CORONATION STREET

■ DANIEL SELF-DESTRUCTS

It’s the week of Sinead’s funeral and it’s clear Daniel isn’t coping. He ducks out of the wake to go to his flat and watch the videos Sinead made for Bertie. But the place has been turned over and the laptop is missing. After mistakenly thinking he’s spotted it in a pawn shop, Daniel smashes the display cabinet with a golf club and the police, including Craig (pictured, with Daniel), are called.

Later, Carla and Peter offer to look after baby Bertie (hasn’t the poor child suffered enough?). In true Barlow style, Daniel uses the occasion to drink himself into a stupor. Billy tells Paul that his diary containing details of upcoming funerals, weddings and christenings went missing the day Bernie started cleaning for him. Paul and Gemma suspect their dodgy mum of being behind the spate of break-ins, including the one at Daniel’s flat. But further detective work exposes Kel as the culprit, which also brings to light the true horror of his abuse of Paul. Vicky flies into a rage after discovering Robert had lied about breaking up with Michelle. Robert hasn’t told the truth since 2017 – what was she expecting? When he announces they should turn the bistro into a franchise, Michelle thinks it is an excellent idea. What fool would buy into that? Unless there’s suddenly big demand for restaurants staffed by incompetents who have screaming rows while customers try to eat their smashed avocado on sourdough in peace.