{"id":596072,"date":"2026-08-17T14:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/596072\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:14:13","slug":"coronation-streets-newest-villain-confirms-christmas-storyline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/596072\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street’s newest villain confirms Christmas storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street<\/a> spoilers follow.
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Coronation Street’s Nathan Sussex has teased a big Christmas storyline for his character Richie Parkinson<\/a>. The newcomer recently arrived on the cobbles as the cousin of cabbie Tim Metcalfe. <\/p>\n

At first, Richie seemed like a normal, easy-going bloke who was struggling with some marriage problems. However, in a shocking twist, he was later arrested for the murder<\/a> of his wife Rachel \u2013 much to Tim’s horror<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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After being taken in by Tim and Sally<\/a>, Richie’s daughter Lucy insisted her dad had acted in self-defence, suggesting there’s more to the story than meets the eye. According to Sussex, the drama will continue to play out until the festive period. <\/p>\n

“When you get a job like this, they kind of tell you the story arc. But, of course, because it’s a new storyline, I only know stuff up until a certain period,” he said, during an interview with BBC Radio Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been kind of given sort of a brief [that] this is what could happen, but I don’t know myself.<\/p>\n

Though he remained coy about the exact details, the actor hinted that he would still be around in four months time for the hugely-anticipated run-up to Christmas, which he described as “the dream”.<\/p>\n

“All I know is it’s quite a big Christmas hook, and you know the dream, I would love to be in Coronation Street on Christmas Day.”<\/p>\n

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“While you’re tucking into your Ferrero Rochers or your Roses, yes, I’ll be on your screens. I don’t know. Perhaps. Isn’t that the dream?”<\/p>\n

He added: “To be there, like doing a job there, walking down these famous cobbles, honestly, it really gets to you.<\/p>\n

“Corrie means so much to so many people. It is a national institution. We’ve all grown up on it at some point in our lives.”<\/p>\n

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

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