Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street’s Tim Metcalfe will come to a painful realisation about his past relationship next week. Following the fallout of Will Driscoll and Megan Walsh’s grooming storyline, Tim is forced to question his own romance with Trisha Pinkerton.
Trisha and Tim reunited late last year when she coincidentally ended up in the back of his taxi. Tim proudly told his friends about their fling, revealing he had lost his virginity to her when he was 14 and she was nearly 20.
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Though the cabbie had nothing but fond memories of their romance, his wife Sally was quick to identify Trisha as an abuser. At first, Tim was reluctant to sully his memories, but eventually seemed to realise that the relationship was inappropriate.
Meanwhile, teenager Will Driscoll has also been groomed by his sports coach Megan, with the villain’s actions finally exposed this month. The storyline will soon tie in with Tim’s experience, as he finally understands the severity of his situation.
In next week’s episodes, Sally expresses her support to Ben Driscoll about Will’s abuse. She explains that Tim was also groomed by an older woman when he was just a child.
Feeling vulnerable, Tim tries to play down his past but the landlord tells him he’s deluded. Later, Tim admits to Sally that he is questioning his old relationship and decides to contact Trisha for some answers.
As the week continues, Tim becomes irritated that he hasn’t heard anything back from Trisha. Sally suggests she’s hiding away because she’s knows she’s guilty. Will Tim get the answers he needs?
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Speaking previously about the two storylines, Coronation Street producer Kate Brooks explained that Tim will notice “how young and vulnerable [Will] actually is”, which will be “quite an instrumental part of that story”.
“He will start to realise that actually what happened to him wasn’t right and wasn’t acceptable. So we’ve got quite a way to go with it, but it’s going to be a really interesting journey to take Tim on, because he’s come from a completely separate place to people like Sally and Steve, who all recognised quite early doors that what had happened to Tim was wrong.”
She added: “We really use both stories to make sure that Tim knows what happened in his past was not acceptable.”
Coronation Street has worked on Will and Megan’s grooming storyline with support from Barnardo’s. Support and information is available via the charity’s website.
Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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