CORONATION Street fans are concerned as a soap legend has been missing from the cobbles for six months. Helen Worth opted to quit the ITV programme earlier this year after 50 years in the role but her planned exit has gone seriously awry in the last few weeks. Gail is expected to depart at the very end of the year but plans for a happy ending with her ex were derailed when actor Sean Wilson was axed from the show.
Soap bosses had planned to bring back her former husband Martin Platt with the star already having begun filming his return scenes on the soap. Yet, The Sun revealed that the actor had been sensationally axed from the role with the reasons as to why now shrouded in mystery. Whilst it seems that Gail may get a romance and have her happily ever after - the man in question which will be much closer to home.
read more on corrie Comedian and Cold Feet star John Thomson will be reprising his role as children's entertainer Jesse Chadwick - the former partner of Gail's sworn enemy Eileen. John's upcoming romantic storyline and scenes will air this October, as viewers bid farewell to Helen as Gail. John first graced the cobbles as Jesse at a party where he encountered trouble performing and his wife, Eileen Grimshaw ( Sue Cleaver ), came to the rescue.
The actor has graced the soap as a biker named Gary. Most read in Soaps In 2008, during an interview with GMTV, he reflected that since his character didn't have a surname, there wouldn't be a narrative future for him on the s.