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"Coronation Street producer Stuart Blackburn has confirmed reports of a shocking fling for Tina McIntyre and Peter Barlow. Earlier this month, it was revealed that Tina will have an affair with Peter after she splits from current boyfriend Tommy Duckworth later this year.  The surprise relationship will no doubt cause fireworks on the cobbles if Peter&amp;#039;s fianc\u00E9e Carla Connor ever discovers what he is up to. Blackburn told Inside Soap: &amp;quot;Tina&amp;#039;s had a hideous old year with the surrogacy drama and losing Tommy - but she&amp;#039;s no saint. She&amp;#039;s capable of making mistakes and falling in love with the wrong person. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;ll start a feud with Tracy and Rob, before falling into Peter&amp;#039;s arms. Unfortunately for Tina, she&amp;#039;ll find herself in a place where both Tracy and Carla have reasons to hate her!&amp;quot;  On Peter and Carla&amp;#039;s future, he commented: &amp;quot;When I took over, they&amp;#039;d come back from America - but I kept reading weeks of scripts where they didn&amp;#039;t have much to do. I wanted to address that as soon as we could. &amp;quot;We see Peter and Carla as being like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. They&amp;#039;ll make it to the altar later this year, that I can say. But whether they end up together for life or not, I don&amp;#039;t think there is a damn thing either could do to the other that would fundamentally stop them loving each other! It&amp;#039;s just that love isn&amp;#039;t always enough.&amp;quot; Blackburn also revealed which characters will be taking centre stage at Christmas this year. Asked how he will make sure Coronation Street beats EastEnders in the festive ratings battle, he replied: &amp;quot;Simply by having fantastic drama. It&amp;#039;s Hayley&amp;#039;s last ever Christmas, but her best ever. Gail will try to get the Platts and Prices to heal old rifts, and it&amp;#039;ll be explosive for Carla, Peter and Tina as well.&amp;quot; Digital Spy Soap Scoop video - press play below to watch Amie Parker-Williams reveal gossip on the return of David Wicks in EastEnders, big danger in Hollyoaks, a shake-up at The Rovers in Coronation Street and trouble for Amy in Emmerdale.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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