CORRIE’S NEW JACK AND VERA
Streethearts put Fiz back in show
CORONATION Street bosses are planning to use the spirit of Jack and Vera Duckworth to save the show.
They will turn Tyrone Dobbs and Fiz Stape, right, into a new version of the legendary soap couple, below.
CORRIE bosses are masterminding plans for the “new Jack and Vera” to bring back the show’s “golden age”.
They hope to turn long-running couple Fiz Stape and Tyrone Dobbs into a modern day version of the legendary Duckworths.
The couple have been relatively quiet in recent years but will be brought back into hard-hitting storylines after Fiz actress Jennie McAlpine’s return from I’m A Celeb.
They already live in Jack and Vera’s old house together and her first comeback storyline will show her going mad at Tyrone following his affair with Gemma Winter.
The scenes will echo Jack and Vera’s up-and-down relationship in the 80s and 90s.
Jennie will be involved in a huge fight with Gemma and berate mechanic Tyrone, played by Alan Halsall, in the way Street firebrand Vera did.
Twisted
The actress revealed: “There’s a catfight with a difference. There’s violence involved. It’s in a number of different locations and will be huge.”
Fiz is set to get her own back just like Vera did by having her own affair. Jennie added: “I think we have to have a bit of tit for tat. I will be speaking to the casting department.”
Their storylines will also draw more comparisons as the popular Cobbles couple face problems with their own troubled child Ruby.
Jack and Vera went through hell with their son Terry.
Corrie bosses have been blasted by viewers for making the show either too dreary or “unrealistic” with plots like twisted serial killer Pat Phelan’s reign of terror.
The move to push popular characters like Tyrone and Fiz back into the limelight is part of a bid to keep older viewers.
An insider said: “Producers have been listening to the criticism and are beginning to change the fabric of the show.
“Their plans for Fiz and Tyrone should keep fans happy, at least for a bit.”