Long-running ITV soap Coronation Street is bringing back a legendary character 25 years after he was first seen on our screens. Geoffrey David Nugent - aka Spider - is set to reappear in Weatherfield once again this summer.
The character, played by Martin Hancock, made his debut in the ITV soap more than two decades ago and is now set to reprise his role as Emily Bishop's eco-warrior nephew - a role he took on in 1997, before exiting the show in 2003. As the on/off boyfriend of Toyah Battersby, Spider left Coronation Street when he headed to London to start afresh with Toyah, as reported by Manchester Evening News.
They later separated with Spider moving to Peru, while after a failed marriage Toyah returned to be with her family in 2016. With life having moved on, has Spider held on to the ideals of his youth and has he come back for one final attempt to rekindle his love with Toyah? Or is it something else that brings him back to the street?
