Coronation Street fans complain minutes in as ITV issue 'pathetic' warning

Fans of Coronation Street were left fuming as ITV issued a major warning before Monday evening's episode aired. Viewers of the popular soap, based in the fictional town of Weatherfield, took to social media to share their frustrations with some branding the need for a warning "pathetic".

Just seconds before the show began, an ITV announcer could be heard warning the audience, saying: "Now on ITV1, with themes of violence, threat and distress, it's Coronation Street." However, many fans were not thankful for the trigger warning and complained on X, formerly known as Twitter. Posting to the social media platform, one viewer raged: "@itvcorrie also giving warnings prior to broadcast. Pathetic, #Corrie." Another moaned: "#corrie Violence, threat & distress. Things ain't what they used to be." A third fan quipped: "Violence, threat and distress....Has Sean broken a nail? #corrie," while one more sarcastically said: "Scenes of violence, threat and distress....goody #corrie." Someone else added: "More violence and distress #Corrie."

The warning referred to some very tense scenes which saw killer Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton) escape from prison and become hellbent on going on the run with Brody (Ryan Mulvey), and daughters Joanie (Savanna Pennington) and Shanice (Molly Kilduff).

In on the plan, Brody visited the kids' foster parents, Sally (Sally Dynevor) and Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine), to try and collect the girls when he discovered that Joanie was actually on a taster day at school in Weatherfield High.

An angry and cut-up Mick then made his way to the school as Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) and Mrs Crawshaw (Carla Mendonça) came face to face with the villain. He demanded that they hand Joanie over to him, not knowing that Sally had already picked Joanie up after the youngster was upset by the kids' comments about her parents.

Eventually, Mick learnt that Joanie was already gone and locked the teachers in the office before doing a runner. In a violent scene, the criminal made his way to the factory, where Sally had been showing Joanie around, as Mick found Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) who he grabbed hold of and put into a headlock as he told Tim he better help him find the young girl.

Sally almost walked in on the commotion, Joanie in tow, as she realised what was happening and decided to hide. Meanwhile, Mick threatened to kill Sarah and Tim before Brody's biological father Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) soon caught up with his enemy and things only went from bad to worse.

In an aggressive show down, the two came to blows with them punching and kicking each other, while running through the factory. Eventually, Mick reached into his pocket and pulled out a blade before delivering a devastating blow to Kit and leaving him to bleed out.