Jennie McAlpine teased a Christmas ‘spoiler’ on Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain alongside her on-screen husband (Image: ITV)
Coronation Street viewers were left shocked on Monday night after Weatherfield favourite Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) was landed in hospital after being injured in a hit and run. To avoid Betsy in the precinct, a car swerved and ended up hitting Tyrone – before the driver drove away in a hit and run and has kickstarted a started a new storyline for the mechanic as he suffers a severe spinal injury and will face a long road to recovery.’

Alan then appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Tuesday via video link from the set in MediaCity in Manchester to discuss the new storyline and was seen alongside Jennie McAlpine, who plays his on-screen wife Fiz. When asked about the programme’s upcoming 65th anniversary, which will take place on December 9, Alan seemingly referenced the already-announced crossover with fellow soap Emmerdale, which will kick off ITV’s new plan for soap scheduling early next year.

He said: “We’re doing a special episode later on in the year, I don’t know how public that is, but that’ll be in January. There’s plenty happening, there always is here at Coronation Street!”

Susanna Reid and Ed Balls interviewed the pair about Tyrone’s latest storyline
But then Jennie revealed to hosts Ed Balls and Susanna Reid that filming for the Christmas scenes is already underway as she said: “Spoiler alert, Ed, last week, me and Kirk were already filming in the factory the Underworld Christmas do. We both had a Santa hat on. His was sequinned. Yep. So…”

Susanna cut in to add: “That is a bit of a spoiler!”