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Coronation Street legend to make soap comeback more than 20yrs after heartbreaking exit


Coronation Street star Phil Middlemiss, who played Des Barnes on the cobbles, is making a surprise soap return 26 years after his heartbreaking exit from the ITV soap

Although Amelia made her exit not long after, Des went on to marry character Natalie Horrocks, played by Loose Women star Denise Welch, in 1998. Denise Welch and Phil Middlemiss reunited on Loose Women recently (Image: ITV)Natalie was the landlady of the Rovers Return from 1998-2000. The actor ‘wasn’t interested’ in acting any longer, and decided to spend more time in Africa to make documentaries as ‘little’ original drama was being made in the UK.

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