Coronation Street has announced plans for Carla Connor to have her own special standalone episode next year.
Carla (Alison King) will take centre stage in the aftermath of the upcoming roof collapse at Underworld, which leads to the popular character experiencing problems with her mental health.
It's been announced that the factory will be rocked by a massive stunt in March 2019 as the roof caves in thanks to criminal activity from a mystery character.
As the early weeks of the storyline see the finger of blame wrongly pointed at Carla, she struggles with the backlash and suffers a sad breakdown.
Speaking to Digital Spy and others at a press event, Corrie's new producer Iain MacLeod explained: "Our viewers will know the factory roof collapse is a whodunit quite early in the story, but our characters won't. Somebody operating in the shadows has done this thing.
"So the early stages of this story will see Carla as a massive pariah. At the beginning, the roof collapse seems to emerge from a workaholism story for Carla. She determines that her life's priority is work and being a professional woman. She wants to focus on the factory and Aidan's legacy.
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"That drives Carla into making some mistakes, that will lead to the factory falling in basically! She alienates a lot of people. First it will look like an accident, then we'll start to reveal that it's not.
"What happens impacts massively on Carla's mental health. We're doing something a little bit stylised, like with the Ashley story I did at Emmerdale, but not quite as extreme as Corrie's take on that.
"It's a standalone episode that will be mental health focused and Carla focused. It will also be the reveal to the audience of who was behind the factory roof collapsing."
He added: "This factory collapse story has lots of unexpected off-shoots into areas that give our amazing cast a chance to show off their acting chops."
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