Coronation Street scrap Martin Platt return

Coronation Street bosses are rewriting Gail Platt’s exit storyline, and the updated version will not feature her former husband, Martin Platt.

It was first reported in June that Sean Wilson would be returning to his role as Martin, which he played from 1985 to 2005, with a brief return in 2018.

The Sun had suggested that Gail would be ‘sailing off into the sunset’ with Martin after actress Helen Worth announced her departure from the show after fifty years.

A few weeks later, the ITV soap confirmed Sean’s return with photos of him back on set.

However, the same tabloid that first broke the news of his return, is now reporting that it will not be going ahead.

The actor was recently called into a meeting with the soap’s bosses and hasn’t returned to the set since, according to The Sun’s article. All of the scenes he has filmed so far won’t be shown, and the storyline is being changed.

A spokesperson for ITV said: 

“Sean Wilson has stepped down from filming for personal reasons.” 

A representative for Sean Wilson added that: “Neither he nor I will be making any further comment or statement.”

Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on ITV1 and STV.