Coronation Street confirms danger for Evelyn in surprising new story
Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street has announced Evelyn Plummer's next storyline, as she finds herself in danger after a confrontation with a stranger.
The ITV show will be delving deeper into Evelyn's relationship with her troubled daughter Cassie as the new plot brings them closer together.
Viewers will see the story begin shortly before Christmas, as Evelyn confronts a man for mistreating his dog.
The clash has unexpected consequences, setting off a major chain of events.
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Speaking to Digital Spy and other media in a recent press call, Coronation Street's producer Iain MacLeod commented: "We thought: 'What do the viewers love?' Essentially, we whittled the list down to 'they love Evelyn' and 'they love dogs', because who doesn't love dogs? We thought: 'Let's do a story about that'.
"It ends up in quite serious territory. But to start with, Evelyn makes herself a bit of an enemy in the shape of a fella that she sees mistreating his dog. It starts with that relatively small moment, where they cross paths at the precinct and some cross words are exchanged.
"It goes from there to a situation that ends up with court appearances, trips to the hospital and really quite serious danger for both Evelyn and Cassie."
Former Brookside star Claire Sweeney made her first appearance as Cassie in June.
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Cassie has bonded with her son Tyrone in recent months, but her relationship with Evelyn has often appeared frosty.
MacLeod continued: "It's a chance to explore more of Evelyn's relationship with Cassie, which since Cassie was a teenager has been very bad tempered and with lots of estrangement.
"They find themselves on the same team, for the most part, in this story. Cassie takes things too far, which causes some serious strife for Evelyn. That threatens to set their relationship back again.
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"But by the end of it all, they've achieved a new level of equilibrium and a new understanding of each other. To some extent, they've got to know each other as grown-ups for the first time. So there's lots going on in that.
"It starts off with this relatively innocuous seeming exchange, with Evelyn and Roy taking on this man about how he's treating his dog. Then suddenly you find yourself in the midst of this really serious story.
"I love stories like that – that start off with an acorn of something and suddenly you've got this forest of bad outcomes for all our favourite characters."
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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