Paul Foreman was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease earlier this year on Coronation Street and has slowly been coming to terms with his symptoms.
But in true soap fashion, the Bernie/Winter household will be chaos over the festive period and Paul could end up spending his final Christmas without his mum. "As a soap we're in a position to be able to do that. We're not a 90 minute drama where we have to fit in a two year decline, you can show the day to day decline with an illness like that with Paul.
He continued: "It's kind of classic Winter/Brown schemes and scamming and Bernie is very much being Bernie though it all but it's overlain with this really poignant knowledge - and they don't talk about it a lot and you might not in real life because it's too heartbreaking to consider - but it's overlaid with this tragic last Christmas for Paul and the possibly the family might not get to be together in a festive moment.