Coronation Street boss Kate Brooks has confirmed when viewers will finally discover who killed Theo Silverton (James Cartwright). After a week of dramatic episodes, Friday's installment revealed that Theo, who abused Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) for months, has lost his life. As the aftermath unfolds next week, detectives Lisa Connor-Swain (Vicky Myers) and Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) begin their rounds of questioning.
Several characters are in the frame for Theo's death, including Todd himself, George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley), Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby), and Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard), who went up against Theo after telling Summer he could prove he murdered Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank). With gossip spreading in Weatherfield, fans are eager to know when the killer will be unmasked.
Fortunately, producer Kate Brooks has the answer. 'It's later in the summer. We reveal to the audience who it is during late June, July. There's lots of people you definitely think it could be. It's a massive story, there's so many different twists, and there's so many different offshoots to the story as well,' she revealed. 'You think you're watching one thing, and then it diverts into a completely new kind of story territory. It'll definitely keep people guessing.'
Detailing what lies ahead for Todd, who is now recovering from the abuse in the middle of this whodunnit story, Kate said: 'It's Todd rebuilding his life – this is a guy who's been subjected to the most horrific abuse, who is traumatised, who was grieving. And it's how he kind of tried to rebuild his life while still kind of struggling to comprehend the fact that this man's been murdered by potentially somebody he knows or maybe even him.'
She added: 'It's an interesting mix of 'whodunnit' thriller story, but also about Todd's family and friends, George, Christina, Summer, Sarah, all rallying around Todd to make sure that he's okay, to try and build them and repeat them back together. What he's been through at the hands of Theo has been such an ordeal for him, and to get that love and to get that trust in people again, it was very important to show that with Todd.'
