All the suspects for huge Coronation Street explosion revealed – and one is too close to home for victim
THE suspects for the huge Coronation Street explosion have been revealed.
Three residents will come under suspicion as the Platt household goes up in smoke in a huge stunt on ITV.
There is set to be devastation on Coronation Street after a mystery figure pushed a lit rag through the letterbox of number eight.
A number of residents will come under suspicion as mysterious disappearances rattle the residents of Weatherfield.
But who will that person be? We look at the main suspects as three people seem to go AWOL.
David
David (Jack P. Shepherd) will make a call to Andy to arrange a time for their plan.
His brother Nick (Ben Price) will remind him that it’s Sarah’s (Tina O’Brien) birthday party.
He will be left unaware that Logan (Sean Ward) is listening in and hearing every word of their conversation.
Sarah will tells Nick she’s worried Harvey will get wind of all of the fact that the entire Platt family will all be in in the one place.
As such, they will be sitting ducks and a massive target for him.
But David will still choose to go ahead with his plan, so he will lie to Sarah that he’s at a client’s house and won’t be attending her party.
Later at the hospital as Max is left in a critical condition, he would make some eerie confessions to his wife Shona (Julia Goulding).
A distraught David tells his partner that it’s his fault and he wishes he’d never stolen the money.
Where was David during the time when the fire was first started?
Leanne
Tracy (Kate Ford) will reveal that she can’t get hold of Amy (Elle Mulvaney), as Steve thinks she spent the night at the party.
However, he’s guilty after he ignored her desperate messages after a secret night of passion with Leanne.
After the pair opted for the bedroom, they then decided to simply move forward with their friendship.
Leanne (Jane Danson) previously started a fire in her ex-fiance Nick’s flat, as she’s still heartbroken after his affair with her sister was exposed.
Biggest soap stunts
Soaps are no stranger to dramatic stunts in the storylines. Not only do these moments create a spectacle for viewers, they also fundamentally change characters’ lives.
Here is a look at some of the biggest soap stunts from over the years.
CORONATION STREET
- Tram crash (2010): The ITV soap marked its 50th anniversary with a intense tram crash – and live episode to boot. Overall, the crash and its effects were broadcast across a week in December 2010. Its resulting chaos saw regular characters Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold) and Molly Dobbs (Vicky Binns) die.
- Richard Hillman tries to kill the Platts (2003): Of all the men unlucky-in-love Gail tied the knot with, Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) is probably the one she regrets most in hindsight. In 2003, murderer Richard tried to kill his step-family: first by gassing them with car fumes and then driving Gail (Helen Worth), Sarah (Tina O’Brien), David (Jack P. Shepherd) and Bethany (Amy and Emily Walton) into a canal.
EASTENDERS
- Queen Vic fire (2010): In September 2010, EastEnders bid farewell to matriarch Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor) as a permanent fixture on the soap – she returned as a guest before the character’s death in 2016. In the build-up to her initial exit, Peggy had trapped crack cocaine-addicted son Phil (Steve McFadden) in the Queen Vic. However, he escaped and set the boozer on fire.
- Bus crash (2017): In April 2017, a total of 11 Albert Square residents had their lives at risk in a terrifying bus crash. The stunt saw a double decker bus – the 764 to Barking – lose control and crash through the Albert Square market before hitting a low-level bridge. Notable passengers at the time included Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Louise Mitchell (Tilly Keeper).
EMMERDALE
- James Barton’s death (2016): Interestingly about James’ (Bill Ward) death was that it came in a spiral of events. After wife Emma (Gillian Kearney) locked James up in a jealous rage, he escaped and they tussled on a bridge over the bypass. Emma pushed him and James fell into traffic, in turn causing a 12-vehicle pile up, As well as James dying, key characters including Ashley Thomas (John Middleton) and Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) were injured.
However, she will still seek the company of Steve and persuade him to get time off work.
She will ask him to join her for a boozy afternoon, but sadly he’s not keen for another go and she will be left disappointed.
The next time she is seen, will be when the fire engine and ambulance arrive on the street.
Toyah (Georgia Taylor) is set to be left in critical condition as she suffers from both smoke inhalation and a severe head wound.
Leanne approaches to check on Toyah, but Nick will send her packing as she appears to be completely drunk.
Later at the hospital, Nick will accuse her of starting the fire, although she assures him that she had nothing to do with it.
As she looks for her purse in her coat pocket, she will find a hidden box of matches.
What did she really do that afternoon? Did Leanne start the fire?
Abi
Sam will suggest to Abi (Sally Carman) that she should bring Alfie to Sarah’s birthday party after his recent car ordeal.
However, Abi will soon be left utterly furious to realise it was Toyah who reported her to social serviced.
Toyah will burst into the bistro office to find Harry watching Hope’s live stream of a seance in number eight with Ruby, Lily and Sam.
She orders the kids out, but Abi is set to herself into the office after hearing about the live stream from Jack.
As she rounds on Toyah for making the phone call, she will accidentally knock over a bottle of red wine.
However, this triggers another image in her mind as she is reminded of her dead son Seb as he was covered in blood.
She will then suffer another panic attack as Toyah reaches out to her, only to get slapped by Abi in her confused state.
Kevin (Michael Le Vell) will later admit to Debbie (Sue Devaney) that one of the jerry-cans is missing from the garage.
He goes through the CCTV footage and he spotted a hooded figure searching for the canister.
Was Abi fully out of her mind at the time of the fire?
Coronation Street continues on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.