TV Times – 13 July 2019

TV TIMES 23

THE CAST WEATHERFIELD EXTRA

G

ary has so far done a

sterling job of hiding

the fact he caused the

Underworld roof

disaster. But four months after

poor Rana was crushed to death

under the rubble, the builder

buckles and finally confesses to

Imran that he was responsible

for his sister’s untimely passing.

The moment of unburdening

comes after a week in which the

pressure mounts and the net

closes in.First off, Nick happens

to spot himself in one of Beth’s

photographs taken on the

morning of the disaster, which

places him well away from the

factory. He’s long been a prime

suspect for the disaster, but now

it seems he has an alibi.

Meanwhile, Sarah becomes

suspicious of Gary when Carla

confides in her that she had a

‘dream’ when she was in hospital

in which he came into her room

and rifled through her handbag

containing her stash of stolen

phones. Sarah’s suspicions

pique when she

questions her ex about

the voicemail he

left on her phone,

and he’s cagey.

Unable to

shake the feeling

he’s somehow

involved in the

roof collapse, she

confides in Adam,

then calls the police,

resulting in Gary

being carted

off to the

local

nick.

‘Gary’s fuming when he realises

it was Sarah who shopped him,’

reveals Mikey North, who plays

Gary. ‘She is the reason why he did

a lot of this stuff in the first place.’

The jumpy ginger tries

to remain calm as he’s

questioned first about

the factory and

then about his

involvement with

loan shark Rick.

Returning to

the cobbles, he’s

horrified to learn

from Sharon that

Rick’s daughter,

Kelly, has

reported her

dad missing.

Meanwhile, as word gets

out that the police have him in

their sights, Gary faces the wrath

of Peter, who lunges at him for

destroying Kate and Carla’s lives.

Weighed down with guilt, Gary

calls in at the solicitors’ office and

drops the bombshell to Imran that

it was he who caused Rana’s death.

‘Gary’s kind of got a plan

worked out as to how he’s going

to try to get out of this,’ adds

Mikey. ‘However, once he’s

actually in the solicitors’ office,

it gets a bit too much for him

and he levels with Imran more

than he probably intended.’

Does prison now beckon?

Ben Price, who plays Nick Tilsley, says that his

friendship with co-star Jack P Shepherd, AKA

Nick’s brother David, actually helps them to be

vile to one another on-screen.

‘We get on really well, and because of that,

we are not afraid to be quite nasty to one another,’

says Ben, who has been playing Nick since 2009.

‘It’s essential that when you are going

for it in a scene, you go for it. It’s always

been very easy to work with Jack

because we both recognise that,

especially on a soap like Coronation

Street, you have to constantly show

different sides of a character.’

Gary ...................... Mikey North

Sarah .................... Tina O’Brien

Adam .............Sam Robertson

Peter .............. Chris Gascoyne

Carla ........................ Alison King

Maria .. Samia Longchambon

Audrey ................. Sue Nicholls

Emma ......Alexandra Mardell

Nick ............................. Ben Price

Kelly ..................... Millie Gibson

Sharon Naomi Cooper-Davis

Eileen .................... Sue Cleaver

Liz .................. Beverley Callard

Jan ................... Piotr Baumann

Roy ......................David Neilson

Evelyn ........ Maureen Lipman

Tyrone ....................Alan Halsall

Beth ........................Lisa George

Rex ......... Maxwell Cavenham

Ben .......................James Roche

He levels with

Imran more than

he probably

intended

I killed

Rana!

Under-pressure Gary makes

a shock confession to Imran

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Off the hook?

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cops his alibi

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confronts her ex