Leanne to date Kal in Coronation Street?

Coronation Street's Leanne Tilsley could be set to move on from her marriage break-up with personal trainer Kal Nasir.

Leanne (Jane Danson) starts to feel attracted to Kal (Jimi Mistry), but at the same time her mum Stella Price taks a fancy to the gym hunk.

When Stella (Michelle Collins) makes her move however, Kal knocks her back and tells Leanne he wants to go out with her.

When Leanne's ex-husband Nick finds out what's going even he encourages her to go for it, telling her she deserves some happiness in her life.

But Leanne and Nick have a lot of history, and the break-up of their marriage is still raw. While Leanne has feelings for Kal, she is in two minds whether she should date someone so soon after her split...

Watch the scenes in Coronation Street next week.

 

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.