Coronation Street Boss Reveals Glenda Storyline Due in March
Coronation Street producer Kate Brooks has revealed storylines for Debbie Webster's circle of friends, including a major Glenda Shuttleworth plot due in March, a Lucy climax and a Christmas episode seen through Debbie's eyes as her dementia progresses.
Coronation Street producer Kate Brooks has revealed that Glenda Shuttleworth (Jodie Prenger) will get a major storyline arriving on screen in March. The Coronation Street boss reveals the plot alongside other spoilers ahead of a special episode built around Debbie Webster and her friends.
"There's a lot coming up for these ladies," Brooks said.
The angels' night in
The special episode follows Debbie (Sue Devaney) and her "angels": Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor), Abi Webster (Sally Carman-Duttine), Bernie Winter-Alahan (Jane Hazlegrove), Glenda and Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins).
The women gather for a drinks night at the Street Cars flat. They believe they are helping Debbie put together a photo memory book for her son Carl (Jonathan Howard).
Revelations surface through the evening, and the friends make decisions that will shape their futures. Brooks gave five spoilers for the aftermath.
Glenda's big storyline
Brooks said the New Year plot will "really kind of unpack" Glenda as a character, and described her as "very Elsie Tanner".
"There will be a love interest. Love may be on the horizon and a happy ever after," Brooks said. She added that the story is "not just completely pertaining to a love story".
Prenger was more cryptic. "Who knows what's in her past? There is a lot to be revealed. There is something in her Christmas cracker," she said.
Lucy and the Shuttleworths
Christina is trying to prove the innocence of her late daughter Rachel. Rachel has been painted as a woman who abused her husband and forced him to kill her in self-defence.
Something about the couple's daughter Lucy (Anya Dewin) does not add up, and at one point she seemed to imply she was her mother's killer. Christina will now fight for Rachel's memory and for her granddaughter's future.
"The Lucy storyline is still ongoing, and it does reach quite a big climax in the near future," Brooks said. She called it "the tip of the iceberg", with "more twists and turns to come". Viewers will also see more of the Shuttleworths as a family, she said, including the dynamic between Christina and her sister-in-law Glenda.
Debbie's point-of-view episode
Debbie has been given a young-onset dementia diagnosis. Over the Christmas period, the soap will air a special episode from her point of view.
Brooks said she watched it the day before she spoke. "It's insanely good and powerful. This is a performance like you've never seen before. Let's just put it that way. Never been done before. We see what she sees, but we don't see it."
As Debbie's condition declines, Brooks said, the story will move into "the really tough parts of it" while her family and friends rally around her.
