Coronation Street fans call out massive blunder as Jenny Connor...

Coronation Street fans call out massive blunder as Jenny Connor storyline totally changed

Published on March 31, 2025 at 01:28 PM

CORONATION Street fans have called out a massive blunder as Jenny Connor's storyline has been totally changed.

Sally Ann Matthews, 54, first appeared on the long-running ITV serial drama as a child back in 1986.

Sally Ann Matthews as Jenny Bradley in Coronation Street. — Coronation Street viewers have been left fuming over an apparent writing blunder with Jenny Connor

Daisy Midgeley and Christina in the Rovers Return. — She blamed her step-daughter Daisy for the death of her four-year-old son Tom

Jenny Connor gives Daisy Midgeley a spa voucher. — But viewers are confused over Daisy's role in the previously well-established timeline of events

After a departure in the 90s, the character made a dramatic return to the soap in 2015.

Despite apparent friction behind-the-scenes, Jenny has remained as a mainstay on Coronation Street for a decade.

Whilst she was off screen, Jenny was supposed to marry a man called Gregory Midgeley, where they had a son called Tom together.

He tragically drowned in a paddling pool when he was just four-years-old.

This after Jenny left him unattended when she went to get money from her bag in order to buy ice-cream.

When Tom's death has been previously described, Jenny was supposed to be on her own when Tom died.

However, this week Jenny blamed his death on Daisy (Charlotte Jordan) as she claimed he was left in her care when she was just 16-years-old.

This was after Bertie almost drowned in a hot tub after Jenny was distracted on the street in scenes reminiscent on her tragic backstory.

But fans think the new revelation does not make any sense as they claim that it was previously established that Daisy could not have been involved.

On fan forum social media site Reddit, one use noticed the huge inconsistency in Jenny's backstory.

Coronation Street’s Jenny Connor makes dangerous decision about the Rovers Return,

In a new thread, the Corrie enthusiast noted: “The way Tom's death was described up until now made it out like Jenny was the only one there.

“Now I know Daisy didn't exist in 2015, but this changes quite a lot?”

Other viewers flooded the post in their droves as they expressed their confusion over the new scripts.

One superfan remembered the storyline when Jenny kidnapped Jack Webster and how Tom's death was spoken about by the police.

History of the Coronation Street set

Coronation Street fans call out massive blunder as Jenny Connor storyline totally changed 5

By Jake Penkethman, TV Reporter

1960-1968 – Whilst the Coronation Street set remained on Quay Street for 53 years, it actually had three separate studio sites. The first was an entirely indoor wooden set which was used for the first eight years of filming. This encompassed a replica of the Street built entirely indoors. The set was known to be awkward for actors to use and the houses brought to three quarter scale.

1968-1982 – In 1968, the addition of an outdoor set was created to adjoin the existing indoor set which was still used for filming right up until 1982. The set was used only when required with many of the show's cast reportedly hating it and describing it as ‘the coldest place on Earth'.

1982-2013 – A brand new set was officially constructed in 1982 and was almost built fully to scale but still only permitted for one car to drive down the cobbled street. The house were purpose-built using reclaimed Salford brick in order to give it the most authentic feel possible. During these years, some of the show's buildings were adapted to allow for both interior and exterior filming at the same time. These locations included Elliott's Butchers, Barlow's Buys, Prima Doner and Webster's Autos. The final scenes to be recorded on this site occurred in December 2013. By early 2014, it began operating as a tourist attraction for around two years before ultimately being demolished and re-purposed in 2017.

2014-present – In early 2014, the show's set moved to the TV hub of the North – MediaCityUK in nearby Salford Quays. It is now located a stone's throw from major TV studio Dock 10 as well as the BBC's base in the North – home to Blue Peter, Newsround, BBC Breakfast and BBC Sport. The new set was even bigger and built to 9/10 the scale of a real street and allowed for two card to be travelling down the road at opposite sides for the very first time. The site has even undergone major expansions during its 10 years. Just four years after opening in 2018, a brand new set extension was unveiled which introduced viewers to Victoria Gardens for the first time in its history. The Weatherfield North tram stop also became visible as did a series of shops which became used as part of product placement advertising deals. Brands to have been seen on the Street so far include a Co-Op, a Costa Coffee and a branch of Hay's Travel. Four years later in 2022, another brand new set was unveiled, this time being the heavily mentioned Weatherfield Precinct. It became the first time in 62 years that the area had ever been seen on screens. It fearued a variety of shop fronts, a playground and a number of small flats which have begun to house more and more residents on the street in recent months.

They said: “When it was mentioned then [in 2016], the police said (to Kevin & Sophie) that he died because Jenny left him completely unattended. It was all related to her and now suddenly she’s blaming it all on Daisy? It makes no sense.”

“Even on Daisy’s side it doesn’t make sense if she had been in the garden then wouldn’t she have blamed her self or conclude Jenny blamed her especially given they didn’t speak for years after,” noted a third.

As a fourth added: “Yes defo. Jenny hadn’t mentioned a stepdaughter until very shortly before Daisy arrived.”