{"id":264084,"date":"2026-01-29T18:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264084\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:34:10","slug":"coronation-street-star-says-final-goodbye-to-soap-after-tragic-funeral-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264084\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street star says final goodbye to soap after tragic funeral scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street<\/a> icon Daniel Brocklebank<\/a> has said his final goodbyes to the ITV soap after Billy Mayhew’s emotional funeral scenes<\/a> aired. Billy was laid to rest in the show’s most recent episode, after being killed in the explosive Corriedale<\/a> crossover episode.<\/p>\n

After his character was laid to rest, Brocklebank, who has starred in the soap for 11 years, shared a post to Instagram<\/a> featuring a programme from the funeral alongside his casket.<\/p>\n

He wrote in the caption: “Well, that’s it. Final goodbye to Billy and my 11 years of being part of that special @coronationstreet family.<\/p>\n

“Loved the writing! ‘Dapper Dan’, ‘Greatest Showman’ some lovely nods. You say goodbye, I say hello to so many new adventures. With huge love @coronationstreet over and out.”<\/p>\n

Billy’s death came during a multi-vehicle pile-up<\/a> involving characters from both Corrie and Emmerdale. The character was left trapped in the minibus by Theo Silverton<\/a> and perished when it burst into flames.
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Debbie Webster was initially arrested<\/a> for the fatal accident after her brother Carl<\/a>, who was driving drunk at the time, framed her.<\/p>\n

Brocklebank’s post comes after the star shared a secret detail in his character’s harrowing death scenes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Related: Coronation Street spoiler: Theo leaves Todd furious at the funeral<\/a><\/p>\n

“Many, many years ago, I was also in Emmerdale, and I played a bisexual Geordie binman, with the most Welsh-sounding name you’ve ever heard,” he told host Luis Elkes on Corriedale: Backstage Pass. <\/p>\n

“I couldn’t believe they didn’t want Ivan Jones to be Welsh. No, they did not. Anyway, I filmed my very last scene in Emmerdale in, what was then, the Woolpack set. <\/p>\n

“That mini-bus was in the Woolpack set, so I filmed my last scene in Corrie about a metre away from where I was sat filming my last scene in Emmerdale. How crazy is that? 20 years apart. Very cyclical.” <\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Coronation Street spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers, and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers, from Moira\u2019s arrest in Emmerdale, to Nigel and Julie\u2019s wedding in EastEnders.<\/p>\n