Coronation Street is welcoming a new character into the mix this week.
Viewers will meet Toby, a neighbour of Izzy Armstrong who becomes concerned as behind closed doors, she's been struggling to keep up with the workload and things come to a head this week.
Izzy hasn't been seen much on-screen in the last year and only returned in April via FaceTime.
This time, she'll be back a bit longer on the ITV soap but still not at the Underworld factory.
Underworld bosses Carla Connor and Sarah Barlow come up with a scheme to help Izzy work from home.
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But with Carla increasingly frustrated by what she sees as substandard work from Izzy she tells Sarah that the situation is untenable and if Izzy refuses to come back to work, they’ll have to get rid of her.
And this is where Fegus steps in and tells Sarah that Izzy is struggling and needs to put her health first.
Actor Toby Hadoke is joining the cast as Fergus and will even be seen on the cobbles sometime soon.
Toby is not only an actor, but a writer and stand-up comedian and is known on the Manchester comedy circuit.
His television appearances include Phoenix Nights, Shameless, A & E, Casualty 1907, and The Royal Today.
It's also not Toby's first time on Corrie either.
"If you delve into the archives you know, I once married Curly Watts" he told the Manchester Evening News.
"I was a vicar. They wanted a young vicar at Curly Watts’ wedding. If you go back it was about 747 years ago," Toby joked. "That was just a one off."
Viewers may also not know that Toby is Izzy actress Cherylee Houston's real-life partner.
Not only was the role created with Toby in mind, it was also perfect as the scenes were able to be filmed at the couple's Manchester home.
This is due to Cherylee having to shield during the coronavirus pandemic.
Cherylee, 46, has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome which affects joints and leaves sufferers in chronic pain and was deemed vulnerable - a label Cherylee admitted to hating - by the government.
The storyline will see Corrie highlight the plight faced by millions of disabled people during the pandemic and the pressures they are under through trying to work remotely whilst shielding.
