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Coronation Street has shared a first look at Carla Barlow's nephew Bobby joining the show later this month.
Show bosses have cast Britain's Got Talent star Jack Carroll in the role of Bobby, who's the son of Carla's jailed brother Rob Donovan.
Bobby arrives shortly after Christmas while Carla is still processing the breakdown of her relationship with Peter Barlow.
Peter leaves Weatherfield for good on Boxing Day after Carla encourages him to go, realising that they're better off apart.
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The next day, Carla seeks some time alone as she tells the Underworld staff that she'll be working from home. As she hurries out of the factory, Carla almost knocks over Bobby while he's waiting outside.
Later, Bobby turns up at the flat and Carla buzzes him in, wrongly assuming that he's a pizza delivery boy.
Bobby clarifies that he's Rob's son, before spinning a sob story about why he needs her help.
Rob phones and puts Carla in the picture over what's really going on. Carla reluctantly agrees that Bobby can stay for a few weeks, but she's wary over his past as a troublemaker and warns him to play by her rules.
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Later in the week, Carla fears she has been duped when a van pulls up outside and Bobby realises that all of his belongings are inside.
Bobby explains that his mum, who's clearly sick of his troublesome behaviour, must have sent them on.
Carla is disappointed to realise that Bobby is here to stay – but can they get along?
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Alison King, who plays Carla, recently told Digital Spy and other press: "What it does with Bobby coming into this scenario is snap her out of going into the doldrums and going all reflective.
"Carla is trying to be quite cut and dry about: 'I've done this, I've made this decision, I've helped Peter make this decision along the way to leave'. But in the factory, people are walking on eggshells around her, and she doesn't want that.
"It was going to be tough, so Bobby arriving has snapped her out of that because he's so much trouble. Him coming in and creating havoc a little bit, and her having to support him in lots of different ways, stops any self-indulgence. So that's been amazing."
Coronation Street airs these scenes on Wednesday, December 27 and Friday, December 29 at 8pm on ITV1.
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