Coronation Street's Peter Barlow faces police trouble after trading challenge

Will he be arrested for his mistake?

By Joe Anderton

9 Feb 2023

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Coronation Street spoilers follow.

Coronation Street's Peter Barlow is going to find himself in trouble with the police next week, as his trading idea goes awry.

Recently, Peter has been telling Carla that he thinks that society's reliance on money is the cause of a lot of people's problems, and folks would be happier if they traded their possessions with each other instead.

In scenes set to air next week, Peter tells Kevin and Abi Webster that he and Carla have made a bet that he trade up from an onion bhaji all the way to a motorbike (which sounds very-Legend of Zelda) and that the deadline to do so is tonight.

Abi then produces the number of a guy named Benn who has a motorbike that he's looking to sell, and later on he actually turns up with the bike. Peter can't believe his luck and agrees to swap his tablet for the bike.

But his happiness is short-lived when police officer Jess turns up at his house and tells him that he's actually in possession of a stolen bike, and she'd like to know why.

Will he get arrested for possession of the bike? And will he be able to get his tablet back from Benn?

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This bike also looks like it's factoring into another storyline airing next week: evil Stephen Reid slipping drugs into Carla's drinks to discredit her as his boss. Unknowingly under the influence of LSD, she gets in the Underworld van and accidentally collides with Paul Foreman, who is trying out the bike.

That's likely to be part of a bigger storyline, and Stephen actor Todd Boyce is ready for the backlash, since Carla is such a popular character.

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.