Special one-off Coronation Street episode to air on ITV

The one-off episode, which will air in February, will show an unknown character dead on the street before revealing the five potential victims, in what has been described as a complicated and intricate storyline.

Discussing the episode, producer Kate Brooks said: “This is something that’s been in the making for a really long time.

“There are five potential victims, and we will take the audience on a journey to try and figure out who that body is and what happened. It is a who have they done it to, not a whodunit.”

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She said the special Coronation Street episode will give the stories currently running a destination point, and added: “I don’t think I’ve ever told a story that involves quite as many character groups.

“Everyone’s impacted – everyone’s affected by this story. There’s so many twists and so many turns.”

It was revealed that the flashforward includes a character being interviewed by police after finding the dead body of an unseen individual on the street.

Brooks said: “We understand what’s happened, we understand the context of what’s happened, but we don’t know who it’s happened to.”

The producer also teased a “romantic spring” for characters Carla Connor (Alison King) and Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers), telling fans: “Wedding bells are certainly ringing in the not too distant future, and they’ll get their happy ever after.”

She also discussed the relationship between characters Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) and Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce), which has seen Theo exert controlling and coercive behaviour over his partner.

Brooks said: “Early new year, Todd and Theo are still very front and centre of the show, as we continue to tell the story about this domestic abuse.

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“It’s a hard watch at times, I’m not going to lie.

“Todd will start to realise that maybe all is not what it seems, as will other people around him.”

The soap has worked with Galop, an LGBTQ+ anti-abuse charity, for the ongoing storyline.