Changes are currently taking place at Coronation Street, and there’s a lot going on.
There’s been plenty of exits this year already – from Max Turner (Paddy Bever), who is now serving a six-year prison sentence, and Yasmeen Metcalfe (Shelley King) who left for a new life in London.
On Friday, Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) bid farewell to the cobbles.
However, there are still plenty more changes ahead as we prepare to say goodbye to some beloved characters, as well as welcoming some familiar faces home.
Here’s the lowdown on who’s returning and who’s leaving…
CORONATION STREET CAST RETURNS
Jason Grimshaw
Ryan Thomas is making an unexpected return as Jason Grimshaw after nine years.
The star will be back on the cobbles for a guest stint as part of his on-screen mum Sue Cleaver’s exit plot.
‘I got the call from Sue Cleaver asking if I would come back for her exit, so I’m going to step onto the cobbles for five minutes,’ he told the Daily Star.
He was quick to add how excited he was, saying: ‘My kids weren’t alive when I was on Corrie, so it’ll be nice for them to see this. Maybe I will get to take my kids on the cobbles!’
When does Jason Grimshaw return to Coronation Street? Within the next month.
Eva Price
Fans rejoiced when news broke that Eva Price is set to return to Coronation Street, with Catherine Tyldesley reprising her role on a full-time basis.
The character was last on our screens in 2018, when she departed Weatherfield with daughter Susie, following Aidan Connor’s devastating suicide.
Her storyline is set to be an ‘unmissable’ one, with Cath set to start filming in the Summer.
But will Eva have Susie by her side, and what will that mean for Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor)?
When is Eva Price returning to Coronation Street? Autumn 2025.
Joel Deering
Calum Lill will reprise his dastardly Joel Deering role for a singular episode, that will air in the coming months.
This is despite the character being killed off in September.
As viewers will remember, Joel was struck over the head by Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) and subsequently pushed from a viaduct into a stream of water.
Just exactly how he will come back from beyond the grave is currently unknown, though given Corrie’s track record with ghostly hallucinations and flashbacks, it’s likely Lauren or Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) will suffer a troubling vision.
When is Joel Deering returning to Coronation Street? Within the next two months.
Christina Boyd
Amy Robbins will return to Coronation Street later this year, and her villainous alter-ego won’t have changed her ways!
In her most recent stint, Christina has teamed up with daughter Daisy to enact a vicious plot on Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) – setting up a fake dating profile in the hope Jenny will give her savings to her new lover, while they’d secretly reap the benefits.
Despite Christina’s exit this week, she will come back to Weatherfield soon.
When is Christina Boyd returning to Coronation Street? Currently unknown
Gail Chadwick
Although she’s only just left the show, executive producer Iain MacLeod has already teased a return for Gail.
‘Helen and I have had a conversation where she’s said, “There might be times in my future where I’ll come back”,’ he told The Daily Star.
‘If there’s a big storyline going on with the Platt family, she might want to come in and play a role in that.
‘We certainly wanted to leave the door open so that was possible. We wanted that to still be on the cards.’
While there are no plans yet for the beloved character to return, we’re hopeful we may see her again.
When is Gail Chadwick returning to Coronation Street? Currently unknown (when or if!).
Other characters…
Producer Kate Brooks as also teased returns for other characters, but her lips are tightly sealed.
‘There are other familiar faces coming back in 2025 which I will not disclose, but a few people will be returning to the street to cause their own forms of chaos,’ she told us.
CORONATION STREET CAST EXITS
Debbie Webster
Debbie Webster is set to be killed off in a harrowing storyline, which kicked off last month.
Viewers have seen the character – first played by Sue Devaney in 1984 – diagnosed with dementia, with a long-running storyline planned as the disease takes hold.
It’s one of many major plots new Corrie boss Kate Brooks has planned after taking the helm earlier this year.
A source told Metro ‘there will not be a dry eye in the house’ as Debbie’s story unfolds, saying her exit will be ‘one to remember for years’.
‘It’s one of the show’s biggest storylines of the year and a real chance for Sue to finally get her time in the spotlight – it will just be devastating for fans that it will effectively be her final storyline,’ the insider told us.
