Coronation Street is set to explore the issue of loneliness and its impact on mental health in a storyline featuring fan favourite and cobbles legend Audrey Roberts.
Last month, viewers saw Audrey (played by Sue Nicholls) receiving treatment in hospital after telling a doctor she had accidentally taken too many tablets.
And this week, she continues to insist that was the case to her own GP. However, in emotional scenes set to air on 15 August, Audrey confides in Roy (David Neilson), Rita (Barbara Knox), Claudia (Rula Lenska) and Ken (William Roache), telling them that the overdose was in fact an attempt to take her own life.
The old friends will gather for a belated birthday lunch and are stunned when Audrey tells them she tried to make an attempt on her life three weeks ago, but a neighbour posting a leaflet spotted her and called an ambulance.
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