Coronation Street hit with 72 Ofcom complaints over Alya stabbing

Coronation Street has been deed pinch 72 Ofcom complaints, pinch viewers reaching retired to show their distaste at convulsive scenes which saw Alya Nazir (Sair Khan) stabbed.

An ongoing storyline has centred astir Max Turner (Paddy Bever) being groomed into a acold correct extremism gang, which has brought panic to Weatherfield successful nan shape of horrifying racist maltreatment and planted bombs.

One young personnel who had besides been indoctrinated into nan group went connected a rampage successful a storyline highest recently.

Blake filmed himself targeting councillor Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon), pursuing her ongoing support for refugees.

In terrifying scenes, he wielded a weapon successful a packed Speed Daal. He launched himself astatine Maria, but Alya recovered herself successful nan way of nan attack.

Fans were stunned arsenic Alya dropped to nan crushed and was later rushed to hospital.

72 viewers thought it was excessively overmuch for a pre-watershed drama, and sent their views crossed to Ofcom.

The independent regulator is not obliged to motorboat an investigation based connected complaints alone, but will measure nan business first.

Even if an investigation does follow, this is nary denotation that Coronation Street’s scenes breached guidelines.

Teasing nan early of nan storyline, nan show’s shaper Iain MacLeod told Metro.co.uk: ‘By nan commencement of 2023 Max has good and genuinely been reddish pilled and moreover much estranged from his family than he has been.

‘It leads him into highly vulnerable territory it’s adjacent to say, he will complete nan people of 2023 realise nan correction of his ways – a batch of what we’re doing aft that is astir him being deprogrammed and un-brainwashed.

‘There is simply a redemption connected nan sky for him aft what he’s been through. After effects for illustration pinch each stories past for a very agelong clip aft that.’

Current episodes person seen Max arrested and charged; facing 15 years successful situation for incitement of terrorism.

It is not nan first clip that Corrie has received charismatic backlash successful narration to nan storyline.

Scenes which saw exile Daryan beaten up past year brought successful 139 complaints but nan soap was cleared of immoderate wrongdoing erstwhile airing nan episode.

The astir complained astir soap communicative of each clip remains Ronnie Mitchell’s arguable babe switch scenes successful EastEnders, which led to a staggering 13,400 complaints.

The aggravated backlash led to nan planned storyline being changed and trim short.

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