{"id":598133,"date":"2026-05-22T14:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598133\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:41:10","slug":"coronation-street-aired-a-subtle-craig-tinker-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598133\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street aired a subtle Craig Tinker tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street spoilers<\/a> follow.<\/p>\n

Coronation Street has aired a subtle tribute to Craig Tinker one year after his death<\/a>. The character, played by Colson Smith for 14 years, passed away last May<\/a> after being subjected to a brutal attack by Mick Michaelis.<\/p>\n

However, the soap hasn’t forgotten about him, with a scene in this Wednesday’s episode nodding to the character in a small moment between DS Lisa Connor-Swain and PC Warren Brady.<\/p>\n

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Amid Lisa’s investigation into the death of Theo Silverton<\/a>, Warren enters the office and gives her a 10 minute reminder of Craig’s memorial service.<\/p>\n

After thanking her colleague, Lisa says: “Can’t believe it’s been a year,” as the two take a moment before moving onto the case at hand.<\/p>\n

Fans have reacted positively to the moment, one writing on X<\/a>: “Well done to the person who thought I know we’ll remember Craig cos so much gets forgotten nowadays.”<\/p>\n

“It was nice and the right thing,” another added<\/a>, a third sharing<\/a>: “That was really good. All to often characters when they go are forgotten.” “There\u2019s no way it\u2019s been a year since craig died omg,” a fourth said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The same episode saw fans discover that Christina Boyd had been lying about her movements<\/a> the night of Theo’s death, as Brady explained flaws in her story to Lisa.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, following his exit last year, Colson opened up about finding out Craig would be killed off<\/a>, recalling his initial conversation with Corrie producer Kate Brooks.<\/p>\n

“After we’d been talking for about 20 minutes, I asked Kate: ‘Do I get killed?'” he shared. “She stopped and stumbled a little bit, but I said: ‘If it makes it easier for you, the right answer for me is yes! For me to go, I would want Craig to die. I’d want the door to be shut, so I could know in my head that his journey is now over’.<\/p>\n

“So in a really weird way, it was the right thing for Craig to be killed. I didn’t want that possibility of ‘We might have you back’ \u2013 knowing that it would be very unlikely, and knowing that it would feel a bit like unfinished business.”<\/p>\n

He added: “Craig dying in the line of duty as a copper, and getting that hero’s death, was by far the most perfect story for his exit. I’ve got everything that I’ve got from Coronation Street and that’s it now, because I know there’s no return for Craig in the future.”<\/p>\n

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

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