Coronation Street spoilers: an unwelcome guest gate-crashes Paul Foreman's funeral!

Vicar Billy Mayhew conducting Paul Foreman's funeral service. He is standing behind Paul's coffin with a picture of him on top.
Will Paul Foreman's funeral end in disaster? (Image credit: ITV)

Paul Foreman's final farewell is interrupted by an uninvited guest in tonight’s episode of Coronation Street at 8.00pm. See our TV Guide for full listings.

After constant fighting with his mother-in-law over what kind of send-off to have for his late husband, an emotional Billy Mayhew prepares for Paul's funeral on what would have been their first wedding anniversary. At the church, the vicar is horrified to find Paul's estranged father Denny, drunk and skulking in the shadows as Billy orders him to behave and keep out of sight.

As Paul's send-off gets underway, Todd Grimshaw, Summer Spellman, Kit Green, David Platt, Chesney Winter-Brown and Dee-Dee Bailey carry Paul's coffin down the aisle while Bernie Winter and her daughter Gemma follow behind. Billy steps forward to conduct the service, but will everything go smoothly with Denny hanging around?

Billy Mayhew talks to Denny at the church.

A drunk Denny turns up at the church. (Image credit: ITV)

The Weatherfield residents carry Paul Foreman's coffin down the aisle.

The Weatherfield residents gather round to say goodbye to Paul. (Image credit: ITV)

Meanwhile at No.9, Tyrone Dobbs explains to the girls that Fiz isn't feeling well. But his concern soon turns into disbelief when a vape falls out of Hope's pencil case. Tyrone and Fiz are gobsmacked when Hope brags about stealing it from the corner shop. How will they deal with their wayward daughter this time?

Fiz and Tyrone are annoyed as he holds up Hope's vape.

Fiz and Tyrone are stunned when they find Hope's stolen vape. (Image credit: ITV)

In Turkey, the CEO of the cosmetic surgery company approaches Sarah Platt in the hospital and explains that they’d like to pay for her hotel accommodation. When Sarah demands they should be paying the medical bills after Bethany's botched procedure, the CEO hands over her daughter's consent form. 

A woman gives Sarah Platt Bethany's consent form in the hospital.

Sarah Platt demands the cosmetic surgery's CEO to pay for Bethany's medical bills. (Image credit: ITV)

When David Platt informs his grandmother Audrey Roberts about how the cosmetic surgery company is refusing to pay Bethany's medical bills, Audrey thinks they should go online and spread the word about what the company is really like. But will her plan work?

Also, at the café, Dee-Dee confides in Kit that she phoned the wedding venue and the holiday company and Joel Deering has seemingly already got their deposits back.

Coronation Street continues on Friday at 8pm.

Grace Morris
Staff Writer

Grace is a freelancer writer with WhatToWatch.com, and she now writes for our sister site TechRadar. She graduated from Anglia Ruskin University in 2020 with a degree in Writing and Film Studies, which only made her love for creative writing, film and TV grow stronger.

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