Maggie Driscoll (Pauline McLynn), the woman who pushed her husband down the stairs, decides it’s time to find a new man in Coronation Street soon.
Men of Weatherfield, this is your cue to run.
Shortly after we met Maggie for the first time, flashbacks revealed that she pushed her husband Alan down the stairs to his death after a blazing row. She kept this killer secret from her son Ben Driscoll (Aaron McCusker) all these years, knowing that bringing it to the light of day would mean ripping her family apart.
She also failed to tell Ben that his biological father is actually Jim McDonald (Charlie Lawson), making him Steve McDonald’s (Simon Gregson) brother.
Amid her manipulative and dark ways, Maggie Driscoll is literally just a girl and sometimes, that girl wants a little bit of fun.
Next week, Ben and Ollie Driscoll’s (Raphael Akuwudike) chat comes to a halt when they realise Brian Packham (Peter Gunn) is coming down the stairs.
As a dishevelled Brian stands awkwardly, the family are stunned to watch Maggie enter the scene.
While Brian gets to work on a plan to charm Maggie over, she’s busy speaking to Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley) about the night she had. Unfortunately for Brian, he doesn’t get the best review; it was an underwhelming night, and Maggie doesn’t plan on repeating it anytime soon.
Breaking the news to Brian that she actually isn’t interested appears to be quite the task for Maggie, as Glenda Shuttleworth (Jodie Prenger) later works out that she’s avoiding him.
Will Maggie sort things out before Brian gets ahead of himself?
