Rising Coronation Street star Millie Gibson arrived in Weatherfield as Kelly Neelan in 2019 and has gone on to win high praise for her portrayal of the troubled teenager.
01.03.2022 - 19:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronation Street fans have pleaded for 'simpler storylines' as they complained about plots 'jumping back and forth' in the much-loved soap.
Diehard viewers had their say on the soap's official Facebook page, followed by 2.1million people, as Corrie bosses teased exciting drama to come involving Corrie favourites Abi Franklin, Adam Barlow, Daisy Midgeley and Gary Windass.
"Get ready for past secrets, lies and liaisons in a dramatic season of must see storylines," they told fans of the long-running ITV soap.
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But soap watchers responded by calling for changes, saying storylines are 'increasingly baffling to follow' with 'too many characters and stories.'
Helen Hudspith wrote: "My mum is 85 and we have watched and enjoyed Corrie for years and years.
"She has some memory problems now and is finding the storylines increasingly baffling to follow.
"Some of this is sadly inevitable, but some of it is because writers seem to bring back old story lines from ages ago and then develop them more or suddenly make them vital to a new plot twist."
Helen continued: "My poor mum and others like her don’t have a hope in hell of making sense of these.
"I know it can’t be avoided all together and it often makes good drama, but could I plead for a few simpler storylines that are kept ‘in the moment’ so that elderly viewers can still enjoy some parts of a show they have long loved."
Fellow viewer Felicity Martin replied: "Yes.. The story lines are all over the place."
And Helen explained: "Felicity, it’s when someone who had a one night stand or something months and months ago and then it finally becomes vital to a current story that my mum just
Rising Coronation Street star Millie Gibson arrived in Weatherfield as Kelly Neelan in 2019 and has gone on to win high praise for her portrayal of the troubled teenager.
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