Coronation Street's Abi to reunite with face from her past

Coronation Street's producer Iain MacLeod has promised a light-hearted storyline for Abi Webster this year.

Abi featured prominently in the first half of 2022 thanks to her baby storyline with Toyah and Imran Habeeb. Since finally winning custody of her young son Alfie, Abi has taken a turn out of the spotlight while other characters take centre stage.

In a recent chat with Digital Spy and other media, Corrie's producer Iain MacLeod revealed that he's holding back on a proposed plot for Abi because it's "a bit similar to another story we're telling at the moment".

He explained: "[It'll] just have to wait. But it involves Abi reconnecting with somebody from her past, who transpires to be the last possible person you'd expect to find in her backstory.

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"That will cause a massive culture clash comedy. She meets somebody from her past she has a historical connection with, who is the polar opposite, so it's an odd couple story.

"We are very keen to see Abi happy and Sally Carman feels like that too – she must have felt wrung out by the end of all those big stories. We want her and Kevin to be happy but never too comfortable so it's boring. They'll be happy but we'll throw stuff at them."

Abi will also get involved in the upcoming issue-based storyline involving the Street's younger characters.

Although firm details of the plot have not yet been announced, the ITV1 soap is planning to explore a topic that affects the teens but causes ripple effects for the wider Weatherfield community.

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MacLeod said: "[Abi] becomes a key confidante to one of the youngsters in the big socially responsible issue story.

"Abi becomes a surrogate mum and has big dilemmas about whose version of events does she believe and who does she side with? That causes her to investigate her own history of substance misuse over the years."

MacLeod's full interview, teasing a wide variety of 2023 storylines for the show, can be read here.

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.