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Coronation Street airs major Gary Windass and Sarah Platt development in early ITVX release

Warning: Contains spoilers for Sunday's episode of Coronation Street, which airs at 7.30pm on ITV1 or can be streamed now on ITVX.

Gary Windass, in a blue hoody and black gilet, sits with his arms crossed in a police interview room in Coronation Street

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Published: Sunday, 9 August 2026 at 7:30 am

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A dramatic conclusion to today's (9 August) Coronation Street has seen Gary Windass (Mikey North) head to the police station.

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For months he's protected Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien), leading to wife Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) believing that they were having an affair.

The truth was far more grisly. Gary was the first person she'd contacted after clobbering Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) over the head with some scaffolding, which resulted in him falling to his death.

Sarah finally arrested and then charged with murder. Gary has been left guilt-ridden, knowing that he disposed of the weapon. Her boyfriend Kit Green (Jacob Roberts), meanwhile, has made it his mission to try and find evidence which could lessen her sentence.

Earlier this week, Kit discovered from Gary's phone records that he visited a wasteland by the canal the day after Theo's murder. He warned Gary that the time had come to either hand himself in or he'd instruct his team at the Weatherfield cop shop to search the land.

Sarah talks to Kit in prison in a scene from Coronation Street

Tina O'Brien as Sarah Platt and Jacob Roberts as Kit Green. ITV

In today's episode, Maria confronted Kit in the street, accusing him of being prepared to sacrifice Gary simply to protect Sarah.

Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) was equally appalled by the situation, but Maria was in no mood to be placated.

At Norcross Prison, Sarah found herself the target of a hostile-looking inmate, whose threatening stare left her deeply unsettled. Bethany had come to visit, and was horrified by the extent of the bruising on her mum's face - although Sarah insisted on making light of what had happened.

When Sarah asked after Kit, Bethany finally broke down and revealed his plan to blackmail Gary into handing himself over. Bethany then revealed that she intends to stop Kit before it was too late.

Meanwhile, Gary called Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) to Victoria Court and came clean about his involvement in Theo’s death, explaining how he had subsequently gone to Sarah’s aid and, as a result, had become the target of Kit’s blackmail.

Adam pointed out that Gary was left with two choices: surrender himself to the authorities, or take the chance that Kit had been bluffing.

Kit talks to Gary in the pub in a scene from Coronation Street

Jacob Roberts as Kit Green and Mikey North as Gary Windass. ITV

Sarah then contacted Kit from the inside. Speaking in coded terms, she pleaded with him to abandon his scheme. After some reluctance, he finally agreed.

However, Lisa Connor-Swain (Vicky Myers) witnessed the conversation and was left suspicious about what had really been discussed.

Kit attempted to contact Gary to tell him that he was no longer under threat, but the call went unanswered and diverted straight to voicemail.

Later, at the station and with Adam by his side, Gary told Lisa that he was finally ready to come clean and reveal the truth.

What will he say?

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Coronation Street airs weeknights at 8:30pm on ITV1 or can be streamed from 7am on ITVX.

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Michael AdamsSoaps Editor

Michael Adams is the Soaps Editor at Radio Times, covering all of the hot gossip and spoilers from Weatherfield to Walford, Emmerdale to Hollyoaks and everywhere in-between. He joined the team from Metro, where he spent two years as a Soaps Reporter and previously worked on the sets of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

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