The Darkness To Come...

A year after Kylie’s death, our cover star Jack P shepherd talks to TV Times about why there’s more trouble ahead this summer…

- Alison Slade & Sarah Waterfall

How do David and the rest of the Platt family mark the anniversary of Kylie’s passing this week?

They have a picnic in the garden. David has banished Shona from Weatherfield by this point but, lo and behold, she returns to the street that very day. He really loses his temper and says: ‘What are you doing? This isn’t fair!’ and then he finds out that Sarah’s the one who asked her to come back! She thinks that Shona is the only person who can really help Bethany.

Is David’s anger towards Shona less about who her son is and more about the fact that she deceived him when he was falling for her?

I think it’s both. If she wasn’t who she was, everything would be hunky dory and they’d be at it like rabbits now! But because she’s Clayton’s mum, he just feels like he’s betraying Kylie. He hates himself for having fancied her. He’s not in a good place, so he lashes out and gets angry.

One year on, is David more at peace with Kylie’s death?