C0RONATION Street has significantly changed an iconic scene that has left fans stunned.
It went down as one of the ITV soap’s greatest moments when evil killer Richard Hillman, played by Brian Capron, maniacally drove his car into a canal in a suicide bid – with the Platts inside.
Brian Capron played the villainous Richard Hillman, aka ‘Tricky Dicky’, from Coronation Street.[/caption]
Richard Hillman confesses all to a terrified Gail[/caption]
Serial killer Richard Hillman drove the a car with Gail and her children bound and gagged into the canal.[/caption]
But instead of killing his wife, Gail (Helen Worth), Richard himself met an untimely death 21 years ago, and the Platts were spared.
However, on the soap grapevine, rumours are circulating that fans will be in for a treat this Christmas, as his ghost is back to haunt Gail before she exits, too.
The news prompted eagle-eyed fans to revisit the iconic scenes available to stream in the digital age.
But many who watched the first time around were stunned to find that instead of the Wannadies song, the clip has the backing track of another noughties classic, You’re Gorgeous, by Babybird.
This caused an outrage on X, with fans saying: “What the heck is this? ITVX version of Hillman’s final episode has changed the music that plays as they’re driving towards the canal!
“The You And Me song is one of the things that makes this moment so iconic!”
A second viewer chimed in with: “Yeah, that was really strange. They cut out Gail using the word ‘pervert’ and then a small section of the fight because of it.
“But over the last 3 weeks we’ve had Danny Baldwin’s ex-wife Carol calling him a ‘b****d’ on at least three occasions, and that’s aired unedited at 3pm.”
Another added: “I’ve noticed a few things that have been edited or changed; they cut dialogue from the infamous scrap between Gail & Eileen, for instance, when it aired on Classic Corrie earlier this year.”
Richard was a criminal posing as an entrepreneur who conned residents out of their savings, selling dodgy shares.
He turned into “Norman Bates with a suitcase” when Gail sussed him out, as he kidnapped her and tried to kill her, her son David and daughter Sarah.
Gail has always been unlucky in love, and now, after 50 years on the cobbles, actress Helen Worth is retiring from Corrie – just as Gail is about to marry for the seventh and final time.
The Sun Online revealed that she would finally bid farewell to the soap on Christmas Day.
She has been ill in hospital and her children have been planning on how to spend Jesse’s secret stash of cash.
When she finds out about their plotting she becomes upset and drifts in and out of sleep.
Until an unexpected visitor arrives.
Gail’s biggest Corrie storylines
Over the years the character of Gail Platt has been the centre of several major plots.
Here we take a look back over actress Helen Worth’s biggest storylines:
Teenage daughter’s pregnancy
One of Gail’s most controversial storylines was in 1999.
It came when her 13-year-old daughter Sarah became pregnant.
Multiple marriages
Gail holds the record for the series’ most married female character.
She has been wed a whopping six times, each one worse the last.
Married to a serial killer
One of Gail’s multiple marriages saw her wed Richard Hillman, who turned out to be a serial killer.
At the climax of the storyline, 19 million fans tuned in to watch Hillman drive his wife and her family into a canal.
Scrapping on The Street
Gail has proved over the years she can’t resist a good scrap.
Her most memorable bust-up saw her attack Eileen Grimshaw on the cobbles in 2004 while in her dressing gown.
Jail bird
In 2010, Gail found herself wrongly banged up in jail.
She was wrongfully arrested for murdering her 4th husband Joe McIntyre.
Coronation Street airs on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.
