'Coronation Street' Marcus to discover Eileen boyfriend secret

Coronation Street star Charlie Condou has revealed that his character Marcus Dent will uncover the secret of Eileen Grimshaw's new love interest.

Eileen gets a pleasant surprise on her 50th birthday in tonight's double bill of the soap as she receives romantic attention from Weatherfield firefighter Paul (Tony Hirst). The pair meet after Eileen gets her head stuck in some railings on Underworld's roof and needs to be rescued.

Coronation Street bosses have confirmed that Paul is hiding something and his secret will kick off a big new storyline for Eileen.

Condou told This Morning of tonight's scenes: "[Eileen] gets her head stuck in the railings at work. She doesn't want to be celebrating her 50th birthday, but the girls at the factory put up a banner.

"She's trying to take the banner down and she gets her head stuck. The fireman comes to rescue her and asks her out!"



Discussing the twist ahead featuring Paul, Condou continued: "It's my character that discovers his secret! So I get stuck between a rock and a hard place - I don't know whether I should tell her or not."

Earlier this week, it was reported that the upcoming storyline will be "an emotional rollercoaster" for Eileen, Paul "and someone who is very close to him".

Meanwhile, Sue Cleaver - who plays Eileen - recently said: "Eileen and Paul are going to get on well, they are going to have a relationship, but as usual on this street, it will not be plain sailing.

"There'll be some issues to get to grips with and get over, that I think are going to make really interesting viewing. It's not something that's been done before, I think, on soap - so keep watching!"

Coronation Street continues tonight at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV1.

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Watch a video preview of tonight's Coronation Street double bill below: