CORONATION Street is screening a special episode to celebrate its 10,000th episode.
The one-hour special will see tragedy strike during a coach trip to Blackpool and leave one character with the realisation they need to move on to pastures new.
Coronation Street, the longest-running serial drama in the world, is set to celebrate its 60th anniversary later this year.
Meanwhile, the soap’s 10,000th episode will air on ITV on Friday February 7 at 7.30pm.
Fans can look forward to an hour-long episode to mark the gigantic soap landmark.
In the upcoming anniversary episode, Rita is shocked when she receives the ashes of her estranged husband Dennis in the post along with a note requesting she scatter them in Blackpool.
Jenny gets wind of Rita’s mission and decides to organise a day out for the residents – which will end in disaster.
According to ITV, the episode will see “memories shared, secrets aired and tensions rise as it starts to look as though they won’t make it to Blackpool before nightfall, if at all.”
Corrie has confirmed that the trip will change lives forever, with one resident realising the time has come to leave the cobbles for pastures new.
Fans got a first look at the epic 2020 storyline with snaps of ambulance scenes back in December 2019.
The pictures showed the moment disaster strikes as an ambulance arrives midway through the journey.
Rita is seen sagging over the wheel of the bus as Sean Tully directs a paramedic to the disaster.
Mary Taylor is also seen leaning out of the bus looking concerned.
However, with exact plot details being kept firmly under wraps for now, Corrie fans will have to tune in to find out what exactly happens on the anniversary episode.
Corrie producer Iain MacLeod has promised the episode will be a “really great exhibition” of the soap’s classic qualities.
He said: “10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was ‘doomed from the outset.’
“I am first and foremost a massive fan of the show and I watched this landmark episode with absolute glee.
“It is uniquely Corrie: funny, poignant and characterful – and a glorious homage to the comedic charabanc trips of times past, packed with strong female characters and sparkling dialogue.
“It’s a really great exhibition of Coronation Street’s classic qualities as we start a new decade on the cobbles.”
