Coronation Street star Jane Danson has revealed that she wants some closure for Leanne Tilsley and Peter Barlow.

Leanne is currently in a relationship with Kal Nazir, but she still has a strong link to her ex-husband as she is the main guardian of his son Simon.

Peter, meanwhile, is awaiting trial after being wrongly charged with the murder of Tina McIntyre. Regardless of the verdict, he will be bowing out from the ITV soap later in the autumn.

Speaking to Digital Spy and other journalists at the TV Choice Awards this week, Danson laughed: "Just when I get comfortable working with somebody and I get to know them, they rip me away from them! I think that's true to the character - that she never finds happiness and it never works out.

"Leanne is always one of the ones who gets kicked to the ground and she's got to pick herself up again. I'd like to see her happy but I just don't hold out much hope!"

Peter is depressed that he's heard nothing from his dad since his arrest.
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Peter in prison

She continued: "I think with any of the characters, they always leave it a little bit unfinished. I definitely feel that with Peter - there's unfinished business there. I'd like to see that tied up in some way or another.

"Obviously everyone knows that Peter is departing shortly and I'd quite like to see them have some sort of resolve. I think we owe it to the viewers, really, when there's history there."

Leanne's colourful past has sparked disapproval from Kal's family in recent weeks, but Danson has backed the show's writers for not forgetting her character's history.

She said: "I quite like that, because it's a nod to the past and something they can always revisit. I like that side of the character - I like that she was a wayward child. Just when things are going right for her, it always goes wrong so I quite like that as a character trait."