Coronation Street reveals Helen Worth's Platt family tribute as she leaves 'ticking time bombs' behind

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With just weeks to go until soap legend Helen Worth bids farewell to Weatherfield icon Gail Platt and the cobbles, the long-suffering matriarch and her clan have united for one last special family portrait.

As fans of the ITV soap know, there are few TV families more dysfunctional than Gail's brood, and as she prepares to wave goodbye to them and her home of five decades with Jessie Chadwick, she is blissfully unaware of the secrets her offspring are keeping and the ticking time bombs she is leaving behind.

As a new ITV promo has revealed on Monday (December 9), behind the smiles of the stylish family photo, Gail’s plan to marry Jessie on Christmas Day and swap the cobbles of Coronation Street for the boulevards of France is going to be anything but plain sailing. READ MORE: Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd's demand over Helen Worth's exit as Gail amid 'emotional' scenes READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here Lies and betrayal look set to destroy David and Shona’s marriage.

Struggling to deal with David’s deception over his visit to her son Clayton Hibbs in prison before he attempted to take his own life, Shona has secretly slept with Detective Kit Green.