If you thought Corriedale was explosive, wait until you see what Coronation Street is lining up for the year ahead.

There’s dark scenes and characters face the big consequences of their actions. There could also finally be some happy scenes for some, with it teased a wedding could well and truly be on the way.

If you thought Corriedale was explosive, wait until you see what Coronation Street is lining up for the year ahead(Image: ITV)

Time jump and death leads to a whodunnit

The biggest twist of this year is bound to be a special flashforward episode, that jumps months ahead. It will reveal a shocking death set to air later this year, while we won’t know the victim for a while.

Instead we find out who it could be, and later on we learn who might have committed the crime after a body is discovered. Kate revealed: “We’ve got a special episode coming up mid-February, and in that episode, we are doing a little bit of a flash-forward.

“This is something that’s been in the making for a really long time, and it gives us a destination for some big stories, for them to all come together and be involved in a much bigger, bigger storyline. Essentially, during the course of our flash forward episode, we discover that one of our characters has found a dead body on the street, and we don’t know who it is.

“There are five potential victims and we’ll take the audience on a journey for them to try and figure out who that body is, what happened, what’s the backstory to it and how did they get to that place? Why did that person die and when did they die?

“Obviously this will be quite an intriguing story. It’s our big thriller-esque story as we go into spring, early summer. It will involve an awful lot of the community. I don’t think I’ve ever told a story that involves quite as many character groups.

“Everyone’s impacted, everyone’s affected by the story, and there are so many twists and so many turns. It’s been a real challenge in some ways, because it is so complex and intricate. But it’s so exciting, and just when we think that the story’s going in one direction, we absolutely do a U-turn and go into a completely different direction.

“It’ll keep people guessing until the very end, and don’t be fooled by what you think is happening, because that might not be the case. It’s a few months [into the future].” It’s thought the reveal of who is dead will spark a whodunnit to follow.

Will Theo be rumbled after Billy’s death?

Brand new teasers confirm huge twists, special episodes and earth-shattering storylines (Image: ITV)

Todd’s abuse at the hands of Theo will continue this year, as Billy’s tragic death, also at the hands of Theo, sees him taking advantage, and manipulating Todd once more. But it might not be long before people start to notice not all is as it seems.

Kate told us: “Todd’s all over the shop, he doesn’t feel like he’s got the strength to go through with leaving Theo. He’s feeling really worthless, he’s feeling like if he’d not spoken to Billy on that night about what had happened, then maybe Billy could have still been alive.

“That’s what Theo hones in on, the fact that Todd is still quite vulnerable, and is still prone to needing someone to kind of lift him up. Theo, who’s obviously ravaged by his own guilt, did something absolutely despicable, but he felt, and he justifies it as being absolutely necessary to keep hold of Todd.

“He does everything he can to try be an absolute pillar of support for Todd, for Summer, for George. He’s an absolute rock, and part of this is about masking his own guilt, but also he knows how close he came to losing Todd.

“We’ll see Theo becoming more manipulative and start to pull Todd back into his fold. We know what Theo’s like, we know what he’s capable of, we know the hell that he’s been putting Todd through, but we also know that Todd is extremely vulnerable, and he’s exposed at this point. So we will see that relationship continue, but obviously we can’t sustain this forever, and certainly Todd will start to realise that maybe all is not what it seems, as will other people around Todd.”

Swarla wedding

There could also finally be some happy scenes for some, with it teased a wedding could well and truly be on the way(Image: ITV)

Lisa Swain and Carla Connor haven’t had it easy in recent months, ever since Lisa’s ex-wife Becky Swain came into their lives. She tore them apart, splitting them up with her manipulation and her determination to get her family back.

With a downfall set as she was finally caught out, will Lisa and Carla find a way to move forward? Kate suggested we may finally get a Swarla wedding this year.

She told us: “Becky was an absolute obstacle thrown their way, and her true colours have absolutely been revealed for all to see. Lisa’s finally kind of realised the extent of the manipulation and the lies that Becky’s told.

“We’ll see them starting to make their way back to each other. There’s a lot to get past, but they love each other, and that love never faltered throughout it at all. The ghost of Becky is finally being put to bed. They can move forward with their lives, and they can look forward to their future together.

“They were engaged, so wedding bells are certainly ringing in the not-too-distant future, and they’ll get their happy ever after, and the chance to finally be free from Becky and the drama that surrounded that story, and be happy with and content with each other. It’s gonna be a romantic spring for Carla and Lisa, which will make many people smile.”