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Charlotte Tutton

Corrie star teases key scene to look out for during Gemma and Chesney wedding

Coronation Street star Dolly-Rose Campbell has revealed a special moment during the upcoming wedding episode, that she hopes viewers will spot.

The actress discussed a special scene featuring a conversation in British Sign Language that will air during the nuptials.

Dolly's character Gemma Winter learned sign language on the ITV soap after finding out one of her quadruplets, Aled, was born deaf.

Gemma has been seen signing to characters including young son Aled since on the show, and a special scene will air during Aled's parents' wedding day.

Dolly herself has been learning BSL since the storyline began, and said that while viewers may spot it only those who can sign will understand the conversation.

The show had an interpreter at the wedding who will feature in scenes, and in one such scene they're shown signing with another character.

Coronation Street star Dolly-Rose Campbell has revealed a special moment during the upcoming wedding episode (ITV)

Speaking about the special moment she hopes doesn't go unnoticed, Dolly-Rose translated the signing and gave hints of when it could air.

She told The Mirror and other press: "So I don't know if it will be caught in the wedding. Cherylee Houston [who plays Izzy Armstrong] can sign as well.

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"So she was signing with the interpreter in the background, and when I looked over she was telling the interpreter that she had been dyeing the dress in her bath, and it dyed her bath.

"I don't know if the whole conversation will be seen, and you'd have to know [some sign language] to be able to catch it."

Explaining why she began to learn British Sign Language in real life, she said: "W e were going to have a deaf actor on set as part of our family. He can't learn not to be deaf.

One of Gemma and Chesney's quads were born deaf (ITV)

"So it made sense for me, for Sam [Aston] or for Jane [Hazlegrove], one of us to learn how to sign so that we can help him when he needs help.'

Dolly-Rose also discussed the amazing wedding dress Gemma will wear, which is orange with a two-metre wide skirt and other additions.

Speaking about the frock to The Mirror and other press, Dolly-Rose revealed: "I was just blown away by the dress. It's an absolute work of art.

Dolly-Rose also discussed the amazing wedding dress Gemma will wear (ITV)

"It's the detail that's gone into it. It's just beyond anything I ever imagined. And it was quite comfortable. It actually was, compared to a lot of Gemma's other costumes because it was made to fit from scratch. I really enjoyed wearing it."

On the design, she said: "I had big, big ideas for what I wanted for Gemma's dress and I was discussing it with the costume department. The thing that kept coming up was where are we going to get something like that from? And I knew of this designer Liquorice Black from going to their studio a few years ago, and seeing all the costumes they were making.

"So I said I do know of someone who can make this but I don't think they will do it because they're really busy. I met with him and he agreed as his grandmother was a fan of the show! I was overjoyed."

Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITV X.

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