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Coronation Street’s new colouring book is almost as depressing as the soap’s most iconic plotlines

Cobble together some pencils and create your own Free Deirdre poster in new colouring book featuring the soap's saddest scenes

CORONATION Street fans are discovering the soap’s official colouring book is as depressing as some of the plotlines.

Launched in August, the activity book by Glenda Young features 45 drawings of memorable moments spanning the history of Britain’s longest-running soap.

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The new Corrie colouring book is just as depressing as the show's big storylines, fans are finding

But fans are being expected to colour in scenes involving death and destruction — despite it being billed as “relaxing” on Amazon.

Drawings include the tram crash that killed Ashley Peacock and Molly Dobbs, Deirdre Rachid locked behind bars and Mike Baldwin’s death in the arms of rival Ken Barlow.

Other events depicted are Richard Hillman plunging his car into a canal and cancer-ridden Hayley Cropper’s final trip to Blackpool before husband Roy helped her die.

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Deirdre Barlow, then Rachid, was imprisoned for fraud in a 1998 storylineCredit: Itv
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A 20-year feud is ended when Mike dies in Ken's arms after battling Alzheimer'sCredit: Rex Features
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A recent fiery tram crash killed off Ashley Peacock and Molly Dobbs

Listed for £10, the book is intended as a visual history of the soap, which began in 1960.

It also features still images from the ITV archive and character profiles.

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