Coronation Street is set to explore the issue of loneliness and its impact on mental health in a storyline featuring veteran of the cobbles Audrey Roberts.
Audrey, played by Sue Nicholls, made her first appearance in the ITV soap in 1979, and last month viewers saw her receiving treatment in hospital after she overdosed.
In an emotional scene, which will be broadcast on August 15, Audrey confides in friends Roy, Rita, Claudia and Ken and admits to attempting suicide, despite previously telling her doctor she had only taken too many tablets by mistake.
