Coronation Street’s Jim McDonald will be involved in a fight just minutes into his return to Weatherfield.
The cobbles legend – played by Charlie Lawson – will be back on our screens on September 7 when he makes a surprise appearance at his son Steve McDonald’s (Simon Gregson) stag do, but his boy bolts from the Rovers Return, angry at the no-nonsense Irishman for turning up.
However, Steve is not the only person enraged upon setting eyes on Jim as Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) lunges at him, determined to get back at Jim after he poisoned him with bad booze while they were in prison together.
But Jim begs Peter for a chance to explain himself, and his wife Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) brings Jim up to speed on Steve’s latest relationship failures and successes after he split from Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) and got engaged to Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford), once again.
Liz then vows to act as a mediator by telling her hubby she will speak to Steve for him to help him come round.
Jim was last seen on the cobbles in 2014 when he illegally sold Peter alcohol in prison, and his sentence – originally for the robbery – was extended after he used a mobile phone to phone Liz.
He was seen threatening Steve with revenge after his son grassed him up to the police when he realised his father was trying to use him to get back with his mother, hence Steve’s annoyance at seeing his father at his stag.
While the character’s comeback storyline is yet to have been confirmed, he is expected to return to Weatherfield with a muscle-wasting condition, nearly two years after he told son Steve he could have genetic disorder myotonic dystrophy.
In May, former series producer Kate Oates said: "We played a story 18 months [ago] where it seemed like Steve might have inherited a genetic disease from his dad, but no one went to see Jim to ask if he was OK.
"We have a great story to play with that."
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