'Coronation Street' spoilers: Summer Spellman gets a life lesson from Daniel

Summer Spellman and Daniel Coronation Street week 40
Summer gets some words of advice from Daniel. (Image credit: ITV)

Summer Spellman is at her wits end in the second of Wednesday's Coronation Street episodes (8.30 pm. see our TV Guide for full listings). 

When Aadi talks to Summer about the plagiarism on her Oxford application form, she is flustered at being caught out and dashes off. But while Aadi worries that he has blown things with Summer by calling her out on her mistake, Summer is just embarrassed by the whole thing. 

Later when she tells Daniel what happened, she is expecting him to be cross, but instead, he tells her that the personal statement that she wrote herself is much better and that Oxford would be lucky to have her. 

Will Summer take Daniel's words of wisdom on board? 

Coronation Street week 40 Daniel and Summer

(Image credit: ITV)

Kevin is desperate to find Abi, and when he finds £5k has been taken from their joint account, he starts to panic about what she might need that kind of cash for. Kevin frantically goes to the police to report Abi missing, before heading to her old stomping ground in the hope he might find someone who knows where she is. 

Kevin finds Tez, Seb's dad, at the bar of the pub and breaks the news that his son has been murdered. He tells Tez that he is worried Abi might have turned back to drugs to cope with her grief and asks if he has seen her around. 

Tez is adamant that he hasn't seen Abi - but is he telling the truth? 

Coronation Street week 40 Kevin and Tez

Kevin asks Tez if he has seen Abi.  (Image credit: ITV)

Also, A local food critic arrives at Speed Daal to taste their sample menu... but the evening is a disaster when none of their bookings turn up. 

It doesn't take a fuming Zeedan long to work out what has happened and he goes to get some answers. However, he soon puts things right when he gets back to the restaurant with a homeless man and announces to his family that he has arranged for all the uneaten food to be donated to Billy's soup kitchen. 

Coronation Street week 40 Zeedan

The taster evening at Speed Daal is a disaster.  (Image credit: ITV)

Jenny is still determined to get Daisy and Leo together, and when Leo admits he will be sticking around for a while because he is working on the sink hole at No. 8. Jenny is secretly pleased. 

Elsewhere, Sally and Tim go to the Bistro for an anniversary meal, only for Tim to discover that Sally has invited Fergus along for the evening so they can talk more about parking!  

Coronation Street airs on Mondays and Wednesdays 7.30pm and 8.30pm with a hour-long episode at 7.30 on Fridays on ITV - you can also catch up on episodes on ITV Hub now.

Claire Crick
Assistant Managing Editor at What To Watch

Claire is Assistant Managing Editor at What To Watch and has been a journalist for over 15 years, writing about everything from soaps and TV to beauty, entertainment, and even the Royal Family. After starting her career at a soap magazine, she ended up staying for 13 years, and over that time she’s pulled pints in the Rovers Return, sung karaoke in the Emmerdale village hall, taken a stroll around Albert Square, and visited Summer Bay Surf Club in sunny Australia. 


After learning some tricks of the trade at websites Digital Spy, Entertainment Daily, and Woman & Home, Claire landed a role at What’s On TV and whattowatch.com writing about all things TV and film, with a particular love for Aussie soaps, Strictly Come Dancing and Bake Off


She’s interviewed everyone from June Brown — AKA Dot Cotton — to Michelle Keegan, swapped cooking tips with baking legend Mary Berry backstage at the NTAs, and danced the night away with soap stars at countless awards bashes. There’s not a lot she doesn’t know about soaps and TV and can be very handy when a soapy question comes up in a pub quiz! 


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