Watch Maria's baby emergency in the Soap Scoop

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Watch Maria's baby emergency in the Soap Scoop
Watch Maria's baby emergency in the Soap Scoop

Maria goes into labour on the beach in Coronation Street this week - and Tony's forced to play midwife! The crimper's pregnancy is overdue so she suggests to Tony that they take a walk along the beach to help bring on contractions. But chaos ensues when Tony's dog runs off and Maria suddenly goes into labour. Stuck on the beach with poor mobile phone signal, Tony is forced to deliver Maria's baby. Watch how events unfold in the new Soap Scoop, plus how Roxy tries to seduce Jack in EastEnders, Hollyoaks' Hannah turns rock chick and pregnant Lexi collapses in Emmerdale...

Patrick McLennan
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.