Coronation Street paedophile Megan Walsh set to be exposed in shocking new scenes

Coronation Street teacher Megan Walsh, played by Beth Nixon, has been having an affair with her student on the world’s longest-running TV soap but all is about to be exposed

Megan Walsh is about to be exposed as a paedophile on Coronation Street. The teacher, played by Beth Nixon, has been carrying out an illicit affair with her student Will Driscoll as part of a controversial storyline on the ITV soap.

Will arrived with his family last October to move into the Rovers Return, and it was quickly established that Megan was his athletics coach but there was a lot more to it than just that. Megan eventually moved to Weatherfield, got a job at the local secondary school and has even started up a relationship with Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) as a cover-up.

But all the while, Megan has been carrying out an affair with Will, who turned 16 in December, and is currently pregnant. However, a dramatic new trailer for upcoming scenes on the world’s longest-running TV soap have revealed that everything is about to come crashing down.

Teenager Sam Blakeman has already worked out what is going on between the pair, and will soon have a spell in hospital where Megan brushes his face and says: “You’ve been a very silly boy, haven’t you, Sam?” Sam then tells all to his stepmum Leanne, and Will’s stepmum Eva soon finds out the truth as well.

Will’s dad Ben then rages: “My son has been abused by a sexual predator!” and Eva sounds confident that Megan will soon be behind bars for her actions. Coronation Street boss Kate Brookes recently explained that she the story was a “very important” one to tell.

She said: “It’s a very important story to tell and we want to be as truthful as possible. As part of that story Sam will end up getting embroiled in it all.

“Sam is semi-related to the pub family and he potentially gets wind that something’s amiss. We will see the lengths that Megan will go to manipulate Sam into keeping quiet. It’ll be massively detrimental to Sam’s wellbeing.”

Meanwhile, for actress Beth Nixon, Coronation Street marks her television debut but she had actually auditioned for other parts on the soap before landing the role of Megan.

Speaking to York College, Beth shared that the casting team had seen Beth in several shows at her drama school: the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester, so she was “kind of on their radar.”

Revealing her past audition history, Beth explained: “But I’d auditioned for Corrie twice before – as a baddie both times of course – including for the role of Lauren.” Actress Cait Fitton ended up being cast as Lauren, making her debut in 2022, and has remained on the show since.

Beth added: “Then, earlier this year, my agent sent me a casting brief and explained it was for a paedophile, which is a bit crazy to play because they’re obviously not a redeemable character, so they can push it pretty far.”

After sending a self-tape Beth attended a chemistry test with other actors who were being considered to play Will. She then performed a scene on the set at The Bistro – and it turned out the bosses were rather impressed with her.

Beth – who was working as a skin clinic manager before joining Corrie – said: “I was at work when my agent called me. I was upstairs as my colleague watched the desk and, when he told me I’d got it, everybody in the clinic could hear me screaming my head off and then I cried, because it’s been four years since I graduated and this is my first TV role.

“It’s been a hard time and I was really close to quitting, having a normal job and pursuing a different career, so this just came at exactly the right time and when I needed it.”