Coronation Street star Reece Dinsdale - who played doomed Joe McIntyre - announced his soap return, 12 years after his character was killed off.Joe was the father of the late Tina McIntyre, played by Michelle Keegan, and was also the fourth husband of Gail, played by Street legend Helen Worth.
Reece, who rose to fame in the 1980s in sitcom Home To Roost alongside the late John Thaw, has retrained as a director in recent years.
He has directed episodes of Emmerdale and is now back in Weatherfield. Taking to Twitter, he told his 75,000 Twitter followers: "Up bright and early today.
First day of my #Corrie shoot. The rover returns. Right… let’s have it!"The tweet was accompanied by a shot of the iconic Rovers Return pub sign.
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