Coronation Street spoilers: Ken Barlow slams late wife Deirdre leaving Tracy devastated as Daniel Osbourne finally admits Sinead is pregnant
The Barlow family is set to implode when Ken sticks his nose into all their business
KEN Barlow is to risk the wrath of daughter Tracy in Coronation Street when she overhears him slagging off her late mum Deirdre.
The octogenarian academic - who is played by actor Bill Roache in the ITV soap - will be overheard ranting about his 'wasted life with Deirdre' to son Daniel Osbourne and Tracy will hit the roof hearing her late mum disrespected in that way.
With Daniel's hard work winning him a place on his dream Masters course at Oxford University, Ken's delighted but upon hearing his son's having second thoughts he goes into meltdown.
Shocked to hear the news from Robert, Ken immediately begins organising a family dinner to celebrate but doesn't actually tell anyone why.
So when Daniel's pregnant girlfriend Sinea Tinker turns up, fresh from having viewed a flat with Daniel, she's devastated to discover he could be leaving her.
Sinead rushes out of the bistro, deeply hurt after hearing the news which forces Daniel to realise what he really wants.
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Telling a devastated Ken that he’s turning Oxford down, Daniel goes after her and tells her how he won't be moving to Oxford and wants to spend the rest of his life with her.
Hurt by the blow, Ken decides to stick his nose into his son's business and summons Sinead to his house where he begs her to end the realtionship with Daneil to let him focus on his career.
Hurt, Sinead reveals she’s pregnant with Daniel’s baby, Ken reels with shocking consequences.
The cobbles stalwart rants at Sinead about what he feels is his own 'wasted life' with late wife Deirdre and how he could have made something of himself.
Insisting he wants better for Daniel, he again begs her to end things, but unknowing Ken has already caused world war three as Tracy has heard every word he's said about her beloved mum.
Tracy's set to be alienated from her dad even more when he turns down her request for a loan so she can buy the florists from brother Pete and keep her business open.
With his family at war, Ken's left feeling terrible as Daniel takes him to task over what he's said.
But it's all set to explode in more drama when Tracy discovers a copy of Ken's will but will she read it and what will it say?
- Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights on ITV
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