Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street fans will see Yasmeen Metcalfe's upsetting storyline come to a head in a special episode tonight (May 1).
Friday's visit to the cobbles will focus entirely on Yasmeen and her abusive husband Geoff, as months of torment lead to a frightening incident at Number 6.
While most Corrie episodes feature numerous storylines running alongside each other, show bosses have decided to give this story added screen time as Yasmeen's ordeal escalates.
This evening's edition will be set in just a few locations as we follow the Metcalfes over the course of one day.
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Viewers will also see occasional time lapses to move the day on, in place of the usual cuts to other scenes and storylines.
In the latest scenes, Geoff continues to terrorise Yasmeen in her own home after recently discovering her secret plans to leave him.
When an oblivious Sally invites the couple to the reopening of the Bistro, Geoff forces Yasmeen to wear a sexy dress for the occasion.
Later, during pre-drinks at the pub, Yasmeen is shocked to discover that Geoff has used her money to pay for Sally and Tim's wedding – but will she stand up to him?
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Once back at home that night, Geoff berates Yasmeen and cruelly reveals that he actually bought her red dress for one of his escorts.
As a terrifying scuffle ensues, Yasmeen grabs a wine bottle and lashes out in self-defence. When Geoff slumps to the ground, has Yasmeen killed him?
Shelley King, who plays Yasmeen, recently explained: "Viewers will see that she has had nothing to eat for days. He has got rid of everything in the cupboards and keeps putting the same plate of food in front of her. She is on medication, she feels ill, she can't leave her house.
"She is trapped and he has made her think she has upset her best friend. She believes she has been unreasonable. She thinks everyone else thinks she is unreasonable. So when Sally asks them if they want to go for something to eat, she is desperate to go and at least she can eat.
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"She puts on whatever clothes she has, he then pulls out this dress that is obviously not for her. It doesn't fit her, she thinks people are laughing at her, but really they are astonished. She is in a state of confusion, hunger and self doubt. How can she go to anyone?
"She thinks Carla and Peter are laughing at her. Cathy doesn't want to come over to her. Then she finds out that Geoff had given Sally and Tim money, she didn't know about that. Before she knows where she is, she is outside and he physically carries her home."
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Shelley continued: "When they come home, Geoff pushes her inside the house and slams the door. She is inside the house without any food. He then goes out for a couple of hours having drinks and he is watching everything she is doing. She doesn't know she is being watched.
"She begs with him not to go, but he leaves her there and when he comes home she is on the sofa exhausted in the dress. She can smell fish and chips and he has a bottle of wine on the table, but he doesn't offer her anything. She does not attack him, all she wants is to eat something and hug him, she wants him to forgive her.
"She is not thinking coherently, she hasn't eaten for two and a half days properly. What she does is react like a wounded cornered animal. She just wants it all to stop. She defends herself – she doesn't attack him but it is him who ends up bleeding on the kitchen floor."
Coronation Street airs tonight at 7.30pm on ITV.
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