Eagle-eyed Coronation Street viewers have spotted a blunder in the soap’s latest scenes and have shared their confusion over the mistake.
This week the ITV show aired a segment where Dev Alahan looked back at the lives of his twins Aadi and Asha ahead of them celebrating turning 19.
Dev welcomed his kids with wife Sunita in 2006, but they have had a tough life since Sunita was killed by her lover and villain Karl Munro.
In a scene, Dev said: ‘I was just rooting around some old photos and look at this one. You were about two minutes old there, Aadi is slightly older obviously.
‘It’s hard to believe you’re going to be 19 in a few days time. Time flies my little honey bun.’
Eagle-eyed Coronation Street viewers have spotted a blunder in the soap’s latest scenes and have shared their confusion over the mistake
This week the ITV show aired a segment where Dev Alahan looked back at the lives of his twins Aadi and Asha ahead of them celebrating turning 19
Corrie’s Twitter also celebrated the milestone sharing old snaps of the twins after they were born.
They penned: ‘The Alahan twins turn 19 this week! Who remembers back to when they were born?’
But fans were quick to point out a blunder in the dodgy maths – as they noted that they would only be turning 18 if they were born in 2006.
One said: ‘Clearly not Dev or the #CoronationStreet writing team, because they were born in 2006… (for those who struggle with maths, they’ll be 18). Seriously, if you’re going to goof on the ages of your characters, why draw attention to it with a tweet like this!?’
Another said: ‘Can you explain how they’re 19 if they were born 18 years ago?’
A third penned: ‘They’re turning 19? 18 years after they were born? How does that work out?’
MailOnline has contacted ITV for comment.
It comes after former Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson claimed the soap’s cast are too ‘scared’ to speak up about its ‘woke’ storylines.
Dev welcomed his kids with wife Sunita in 2006, but they have had a tough life since Sunita was killed by her lover and villain Karl Munro (seen giving birth to the twins)
Corrie’s Twitter also celebrated the milestone sharing old snaps of the twins after they were born
The actor, 64, who played Jim McDonald between 1989 and 2000, said he believes viewing figures have dropped as fans are ‘fed up’ with its ‘s**te ‘ plots.
Broadcaster ITV’s flagship serial scored around 2.6million viewers at Christmas, meaning it missed out on charting in the 10 most watched shows, coming in 12th place.
A decade ago eight million people would have tuned in while it got an audience of 2.8million at Christmas 2022. The BBC’s EastEnders charted in the top 10 Christmas programmes, with 3.58million viewers.
Charlie told The Sun: ‘Viewers are getting turned off by too many young storylines.
‘In my day, in the Nineties, we didn’t have any woke issues, we didn’t have any political correctness, we had none of that s**te. We were able to tell stories and tell them properly.
‘I suspect now half the meetings that they have upstairs on the sixth floor are about what is politically acceptable, all this stuff that they feel they have to address.
‘And the silent majority of TV viewers are not interested in the slightest by all this c**p.’
Charlie told how when he was working on the soap, cast members Bill Roache, 91, who plays Ken Barlow, Helen Worth, 72, (Gail Platt) and, 59, (Kevin Webster) would communicate with producers if they were not happy with a storyline.
However, he now believes the soap’s stars are nervous about voicing any concerns.
‘Our comments mattered in those days. I think people are very scared nowadays,’ he explained.
‘If we had a meeting, and somebody was not happy about storylines, we were within our rights to call a meeting.’
Charlie previously predicted Corrie may end within 10 years if it continues with its ‘woke’ plots.
But fans were quick to point out a blunder in the dodgy maths – as they noted that they would only be turning 18 if they were born in 2006
He told the Daily Star: ‘I was there in the 90s for 11 years and we were getting between 16 and 20 million – and 5 million (viewers now) is not a lot.
‘In 10 years who knows if we will have a Coronation Street, we’re all changing our viewing habits as it is already,’ Charlie added of competition from streaming services.’
When asked about a storyline in which Max Turner (played by Paddy Bever) was groomed by far-right extremists, he said: ‘People are getting a little bit gobsmacked and fed up with all this.
‘Jim wasn’t exactly politically correct, never mind woke!’
