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Writing The Death of PC Craig Tinker

Season 13, Ep. 70

✒️ In a special episode, Coronation Street Writer Debbie Oates joins the boys to talk about writing for the show for nearly 25 years and what you do when you’re asked to help kill off an iconic character.


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