Coronation Street fans hail "superb" Debbie Webster special

Coronation Street fans have hailed tonight's special Debbie's Angels episode "superb" and "beautiful". The ITV soap aired a unique instalment focusing on Debbie Webster and her friends as they gathered for a mysterious reason.

For months, the show has been chronicling Debbie's young-onset vascular dementia diagnosis and her health's decline, as well as how it has affected her loved ones.

The latest episode saw Abi Franklin, Bernie Winter, Christina Boyd, Glenda Shuttleworth, and Sally Webster gather at Debbie's flat when she called on them with a mystery request.

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Debbie had gathered them to help put a photo book together for Carl Webster's 40th birthday, but she also shared her care plans with the group, recounting her conversations with husband Ronnie Bailey that she would like to be moved to a care home when the time is right.

The episode focused entirely on the six women, and saw them all open up to each other about the life-changing experiences they have been going through, and what they plan to do moving forward.

After the episode landed on ITVX and aired on ITV1, fans took to social media to praise its very human-focused approach and the performances of the actors at its core.

On Facebook, one user wrote: "Laughed and cried at today’s episode. Superb episode."

Another echoed a similar sentiment, saying: "OMG ….. you've been listening, Coronation Street writers. An absolute stonking good episode. With all the emotions one person can muster in 20 minutes. Just pure brilliance ……. More please just like this."

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A third added: "Wonderful all woman episode tonight. Why can’t the street constantly write so well? Anyway well done it was a fantastic episode."

One called it "fabulous" as well as "moving and well-written", while another thought it was "one of the best in a really long time".

Another wrote: "Just watched the episode.....I loved it. Beautifully written and really emotionally acted out. Best episode in a long long time."

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.

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