Coronation Street to go interactive for its live episode

However it is believed that Barbara will be taking part in the live episode tomorrow night.

The 81-year-old actress – who plays Rita Sullivan in the soap – is said to have bailed on a last-minute run through with Sean Ward (Callum Logan) and Tina O’Brien (Sarah-Louise Platt) after being struck by a mystery illness after she arrived on set at the weekend.

It comes after the announcement that Coronation Street’s current producer, Stuart Blackburn, will leave the role to work on other drama projects within ITV. Flawless is your rather nosy, like us! Secondary plots focus on Lloyd and Andrea’s leaving party in the Rovers, Roy and Cathy’s blossoming relationship and Tim finding out about Kevin and Sally’s secret kiss.

“It’s like you were doing live theatre but get 17 million watching you”.

We know – it’s pretty Corrie-tastic!

Advertisers have also been getting in on the action with Volvo creating an advert for cinemas which allowed the audience to change the outcome of the commercial – which reacted to viewers waving their arms. Lloyd will be leaving with his partner Andrea but not before he gets locked in the cellar with Steve. Our Jukebox is yours to command – viewers can choose the music by playing along in our interactive poll, which will be running on Facebook and Twitter.

Oh dear, Coronation Street bosses are not having the best of times in the lead up to their much-anticipated live episode, with yet another actor having to pull out of rehearsals.

Check out an exclusive interview with David and Kylie about what lies ahead tomorrow night, in the video player above.