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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Coronation Street star calls show ‘tightly gripped cult’ and slams the soap’s ‘controlling environment’

Vicky Entwistle has alleged Coronation Street has a “controlling environment” and expressed her outrage at the treatment of her co-stars Bruce Jones and Sean Wilson.

Entwistle, 56, who played Janice Battersby in the series from 1997 to 2011, leapt to her on screen husband’s defence after Jones’ character, Les Battersby, was killed off by ITV bosses.

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