CORONATION Street fans have slammed writers for ‘wasting’ a Weatherfield
icon and giving them ‘nothing but rubbish’.nRegular viewers of the ITV soap aren’t afraid to make
their feelings clear about storylines and characters, taking to forums and X to vent.
In one forum discussion, a Coronation Street viewer questioned Sarah Platt’s storylines, prompting a mixture of responses from fellow fans.
In recent months, Sarah – played by Tina O’Brien – has split from husband Adam Barlow, embarked on a romance with bad boy Damon Hay and then found herself single once again after his arrest and imprisonment.
In more recent episodes, she has grown closer to former flame Gary Windass, while also growing increasingly worried about daughter Bethany after the man who groomed her as a teen – Nathan Curtis – reappeared in Weatherfield.
But the viewer wrote: “Well she has had more men than hot dinners and now it seems she wants to get back together with Gary or it looks like she wants to.
“We had all the drama with Adam and her cheating on him. She then got mixed up with a criminal who wanted to go straight then got banged up.
“And now she is confiding in Gary who is now helping her get rid of Nathan who groomed Bethany by paying him off.
“She has had three storylines in the last year that always involved her being with men.”
A fellow fan replied: “Tina O’Brien is a good actress. I’d rather Sarah was given storylines than deadwood characters.”
But another argued: “The problem with Sarah, under [producer Iain] MacLeod especially, is that she’s went nowhere.
“MacLeod came in, broke up her and Gary, randomly threw her Adam then…broke up her and Adam for Damon…then broke up her and Damon for Gary again apparently.
ITV Coronation Street viewers blast writers for ‘physically painful’ Sarah Platt and Damon Hay scene
“He’s no idea what to do with Sarah and if she isn’t having an affair she’s useless apparently.”
Another Coronation Street fan replied: “Tina O’ Brien has only ever shone in the Hillman saga and Todd’s coming out story, she’s had nothing but rubbish ever since. She’s wasted in Corrie IMO.”
Meanwhile a fellow fan wrote: “The Todd/break up/miscarriage storyline was her acting at her best.
“One of my favourite ever scenes is the Gail/Eileen brawl and Tina acted her socks off just by standing in the background silently crying.”
