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Coronation Street star Colson Smith swaps ITV for the BBC as he lands new job - days after his character in the soap was brutally killed off
The actor, 26 - who had played PC Craig Tinker in Corrie for 14 years - was left gutted after ITV bosses broke the news to him that his time on the soap was to come to an end.
The actor, 26 - who had played PC Craig Tinker in Corrie for 14 years - was left gutted after ITV bosses broke the news to him that his time on the soap was to come to an end. Craig Tinker's final scenes aired on Wednesday night, with fans fuming that the soap star had been 'done dirty' after he was beaten to death with a bat by Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton). 'I walked into the greenroom and awkwardly laughed and Lucy Fallon was heavily pregnant at the time, she burst in tears, Julia Gording was crying all day.
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