'Coronation Street' star Jennie McAlpine will face her most heartbreaking storyline as her character Fiz Brown's daughter is diagnosed with cancer.
Coronation Street's Fiz Brown
Fiz's 5-year-old daughter Hope will be hit with neuroblastoma - a rare form of cancer in young children, which develops in the nerve cells - which producers have "gone to great lengths to understand".
The TV insider told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Producers have gone to great lengths to understand as much about this cancer as possible. They want to portray accurately and sensitively what must be a very distressing time for parents and sufferers alike."
ITV bosses are said to have spoken with doctors and parents of children who have experience of supporting a loved one with the aggressive illness, and who have received help from the Neuroblastoma Children's Cancer Alliance charity.
The distressing storyline will feature some of the "most heart-wrenching" moments ever witnessed on the soap which first aired in 1960.
The source continued: "These will be some of the most heart-wrenching scenes ever seen on the show."
Meanwhile, Jennie, 31, recently returned to the series after giving birth to six-month-old son Albert, who's blood was donated to the Anthony Nolan Trust at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester for a baby who needed a stem cell transplant.
The 30-year-old actress shared: "Albert got a little vest saying, 'I'm a born lifesaver'. It's amazing to think he could help save someone."
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