Gail Platt’s serial killer husband Richard Hillman makes a chilling return to Weatherfield on Christmas Eve… What does he want with his former wife?

In an exclusive chat with The Mirror, Jack P Shepherd, who portrays David Platt, disclosed his role in instigating a pivotal alteration to the final scene ever filmed by Helen Worth as Gail. With filming schedules not always aligning with onscreen sequence, it turned out Helen's concluding scenes as Gail didn't include her screen family entirely.

Helen Worth has played Gail Platt on Coronation Street for 50 years, and ITV has given a glimpse of her fiery Christmas Day departure

Richard Hillman returns to Coronation Street as part of Helen Worth’s Gail exit - The character is expected to appear in the soap’s Christmas Day episode as Worth’s exit as Gail nears.

Coronation Street's Gail Platt is set to walk down the aisle for the sixth time this Christmas, but her first wedding was five decades ago and she's changed a lot since then.