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Emmerdale’s Mark Charnock spotted in classic Coronation Street episode

Mark appeared in the scene alongside another Emmerdale actor

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Emmerdale fans were shocked when they spotted Marlon Dingle actor Mark Charnock in an episode of Classic Coronation Street.

Classic instalments of Coronation Street are currently airing on ITV3 every weekday at 2.50pm and 3.20pm.

In an episode which re-aired last week (Wednesday, May 13) soap fans spotted the famous Woolpack chef. The Marlon actor was playing PC Turner.

In the episode, which originally aired August, 9 1995, police were called to the flats where Deirdre Barlow was living.

Mark played PC Turner in Corrie (Credit: ITV Hub)

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Deirdre called the police after thinking she heard a prowler. However it turned out to be her young neighbour Jamie.

Jamie’s mum Tricia was out with a bloke and her son didn’t want to stay at a friends.

As the police arrived, viewers immediately recognised PC Turner as Marlon from Emmerdale.

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Emmerdale’s Marlon Dingle and Eli Dingle in the same Coronation Street scenes

Jamie was played by actor Joe Gilgun. Soap fans know Joe also went on to star in Emmerdale.

Joe played Jamie (Credit: ITV Hub)

Jamie was a character on Coronation Street from 1994 until 1997. Joe joined the cast of Emmerdale in 2006 playing Eli Dingle, who is the brother of Marlon.

I didn’t know Marlon Dingle was in Classic Corrie.

Joe left Emmerdale in 2010, however Mark still remains on the show.

Since leaving the soap, Joe has gone on to have a successful acting career. He has played main characters in Misfits and Preacher, and is currently starring in Sky comedy Brassic alongside Michelle Keegan.

Joe and Mark went onto play brothers in Emmerdale (Credit: ITV)

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Waterloo Road fans may also recognise PC Turner’s colleague PC Bathurst who was was played by Jason Done.

Jason famously played Tom Clarkson in the BBC school drama for seven years before his character was killed off.

The actor has also made appearances in Casualty and Vera.

Have you been watching Classic Corrie?

Classic Coronation Street airs every weekday on ITV3 at 2.50pm and 3.20pm.

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Charlotte Rodrigues
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Charlotte Rodrigues joined Entertainment Daily in April 2018, as Audience Engagement Executive. A huge soap fan, Charlotte then became Senior Soap Writer, delivering the latest storylines and spoilers to our followers.