"Leave us alone - or I'll flatten you!" Carla Connor certainly isn't mincing her words this week on Coronation Street when she orders Alya Nazir to stay away from Aidan's funeral. The pair are at loggerheads over the future of Underworld, with Alya now having learned that she's been left the factory in Aidan's will.
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Tonight's double bill sees Alya tell the Connors that the game is up and that she knows the business is rightfully hers. Johnny is left stunned, even more so when he realises that Carla and Jenny knew about Aidan's bequest. The women claim that they didn't want to burden Johnny before the funeral, but Alya accuses them of trying to screw her over.
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The drama looks set to then come to a head when the neighbourhood turns out in large numbers to witness Aidan's hearse arriving on the Street. But Carla snaps after seeing that Alya fully intends to go to the funeral. When Alya insists that as Aidan's friend and business partner she should be there, Carla compares her to an irritating fly before ordering her to back off. But will Alya listen? Or is she set to head to the service anyway?
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David Brown is Deputy Previews Editor at Radio Times, with a particular interest in crime drama and fantasy TV. He has appeared as a contributor on BBC News, Sky News and Radio 4’s Front Row and has had work published in the Guardian, the Sunday Times and the i newspaper. He has also worked as a writer and editorial consultant on the National Television Awards, as well as several documentaries profiling the likes of Lenny Henry, Billy Connolly and Take That.
