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Coronation Street's Bruce Jones 'can't watch' soap as he hits out at storylines – after Les Battersby axe


Coronation Street star Bruce Jones, who played Les Battersby in the ITV soap, has said that he struggled to watch a recent episode - after it was revealed that his character will die off-screen

Les Battersby (Bruce Jones) and screen wife Janice (Vicky Entwistle) outside their home on Coronation Street (Image: EMPICS Entertainment)"Where were the storylines? Bruce admits that he feels a sense of relief about his character's death, even though he claims that the move has left fans "annoyed" with bosses on the ITV soap. Their marriage came to an end in 2001 when it was revealed that Janice had been having an affair with Dennis Stringer (Charles Dean) in 2001 and he later tied the knot with Cilla Brown (Wendi Peters).

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