Idris shows an unexpected new side in Coronation Street as Sam finds an ally
![FROM ITV STRICT EMBARGO - No Use Before Tuesday 21st July 2026 Coronation Street - Ep 11909 Monday 27th July 2026 Sam Blakeman [JUNADE KHAN] tells Idris Nazir [JUDE RIORDAN] about the incident with Harper and how it???s clear David thinks he???s mentally unstable and doesn???t trust him. In turn, Idris tells him about his own anxieties as a teen and how he overcame them. Nick Tilsley [BEN PRICE] and Toyah Battersby [GEORGIA TAYLOR] arrive and Sam assures them that after a chat with Idris he feels much better. Picture contact - David.crook@itv.com Photographer - Danielle Baguley This photograph is (C) ITV and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above, or ITV plc. This photograph must not be manipulated [excluding basic cropping] in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by ITV plc Picture Desk. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itv.com/presscentre/itvpictures/terms](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SEI_305301592-cfb3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
It shouldn’t be controversial at this point to say that Coronation Street newcomer Idris Nazir (Junade Khan) is a baddie.
From the moment he parked his flash car on the Cobbles, it was clear that this fella was just too good to be true. While he was chucking rude customers out of Speed Dahl one minute, he was menacing money out of a stranger called Damo the next.
Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) may have fallen for the bad boy’s charms, but only because she didn’t notice him flirting with Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford). But she did have something to say about Idris exhibiting controlling behaviour when he cancelled a call on Leanne’s phone from her sister Toyah (Georgia Taylor), which was a giant red flag.
Unfortunately, this was just the tip of the villainous iceberg. Because it turns out our Idris might just be a slumlord.
The newcomer is persona non grata in Weatherfield right now, after his failure to address the growing black mould in the flat of his tenant, Abi Webster (Sally Carman-Duttine), resulted in her son Alfie becoming seriously ill.
Desperate to avoid the laws, Idris recruited his criminal protege Brody Michaelis (Ryan Mulvey) to fix the problem – namely, by threatening the lawyer Abi hired, Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) to scare the lawyer off the case.
Which perhaps might have been a smart move if Adam wasn’t dating Idris’ cousin Alya Nazir (Sair Khan).
Needless to say, Idris is no angel. And judging by the latest Corrie spoilers, he’s not only going to get worse, but bring out Leanne’s dark side as well.
Don’t you dare, Idris. Poor Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) has been throughenough.
It’s bad enough that Leanne’s adoptive son was tormented to the brink of his sanity by paedeophile Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon) in a desperate attempt to scare the schoolboy into silence about grooming Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale. But the terrifying ordeal triggered a psychotic break for poor Sam, causing him to hallucinate an evil version of Roy Cropper ordering him to do unspeakable things.
Needless to say, after seeing a scary version of Roy on a bench warning him to trust nobody, Sam has some trauma when it comes to taking advice from men on benches.
But this time, Sam’s confidante is quite real, and as unlikely as it seems… Idris.
![FROM ITV STRICT EMBARGO - No Use Before Tuesday 21st July 2026 Coronation Street - Ep 11909 Monday 27th July 2026 Sam Blakeman [JUNADE KHAN] tells Idris Nazir [JUDE RIORDAN] about the incident with Harper and how it???s clear David thinks he???s mentally unstable and doesn???t trust him. In turn, Idris tells him about his own anxieties as a teen and how he overcame them. Nick Tilsley [BEN PRICE] and Toyah Battersby [GEORGIA TAYLOR] arrive and Sam assures them that after a chat with Idris he feels much better. Picture contact - David.crook@itv.com Photographer - Danielle Baguley This photograph is (C) ITV and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above, or ITV plc. This photograph must not be manipulated [excluding basic cropping] in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by ITV plc Picture Desk. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itv.com/presscentre/itvpictures/terms](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SEI_305301471-2bda.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
In upcoming scenes of Coronation Street, Sam suffers a heartbreaking rejection as a result of his mental illness. Fortunately, Idris is there for him when nobody else is, and displaying a newfound sensitive side.
When David (Jack P Shepherd) won’t let him hold Harper, Sam is upset and ends up confiding in Idris about his worry that David thinks he’s mentally unstable and doesn’t trust him.
To Sam’s surprise, Idris opens up about his own anxieties as a teen and how he overcame them. When Sam’s dad Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), and Toyah arrive, Sam assures them that after a chat with Idris he feels much better.
While it’s nice to see Idris being nice for once, Nick isn’t likely to feel the same way.Ben Price recently spoke to Metro about Nick’s feelings in regards to the charismatic newcomer developing a bond with his lad: ‘I think he finds it very difficult.
‘Idris has come in, you will see Sam opening up to him, or that’s potentially on the cards, and I think Nick then feels quite lost, and then also gets angry and a bit protective.’
