CORONATION STREET

Does Fiz lie awake at night wondering if, when she gave birth, the hospital messed up and placed a member of The Addams Family in her arms? Is there no end to Hope’s weirdness? Closet pyromaniac, obsessed with her serial killer dad, and now she’s setting out to take revenge for Cilla the chinchilla’s murder by framing the alleged killer – Peanut.

It’s quite an ingenious plot. Hope persuades Sam to con Maria into handing over Vindiesel, the stuffed weasel from

the barber’s (below, with Hope), to fake a bite mark on her arm. Then she approaches Peanut and lets out a scream…

Come on, Fiz and Tyrone: the girl needs serious help! Let’s hope they don’t put Peanut to sleep because of this latest lie. Hope’s her father’s daughter all right – not so much a chip off the old block as an Everest of wood chippings.

There’s action at

the Bistro as Nick and Leanne set it up for the Boozy Night event (doesn’t their imagination take your breath away?). Damon brings his DJ kit to create the ‘right vibe’, although in that morgue of a hostelry, vibe would be welcome. Nick’s worried when Damon shows Sam how to use the DJ kit. Just don’t let Hope near it; she could probably transform a couple of decks and a speaker into a bomb within minutes.