CORONATION Street has released an epic Platt family portrait ahead of the explosive upcoming Christmas scenes.
Secrets and lies will engulf Weatherfield as the family famous faces stark choices ahead of the exit of Gail Platt.
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Fans only have a few weeks to wait until Helen Worth makes her Coronation Street departure after 50 years on-screen.
But the Platt clan have united once more for one last special family portrait.
Gail is blissfully unaware about the secrets that her family are hiding behind her back.
As she prepares to sail off into the sunset with Jesse Chadwick (John Thomson), will they get closure or will the ticking time bombs explode?
A new promo from ITV reveals Gail’s plan to Marry her love on Christmas Day as they swap the cobbles for the wide boulevards of France.
However, their journey to the altar will be anything but plain sailing as the children are engulfed in secrets and Audrey (Sue Nicholls) is on the war path.
She is struggling with her daughter’s decision to move abroad to start a new life.
As the day of the nuptials draws nearer, she will resort to desperate measures to try and get Gail to change her mind.
Meanwhile, David (Jack P. Shepherd) and Shona’s (Julia Goulding) marriage at breaking point as she struggles to deal with her husband’s deception.
In a move to protect her, he lied about the danger her son Clayton was in as he was locked away in prison.
Gail Platt fights for her life in harrowing Coronation Street scenes ahead of shock exit
Meanwhile, she secretly had an affair with Detective Kit Green (Jacob Roberts).
David faces the pressure of the Radcliffe brothers to return the money he stole, but he will start to become suspicious over his wife’s behaviour.
Nick (Ben Price) is refusing to let go of his relationship with Toyah (Georgia Taylor).
His estranged partner, and Toyah’s sister Leanne (Jane Danson) is determined to make the pair pay for their betrayal.
Gail’s biggest Corrie storylines
Over the years the character of Gail Platt has been the centre of several major plots.
Here we take a look back over actress Helen Worth’s biggest storylines:
Teenage daughter’s pregnancy
One of Gail’s most controversial storylines was in 1999.
It came when her 13-year-old daughter Sarah became pregnant.
Multiple marriages
Gail holds the record for the series’ most married female character.
She has been wed a whopping six times, each one worse the last.
Married to a serial killer
One of Gail’s multiple marriages saw her wed Richard Hillman, who turned out to be a serial killer.
At the climax of the storyline, 19 million fans tuned in to watch Hillman drive his wife and her family into a canal.
Scrapping on The Street
Gail has proved over the years she can’t resist a good scrap.
Her most memorable bust-up saw her attack Eileen Grimshaw on the cobbles in 2004 while in her dressing gown.
Jail bird
In 2010, Gail found herself wrongly banged up in jail.
She was wrongfully arrested for murdering her 4th husband Joe McIntyre.
She sneakily hatches a plan as she puts together her plot to frame them both for fraud.
Meanwhile, Sarah (Tina O’Brien) is still struggling in the aftermath of her daughter’s botched cosmetic surgery.
However, Daniel (Rob Mallard) has plans to propose to Bethany (Mia Cookson). But will there be more heartache to come?
As Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) awaits her trial for the murder of Joel Deering (Calum Lill), Max is determined to stand by her.
However, has he underestimated his responsibilities to her and will he be able to cope?
With just weeks until the explosive Christmas specials, will Gail be leaving the soap with her sixth husband or will she be looking at the future as a single lady?
