MONDAY 27th JANUARY 2020

DANIEL BLAMES HIMSELF FOR BERTIE’S ILLNESS Daniel discovers Bertie barely conscious in his cot and urges Peter to call an ambulance. As the paramedic quizzes Daniel about the rash on Bertie’s back, Daniel blames himself for not noticing the rash and calling an ambulance sooner. When the consultant confirms that Bertie has measles, Daniel’s beside himself and admits to Peter and Beth that he didn’t take him back for the rest of his vaccinations.

TIM CAN’T GET RID OF CHARLIE When Charlie reveals she’s moving into the Rovers a stressed out Tim begs Abi to help him come up with a way to get rid of her.

ELSEWHERE Maria admits to Gary she feels like she’s coming down with something and doesn’t feel well enough to travel but insists he go to Bristol without her.

MONDAY 27th JANUARY 2020

DANIEL PUSHES EVERYONE AWAY BUT BETHANY As Beth rails at Daniel for endangering Bertie’s life, Daniel hangs his head in shame. Distraught he tells Ken he took Bertie for his first jab but couldn’t bear to see him in pain so never took him back. As Beth sounds off in the Rovers, Bethany leaps to Daniel’s defence. With the next 24 hours critical, Daniel screams at his family to leave him alone. Bethany finds Daniel distraught at Bertie’s bedside. He pulls her to him and cries on her shoulder but then falters, unable to handle his guilt.

GEMMA AND CHESNEY CAN’T CATCH A BREAK In an attempt to get the babies off to sleep, Chesney suggests they take them for a wal. A weary Gemma reluctantly agrees.

ELSEWHERE Tim tries to convince Charlie she’s wasted in the Rovers, Charlie’s flattered.

WEDNESDAY 29TH JANUARY 2020

MARIA’S WORST FEARS ARE REALISED When Maria suffers a dizzy spell and tells Ali she’s bleeding he insists on driving her to hospital for a scan. As the sonographer breaks the news that she’s lost the baby, Maria’s heartbroken. Quizzing her about her symptoms, Ali realises that she has measles. The doctor confirms this is the likely caused her miscarriage.

GEMMA’S FACE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THE BACK OF A BUS With Paul and Billy minding the quads, Gemma and Ches enjoy some quiet time in the Victoria Garden. Gemma confides that she’s not feeling good about her body post pregnancy, Chesney does his best to reassure her but when a bus suddenly passes, adorned with their ad campaign, with Gemma and Ches photoshopped out, Gemma’s fuming and lets rip at Tara (Freshco Marketing Manager).

BETHANY STANDS BY DANIEL Daniel’s touched to realise Bethany’s spent the night at the hospital. Daniel thanks Bethany for being such a good friend and helping him through such a terrible ordeal.

ELSEWHERE When Charlie reveals she’s got an interview at Gatwick Airport, Tim worries that she’ll leave before she’s signed the divorce papers.

WEDNESDAY 29TH JANUARY 2020

MARIA BREAKS THE BAD NEWS AND GARY’S HEART Ali struggles to comfort Maria as she reveals how she lost a baby 11 years ago and can’t bear to go through it again. Gary returns from Bristol and Maria breaks the awful news that she’s lost their baby. Maria blames herself while an emotional Gary does his best to comfort her.

GEMMA DOUBTS HERSELF Imran advises a furious Gemma that the Freshco contract is watertight, they have total creative control so nothing she can do. Grabbing a chisel, Gemma heads out on a mission. As Ches stops her from ripping down a poster, she voices her insecurities about not feeling good enough for her babies. Chesney assures her that’s not true.

BETHANY IS WARNED OFF DANIEL BY BETH Sarah tells Bethany to tread carefully with Daniel as she’d hate to see her get hurt. Meanwhile Beth warns Bethany to stay away from Daniel as she’ll never replace Sinead.

ELSEWHERE Charlie tells Tim that the job at Gatwick is more or less in the bag. When Tim enquires about the divorce papers, Charlie’s evasive, making out it’s going to take a few more days.

FRIDAY 31ST JANUARY

Having phoned her Mum, Maria tells Audrey that neither she nor Kirk had measles vaccinations when they were children. Audrey reveals that baby Bertie’s been in hospital with measles and that she must have caught it from him. Maria’s shocked to hear that Daniel failed to have Bertie vaccinated, whilst Gary is livid. A furious Gary rails at Daniel, blaming him for the fact Maria’s lost the baby.

SALLY GETS A BIG SURPRISE Returning from Gina’s, Sally makes it clear to Tim that he’s still in the dog house. Tim assures her his divorce is all in hand and he’ll soon be shut of Charlie. But when Charlie summons Tim to the Rovers and admits she hasn’t signed the divorce papers as she reckons they should make a go of their marriage, Sally is horrified to realise everyone knows Tim’s a bigamist.

GEOFF FEARS YASMEEN WILL SEE THROUGH HIS TRICKS As Alya assures Yasmeen her drinking is fine, Geoff does his best to undermine her confidence. Peter asks Yasmeen to join him at his alcoholic support group. With Geoff’s words ringing in her ears, Yasmeen agrees.

ELSEWHERE In a bid to cheer up Gemma, Chesney offers to look after the quads while she goes

for a drink with Emma. On the advice of the marriage guidance counsellor, Steve and Tracy make and effort to be nice to each other but it’s clear they’re both out of their comfort zone.

FRIDAY 31ST JANUARY

DANIEL WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND THE GHOST OF SINEAD Back at the flat Daniel tells Bethany to put her wet clothes in the dryer and use Sinead’s dressing gown. Waking from a nap he thinks he can see Sinead and in his emotional state, Daniel confuses Bethany for Sinead. Kissing her tenderly he asks her to stay, will Bethany agree?

How will Charlie react to the news that Tim is a bigamist? Sally rails at Tim for failing to face up to his mistakes and by telling a pack of lies which has only made matters worse. However when Tim reveals he’s confessed to the police, Sally’s furious and accuses him of making everything doubly worse.

GEOFF WORKS HIS MAGIC ON PETER When Michael hires Geoff to perform some magic tricks at Tiana’s birthday party, Yasmeen remarks that he’s a bit rusty. Geoff seethes. Returning from the meeting, Yasmeen tells Geoff it’s made her realise she doesn’t have an alcohol problem. Incensed, Geoff cracks open a bottle of wine and forces her to knock it back. Peter calls to check on Yasmeen and is concerned when Geoff claims it’s done more harm than good and she’s started drinking again!

ELSEWHERE Steve and Tracy find themselves railroaded into attending Ken’s book club as part of their relationship building exercise.

Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday on ITV.

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