A dramatic week on the cobbles is fast approaching in Coronation Street, with a stylistic new trailer showing the five potential murder victims walking towards George Shuttleworth's (Tony Maudsley) funeral parlour.

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The countdown is on, and it won't be long before we find out who meets their maker in the aftermath of Carla Connor (Alison King) and Lisa Swain's (Vicky Myers) wedding day.

As viewers will recall, the latest non-linear storytelling device saw one episode in February flash-forward to April, and the point in which Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) discovered a body.

She told Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) that she knew the victim - meaning that one of her neighbours had met with the Grim Reaper.

Paedophile Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon), meddling grandmother Maggie Driscoll (Pauline McLynn), abusive Theo Silverton (James Cartwright), enigma Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances Brown) and scheming Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard) were revealed as those at risk, but who will die?

And even more importantly, which resident will be left with blood on their hands? Let's be real, there's a long line of Weatherfield locals who would be happy to see them depart.

In the new promo, which has been directed by Suri Krishnamma - who has worked on Corrie for the last decade - sees the five taking a slow stroll down the famed cobbles, dressed in funeral attire.

George loads a question mark shaped floral arrangement into the back of a hearse in Coronation Street
Who will die, and who will be left with blood on their hands? ITV

The group then turn the corner into Victoria Street and towards George, who is stood outside of the undertakers and loading a question mark shaped floral arrangement into the back of a hearse. He takes a quick glance towards the five, before carrying on his duties.

While Swarla's wedding will take place next week, we won't actually find out who Betsy found dead until seven days later. A special week of standalone episodes will take the viewer back to the day of the ceremony, each following an individual story strand.

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Coronation Street's “Murder week” begins on Monday April 27th on ITV and ITVX. The drama continues weeknights at 8:30pm and from 7am on ITVX.

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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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