‘Coronation Street’ boss Iain MacLeod has teased there will be a love triangle for the 60th anniversary episodes.
The ITV producer has opened up on how the cobbles team will do the history of the show justice as they celebrate six decades on air, and he promised "essential" viewing for soap fans.
He said: "We’ve got a huge human interest story, which emerges from something which is on screen right now, which has proved to be engaging and popular with the audience.
"We’ve got a classic love triangle in there, so we’ve got essential soap viewing really."
However, some plans for the upcoming ‘Corrie’ celebration have had to be shelved after production was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The filming gap means the team has had to ditch ideas for "bigger Hollywood-style elements" they were hoping to bring to the special episodes.
Iain explained: "What we’ve had to strip out of our planning for the 60th was some of the bigger Hollywood-style elements, because after lockdown we didn’t have the time to build and install all of the things we originally planned to do.
"So we’ve peeled that all away, and much to my immense relief, and what we’ve discovered underneath those Hollywood layers is three/ four really good stories.
"A strong community story there I think, I think there is that sense of street by street community."
But fans may have to wait until 2021 to see the anniversary episodes, despite the 60-year milestone happening on December 9th this year.
Iain added: "If it turns out things slow down or we have to lock down again, we’ll still have the brilliant episodes, it just won’t broadcast during 60th week. Maybe later in the year or 2021."