Corrie producer reveals huge emotional ending for Peter Barlow as BGT star makes cobbles debut

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but not for those who live on Coronation Street. As the festivity begins, there’s a big departure, a revenge plot and a return – producer of the ITV soap, Iain MacLeod spills what’s in store at the end of 2023.

“We’re building towards an exit for Peter Barlow [Chris Gascoyne] which is brilliant and bittersweet,” reveals Iain.

“We often think of Peter and Carla Connor [Alison King] as the kind of Burton and Taylor of the cobbles and we wanted to have this grand scale, highly emotional, very nuanced, realistic ending which is the culmination of a decade long love story.”

As a result of Peter’s exit, there will be a new face to see Carla. Britain’s Got Talent star Jack Carroll will make his debut as Bobby, Carla’s nephew.

“It was born of a desire not to let Carla tread water for too long,” explains Iain. “Suddenly Bobby, Rob Donovan’s son, turns up, who Carla didn’t know existed and he is causing all sorts of trouble.

"Long-term, Bobby is surprisingly in the centre of our biggest story next year.”

One of the biggest love triangles of this year has been between Daniel Osborne (Rob Mallard), Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) and Ryan Connor (Ryan Prescott). But it’s about to get even more complicated with the return of Daniel’s ex, Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon).

“Bethany obviously has lots of history with Daniel and that very much sharpens Daisy’s focus in terms of how she feels,” says Iain. “As for Daisy and Bethany, they’re evenly matched. So it’s a really heavyweight kind of tussle between these two women.

"Bethany comes back with a clear romantic purpose in the Daniel story, but then quickly finds herself in the midst of this massive story with Bobby that’s going to span most of next year.”

Ian also teases the return of Adam Barlow’s (Samuel Robertson) nemesis, Damon Hay (Ciaran Griffiths).

“It kicks off at the beginning of the New Year,” says Iain. “Adam finds himself in this nightmarish situation all at the hands of Damon, who’s unexpectedly back for revenge. But that ends up taking a back seat to his feelings for Sarah [Platt, Tina O’Brien].”

As for the Rovers Return Inn, it will be reopening very soon.

“The Rovers is a character in its own right,” confesses Iain. “But the circumstances of its reopening are all tied up with Stephen Reid’s [Todd Boyce] legacy. We wanted to open the pub with this metaphorical buried bomb underneath it that will explode later in the year.”

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