Coronation Street star Jude Riordan melted the hearts of his followers as he shared a look back at his first job. The actor is known to viewers for playing plucky chess-loving schoolboy Sam Blakeman in the ITV soap. On-screen, the youngster suffered heartbreak when his mum was killed by drug lord Harvey Gaskell, played by Will Mellor.
Hairdressing tycoon Natasha Blakeman was shot dead by the baddie in a case of mistaken identity. The out-and-out baddie was actually looking to get revenge on Leanne Battersby after she became a police informant in order to get Simon Barlow out of the drug gang he had got himself into.
But a year on from her death, it was revealed to Sam's dad Nick and step-mum Leanne that Sam had been writing to Harvey in prison. After initially agreeing to ignore visiting orders from the soap baddie, earlier this month Corrie viewers saw Leanne say she was going to the cash and carry but secretly headed off to visit Harvey in prison.
