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'I'm a Corrie superfan and here's why Tracy's affair will take her back to her man-eating best'

As Tracy McDonald's steamy affair with Tommy Orpington hots up in Coronation Street, TV writer Phoebe Tonks explores why this is exactly what Tracy needs for a return to form

In fact, if the keen businesswoman’s time in Weatherfield has taught us anything, it’s that Tracy is a force to be reckoned with - a hurricane of a woman that will tear through your life and leave nothing but carnage in her wake. Yet in recent months that walking tempest has muted into little more than a dull breeze, with Tracy’s character having found herself in a boring, loveless rut that lacks the spark of vitality (and air of malevolence!) Tracy first fell into Tommy’s arms at the start of the year, all while charming but hopeless husband Steve attempted to rekindle their lost romance after the couple found themselves in a bit of a marital rut.

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