Coronation Street to air emotional Audrey Roberts scene as she shares suicide attempt
08.08.2022 - 13:03
/ ok.co.uk
Coronation Street is set to explore the issue of loneliness and its impact on mental health in a storyline featuring fan favourite and cobbles legend Audrey Roberts. Last month, viewers saw Audrey (played by Sue Nicholls) receiving treatment in hospital after telling a doctor she had accidentally taken too many tablets. And this week, she continues to insist that was the case to her own GP.
However, in emotional scenes set to air on 15 August, Audrey confides in Roy (David Neilson), Rita (Barbara Knox), Claudia (Rula Lenska) and Ken (William Roache), telling them that the overdose was in fact an attempt to take her own life. The old friends will gather for a belated birthday lunch and are stunned when Audrey tells them she tried to make an attempt on her life three weeks ago, but a neighbour posting a leaflet spotted her and called an ambulance. As they try to come to terms with the shock revelation, they ask her what led to the suicide attempt, confessing their guilt at not spotting the signs that their friend was struggling.
Audrey admits that she kept her feelings hidden and has not even told her family about what happened. As the group discusses the problems that growing older can bring she explains that she misses her late husband Alfie and that she had been feeling useless and depressed, turning to drink after suffering with her eyesight deteriorating. Audrey says: “I just seemed to spiral downwards.
I'd toss and turn all night, then finally drop off just when I should be up and at 'em. Seizing the day. Huh! Spend the afternoons on the sauvignon blanc, wondering exactly what I'm good for?” Sue, who has played the character of Audrey since 1979, explains: “Audrey is very sorry for what she has done and certainly her
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