- Bethany Platt tipped to be the next character to leave Coronation Street.
- Kevin Webster & Jenny Connor in the running to leave the soap.
- Helen Flanagan who played Rosie Webster favourite to return in 2025.
We’re not long into 2025 and there seems to be a cull happening on the Coronation Street cobbles.
Charlotte Jordan has become the latest star to confirm she is leaving the show as barmaid Daisy Midgeley.
This follows shock announcements from Sue Cleaver – who has been part of the cobbles furniture since 2000 as Eileen Grimshaw – and Colson Smith, who has done 14 years hard graft in Weatherfield as police officer Craig Tinker.
This has led to speculation about who might be next and which characters might return to the cobbles.
Gambling.com’s Entertainment expert, James Leyfield has created markets on who could be leaving and returning to Coronation Street.
Bethany’s Permanent Exit?
It’s already known that Lucy Fallon, who plays Bethany Platt, is going on maternity leave later this year to have her second child – but could this result in a permanent end for Bethany?
It’s just 4/5 that Bethany is the next character to announce a permanent exit from the cobbles.
It looks set to be a tough start to 2025 for Kevin, who will diagnosed with testicular cancer, and it’s just 11/10 that Michael leaves Weatherfield this year.
Jenny Connor is also in contention at 6/4, after Sally Ann Matthews, who plays the character, recently stunned fans by making several shock claims about the show – and even telling fans: “ITV have got no money”.
One exit that would send shockwaves through the cobbles would be David Platt’s (Jack P Shepherd) departure. It’s only 5/2 that Jack announces his departure.
Ken’s Shock Departure?
Bill Roach is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving television star in a continuous role after he first played Ken in the show’s debut episode on December 9, 1960.
He is 11/2 to be the next to announce his departure, but it’s surely more likely that 3/1 chance Sean Tully (Antony Cotton) or 7/2 shot Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton), who is facing a potential life sentence in prison, go next instead.
Like Ken, another soap icon who would leave a huge hole in the Corrie furniture if she were to leave is Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls).
She is 8/1 to go next, while Tyrone Dobbs actor Alan Halsall (6/1), who had a taste of other projects after his I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! stint last year, insisted in December: “I am definitely not leaving the soap.”
Tyrone’s grandmother Evelyn Plummer, who is played by Maureen Lipman, is set for a temporary stay away from the cobbles, and it’s 4/1 that it turns permanent.
Apart from his sister Maria Connor, Kirk doesn’t have many big ties to the street following the departure of Beth Tinker, and it’s 9/2 he is the next big star to confirm an exit.
Helen Odds-On For Corrie Comeback
It’s just 4/7 that Helen Flanagan makes a long-awaited return as Rosie Webster in 2025, and it’s 5/6 that her on-screen sister Brooke Vincent (Sophie Webster) follows her.
One character who has only just left is Gail – but it’s not impossible that she could make the odd return, despite her being an 8/1 outsider to do so.
Michelle is 10/1 for a shock comeback, but it’s just 11/8 that Beth briefly returns to see her son Craig off later this year.
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