Sharif Nazir (Marc Anwar)

[Perdita]

Coronation Street will air Sharif Nazir's exit plot next week after Marc Anwar was sacked from the show back in September.

The rather fudged departure - which was cobbled together by the Corrie bosses last month - will come after the reveal of Sharif's on-screen affair this week.

Sharif has been cheating on his loyal wife Yasmeen (Shelley King) with family friend Sonia for seven years. Upcoming scenes will see the truth finally come out when Yasmeen overhears Sharif talking to Sonia about their secret, suggesting that it's time to end their affair.

A devastated Yasmeen subsequently decides to bide her time before confronting her cheating husband. However, she can keep quiet no longer when the family come together to celebrate Zeedan and Rana, who've just got engaged (and it's a good job seeing as they had to hurry the storyline along a bit!).

And it looks like we won't be seeing much of Sharif again after this explosive reveal as he sends a letter to his wife next week, informing her that he's left Weatherfield for good.

in the aftermath of Sharif's affair, and the fact that her granddaughter Alya has been far from honourable either.

Thankfully for Yasmeen, she has the full support of her equally outraged grandson Zeedan, who is furious to see Sonia still hanging around.

However, Zeedan is confused when Dev reveals Sharif hasn't turned up for work. Sure enough, he later finds a tearful Yasmeen clutching a letter from Sharif, who states he won't be returning. Who saw that one coming?

Yasmeen Nazir is upset over a letter from Sharif in Coronation Street
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Although Sharif has gone for good, don't expect the drama for the Nazirs to end there. With Yasmeen floored by Sharif's cowardly desertion, and Zeedan determined to make Sonia pay for her role in his departure, you can be sure to expect some serious fireworks.

After Zeedan orders Sonia out of town, he turns his anger onto his sister Alya as he admits that she is dead to him.

And with it looking like Alya won't be getting forgiveness from Yasmeen anytime soon either, where does this leave the Nazirs?

Marc had his Coronation Street contract terminated last month after posting racially offensive messages on Twitter.

Coronation Street will air these scenes on Monday, November 7, Wednesday, November 8 and Thursday, November 9 on ITV.

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[tammyy2j]

Is Sonia staying?

[swmc66]

I hope not

[tammyy2j]

I know it was rushed but it sounds a poor exit for him

[parkerman]

I know it was rushed but it sounds a poor exit for him

What else could they do? They couldn't film any more scenes with him. I think they've made the best of a bad job really under the circumstances. In some ways they were lucky they had storylines building up that make his quick exit credible.

[tammyy2j]

What else could they do? They couldn't film any more scenes with him. I think they've made the best of a bad job really under the circumstances. In some ways they were lucky they had storylines building up that make his quick exit credible.

I found the affair storyline for him stupid to begin with and now abandoning his family, home and business without a fight not very like Sharif

As he was fired quick there wasn't more they could film, I think I would have preferred him vanishing under mystery circumstances (instead of Caz faking a disappearance) or even recast or kill him off

[Dazzle]

I found the affair storyline for him stupid to begin with and now abandoning his family, home and business without a fight not very like Sharif

As he was fired quick there wasn't more they could film, I think I would have preferred him vanishing under mystery circumstances (instead of Caz faking a disappearance) or even recast or kill him off

I know what you mean, but perhaps they didn't want to turn Sharif's exit into a bigger deal than necessary by killing him off? Having him slink away quietly will cause the least fuss and grief for the other characters, and allow them to move on a lot more quickly than if he'd died.

[Perdita]

What else could they do? They couldn't film any more scenes with him. I think they've made the best of a bad job really under the circumstances. In some ways they were lucky they had storylines building up that make his quick exit credible.

I still wish they had just replaced him and kept the storyline going, was just getting interested in it ...

[lizann]

yasmeen kill him and feed him to the chickens

[Perdita]

yasmeen kill him and feed him to the chickens