Coronation Street's former villain Reece Dinsdale has baffled - and delighted - fans by announcing he has returned to the soap. The actor has had to clarify to some, however, that it won't be in an acting role.
That's because his character Joe McIntyre, who was Gail Platt's fourth husband and father of Tina McIntyre played by Michelle Keegan, after he died attempting to fake his own death, mirroring the real-life case of John Darwin who is currently being depicted in a new ITV drama.
Joe met a watery end in 2010, two years after making his debut on the cobbles when Joe and Gail met as prospective when their children Tina and David Platt started seeing each other.
