The ITV soap has teased what’s to come for the Weatherfield stalwart ahead of her exit as she prepares to marry Jesse Chadwick

She’ll soon be waving goodbye to the cobbles, but will Gail Platt really get her happy ever after? Coronation Street has teased what’s to come for the Weatherfield stalwart ahead of her exit as she prepares to marry Jesse Chadwick.

As fans of the ITV soap know, it’s never a dull moment in the Platt household, but with Gail due her fairytale ending on Christmas Day, will the warring Platt family allow Gail and Jesse their winter wonderland wedding or will family feuds put a stop to Gail riding off into the sunset with her sixth husband?

Whatever happens the episode will mark the end of acting legend Helen Worth’s 50 years in Coronation Street and leave the Platts entering a new era without the matriarch who held them all together.

Nick is already in hot water, his affair with sister in law Toyah exposed for a second time by his ex Leanne. Humiliated and scorned once more, Leanne is out for revenge, but this time her plotting could have very serious consequences as Toyah faces time in prison for fraud.

Suspicions mounting, a Christmas Day showdown looms as the Battersby sisters come to blows in spectacular style. David is floundering too as his marriage hangs on a cliff edge following a series of secrets and lies. In debt to Harvey, having stolen Damon’s money, and at war with wife Shona following his attempt to keep her estranged from son Clayton, is David facing more heartache this Christmas?

Unaware of Shona’s night of passion with dodgy detective Kit, has David taken his eye off the ball with his obsession in stopping his mum’s marriage to Jesse, only to discover there’s a villain much closer to home who could rock David’s world at any moment? Bethany meanwhile struggles to get into the Christmas spirit as she continues to deal with the plastic surgery hell that left her with a stoma. Daniel’s determined to make it a Christmas to remember.

But while outwardly he’s doing everything to prove his love for Bethany with a Christmas Day proposal, inwardly is he still harbouring feelings for ex Daisy? Kit has made his own move on Daisy but is he really the man she wants and when she gets a surprise of her own, how far will Daisy go to make plans to live her best life in 2025?

Carla and Lisa’s relationship is going from strength to strength as Swarla plan a cosy Christmas. But with Lisa’s troublemaker of a daughter Betsy on hand, a historic police investigation casting its shadows and Carla’s own health taking a turn for the worse, it may not end up being the magical holiday season they were dreaming of.

And as Ken unwraps an extra special gift from Cassie he’s delighted by her thoughtfulness. But is this all Cassie’s got up her sleeve or does she have more sinister plans for poor Ken?

It comes after Corrie producer Kate Brooks previously told the Manchester Evening News: “It’s a very lively Christmas on the street, lots of bombshells are dropped. Obviously, this is set against Gail Platt’s wedding… Whether she goes through with that or not, I cannot tell anything.

“But this is a story with the Platts at the heart of it, it’s really festive, basically it’s a story about family and how secrets impact and implode on a family, so there’s a lot of betrayals, lots of secrets are exposed during this episode and it will like classic Corrie with a bit of a twist.

“I think we’re all in need of a bit of escapism at the minute and we’ve had quite a dark but brilliant few months on the cobbles. The Xmas period for us is all about trying to tap into the family dynamics of the Platts, what makes people tick and ultimately trying to make sure that we give glorious Gail the exit that she deserves.”

Kate continued: “She’s been such an icon on the street for such a long time – 50 years of television, which is amazing – and we can’t tell a story on Christmas Day about her exit without it feeling and being steeped in nostalgia, and there’s tons of nostalgia in this episode and hopefully people will be crying, they’ll be laughing, there’ll be gasps as people watching it go, ‘Oh my goodness, that’s just happened’.”