Overview

• Monday’s 8pm broadcast showed Cassie Plummer and Steve McDonald in a sexual tryst at Tyrone Dobbs’s home just before he walked in on them.
• The scene aired on ITV1 and ITVX before the UK’s 9pm watershed, prompting questions about its appropriateness for younger audiences.
• Fans took to social media and Corrie fan pages to warn that children might be exposed to the explicit content, with some viewers reporting they fast-forwarded.
• The encounter furthers Cassie’s ongoing storyline since 2023, which included poisoning Ken Barlow, his subsequent forgiveness and her return to Tyrone’s household.
• ITV has not commented on the backlash and no formal complaints have been lodged with broadcasting regulators so far.