Spoilers for Coronation Street follow.
Coronation Street star Bill Fellows has revealed the thoughtful gift he received from his co-stars after leaving the soap.
Fellows first joined the ITV series as Stu Carpenter in 2021. Earlier this month, it was reported that the actor would be filming his final scenes as Stu, with the plot of his exit remaining secret.
On Instagram, Fellows shared a snapshot of a portrait of himself with messages from the cast.
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“Nice farewell gift with a bottle of champagne of the highest quality,” he wrote under the photo he posted earlier this week.
His Corrie friends flocked to the comments section to wish him well in his new endeavours, including Cait Fitton, who plays Lauren Bolton, who wrote: “We will miss you!!!”
Mollie Gallagher and Elle Mulvaney, who play Nina Lucas and Amy Barlow respectively, also left kind messages for Fellows, telling him they will miss him on set.
“All the best, darling. It was a great pleasure working with you on the cobblestones.
“Go and have a blast darling xx,” read the message from Kel Allan, star of the Lauren Neelan series.
Fellows’ final scenes as Stu are scheduled to air later this year.
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The soap star is not the only member of the Corrie cast to leave the stage, with both Peter Ash and Helen Worth set to retire over the next few months.
Ash’s character Paul Foreman was previously diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and the storyline comes to a sad conclusion in the coming episodes. As for Worth, soap opera icon Gail Rodwell is also leaving the show after 50 years.
Coronation Street will be broadcast on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streamed on ITVX.
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