Coronation Street's Jude Riordan has issued a tribute to his Emmerdale dad.
The St Helens star is renowned for his role as Sam Blakeman on the long-running ITV soap. The 12-year-old hails from a talented family as his dad, Paul, leads a successful career as a television director.
He broke through in a behind the scenes role in Hollyoaks before he went on to earn directing credits for popular soaps such as Emmerdale, Casualty and Coronation Street. Jude's mum regularly keeps the young star's 83.8k Instagram followers informed with updates from his exciting life as he forges an impressive career in showbiz.