Keisha Nash Whitaker, an actor/producer who was married to actor Forest Whitaker for more than 20 years, has died. She was 51 and no details on cause or location were immediately available.
20.11.2023 - 18:31 / ok.co.uk
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but not for those who live on Coronation Street. As the festivity begins, there’s a big departure, a revenge plot and a return - producer of the ITV soap, Iain MacLeod spills what’s in store at the end of 2023. “We’re building towards an exit for Peter Barlow [Chris Gascoyne] which is brilliant and bittersweet,” reveals Iain.
“We often think of Peter and Carla Connor [Alison King] as the kind of Burton and Taylor of the cobbles and we wanted to have this grand scale, highly emotional, very nuanced, realistic ending which is the culmination of a decade long love story.” As a result of Peter’s exit, there will be a new face to see Carla. Britain’s Got Talent star Jack Carroll will make his debut as Bobby, Carla’s nephew. “It was born of a desire not to let Carla tread water for too long,” explains Iain.
“Suddenly Bobby, Rob Donovan’s son, turns up, who Carla didn’t know existed and he is causing all sorts of trouble. "Long-term, Bobby is surprisingly in the centre of our biggest story next year.” One of the biggest love triangles of this year has been between Daniel Osborne (Rob Mallard), Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) and Ryan Connor (Ryan Prescott). But it’s about to get even more complicated with the return of Daniel’s ex, Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon).
“Bethany obviously has lots of history with Daniel and that very much sharpens Daisy’s focus in terms of how she feels,” says Iain. “As for Daisy and Bethany, they’re evenly matched. So it’s a really heavyweight kind of tussle between these two women.
Keisha Nash Whitaker, an actor/producer who was married to actor Forest Whitaker for more than 20 years, has died. She was 51 and no details on cause or location were immediately available.
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Coronation Street’s resident DJ Ryan Connor could be set to leave the cobbles behind in the coming weeks as he makes a life-changing decision. In recent weeks, Ryan Connor and Daisy Midgeley’s affair has started to be exposed, and next week Daisy’s fiancee, Daniel Osbourne, finds out what went on. However, Daniel decides to keep it to himself, saying that Daisy has chosen him and that he wants to forget about what happened.That mentality comes because Ryan had the chance to move to Scotland with his partner Crystal.
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Coronation Street’s Daniel Osbourne (played by Rob Mallard) is set to take revenge as he finds out that his fiancee, Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan), has cheated on him with Ryan Connor. Viewers have watched in recent months as Daisy and Ryan confessed their feelings for each other and struggled to stay away from one another. Daisy has tried to end things with Ryan, but she often ends up back with the DJ despite her long-term relationship with Daniel.
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