Exclusive: Coronation Street's pregnant Alison King is ordered to smoke


She's shocked by Street cig scene

She's pregnant in real-life - but stunned Corrie star Alison King has been ordered by soap bosses to start smoking again.

In a controversial storyline, her bitchy Street character Carla Connor lights up because she is so stressed-out.

Actress Alison, 35 - who immediately packed in when she learned she was expecting her first child next February - has been told she will be provided with HERBAL cigs for the scenes.

But she has revealed to friends she was horrified when she saw the script called for her to start puffing away.

A source said: "She isn't best pleased. It was hard enough for her to give up in real life.

"And even inhaling smoke from herbal tobacco surely can't be a good thing for a mum-to-be." As factory boss Carla, Alison will be seen cadging a cig off chain-smoking Deirdre Barlow, played by Anne Kirkbride, when they are having a heart-to-heart chat.

Deirdre, who loves her ciggies, puffs away in the Rovers back yard as they discuss the future. Then Carla asks shocked Deirdre for a fag to which she replies: "I didn't know you smoked."

Carla responds: "It's been 13 years since I've had one and that was only shared." Deirdre hands her a fag, lights it for her and says: "Let's smoke to old memories."

In the script, Alison - whose partner is TV sound assistant Adam Huckett, 29 - is instructed to "take a good long drag".

Alison found herself expecting just over a year after falling in love with Adam on the set.

They are said to be "over the moon and thrilled and delighted" at the prospect of becoming parents.


:laugh: at the thought of Carla and Deirdre

Hmm, they could have given her a prop ciggie or summat
but this scene was wrote before the baby announcement so :-\

they could have cut it out or given her a prob ciggie like chewy said

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The gang of men dressed in matching tartan shirts labelled Tony's Tartan Terrors could be on any drunken boys' night out. But they will be going home with more than just a hangover.

In an upcoming Coronation Street plotline Tony Gordon uses his stag do as a chance to murder love rival Liam Connor, played by Rob James-Collier.
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Liam Connor

Evil act: Tony Gordon, left, murders Liam Connor

Street badboy Tony, played by Gray O'Brien, discovered that his fianceé Carla, played by Alison King, had spent the night with her handsome brother-in-law Liam.

His mind turned to murder when he saw pictures of the pair together on Rosie Webster's mobile phone.

And the evil businessman decided to get rid of Liam once and for all.

James-Collier announced that he was quitting the soap in February.

But with three different endings filmed the question is, how will Tony do the dirty deed?

evil tony
I thought whos getting married lol then i remembered tony and carla are engaged lol

Lol yeah, I mistook it for Liam and Maria's for some reason

CORRIE’S hottest couple will steam up the cobbles again — as Liam seduces Carla in her wedding gown, TV Biz can reveal.

Ladies man Liam lures his sister-in-law into bed as she prepares to wed Tony Gordon.

Hunky Liam, played by Rob James-Collier, has returned to his wife Maria (Samia Smith) but he can’t hide his passion as he catches Carla (Alison King) trying on the dress she plans to say “I Do” in.

A source said: “Liam can’t bear the thought of losing Carla and grabs her in her wedding gown.

“Even though he’s back with Maria and they are planning a new baby, he can’t help himself.”

Secret Wetherfield lovers Liam and Carla only slept together once before when devastated Liam’s baby son was stillborn.

He took on Carla as a “sleeping partner” in his business after she blackmailed him into selling 40 per cent of his share of the factory to Tony as £180,000 hush money.

However, Liam will soon be killed off in a Corrie whodunnit? Tony (Gray O’Brien) knows fiancée Carla slept with his brother-in-law — so could he be the culprit?

Actor Rob, 31, revealed he was quitting after less than two years on the soap over fears of being typecast.

twice now tony im guessing will kill Liam then

Liam just can't help himself.

nope he cant hes drawn to carla somehow

Lol well, its one thing he wont have time to regret

haha sory that made me laugh because hes gonna be dead

lol yup, poor Liam :sad::laugh3:

shouldnt have given in to temptation though....

Lol true, I wonder which scenario will be real?

i have no idea lol
Wonder when it will be shown christmas maybe?

I think it will be shown about mid-october for some reason :p

I hope it isnt November, I mean I know there behind schedule this year, but it wont be November will it

from ; http://www.myparkmag.co.uk/articles

Hayley Cropper is set to return to 'Coronation Street'.

The transsexual wife of cafe owner Roy Cropper has been doing charity work in Africa for the past year.

But the shy do-gooder - played by Julie Hesmondhalgh - will not be the same person fans of the show became accustomed to when she sets foot back in Weatherfield.

An insider said: "Everybody is looking forward to seeing one of the Street's favourite couples reunited, but Hayley's not the same person she was.

"It'll be interesting to see how she adapts to being back and how she fits into the dynamic at the cafe with everything that's gone on between Roy and Becky."

Before she left for Mozambique, Hayley was violently attacked by her son Christian when she broke the news to him that she was his biological father.

Hayley - who fathered Christian before her sex change operation - will return to the ITV soap in the Autumn.

Ohhh don't change her, I like her the way she is :sad:

yay hayleys back hayleys back

I wonder how she has changed?

With the Mortons leaving next month, and no word on a new family, what will happen to No.6?

yeah thats strange

It's been a while since we last had a male stripper on Coronation Street. Remember our old friend the Python?

Anyway, the Star says that Carla's hen-night in October is going to feature a whipped-cream-covered hunk called Zorro, and that several of the Corrie ladies will behave outrageously. Audrey Roberts and Rita Sullivan are mentioned

Corrie stag and hen do's are weird. Where else in the world would a woman like Carla, with her designer handbags and pretensions to classiness, be having a hen night at a local boozer with her close personal friends the lady who runs the newsagents and the local hairdresser?

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