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Coronation Street Sets Standalone Camera-POV Episode as Pre-Christmas Storylines Intensify

ITV confirms a one-off camera-perspective instalment in a pre-Christmas run tackling sensitive themes.

Overview

  • The special episode reconstructs a reported domestic incident in Todd Grimshaw and Theo Silverton’s storyline using hidden cameras, CCTV and police bodycams.
  • Producers bill the format as a soap first, with showrunner Kate Brooks calling the instalment a powerful way to tell raw, authentic material.
  • The standalone airs in the week of 15–19 December, with subsequent scenes showing characters reacting to signs that something is seriously wrong.
  • The grooming plot involving teenager Will Driscoll and coach Megan Walsh reaches a pivotal moment as suspicions close in without revealing outcomes.
  • Dee-Dee Bailey begins an exit arc, announcing a new job before a further revelation shocks her family.