It’s a momentous week in Coronation Street next week with the return of a murderer – and the unmasking of another!
And the police are also involved with Sally and Tim Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor and Joe Dutting) – another busy week for the Weatherfield plod!
At long last, fans will discover who really killed Joel Deering (Calum Lill). Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) has confessed, but there’s more to this than meets the eye, as revelatory flashbacks reveal.
Meanwhile, David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) is hiding secrets from wife Shona (Julia Goulding) as he visits her murdering son Clayton Hibbs (Callum Harrison) in prison.
But when she gets the news that Clayton has been rushed to hospital, how much guilt does David bear?
Finally, Tim is forced to confront Mason’s mates – and Sally wants payback after a theft, promptly ringing the police.
Monday November 11
Unable to live with the guilt, Dee-Dee heads to the station, telling Kit that the anonymous phone call he received was from her after she hit Joel with a crowbar.
As she claims it was self defence and Joel was alive when she left him, Kit’s met with another shock piece of evidence, will Dee-Dee be arrested or is someone else in the frame?
Upset over the loss of her mother’s ring, Sally rounds on Tim for allowing Mason into their home.
Spotting Mason with his brothers, Tim strides over and confronts them. Matty and Logan laugh in his face but Tim senses Mason’s scared.
Tim answers a knock at the door from Mason. Sally grabs him and calls the police.
When Bernie asserts that Paul would want them to welcome Billy into their family, Gemma storms out, still fuming over his pass at Todd.
David confides in Nick about the visiting order from Clayton. Nick advises him to come clean to Shona as she’s bound to find out in the long run. David forms a plan – he then visits Clayton in prison.
Wednesday November 13
As the investigation into Joel’s murder continues, Lisa tells Carla that somebody planted her issue CS spray with the murder weapon, she thinks she’s being set up and most likely by the murderer themselves.
As she retraces her steps, trying to figure out who could have lifted the spray, will it lead her to the killer or is Lisa trying to cover her own tracks?
Meanwhile, Kit calls on his next suspect.
David finds Shona in a terrible state. Shona reveals that she had a visit from the police and Clayton is in hospital.
Sally and Tim’s car is found due to an anonymous tip-off. Mason tells Tim he’s sorry for the aggro he’s caused, unwittingly letting slip that he tipped off the police.
In the hospital, Lauren cuddles Frankie and admits to Max that she lives in fear that one day social services will take him away. Max assures her if they stick together, they’ll be fine.
Friday November 15
In a special episode, a series of flashbacks from the night of Joel’s murder are interspersed with Kit’s police interviews as viewers finally get the view from the bridge and discover who delivered the final blow that killed Joel.