Coronation Street gives fans sneak-peek at Abi's baby - but timeline baffles viewers

Coronation Street fans think they have worked out Abi Franklin's surprise newborn baby Alfie's teddy bear name after a sweet scene on the ITV soap. Last week, soap watchers were left in tears as Abi, who gave birth three months early after a surprise pregnancy, revealed she had called her baby Alfie as it was the name of her late son Seb's favourite teddy bear when he was little.

Coronation Street, when she unexpectedly gave birth to a baby.However, she is determined to keep her child and is planning to go into rehab following her drug relapse - but Abi is also wondering who the father might be.Following her affair with Imran Habeeb while married to Kevin Webster, viewers are currently wondering if their dalliance will be revealed to Imran's partner Toyah Battersby - and if the father will be revealed too.While Abi Franklin's life has taken a dramatic turn recently, actress Sally Carman's life is far less dramatic away from the ITV cobbles, including a sweet romance with her co-star fiancé, and showing off a rarely seen tattoo.Long before Sally arrived on the Weatherfield cobbles as Abi Franklin, the actress had a leading role in one of the country's most beloved TV series.From 2005 to 2013, Sally played Kelly Maguire in Shameless, who was the sister of Kevin Ball and married to Shane Maguire.Following her roles as Kelly Maguire and as Abi Franklin, both of whom have battled addiction problems, Sally revealed to The Sun that she often gets typecast in this roles, but does not mind, saying: "I always go to TV interviews with my hair done, my makeup done and wearing really nice clothes and they go, ‘There we go, she’s the prostitute’, or ‘That’s the woman with the drug problem.'"People love to cast me as the down-and-out, but it doesn’t bother me, they’re the best parts to play anyway.

They may not have always seen eye-to-eye on-screen but Coronation Street's 'dysfunctional family' looked happy enough together off-screen.

CORONATION Street fans are in tears after Abi Franklin named her newborn son - and decided to fight for him. The mechanic - who is played by actress Sally Carman in the ITV soap - had no idea she was pregnant before she gave birth high on drugs.

Coronation Street viewers were left stunned when they spotted a glaring blunder over Abi's surprise baby. Fans of the show saw Abi Webster become mum to a surprise baby earlier this week as she continued on her destructive path.Abi had no idea she was pregnant until she went into labour prematurely after embarking on a drink and drugs binge with drug dealer friend Dean.Her unexpected new arrival started to make an appearance when she went on a joyride with Dean down a country lane in a car he had stolen from Kevin Webster's garage.When Abi finally got to the hospital she gave birth to a tiny baby boy after just six months gestation.

Coronation Street fans can expect plenty of drama next week as the identity of Abi Webster's baby daddy gets people talking.Abi assures the social worker that she’s enrolled in rehab in upcoming scenes and will do whatever it takes to keep her baby. When she tells Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) she has to prove she can offer Alfie a proper home, Toyah quizzes Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo) about her ‘ex client’. His mind whirring, Imran guesses she’s talking about Abi.

Coronation Street fans were reeling after Abi Franklin ended up in a horror crash just after secretly giving birth.

It was back to the cobbles on Wednesday night for another hour-long check-in to see what's happening with the street's most famous residents.

Coronation Street fans were left frustrated on Wednesday's hour-long episode as the hospital made a huge blunder with Abi Franklin. Only recently, viewers were left heartbroken as they watched Abi abandon her newborn baby son, who was born three months early, shortly after his surprise birth.

Coronation Street viewers were left baffled during the latest episode as Aggie Bailey was able to guess that Abi Franklin was the mother of an abandoned baby.Abi has been going through a turbulent time after she gave birth unexpectedly on Monday night.Feeling she had no other choice, the mechanic, who was unaware she was pregnant, decided to abandon her baby in the local hospital.But seeing as medics were on the hunt to find out who the mother could be, Aggie was able to uncover the mystery relatively quickly, by discovering that Abi owns a red hoodie which was also seen on the hospital's CCTV.However, Corrie fans were not convinced by Aggie's quick-witted investigation and thought it was rather far-fetched.Jumping onto Twitter, one person wrote: "Aggie guessing that Abi was the missing mother just from the red hoodie when she didn’t even look pregnant is just ridiculous."Another person sarcastically said: "OMG I have a red hoodie ....Thank goodness I don't live in Manchester! It ain't my baby, I ain't your mother Alfie!"A third chimed: "Bit of a leap.

Coronation Street fans have been left baffled after becoming convinced they've spotted a big blunder with Abi Franklin's pregnancy. Abi (Sally Carman) was horrified as she gave birth to a baby boy despite being just six months pregnant, leaving her in a dire situation as she was left in labour at the side of the road.

Coronation Street actress Sally Carman, who plays troubled Abi Webster, has spoken out on the latest twist in her character’s surprise baby storyline. Soap fans watched as Abi gave birth to a premature baby boy, only to flee shortly after and return to the cobbles, abandoning her newborn at the hospital.

Coronation Street viewers were stunned when Abi Franklin went into labour and during the latest trip to Weatherfield as they watched her give birth at six months pregnant.

Coronation Street fans predict that Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) will be revealed to be Abi Webster's (Sally Carman) newborn baby.The wayward character recently realised she was pregnant and experienced contractions after being abandoned at the side of the road by her dodgy pal Dean Turnbull.Abi managed to get herself to the hospital, where she gave birth to a baby boy.However, she quickly decided that she'd be an unfit mum to the new arrival and did a runner back to the cobbles, abandoning her son in the hospital.Abi's partner Kevin recently turned his back on her after he discovered about her one night stand last year.After her son Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni) was brutally murdered by Corey Brent (Maximus Evans) in May last year, Abi was determined to see justice served.When the initial trial saw Corey found not guilty, Abi walked into the night hoping to score drugs to numb her unbearable grief.Viewers later learned that Abi had a fling that night with Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo), who was also struggling after failing to prove foster daughter Kelly Neelan's (Millie Gibson) innocence.The pair declared their one-off encounter as a moment of madness and vowed to keep the secret under wraps.In January, Abi had cause to approach Imran once again when she thought she might be pregnant - but later covertly informed him that the test was negative.From the dates Abi gave while she was in labour, it was clear to viewers that Imran is indeed the father, and definitely not husband Kev.But with Imran blissfully unaware of the situation as he celebrates his engagement to Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) - who knows he cheated but not who with - it looks like his settled family life is about to implode.However, fans of the

Coronation Street 's Abi Franklin has had her world turned upside down after discovering she was in labour with a baby boy.

Actress Sally Carman has been filming one of her biggest storylines in Coronation Street as fans saw her character Abi Franklin sensationally give birth to a surprise baby on Sunday. But she has found a moment to see the funny side. As she acted the harrowing scenes, which saw Abi gives birth to a very premature baby having not known she was pregnant, Sally was amused by the very realistic fake baby she used.

Coronation Street actress Sally Carman has opened up about how her ITV soap alter-ego Abi Webster was totally in the dark about her shock pregnancy. Corrie viewers watched open mouthed as Abi began to experience contractions and went into labour at the side of the road in Sunday 6 March’s episode.

Coronation Street fans were shocked on Sunday evening (March 6) when cobbles resident Abi Franklin unexpectedly went into labour at the side of a road.After relapsing and taking drugs with her old acquaintance Dean, husband Kevin Webster kicked her out of the house - following her revelation that she had a one night stand the year before.However, viewers will have to wait to find out what will happen to Abi - and whether the father of the baby is Kevin or Imran Habeeb.Although Abi Franklin's life on-screen has taken many heartbreaking twists and turns, actress Sally Carman's life is far less dramatic.She is also loved up with her Coronation Street co-star Joe Duttine, who plays Tim Metcalfe in the popular ITV soap, with the couple planning to get married later this year.Before then, the actress has given fans a glimpse into her stunning home with the actor - which includes chic furniture such as a standing silver bath, stylish décor and beautiful hand painted art work.Sally announced in 2019 that she and Joe had moved in together, in a series of sweet snaps that showed the couple holding each other close in their new home.The actress snuggled up to her fiancé in one of the photographs, which was captioned: "We’re in #homesweethome #thelightisntwonkyhonest."Fans went wild for the post as they flocked to congratulate the couple, with one saying: "Ahh, congrats you two! It looks lovely."A second added: "Love your kitchen. Lovely couple.

It was one of the most secret pregnancies in soap land as mum-to-be Abi Franklin didn't even know she was expecting.

Coronation Street actress Sally Carman has spoken out on the aftermath of Abi Webster’s ‘surprise’ baby storyline, revealing the shocked mum pays tribute to her late son Seb with her new arrival’s name. Soap fans were left open-mouthed at the end of Sunday 6 March’s cliffhanger episode when Abi went into labour with Imran Habeeb’s (Charlie De Melo) baby at the side of the road.

Coronation Street fans were left in shock on Sunday (March 6) as Abi Webster went into labour - without even knowing she was pregnant.The mum-of-three feared she could be pregnant last year after an affair with Imran Habeeb - but later dismissed her concerns as she knew what being pregnant felt like.However, she didn't actually take a pregnancy test.And now it looks like Abi could be plunged into a custody battle after losing both her twins to social services, before they moved abroad to Australia.With her other son Seb's death wreaking havoc on Abi's life and her marriage to Kevin near destruction, it's no surprise she'd be tempted to turn back to drugs - and lawyer Imran, tasked to help her out with the case, knows that.And now actress Sally Carman has confirmed to Daily Star and other press that it's "highly unlikely" Abi will get to keep custody of her new baby - named Alfie after Seb's favourite teddy bear. Opening up about the coming storyline, Sally confirmed that Abi does a runner from the hospital and heads back to Weatherfield to "pretend like nothing ever happened".She revealed: "I think [Abi runs] for the same reasons she gave up the twins, because she doesn’t believe she can look after [baby Alfie] properly.