Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine has praised her co-star Graeme Hawley for his work on their current storyline.

McAlpine (Fizz) told Digital Spy that Hawley, who plays her on-screen husband John Stape, had worked extra hard on the stolen identity plot.

She confirmed that they had recently begun shooting scenes which will show the "beginning of his downfall".

"It's been great," she said. "Obviously Graeme is really brilliant at it and he is working three times as hard as me!"

On whether or not the couple can survive the outcome of the plot, McAlpine said that she is unsure.

"I don't know!" she said. "It's such a massive secret, although the worst thing I think for Fizz, rather than the act, will be the deceit, betrayal and the fact that he didn't tell her.

"I know he couldn't have told her but being lied to is going to be as bad as knowing what he has done really."