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Coronation Street's Tracy McDonald takes drastic action to deal with a potential love rival next week.
Tracy schemes to get Tommy Orpington all to herself as the ITV soap launches a surprising affair storyline for the two characters.
Viewers recently saw Tracy hire Tommy for a decorating job at Number 1 after losing patience over her husband Steve's vague promises to do the work.
Next week, Tracy is left alone with Tommy for the week as Steve heads off to Paris to spend time with his daughter Emma Brooker.
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Tracy notices a spark of chemistry when the former Weatherfield County footballer compliments her on her outfit.
Later, Toyah Battersby visits the flower shop and gushes over Tommy looking sexy in his overalls.
Mary Taylor gets excited over the possible new love match and tells Tracy that she plans to set up Toyah and Tommy.
Tracy is unhappy over the competition and comes up with a clever way to sabotage Mary's plans.
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Lying to Toyah, ruthless Tracy claims that Tommy has a reputation as a terrible womaniser and shouldn't be trusted.
This paves the way for Tracy to secure Tommy's undivided attention as things heat up between them at Number 1, but will her sneaky lie ever be exposed?
Matt Milburn, who plays Tommy, recently teased: "I think he likes [Tracy's] sparky nature, her quick retorts and her banter is very sharp. He likes being kept on his toes.
"She's not an easy target in many ways. I just think that they seem to have this chemistry between them that none of them see coming."
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On being invited back for this storyline, he added: "I was absolutely thrilled and over the moon, because it’s something I’ve wanted for years. I've played Tommy intermittently since 2016 so to be told that I was going to be coming back and given something far more substantial, I was delighted.
"Tommy is the perfect character for me to play because I love football and he's a famous northern footballer. It's great to be back!"
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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