Overview
- Multiple outlets report that a special flashback episode over the festive period will allege Maggie Driscoll was behind a past death before arriving in Weatherfield.
- Father Ted star Pauline McLynn recently debuted as Maggie, the new Rovers Return owner, introducing a wider Driscoll family to the cobbles.
- Radio Times cites prior reporting that former EastEnders actor Aidan O’Callaghan is lined up for the flashback instalment tied to the storyline.
- Coverage attributes the claim to an unnamed source who says Maggie’s family were unaware of the incident until a pre-Christmas revelation.
- Fans are speculating the historic victim could be Susan Barlow after Maggie’s uneasy moment in Ken Barlow’s home, though this remains conjecture.