Coronation Street viewers have taken to social media to share their response to a warning issued minutes before the latest episode.
A voiceover message was issued to fans before Friday’s (January 13) instalment hit television screens up and down the country.
The ITV announcer explained that the show contained “scenes of violence”.
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After hearing the pre-show warning, viewers to to Twitter to air their thoughts.
One fan penned: “Ooohhh scenes of violence”
Another added: “Oh scenes of violence. We don’t get many of them on #Corrie Nothing ever happens!”
A third person said: “Violence mention by the continuity announcer.”
Over in Weatherfield, Damon Hay (Ciaran Griffiths) gave his son Jacob Hay (Jack James Ryan) a beating and told him that if he wants to protect Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney), he needed to disappear for good.
Jacob later told Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) how Damon is smuggling drugs through the restaurant and he has no choice but to leave as Amy’s life is in danger.
Hearing Amy entering the flat, a desperate Jacob pretended he was on the phone dealing drugs.
Amy was horrified to think her boyfriend was up to his old tricks.
Damon recently arrived on the cobbles and aimed to get his son onside by getting him work at the Bistro, where he now has owner Nick under his control due to the dodgy money Damon’s brother Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor) put into the restaurant.
It wasn’t long before Jacob realised that Damon was up to no good as he revealed a new olive oil supplier would be smuggling drugs into the Bistro.
During a dummy run, Jacob discovered a packet of sweets where he expected a stash of cocaine to be.
The jittery young man was later even more horrified when the restaurant welcomed a group of police officers for a retirement party.
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They was joined by a service dog, who was also retiring, as well as local copper Craig Tinker (Colson Smith).
Jacob managed to create a diversion when the delivery arrive and he rushed to the kitchen and grabbed the hidden drugs, putting them in his bag.
But the service dog sniffed out trouble, and Jacob rushed home as Craig and the dog handler investigated what could have made the dog suspicious.
Jacob panicked, flushing the packet of drugs down the toilet before joining baffled flatmate Aaron Sandford (James Craven), Craig, the dog and its handler.
The dog found no evidence, but as they were leaving, Amy walked in and demanded to know what was going on.
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday on ITV at 8pm
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