Coronation Street boss Kate Brooks has shared all about Carla Connor and DS Lisa Swain’s blossoming romance including when Swarla fans can expect to see them finally get together

There’s love on the horizon for Coronation Street’s Carla Connor and Lisa Swain, as the pair finally get together in the coming weeks.

Carla and Lisa are currently yet to give things ago after their moment of passion last week. But Carla’s brush with death will no doubt encourage the pair to give into their feelings, with the romance soon to be made public knowledge.

Corrie boss Kate Brooks has confirmed that Swarla will take centre stage in the coming weeks, and into 2025. There’s said to be “curveballs” coming their way, but the main thing is they are together and united.

So while the pair aren’t together currently, fans do not need to worry as by Christmas they will be. Christmas will be a huge time for the pair, and will see their relationship develop – with residents seeing them together for the first time.

There might be some trouble ahead at the hands of Lisa’s teen daughter Betsy, but with Carla and Lisa “falling in love” with one another with a “connection they can’t deny”, it’s only a matter of time before they are official. Kate told The Mirror: “So Carla and Lisa, they’ve been circling each other for a while, the attraction is there, the chemistry’s palpable, they’re both very strong, independent, stubborn, brilliant women.

“They found themselves drawn to each other, and they are the least likely person that they think this would happen with but they have that connection that they can’t deny, so we will absolutely play their relationship. For Carla, this is quite huge. She’s had a lot of history with men, a lot of failed relationships, a very colourful past and then she’s found herself falling in love with a woman and it completely blows her mind.

“She doesn’t quite understand it at first but she kind of goes with it and I think it’s important for us to show that, she’s not struggling with her sexuality, she’s very confident in her sexuality. But she has fallen in love with a person that she didn’t expect to fall in love with, and that presents many challenges and I think irrespective of gender.

There’s love on the horizon for Coronation Street’s Carla Connor and Lisa Swain (Image: ITV)

“With Lisa she has a lot of barriers up, she’s still grieving for the loss of her wife, her hero police officer wife who died in the line of duty. She’s still very much grieving that, she’s so committed to her job and if anyone’s got issues with the relationship, initially it’s Lisa who struggles to let down those barriers, let Carla see that vulnerability.

“And Carla’s in a bit of a tailspin, she’s like ‘I’ve fallen in love with this woman but she’s hard work’, she makes Peter look easy. And I think that’s what the story is really for them two. You throw in Betsy, who is fabulous and feisty and a pain in many ways but so wonderful, you throw that daughter into the mix and Carla’s in a completely different precinct, she’s in a different world.

“It’s really interesting watching Carla navigate this because we know Carla, we love Carla, and this is completely alien and unknown and unchartered waters but yet she navigates them really well and it’s just going to be an absolute ride. We want to keep them secure, we want to keep them grounded, we want to make that relationship really believable and it is, what I’ve seen on screen is fantastic between the two of them, and I think it’s really important to tell these stories properly.

“At the heart of it is a relationship, it’s a love story and they will, inevitably, get a lot of curveballs thrown their way. 2025 is not a quiet year for them two and there’s a lot of hurdles that come their way, a lot of obstacles, things that they didn’t quite anticipate that get in the way of their relationship, but ultimately they emerge from this strong and united. I’m really excited to be with this couple on this journey, I think the drama and the story they’ve given us already is immense and there’s going to give us a lot more of that.”

On whether the pair go public with their romance, Kate added: “It becomes public knowledge during Christmas. You know what, they are happy during the Christmas period, Carla initially flinches a little bit at the idea of people gossiping, and it’s not about sexuality but she’s a bit unsure. But once she realises everyone is absolutely fine about it, then it’s all systems go, so Christmas will be when they really commit to each other, when they declare how they feel each other and when they stop circling each other and touching each other’s hair.”

Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITV X.