Coronation Street's Bailey family is set to expand as bosses shared details of the latest arrival in Weatherfield. Aggie, Ed, and their two sons Michael and James arrived on the street back in 2019.
They were then followed by Ed's brother, Ronnie Bailey, early last year. But later this month viewers of the ITV soap will finally get to meet the much-talked-about Dee Dee Bailey, Ed (Trevor Michael Georges) and Aggie's (Lorna Laidlaw), daughter, who has never been seen, with newcomer Channique Sterling-Brown cast in the role "I love this character.
I loved her long before she physically existed, just by the way she was described in the Bailey family," Corrie's producer Iain MacLeod told the Manchester Evening News and other media during a preview of what's to come this autmn. "But essentially, you can expect a certain amount of chaos. READ MORE: ITV Coronation Street confirms Kelly Neelan exit with Hollywood stunt as soap 'goes for broke' "She's got an incredibly big heart.
She's incredibly competent at her job, but you'd never guess that to meet her. Dee Dee works in law and she's the sort of person that will issue a point-on-point takedown of a team of hotshot lawyers to defend her client but will then turn to leave the courtroom and you'll realise that she's done the whole thing with her skirt tucked into her knickers." He added: "She's just amped up chaos in every regard, apart from she’s got this incredibly sharp mind.
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