Corrie tram driver 'fears backlash'

The actor portraying the Coronation Street tram driver has admitted that he fears being blamed for the death of popular characters.

Tom Burroughs appeared briefly in Monday night's episode as the driver of the doomed tram as he unsuccessfully attempted to avert the disaster. However, producer Phil Collinson has since confirmed that the driver will be seen to survive the crash and feature in the ITV soap again.

The fate of characters including Rita (Barbara Knox), Molly (Vicky Binns), Peter (Chris Gascoyne) and Nick (Ben Price) is still unknown.

"I worried people were going to attack me for killing off favourite characters," he told The Sun . "I've got glasses and a hat I wear when I travel on Manchester's trams so passengers don't recognise me."

Burroughs confirmed that he only saw the finished scenes as they aired earlier this week.

"It was getting closer and closer to the end of the episode and I thought, 'Is this going to happen or is it going to be the biggest hoax in TV history?'. Then it came out of the blue," he said.

"I was in shock and completely in awe of how they had made it look."

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