernie, as her beloved son Paul Foreman died in September 2024, with his Motor Neurone Disease (MND) story reaching a heartbreaking conclusion. Paul's husband Billy had also become hugely important to Bernie over the years, so his sudden death will understandably hit her hard.

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In a new interview, Coronation Street's producer Kate Brooks explained: "Bernie's such a fun character, but she's really stoic and she's watched her son die, which was horrific. Now she's having to come to terms with the fact that Billy has also died.

"The thing with Bernie is that she wants to take care of people. She's people's rock, but as a result of that, she's buried a lot of grief. If you cast your mind back to when Paul died, it was very rare that we saw Bernie lose it, or burst into tears.

"She was strong for everyone, she's the strength of that whole family. So we wanted to explore what would happen if she had to deal with another really tragic death ? and how that grief manifests."

Corrie fans saw a glimpse of Bernie's devastation earlier this week, as she decided to close up Roy's Rolls early when she couldn't face the day at work. However, she did reluctantly serve surgeon Vincent Harper when he persistently paid two trips to the caf? that day.

"We take Bernie on a really interesting journey as she struggles," Brooks continued. "It gets to the point where, because it's been bubbling for such a long time, it eventually erupts.

"When it does, there are consequences for Bernie. It's not as straightforward as Dev sweeping in and making sure that everything's okay. It's a really muddy, murky story that we take her on. I think it just again explores another side of Bernie that we've not seen yet."

The show's producer left fans with hope that Bernie and Dev's relationship can ultimately survive the turmoil to come.

She said: "Obviously it's going to be a test for Bernie and Dev, but it's a test that they are a really strong couple, and no matter what we throw at them, they can overcome because they love each other. They absolutely adore each other.

"It's a big story for Bernie, and certainly Roy's embroiled in that story as well. It's a really interesting one to keep an eye on, because it's going to be quite a big start of the year for Bernie."

Billy was killed after driving the wedding minibus which crashed in the Corriedale special. Although Theo Silverton had a chance to save the much-loved vicar, the villain chose to protect his own dark secrets by leaving Billy to die.

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Coronation Street's producer Kate Brooks has defended the show's increase in "special episodes" which stray from the traditional soap format. Corrie and fellow ITV soap Emmerdale have both been experimenting with their styles in recent years, sparking fan debate over whether the shows should stick to their roots.

Late last year, Corrie was praised for a powerful "behind closed doors" episode which explored Todd Grimshaw's domestic abuse ordeal through the lens of various in-universe cameras, including CCTV and police bodycams. A special flashback episode also explored a dark secret from Maggie Driscoll's past.

Looking ahead, the show will play with time again next month ? as specially-filmed flashforward scenes tease a mystery death with five possible victims. However, some fans have argued online that the "special episodes" are becoming too frequent.

In a new interview, Brooks was asked whether the show has even more experimental episodes coming up beyond the flashforward.

"I probably won't be able to talk about them, but yes we do," Brooks replied. "We do have episodes that feel special and different. They break the usual formula of soap and I think they're a really interesting way of telling the story.

"We have a lot of episodes a year. We have a lot of our 'traditional format' episodes to appease the more traditional viewers. So I think when the story affords it, or when it lends itself to taking a more abstract and slightly less conventional approach, then we embrace it and we do it really well.

"We have a great team around us who work really hard to ensure that whilst the episode might feel different, it still feels very story-driven."

She continued: "If you take the recent Todd and Theo episode as an example, you can't get more 'kitchen sink drama' than being in somebody's living room watching them live their lives. That's taking it right back to day dot.

"What we'll continue to do going forward, is taking these big storylines that we have and try and tell them in fresh and innovative ways. Initially, people might not always love it, but I think it's a risk that we should take.

"We continue to take it, because we need to keep abreast of the competition. We need to make sure that we stay relevant, fresh and new. So yes, there'll be more of those types of episodes coming up."

Another big Corrie change is the show's scheduling pattern. From this week onwards, the show will air every weeknight at 8.30pm for 30 minutes. This is five episodes per week, while the previous hour-long editions created the equivalent of six weekly .

Brooks added: "The difference with the hour longs is that it's an hour of drama to film, so you need every beat and every scene to feel interesting and move the story forward. When you're doing that three times a week, that's quite a lot to sustain.

"So I think the episodes will now naturally feel pacier. We're able to play slightly more lighter textual stories, because it's a couple of scenes, as opposed to four or five or six scenes over the course of an episode.

"There will definitely be more of a spread of characters as well, because we're able to dip in and out of people's stories and not be constrained by hour-long episodes.

"So, whilst the storytelling and the storylines that are currently running are not going to massively change, what will change is that the episodes will feel way more pacier ? and will feel like how soap should really be."

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" Another big Corrie change is the show's scheduling pattern. From this week onwards, the show will air every weeknight at 8.30pm for 30 minutes. This is five episodes per week, while the previous hour-long editions created the equivalent of six weekly .

Brooks added: "The difference with the hour longs is that it's an hour of drama to film, so you need every beat and every scene to feel interesting and move the story forward. When you're doing that three times a week, that's quite a lot to sustain.

"So I think the episodes will now naturally feel pacier. We're able to play slightly more lighter textual stories, because it's a couple of scenes, as opposed to four or five or six scenes over the course of an episode.

"There will definitely be more of a spread of characters as well, because we're able to dip in and out of people's stories and not be constrained by hour-long episodes.

"So, whilst the storytelling and the storylines that are currently running are not going to massively change, what will change is that the episodes will feel way more pacier ? and will feel like how soap should really be."

What a load of rubbish! It just sounds like they are trying to brainwash viewers. I just find the episodes too short now, and more times a week, which is a nuisance.

[Perdita]

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ation Street has teased a huge new death storyline, set to begin this spring in a special flashforward episode. The scenes will open with one Weatherfield resident being questioned by police after discovering a dead body, before revealing five characters who could potentially be the victim.

Producer Kate Brooks has strongly hinted that it will be a villain who meets their maker, revealing that the character in question has "created a lot of waves in the street" by the time they're killed. Viewers, however, will be kept guessing throughout spring as the mystery unfolds.

But with suspicion falling in multiple directions, the big question is: which Corrie character will lose their life? Here are our current suspects?

Top of our list ? it's the callous Carl Webster. Carl's enemies on the cobbles are stacking up thanks to his affair with Abi and his cruel treatment of Debbie, who is living with dementia. He was also responsible for Tyrone's devastating injuries last year.

More recently (and perhaps more crucially), he was among those to blame for the multi-vehicle pile-up in the Corriedale special that claimed the life of Billy Mayhew, although he's now letting Debbie take the blame.

As he continues to hide his guilt over this, the scheming Carl now knows Theo's own dark secret over the tragedy too. When Theo discovered what Carl knew, he turned the tables and threatened him if he were ever to reveal the truth.

So if the mystery does hinge on a character who has been upsetting everyone on the cobbles, it's not surprising that Carl is right up there as the most likely candidate, if a little obvious.

Viewers have been watching in horror as Theo has spent the past few months emotionally and physically abusing his fianc? Todd Grimshaw. The scheming scaffolder then left poor Billy to die in the Corriedale crash, wanting to silence him forever after the vicar discovered the truth about Todd's ordeal.

While show bosses have recently promised that there is hope for Todd in future episodes, as other characters will soon start to realise that something is wrong, Theo is still firmly in the running for getting his deathly comeuppance.

The manipulative Megan Walsh is another possible contender, with her dark storyline one to watch over the coming months.

Athletics coach Megan is currently grooming schoolboy Will Driscoll and has recently discovered that she is pregnant with his baby.

Megan has also recently begun a cruel scheme against Sam Blakeman, after he discovered her inappropriate relationship with Will, and she is still dating an oblivious Daniel Osbourne as well.

With Megan's lies mounting, and bosses promising that the flashforward story will have "many twists and so many turns", this one certainly seems to fit the bill. But fans will have to keep watching to see if she ends up being the murder victim or not.

Maggie Driscol
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Before Maggie joined the show, Corrie bosses promised us that she'd be ruffling a few feathers, and the Driscoll matriarch has certainly done that. But could she eventually end up crossing one person too many?

Maggie has sparked row after row since moving into The Rovers with her family last year, and has also caused quite a stir amongst fans.

Although Maggie recently promised to stop causing quite so much trouble after learning that her son Ben had heart problems, which could have been sparked by stress, she struggled to stick to her word and is currently still holding grudges with both Eva and Leanne.

Maggie is clearly a ticking timebomb and all eyes will now be on her over the next few months.

Becky Swain


Swarla fans might be hoping we've seen the last of the scheming Becky Swain, but could a twist in the tale mean that she meets an even more definitive end?

Becky got her comeuppance when she was sentenced to 12 years in prison for her crimes earlier this month.

Amy Cudden, who played Becky, later confirmed on social media that her recent prison-based scenes were her exit from the soap.

But what if they weren't? It isn't completely beyond the realms of possibility that Becky could ultimately end up escaping from prison, and that Amy's post was all a red herring. It's something to consider anyway?

Kit Green

Trouble is never too far away from corrupt copper Kit Green, and it's for that reason that he's made his way onto this list.

Fans saw Kit finally come good in the Corriedale special, when he rescued Carla Connor from the shipping container that her nemesis Becky had her locked up in. He further secured himself in Carla and Lisa's good books by helping to bring down Becky once and for all.

However, there's still a chance that Kit could end up getting too close to the truth about one of the many cobbles secrets, leading to an untimely end. And we also aren't convinced he's completely changed his ways ? and neither is Jacob Roberts, who plays him.

"I feel like he'll always be dodgy!" Jacob said to us. "And I think they should always keep him dodgy.

"But I don't think he's turned over a new leaf. I think he could stab Lisa in the back straight away ? if he wanted to and if it helped him. I think Kit's a selfish character, so yeah, 100% he'd do it!"

Jodie Ramsey

Corrie's mysterious newcomer Jodie Ramsey has been raising suspicions ever since she arrived on the cobbles earlier this month.

Jodie, played by Olivia Frances-Brown, was introduced during the dramatic Corriedale episode, and it was later confirmed that she is the estranged sister of Shona Platt.

The shock reveals immediately put her at the centre of a huge new storyline for the Platts ? and viewers will continue to question what her true intentions are in future episodes.

With Jodie clearly keeping multiple secrets and lying about her past, it's not really a surprise that she's made her way onto this list.

But with so many twists and turns to come, it's anyone's guess as to why she could end up meeting a grisly end.

Brody Michaelis

Trouble seems to follow Brody around, and we're not ruling him out of the running here, either.

Brody is sadly known for making some poor choices ? stealing cars for Carl, derailing Dev and Bernie's wedding day, and dragging Dylan Wilson into trouble.

Could Brody cross the wrong person next time and find himself meeting a fatal end?

Lou Michaelis

It's not just Brody who has made his way onto our possible victim list ? his mum has too.

It was confirmed earlier this week that Lou Michaelis is set to make a brief return to the cobbles later this year, following her exit last summer.

The controversial character was last seen in July when she was given a prison sentence, after pleading guilty to attacking Gary Windass.

While little else is known about her return yet, Lou being the murder victim might be a bit of a stretch given that she is currently in jail. But stranger things have certainly happened.

The ITV soap kicked off a new story for Bernie Winter this week, when she caught the attention of newcomer Mal Roper on a night out.

Bernie has been struggling in the wake of Billy Mayhew's death but her messy antics with Mal could end up jeopardising her marriage to Dev.

Although Bernie didn't cheat on Dev, she's keen to keep him in the dark over what really happened during that fateful night ? something which becomes increasingly tricky when Mal insists on sticking around in Weatherfield next week.

Producer Kate Brooks has also promised more twists and turns with this, saying: "It's a really muddy, murky story that we take her on. I think it just again explores another side of Bernie that we've not seen yet."

Could Bernie end up being responsible if Mal was to meet his maker?

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My vote is for all of them!