Corrie's Alan: 'Tyrone's desperate to keep Ruby!'

Corrie's Alan: 'Tyrone's desperate to keep Ruby!'
Corrie's Alan: 'Tyrone's desperate to keep Ruby!'

Coronation Street's Alan Halsall confides to Soaplife that Tyrone's terrified when it looks like he may lose another baby, so he comes up with a plan! Tyrone's face carries the bruises from Kirsty's latest battering and it's the wake-up call he finally heeds. "He still loves her, but they can't carry on living the way they are," Alan tells Soaplife. But poor Tyrone's not prepared for the bombshell Kirsty drops when he tells her to go and that he's not letting her take baby Ruby with her. So how does Kirsty react when Tyrone says he wants her out and he'll be keeping Ruby? "Kirsty's shocked, but she had an inkling he was reaching the end of his tether with her - so she plays her trump card." Her trump card? "She produces Ruby's birth certificate - without Tyrone name on it as the father. It's Kirsty's insurance against him. It means he has no rights as far as Ruby is concerned. But that's cruel! "After Tyrone's history with baby Jack it's the worst thing that could possibly happen to him. He sees this beautiful baby girl as his and he has all these amazing feelings for her, so for his name not to be on her birth certificate is devastating." How does Tyrone react when Kirsty says she's now calling the shots or he'll never see Ruby again? "It's the kind of place Tyrone is used to being at in his relationship with Kirsty, being bossed around. The rug's pulled just as he's made such a strong and brave decision to end the relationship - and it immediately puts him on the back foot. But he comes up with a plan to get back on track with his home life." What's his plan? "He tells Kevin he's taking a year off from the garage to look after his daughter while Kirsty goes out to work. It's not ideal and Kevin's shocked. Tyrone's not too concerned about Kirsty harming the baby - if he was he wouldn't let her near Ruby at all – but he sees it as the safer option."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.