Coronation Street cobbles transformed as filming officially kicks off on dramatic Christmas episodes

CORONATION Street person confirmed they person begun filming their Christmas episodes aft leaked pictures of the set.

The Corrie set if prepped for the upcoming play this festive season.

Leaked photos of the acceptable amusement the Christmas decorations and lights are up successful the thoroughfare and Weatherfield police station.

This marks the ITV soap are successful accumulation and filming their Christmas episodes owed to aerial this December.

Corrie is yet to denote who and which families volition instrumentality halfway signifier during their festive period.

However, they person confirmed Helen Worth volition depart from the soap arsenic Gail Platt.

After been successful the soap for fractional a century, volition beryllium saying goodbye astatine the extremity of the year.

She had started filming her last episodes past period which was to impact the instrumentality of her ex-husband Martin Platt (Sean Wilson), however, helium had to propulsion retired owed to "personal reasons".

This means Corrie has to refilm her exit scenes, and deliberation of an alternate storyline.

In a statement, histrion Helen Worth said: "This twelvemonth felt similar the cleanable clip to permission the amusement aft celebrating 50 years successful the astir fantastic occupation connected the astir fantastic thoroughfare successful the world."

"I made the determination astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth and spoke to the producers who were precise benignant and understanding."

"I person been genuinely blessed to person been fixed the astir unthinkable scripts week successful week out, and to person worked with fantastic actors, directors and a superb crew."

"The past 50 years person flown by and I don't deliberation the information that I americium leaving has rather sunk successful yet."

Elsewhere successful the cobbles, Paul Foreman's (Peter Ash) household header with their archetypal Christmas without him.

Paul was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) successful April 2023 with the soap intimately pursuing his gradual carnal deterioration.

Working with the foundation MND Association, Corrie has shown the interaction of the information connected not lone Paul but his loved ones for much than a year.

His last scenes saw him combat for respire successful a heartbreaking episode.

His hubby Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) arrived to precocious to accidental his goodbyes and ne'er got to perceive his telephone call.

Will Billy yet find out?

Meanwhile, Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) mightiness beryllium leaving the soap arsenic histrion Cait Fitton reportedly updated her Instagram bio to accidental "previously Lauren successful Coronation Street," though it has since been changed.

There has been nary connection connected whether groomer and abuser Joel Deering (Calum Lill) volition beryllium leaving the amusement anytime soon, but he's apt to look his comeuppance earlier long.

Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8pm connected ITV1 and ITVX.