Coronation Street is set to welcome back a familiar face this week.
Fans will remember dodgy drug dealer Dean Turnbull (Anthony Crank) has caused havoc for Abi Webster (Sally Carman) in the past and he also terrorised Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) as she struggled with drug addiction.
He will return to Weatherfield in upcoming scenes and calls at the garage and tells Abi that he’s hit a bad patch and needs her help but she sends him packing.
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Some may recognise Anthony as this marks his fourth appearance on the cobbles. He has previously played Dean twice and two other roles. In 2011, he appeared as a police officer in scenes related to Jim McDonald’s armed robbery and later attended the scene of a burglary at Janice Battersby’s house.
However, Coronation Street isn’t the only soap Anthony has graced. He has also starred in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks twice, once in 2010 and again in 2023. Initially, he played Steve, a television producer visiting the village, and over a decade later, he portrayed Kenneth, an investor for a local youth club who shared a kiss with John Paul McQueen.
Anthony’s acting credits also include Shameless, where he appeared twice between 2009 and 2012, playing characters Phil and Bill. In 2015, he featured in BBC’s The Syndicate, and in 2010, he made an appearance in Accused.
During his latest stint in the cobbles, he finds himself in hot water with Abi as she falls victim to a sick deepfake adult site as racy videos get leaked online. In the office Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) opens an email and is horrified by its contents. He tells Abi he has some shocking news.
Abi’s horrified to see that the sex video has been uploaded to other websites. Cassie lets slip to Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) how she saw Abi arguing with Dean in the garage before the sex video was released and then overheard her arranging to meet him to hand over cash.
Abi meets Dean and brandishing a wrench, accuses him of making the sex tape. Dean insists he has no idea what she’s talking about but a furious Abi doesn’t believe him Kevin arrives and orders Abi to drop the wrench. As Dean is taken in for police questioning, Abi learns four more videos have been uploaded. But as she studies the footage Abi realises it’s not actually her, they’re all deep fakes but who is responsible?.
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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