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Coronation Street favourite 'signs lucrative £250,000 one-year contract in a bid to pull the soap through rocky patch' after declining viewing figures
A Coronation Street favourite has signed a new one-year contract on the show, worth a whopping £250,000. The soap legend, 73, has been at the centre of many explosive storylines.
Anxious bosses are desperately looking at how they can attract a new audience, as even their older viewers are watching less terrestrial TV in favour of streaming giants such as Netflix. While she has been at the centre of numerous hard-hitting storylines, including her daughter Sarah's (Tina O'Brien) teenage pregnancy, and the death of her fourth debt-ridden husband Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) during a failed life insurance scheme. It all culminated in a famous 2003 episode when Richard attempted to end his own life, and the Platts, by driving their car into a canal, and he sadly drowned while the rest of them were rescued.
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