Emily Bishop imagines Breaking Bad to be a show about a diamond dealer – but soon learns the truth (Picture: ITV)

Coronation Street is set to deliver one of its most far-fetched plots in some time after Emily Bishop becomes an unlikely fan of Breaking Bad.

According to The Sun the Weatherfield pensioner – played by 83-year-old actress Eileen Derbyshire – will discover the show after being given a DVD box set as a gift, in scenes to be aired next Friday.

Initially she believes the show to have a very different plot – telling Rita Tanner: ‘I think it’s about a diamond dealer – or does he deal with crystals? I’m not sure.’

However subsequent episodes will see Emily quickly becoming hooked on the US favourite – at one point even turning down a babysitting offer because, she claims, her friend Walter White has had a fall.


Breaking Bad’s Walter White is referenced in the soap by Emily as she turns down a babysitting job (Picture: AP)

‘He is quite active in the community,’ the octogenarian explains. ‘It is quite a bad break.’



A source told the paper that show bosses were ‘huge Breaking Bad fans’ and that the offbeat storyline was their way of paying tribute to the series.

‘Emily is the most strait-laced character you could imagine so giving her an addiction to the show has had everyone smiling,’ the insider added.

Although the series ended for good last year, Bryan Cranston’s drug-dealing alter ego just refuses to go away – having also surfaced this week in his own Facebook Look Back film.

Advertisement Advertisement