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Coronation Street reveals new Roy Cropper mystery in ITVX release

Warning: Contains spoilers for Wednesday's episode of Coronation Street, which airs on ITV1 at 8pm or can be streamed now on ITVX.

Headshot of Roy Cropper looking confused in Coronation Street, wearing a beige coat and against a grey background

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Published: Wednesday, 19 November 2025 at 10:00 am

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Coronation Street has unveiled an intriguing new story for cobbles stalwart Roy Cropper (David Neilson).

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The character has pretty much seen it all throughout the last three decades of living in Weatherfield, and on this occasion, might have accidentally landed himself in some fresh danger.

Roy's one of those who always wants to see the best in people – though this had huge repercussions last year, when he spent time behind bars after getting close to reformed extremist Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton).

David Neilson as Roy Cropper sat in a prison cell in Coronation Street

Roy spent time in prison last year. ITV

She'd mysteriously disappeared, and he was one of the last people to spend time with her. He then cleaned her flat, and became prime suspect in her kidnapping.

Now, reflecting on that experience in prison, he's taken up a new hobby.

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Niece Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) clocked that he was anxiously awaiting a delivery, hoping that something would arrive from his new penpal. She was intrigued to find out who he was writing to – and the answer was quite shocking.

He'd signed up to an organisation that arranges penpals for lonely prisoners, and rushed down to the postbox to send off his latest letter.

Nina Lucas stood in the Bistro in Coronation Street

Nina was intrigued by her uncle Roy's new venture. ITV

Later that day, Nina strolled downstairs to see her friend Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) out, and both were shocked to find Roy drafting another note. He clearly hadn't heard back from his jailed bestie yet, so why was he so eager to write his next reply?

As Nina headed to the shop to buy him some more stamps, he held tight to the paper so that she couldn't see who he was writing to.

With a large number of ex-Street residents living at His Majesty's pleasure, could it be that he's communicating with someone we know?

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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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