Coronation Street's Maureen Lipman confirms new addition after sad death storyline
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Coronation Street star Dame Maureen Lipman has confirmed a furry new addition to the cobbles following the sad death of Evelyn Plummer's dog Cerberus.
New scenes airing next week will see the pooch taken to the vet after showing signs of illness, Roy Cropper admitting he dropped an Eccles cake in the café during a recent visit when Cerberus was there.
Evelyn is later devastated to learn that the greyhound will have to be put down after suffering from kidney failure.
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Lipman has now revealed that a new dog will arrive on the street in the wake of Cerberus's death, after Roy finds himself stuck with a canine.
"A curious thing happens, someone dumps a dog on Roy," the actress explained. "Now Evelyn doesn’t want to know about this, it is small so she calls this dog a guinea pig with identity issues!
"But between you and me it is the most adorable thing you’ve ever seen, Roy and David are obsessed with this dog. He’s tremendously jealous if the dog comes to me first, he’s a man obsessed with this little ball of fluff!"
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"Evelyn is having nothing to do with it, on the surface," Lipman went on to reveal. "But then something happens with Roy which means she has to take the dog for a while but not permanently.
"She tries to teach Roy what you do with a dog, because he’s completely soft and clueless. She enrols Roy in her own dog class, which as you can imagine is very dogmatic!"
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David Neilson, who plays Roy, recently hinted that a new furry friend would be introduced on the show during an appearance on Dancing on Ice, which he attended to support co-star Mollie Gallagher (Nina).
Asked on the show whether he had ever had an accident on the set of Corrie, he replied: "Quite recently, while Mollie has been doing this, I've got a little friend to take her place while she is here.
"I can't say much because she's not on screen yet, but I had this little thing on my hand and it left a little mess."
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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