The actor is set to bow out of the ITV soap, after 10 years of playing cab driver Lloyd Mullaney, after re-evaluating his life when Dean Charles passed away in November.
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Craig Charles on 'This Morning'
Speaking on ‘This Morning’ about leaving ‘Corrie’, Craig told hosts Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes: “It’s really quite sad, actually, but my brother died last year. He was 52 - I’m 51. When he died I thought, ‘There’s things that I’ve got to do. I’ve got to do some things before it’s my time’. There’s so many things that, because ‘Coronation Street’ is such a big part of your life, you don’t get to do.
“So I’ve just signed a deal with Sony Records and we’re bringing out an album on September 18th – a compilation of funk and soul. It’s some of the best records ever committed to plastic - 3 CDs on that."
He added: “Then of course mid-November we start making ‘Red Dwarf’. We do two series of ‘Red Dwarf’ back-to-back, which will take me all the way up until March. Then in March I’ll sit down and go, ‘I wish I was back on ‘Coronation Street’!’”
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Lloyd will leave the Street with Andrea
Craig has already finished filming on ‘Corrie’, but will return for the live episode in September when Lloyd will leave the Street with girlfriend Andrea Beckett (Hayley Tamaddon).
During his appearance on ‘This Morning’, Craig also dismissed reports he is returning to the ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ jungle, after he was forced to quit last year’s series due to his brother’s death.
"I am open to doing it again but not this year as I'm filming ‘Red Dwarf’," he said.
'Coronation Street' Continuity Errors
Tim Metcalfe Can't Read?(01 of06)
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When Tim Metcalfe, the biological father of Faye Windass, came on the scene, his new partner, Sally Webster, was shocked to learn later down the line that he couldn’t read. Not as shocked ss some viewers, though, who remembered that Tim first got in contact with Faye over the Internet and via text message, two tools which reading is pretty much fundamental for.This wasn’t the first time Tim stuck out to viewers for the wrong reasons, though, as some fans of the soap noticed that actor Joe Duttine, who plays Tim, had appeared on ‘Corrie’ just three years earlier, as detective Max Carr. (credit:ITV)
Todd Grimshaw's Black Eye(02 of06)
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It’s been very difficult to feel anything other than disdain towards Todd Grimshaw ever since he arrived back on the cobbles, but he managed to illicit a bit of sympathy from viewers last November, when his character was attacked by a group of youths in the street.However, the scenes of his attack prompted a negative reaction from some observant ‘Corrie’ fans, who noticed that producers couldn’t seem to make their minds up whether it was Todd’s left or right eye that had been damaged in the fracas. (credit:Rex)
Mike Baldwin's Secret Nephew(03 of06)
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When ‘Corrie’ icon Mike Baldwin first arrived in the soap, it was established that he was an only child, so you can imagine viewers’ surprise when suddenly his nephew, Danny Baldwin, came on the scene.Still, it did give us more Bradley Walsh on our screens, which is never a bad thing. (credit:ITV)
Bethany Platt's Accent(04 of06)
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Bethany Platt’s return to Weatherfield was much anticipated, not least because of the controversy surrounding her casting, which saw one actress sacked for lying about her age to gain the role.But the question on a lot of viewers’ lips was, if she’d spent practically her entire childhood in Milan, why did she speak with a broad Manchester accent? (credit:ITV)
Ivy Tilsley's Forgotten Husband(05 of06)
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Continuity errors aren’t a new phenomenon on the cobbles, though, and back in the 1970s, the show’s ever-growing audience were shocked when Ivy Tilsley’s first husband, Jack, was completely erased from history.In 1979, Ivy’s husband Bert Tilsley was introduced, who viewers were told she’d been married to for over 20 years… yet in 1972, she’d been seen on screen talking about her husband, Jack, who had been unfaithful to her. (credit:ITV/Rex)
The Rovers Return Loos(06 of06)
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Arguably the biggest continuity error of all the soaps is the toilets in the Rovers Return. There’s a reason they’re seldom-used or seen on screen, and that’s because, based on the geography of the street, the positioning of the toilet doors would lead directly into Ken Barlow’s kitchen.And that's why Ken prefers it when people try and hold it in... (credit:McPix Ltd/REX)