Steve and Becky make another baby!
But Coronation Street's Simon Gregson warns, with word of a repeat tragedy to come, they’re in for more heartbreak! How have things been with Steve and Becky since the miscarriage? "Fragile. Steve has been tiptoeing around Becky, trying to give her time to come to terms with things, so he’s thrilled when she tells him she’s ready for them to resume their love life. He’s been hurting just as much as she has." Does he think Becky might be ready to try for another baby? "She says she is and Steve’s really pleased. He cares more about her than having a baby, but he’s got the idea of a brother or sister for Amy in his head and still wants that." So he loves her as much as ever? "Absolutely. He knew married life to Becky would be up and down. She’s slightly mental, but he likes that. He’d be so bored if he settled down with the girl next door." Does he plan a romantic evening? "Not quite. They enjoy a little afternoon delight in the kitchen of all places. Then Ciaran walks in on them... not that it stops them!" It’s been revealed that Becky will lose a second baby. Will their marriage cope under the strain? "They’ll both be devastated. Steve was shattered by losing the first baby. After all his efforts to persuade Becky to keep the baby – then to have that happen. And then he had to make her see it wasn’t her fault when she blamed herself." How will they cope then when told Becky’s unlikely to ever be able to carry a baby to full term? "They’ll be devastated again. But there will be lots of avenues to go down before Steve gives up on the idea of another child." Might they adopt and become the next Brangelina? "They might adopt – but I can’t see them doing a Brad and Angelina!"
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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.