Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew) faces a day of reckoning in Coronation Street as brave Elaine (Paula Wilcox) exposes the truth about his abuse – and despite his adamance that she is lying and trying to destroy him out of spite, it seems that she may be getting through to her conflicted son Tim (Joe Duttine).
Elaine has revealed to Tim that she is his mum and had to leave him as she had no other way of escaping the life of hell that Geoff was putting her through. Sally (Sally Dynevor) encourages her not to give up on Tim – he will see the truth about Geoff soon.
But with Elaine going nowhere and determined to both protect Tim and save Yasmeen (Shelley King), Geoff is panicked and decides he needs to take action.
Actor Ian explained: ‘He wants to protect Tim from knowing what has been going on and he wants to protect his own reputation. He is still in that place in his head that he doesn’t think he has done anything wrong.
‘He likes to be liked, he is Mr happy, cheeky chappy Geoff the sort of bloke you want to have a pint with in the pub, he wants that to continue.
‘This is going to be a tricky one for Geoff, he has been lying for years to his son and has concocted this whole story about someone else being his mother and the fact that his real mother suddenly turns up and what is more she has been to see Yasmeen, that is a game changer for him.
‘His immediate reaction is to deny it, he thinks that it is such an extreme story that people couldn’t possibly believe it to be true. He feels very threatened and is having to think on his feet, he never imagined she would resurface.’
Could Geoff go as far as murder to get Elaine out of the picture? As he angrily confronts her in the ginnel, his menacing nature comes to the fore.
Ian mused: ‘At first he doesn’t know if it is a hoax, he has a bad feeling in his gut that it is true, but he doesn’t know for sure and there is a moment when he sees her in the street for the first time and he realises that it is really her. It absolutely throws him completely, he gets a grip quickly because he is very manipulative and resourceful in that way.
‘It is his anger that fuels him to do something about it. How dare this woman come back and ruin his life. He threatens her and we have to believe that he will stop at nothing to get this woman, this problem, out of his life. She is a real problem she knows the truth and if other people find out it is game over.’
However, even after Elaine disappears, the matter isn’t going anywhere as Sally pushes it and demands that Geoff tells the truth, leaving Tim with a big decision to make.
But his answer is going to be devastating for Sally…
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