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'Coronation Street's' Rob Donovan and Peter Barlow are set for a big showdown at Tina McIntyre's funeral next week.
The soap villains will come to blows on Monday (23.06.14) when a drunken Peter - played by Chris Gascoyne - turns up to Tina's wake and tries to talk to his estranged wife, Rob's sister Carla (Alison King).
Carla and Rob (Marc Baylis) are reeling from the revelation that Peter had an affair with Tina before she was killed by Rob last month and is determined to keep him away from his sister.
Marc told Inside Soap magazine: "Rob has promised Carla that he'll be there for her, especially since she has lost [her and Peter's] baby. Rob hates Peter - he thinks he's a loser and blames him for everything that happened. He never felt he was good enough for Carla."
While Rob pushed Tina off a balcony and later finished the job by hitting her over the head with a metal pipe, Peter is the main suspect in the barmaid's murder due to their tempestuous affair.
Evil Rob is now eager to pin the crime on Peter at all costs.
Marc said: "He wants Peter arrested and charged with killing Tina. He knows Peter is already the main suspect in the murder investigation and once the police have got their man, the pressure will be off.
"It's totally justified in his mind. He genuinely feels that although Peter didn't commit the actual murder, if he hadn't had the affair and started drinking again, Tina wouldn't be dead."

Vinnie Jones' new US comedy is like 'Blackadder'.
The 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' actor has landed a lead role as an evil henchman in 'Galavant', a new US sitcom set in the UK, which is a spin on the British sitcom and will be shot in England and Wales in August before airing in January next year.
He told The Sun newspaper: "It is like Monty Python. It's a medieval comedy and very different to what's out there.
"It is very hilarious. I am having a run on the comedy at the moment, it's my thing. It is an adventure.
"If you look back at my first films, 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and 'Snatch', they were both comedies."
The 49-year-old star admits he "drifted away" from comedy for a while but is looking forward to 'Galavant' and is also set to appear in a Adam Sandler film, which will be shooting in August and September.
He said: "And I've just shot a comedy with Kevin Pollak down in New Orleans. So I'm driving down towards the comedy a bit more now - I love it.
"There's a scene [in 'Galavant'] when I'm dancing with the king and queen, it's just hilarious. It's great and I love throwing myself in there and getting some laughs."
Meanwhile, the actor and former soccer star, who now lives in the Hollywood Hills, is currently addicted to US sitcom 'Modern Family' on Sky1.
He said: "It's a good classic at the moment. I really hope they can manage to keep it as funny as it has been over the last couple of years."

Michelle Dockery will stay with 'Downton Abbey' "till the end".
The 32-year-old actress, who plays Lady Mary Crawley, insists she won't follow in the footsteps of her former on-screen husband Dan Stevens by quitting the show and will remain part of the ITV period drama for as long as it remains on air.
Quizzed about rumours she might quit, she told The Hollywood Reporter: "It amuses me more than anything, because it's all speculation, and I think it's down to fact the show has such a popularity. But no, I'm here till the end, whenever that may be."
Michelle's comments come after a slew of cast departures, including Dan, Jessica Brown Findlay (Lady Sybil Crawley) and Siobhan Finneran (O'Brien).
The actress also revealed she and her cast mates - including Dame Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville - play guessing games between scenes during long days of filming in the famous 'Downton' dining room.
Michelle said: "Playing Wink Murder - that helps at dining room table scenes. There's also the movie game. Someone names a film and you name an actor in that film, and it passes on. It's great fun when we're all here together."
The stars of 'Downton' are currently filming the highly anticipated fifth series of the hit drama, which will screen later this year.

Cast members from 'Coronation Street' and 'Emmerdale' are taking part in the Tour de ITV.
A host of famous faces from the popular soaps including Gaynor Faye and Jamie Shelton have signed up for the charity biking challenge on July 1, which involves cycling 60 miles from the Rover's Return pub in Manchester to Emmerdale's local, the Woolpack pub, in Yorkshire.
The ride has been organised by Join In, an Olympic and Paralympic legacy charity which highlights the importance of volunteers in putting together a sports event, so many extra 'Corrie' stars will be helping the fitness fanatics along the way.
Jamie - who plays Emmerdale's Robbie Lawson - enthused: "It's great to part of the ITV Local Heroes campaign inspiring more people to volunteer at local sports clubs allowing others to enjoy more sport. I think the ride will be a lot of fun, and a great way to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care."
Sara Hanson, Head of Corporate Responsibility at ITV, added: "The Tour de ITV is a great way that we can go that extra mile during a fantastic summer of sport and a perfect opportunity to showcase the essential role of the volunteer behind any big or small sporting event. We hope that it will inspire more people to become ITV local heroes and lend a hand at a sporting club or event near them."
The celebrities are also set to be accompanied by other well-known ITV figures, including Laura Tobin, Good Morning Britain's weather presenter.
The challenge takes the group along part of the iconic Tour de France route and the Pennine hills, and locals are encouraged to sign up as ride volunteers or simply cheer the TV stars along the way.
For more information visit www.itv.com/localheroes.

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John Cleese has blasted the BBC for not understanding comedy.
The Monty Python and 'Fawlty Towers' legend doesn't think his comedy troupe's famous sketch show, 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', would survive on BBC today because commissioning executives have no experience in writing or producing comedy.
He told Time Out magazine: "What has happened since my time is that a very simple process, which worked wonderfully well at the BBC, has been lost. In those days the departmental heads were very trusting of their producers.
"What happens now is you have a new species, a 'commissioning editor', who, as far as I can make out, haven't actually written comedy, or directed it, and yet they seem to think that they understand comedy. This would be fine if they did understand it, but comedy is very difficult.
"Just look around - there's an awful amount of crap. These decisions are being taken by people who don't understand comedy but don't realise that they don't understand it."
The 74-year-old comic feels the BBC has lost some of its luster in the years since his classic shows entertained millions of viewers, and is dismayed by its decline.
He lamented: "One of the things that makes me saddest about the way the country has gone since I was young is the BBC. I look back at what was really a magnificent institution that, for economic reasons, has been thinned down and become something very different."

Piers Morgan has landed a new contract with ITV.
The 'Life Stories' host is set to extend his partnership with the channel just months after his US talk show, 'Piers Morgan Live', was axed by CNN.
Piers will front a brand new series of 'Life Stories', expected to run for six episodes, and various factual shows next year under his new deal.
An ITV source told The Sun newspaper: "We are talking to Piers about an initial run of six episodes of Life Stories next year and a new factual series.
"Negotiations are still ongoing and haven't concluded yet."
Unlike his current deal with ITV, however, the new contract won't be exclusive, which means the former newspaper editor is free to work for other British broadcasters as well.
While he may have been unceremoniously dropped by CNN in February, Piers can expect a big pay day from ITV as he is rumoured to make £55,000 per episode for the new series of 'Life Stories'.
Piers' US talk show was axed amid low ratings and controversy as has he often challenged America's rising gun crime. The star was accused of being too British and not understanding American culture, and was even the subject of a deportation petition.
The 49-year-old journalist previously expressed his desire to return to work in the UK and film another series of 'Life Stories'.
He said: "I have got plenty of offers to do stuff but I have a good relationship with ITV and we are both keen to keep it going. Money is never irrelevant but it is not my motivating factor for doing 'Life Stories'.
"I do it because I want to do a show in Britain. I am British and it keeps my hand in there. As long as they are popular and people like watching them, we will keep doing them."

EastEnders' Patrick Trueman is to suffer a major stroke.
The BBC One soap will raise awareness for the severe medical condition and its debilitating consequences in a new ongoing storyline and has worked closely with stroke survivors and leading charities for the plot.
Viewers will follow Patrick - played by Rudolph Walker - throughout the entire experience, from his initial symptoms, to suffering a stroke, and then dealing with the aftermath of the life-changing medical condition.
Rudolph said: "This is a truly important storyline as strokes affect so many different people, in so many different ways. We are all working very hard on this and I really hope Patrick's story can help raise awareness."
'EastEnders' executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins added: "This is an important storyline in so many ways. Not only does it give the wonderful Rudolph Walker the chance to shine, but we also hope it will raise awareness of the warning signs that come before a stroke and the difficulties of caring for the elderly in 21st Century Britain".
Producers are working closely with charities such as the Stroke Association and stroke survivors to ensure the storyline is accurate and handled with sensitivity.
Joe Korner, director of external affairs at the Stroke Association, said: "Many people will be able to identify with this storyline, including the 1.2 million stroke survivors in the UK. A stroke can leave people facing the rest of their lives with a disability, and the emotional strain caused by the condition can be devastating
"We're thrilled that Rudolph Walker is taking on this challenging role and are very pleased to have been able to offer our advice and support with the plot development. We hope that Patrick's experiences will raise awareness amongst viewers particularly of the symptoms of a mini-stroke, which include facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, and last for a short period of time. It's a warning sign that a stroke could be on the way, yet thousands of people dismiss a mini-stroke as 'just a funny turn'. It's a medical emergency and anyone with those symptoms should call 999 immediately. Anyone who'd like to find out more about stroke can visit www.stroke.org.uk."