{"id":324118,"date":"2026-03-01T23:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/324118\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:00:09","slug":"coronation-street-confirms-glendas-future-with-major-character-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/324118\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street confirms Glenda’s future with major character update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street<\/a> star Jodie Prenger has addressed her future on the soap, confirming another year of Glenda Shuttleworth<\/a>. It turns out the popular barmaid will be gracing our screens until at least 2027.<\/p>\n

“I’ve just signed a new contract, so I’m going to be on Corrie for another year. I always get nervous about whether or not they’ll want me to stay, so I was thrilled when I got the offer,” Prenger told The Daily Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I knew straightaway I was going to sign. I love being on the show so I’m thrilled to be staying for another year.”<\/p>\n

The actor arrived on the cobbles in 2022, playing the flamboyant sister of local undertaker George Shuttleworth<\/a>. Glenda quickly charmed viewers and the residents of Weatherfield with her bubbly personality and unwavering loyalty to her loved ones. <\/p>\n

Despite playing Glenda for almost four years, Prenger shared that she still has moments of disbelief when working on the iconic soap. <\/p>\n

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“We were filming the other day in the undertakers and I still get that. Two cameras swished around and I suddenly thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m on Coronation Street’. It’s lovely,” she recalled.<\/p>\n

“When I was watching Corriedale<\/a>, I beamed with pride. It’s easy to take for granted how good it is. As I sat there, I was like, ‘Wow, I’m a part of that.'” <\/p>\n

She added: “The thing with Coronation Street is the show is part of people’s families. It has gone back generations. My nan was a massive fan. To carry that legacy on is something quite exceptional. Corrie will always have that joy.”<\/p>\n

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Related: Coronation Street’s Kit Green to make another big confession in Mal story<\/a><\/p>\n

As a barmaid, Glenda interacts with a lot of the street as they air their grievances in The Rovers. However, most of her storylines have been linked to her brother George. <\/p>\n

In recent episodes George was accused of grooming an elderly customer<\/a>, after being left a substantial amount of money in her will. The customer’s daughter Annie has been threatening George with legal action and berating him in front of prospective clients.<\/p>\n

Next week, Annie continues to ruin George’s reputation by leaving negative feedback<\/a> online. Protective Glenda tries to help the business by writing her own five-star reviews, but will her actions have the desired result? <\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Coronation Street spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – featuring Carla and Lisa\u2019s baby shock, Clare Bates\u2019 return and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coronation Street star Jodie Prenger has addressed her future on the soap, confirming another year of Glenda Shuttleworth.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[131124,1105,150363,1107,93,61,60,1135,150362,131171,282],"class_list":["post-324118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-39d71c86-10e5-4187-930e-09b2bfc0d389","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-corrie-confirms-glendas-future-with-major-character-update","tag-subsection-coronation-street","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}