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Coronation Street star Chris Gascoyne has revealed that the soap's bosses are planning to "delve deeper" into the troubles of his character Peter Barlow.

The Weatherfield bookie has a long-standing alcohol problem and his struggle to stay on the wagon is expected to be revisited in the coming weeks.

Gascoyne told Inside Soap's Yearbook 2012: "I'm just about to film an episode where Peter is going to appear in every scene, which is brilliant to do. It will explain a lot about the man's internal workings, and viewers will get to see him participating in his regular Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, which we've actually never properly seen on screen.

"We're going to delve deeper into it and see him with his sponsor. It's really great stuff."

Yesterday, tabloid reports suggested that Peter will betray wife Leanne by spending the night with Carla Connor in upcoming episodes.

Pondering the possibility, Gascoyne admitted: "I think it'll probably go down that route in the end, and there could be a lot more sneaking around.

"The interesting thing would be to see what happens when the excitement died down between Peter and Carla and they'd be settling down to everyday life - taking Simon to school and going to work. I'm not sure how they'd both deal with that."

Gascoyne was recently spotted filming scenes which see Peter desperately clutching a bottle of vodka outside an off-licence.