Secrets, bombshells & betrayals...it's Happy Xmas from Weatherfield!

CORONATION STREET PRODUCER TEASES FESTIVE DRAMA ON COBBLES

- JESSICA SANSOME

THERE will be festive fun along with "bombshells, secrets and betrayals" - and an emotional exit in Weatherfield this Christmas, say Coronation Street bosses.

While it will be happy holidays for some, others will be saying a sad goodbye before destruction hits for one beloved family.

Corrie's new producer Kate Brooks has revealed some of what we can expect from her first Christmas episodes on the cobbles.

Kate, who previously worked as a producer on Emmerdale, said: "It's a very lively Christmas on the street, lots of bombshells are dropped.

"Obviously, this is set against Gail Platt's wedding... Whether she goes through with that or not, I cannot tell anything.

"But this is a story with the Platts at the heart of it. It's really festive - basically it's a story about family and how secrets impact and implode on a family, so there's a lot of betrayals, lots of secrets are exposed during this episode and it will be like classic Corrie with a bit of a twist "We're all in need of a bit of escapism at the minute and we've had quite a dark but brilliant few months on the cobbles.