Laurence Olivier Award-winning actor Paul Copley recently arrived on Coronation Street as Evelyn Plummer's ex boyfriend Arthur Medwin.
Evelyn, Tyrone Dobbs' battleaxe grandmother, was bowled over to bump into her old flame recently. Corrie fans have since been trying to work out what mysterious Arthur's backstory is - and they think they might have worked it out.
Viewers reckon Arthur might be Tyrone's grandfather. "If that’s Tyrone’s grandad I’ll cry," suggested one fan on Twitter. "He’s got to be Tyrone’s grandad," said another.
And Paul fanned the flames of this theory by tweeting the response and looping in Alan Halsall who plays Tyrone and Maureen Lipman who plays Evelyn. "Brilliant theory!
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