Ex-Corrie star: 'Fans visit death spot'

Former Coronation Street star Mark Eden has revealed that fans still travel to visit the spot in Blackpool where his character was killed by a tram in 1989.

The actor played villain Alan Bradley in the ITV1 soap, who chased wife Rita Sullivan to the seaside resort only to get caught in the path of an oncoming tram.

He told the Blackpool Gazette: "I think the tram company were a little bit worried about the storyline. The trams had an unblemished safety record and they were worried about someone getting knocked over and killed.

"But they thought the publicity would be far better than the chance of putting a stain on the character of their trams. When the scenes were filmed, there were hundreds of people watching, and it was terribly difficult.

"Apparently people still come to the Strand Hotel - where they have unveiled a plaque - from as far afield as Canada, just to see where it all started, and to stand by the spot where I was hit and have photos taken."