Coronation Street is preparing to buck the soap opera trend of dramatic festive cliff-hangers this year by producing a comedy Christmas to “warm your cockles”, its producer has said. Viewers of the popular ITV soap can expect laughs — and possibly a few tears — according to Iain MacLeod.
He said: “It’s got loads of comedy in it, loads of family fun, loads of warmth. I cried twice in the viewing of it, and I’m not given to tears, but it was just really moving and lovely – not moving in a sad way, just moving in a, kind of, warm-your-cockles way. I really think the fans are going to love it.”
Fiz Stape, played by Jennie McAlpine, and Tyrone Dobbs, played by Alan Halsall, will take on one of the main festive storylines. Mechanic Tyrone is set to pop the question to his long-term on-off partner in the run-up to Christmas, rounding off a turbulent year for the couple which saw Fiz walk down the aisle with someone else.
