Coronation Street’s knife crime episode was a masterclass in issue-based storytelling

Corrie’s young cast really got their teeth into the serious storyline (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street is certainly grabbing 2025 with both hands.
While there is understandably a lot of talk around the many cast changes coming thick and fast, it’s their first blockbuster storyline of the year that is also grabbing some well deserved attention.I know there has been quite a lot of discourse around the ITV soap’s delving into darker territory over the last couple of years –