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CLOSE RANGE Billy wrestles Max for the gun!

Betraying his longtime nemesis Max Garrick once too often  nally has devastating repercussions for Billy, who again chooses to cross swords when the villain’s planned hold-up of a security van goes disastrously wrong! Despite escaping the scene with his other goons, Max’s disturbed to learn that Billy has been caught by the cops. As he and his mates compare notes, they realise that Billy deliberately tipped off the police to the

Tensions between Billy and Max fi nally explode as gunshots ring out, only for an innocent victim to take the bullet!

robbery, causing it to go wrong. Livid, Max vows Billy is a dead man walking… Armed with a gun, Max (Jordan Reece) hides out at Tall Trees Cottage, where he takes Billy’s (Jay Kontzle) mother Jessie (Sandra Marvin), stepfather Marlon (Mark Charnock) and stepsister April (Amelia Flanagan) hostage! On discovering that Jessie has secretly called the police, Max levels the gun at her head just as Billy arrives on the scene! Disobeying police orders, Billy slips into the house, enables April to escape – and then confronts his sworn enemy... In a jiffy, a violent brawl for the weapon erupts – but as Billy brutally pummels Max, the blaggard snatches the pistol and a shot is  red! As the gunshot echoes through Tall Trees Cottage, Jessie collapses into Marlon’s arms, having taken the bullet meant for her son!

Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter is at the end of his tether as he struggles to  nd a way to help his alcoholic wife Linda stop drinking. After a long battle, Mick thinks he’s  nally winning when a clearly sober Linda organises a surprise birthday party for him. However, an unsettling discovery soon clues Mick in that Linda is still gulping the demon drink – and at an alarming rate. While devastated to realise she’s on a big bender, Mick (Danny Dyer) has no idea that

TAKING THE MICK Keeping Linda sober becomes a full-time job for her husband!

Linda (Kellie Bright) has drunkenly stumbled to the Prince Albert bar, where she’s so sizzled that she drops bombshell news about a missing Keanu on Sharon (Letitia Dean)! After stumbling home, Linda wakes the next morning with the hangover from hell and no recollection of her conversation with Sharon until she’s reminded and pushed for the truth. Forced to confess, Linda must then deal with a frustrated Mick, who describes her appalling actions the night before. When he’s advised that their autistic son Ollie is suffering due to Linda’s blackouts, Mick snaps, imprisoning an hysterical Linda in their bedroom and angrily wrninging she isn’t getting out until she dries out. Outsmarting him, Linda escapes and makes a scene at a function, riling Mick as he arrives to drag her home!

Over the past four years, David Platt has had to live with the horrendous fact that his  rst wife Kylie was brutally stabbed in the street and died in his arms. He has long prayed he’d never have to relive the pain again but all his old demons resurfaced on Christmas Day when his second wife Shona was shot during a madman’s siege in the street’s Winter Wonderland attraction! Hiding in a massive box, Shona thought she’d be safe – but a ricochet from Derek’s gun struck her down. Rushed to hospital, Shona (Julia Goulding) rapidly deteriorated and was sent into surgery for a bleed on the

CORONATION STREET WEEKNIGHTS 7.20PM ON UKTV

BEDSIDE VIGIL David can’t process what’s happened to Shona

brain. As she later languished in a coma, poor David (Jack P. Shepherd) was told the stark truth of his wife’s prognosis. She was starved of oxygen during the operation, may have brain damage and could spend the rest of her life in the coma, reliant on an intrusive breathing tube just to stay alive! David vowed to help her defy the odds and urged Shona to wake up, refusing to let her perish so senselessly in a nightmarish repeat of Kylie’s demise. Doing everything in his power to revive her, David

BACK IN YOUR BOX, SHONA! It’s safer there was delighted when Shona slowly woke up, responding to recordings of their kids’ voices. Tragically, Shona had developed amnesia while in the coma, leaving David stricken that, not only couldn’t she recognise him, but she was also confusing the sight of his young son with that of her own son, who’s now a grown man! Shattered, David realises he must accept that it is going to be a long and arduous road ahead, given the prognosis that it may take a year for Shona to recover her memories. Determined to help her any way he can, David realises he might to have commit his wife to longterm therapy in hopes of speeding up her recovery.

SHORTLAND STREET WEEKDAYS 11.30AM ON ARENA Back in Ferndale, Leanne endures an awkward and uncertain homecoming when she discovers Desdemona ’s hijacked her life!

Prior to leaving Ferndale a few months ago, Leanne (Jennifer Ludlam) had every intention of picking up where she’d left off when she returned. Now that day has arrived, Leanne is left  ummoxed by the shocking changes that have taken place in her world in her brief absence.

DIVA Most disconcerting is the fact that her ex-boyfriend Damo (Grant Lobban), the man she still loves, has wasted no time moving on without her. To Leanne’s shock, Damo’s now romantically attached to Desdemona (Kura Forrester)! And as she reacts to the news, Damo’s con icted, clearly still in love with Leanne. The atmosphere isn’t lost on Desdemona, who fears Leanne could be a serious rival, especially after she blows steam after also learning that the same woman has taken her job on the hospital’s reception desk! Fed up with the other woman’s return, Desdemona takes action, demanding that Damo chooses between the two women in his life...

In Weatherfi eld: ● Determined to steal Hope (Isabella Flanagan) from Fiz (Jennie McAlpine), Jade (Lottie Henshall, above) plots to escape with the child to France. Can Fiz stop the Stape sisters’ getaway? ● Will Tim (Joe Duttine) be charged with bigamy?

In Walford: ● It’s Election Day, but will Ian (Adam Woodyatt) be voted onto the council? ● Patrick (Rudolph Walker) get a shock when he meets his stepson Isaac (Stevie Basaula) for the  rst time.

In the Dales: ● In court, Maya (Louisa Clein, below)  nally learns her punishment for sexually grooming the underage Jacob (Joe-Warren Plant), sending shockwaves reverberating through the packed courthouse!

● A jaw-dropping secret from Lydia ’s (Karen Blick) past is revealed, terrifying her as she’s forced to face the consequences of her actions and misdeeds...

In Ferndale: ● Ben (Jamie Irvine) stews over Cece’s (Nicole Whippy) continued connection to TK (Benjamin Mitchell), the other man she recently kissed! ● Sophia’s (Iana Grace) new job takes a rather stressful turn. TVS