Coronation Street fans were thrilled to see a much-loved character back on the cobbles 19 years after his exit from the ITV soap. Eco-warrior Spider Nugent, played by Martin Hancock, unexpectedly reappeared in his ex Toyah Habeeb's life in the middle of a protest during Friday night's episode (July 1).
The legendary character returned to the street during a noisy protest against waste incineration led by Toyah just weeks after her husband Imran Habeeb died in a car crash. Toyah and a gang of protestors successfully blocked in the council bin wagon on Victoria Street.
As Toyah jumped into the cab of the bin wagon, a hat-wearing figure picked his way through the protest group and clambered into the cab next to her. Toyah was gobsmacked to see it was her ex boyfriend who said he had seen her call-out message to the activist community.
