Corrie's Bruce Jones "proud" of Les

Former Coronation Street star Bruce Jones has spoken about how "proud" he was to play Les Battersby on the soap.

The actor played the role for ten years, but he was suspended from the soap in March and eventually dropped in May.

"I'd promised my grandmother I'd get a part in Coronation Street one day so it really was amazing to be offered a role," Bruce told The Mirror.

"It was a huge thing when the Battersbys arrived, there was a big build-up. All I knew about Les was he was meant to be rough and ready, so I based him on bits of different people that I knew from real life.

"I wanted to create a believable working class character and I did. That's one of the things I'm most proud of. I didn't have a clue he'd last so long. If you'd told me then I was going to be around for 10 years I wouldn't have believed it."