Coronation Street fans might have noticed a different theme tune on Sunday’s (October 27) episode following Gail Platt’s cardiac arrest. The classic theme tune, known by many, was changed to the sound of a flatlining heartbeat. In scenes aired earlier this week, the long-serving cast member, played by Helen Worth, was taken to hospital after a heart attack.
As part of the storyline, the ITV soap opera partnered with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to raise awareness about heart disease. "I think I’m having a heart attack." For advice and support visit: https://t.
co/W35MEI9xnr #Corrie pic.twitter.com/nS89IwSYt6 The popular soap opera also sent a powerful message to fans at the end of Sunday’s episode as the credits were interrupted by a message to highlight the charity’s research into prevention, diagnosis and treatment for heart and circulatory diseases.
The message was voiced by BHF ambassador and former Coronation Street actor Kimberly Hart-Simpson who played Nicky Wheatley in the soap. Gail Platt suffers cardiac arrest ahead of Helen Worth’s Corrie exit In Wednesday’s episode, Jesse Chadwick, played by John Thomson, spotted Gail breathing unsteadily and clutching her arm while searching for a bicycle pump before phoning an ambulance which took her to hospital. Gail was in a panic and told paramedics: “I think I'm having a heart attack .
” It comes after Worth, 73, who has played Platt family matriarch Gail for 50 years, announced in June she would be le.