IT’S all change at the bookies in Weatherfield.
Harry and Dan Mason are being given the boot to make way for the return of bigamist Peter Barlow.
Chris Gascoyne, 39, who played the randy turf accountant, is “made up” to be heading back to the Corrie cobbles.
But Jack Ellis, 52, who plays Harry, and Matthew Crompton, 36, who plays his son Dan, were stunned to be told they were being axed after less than a year.
Matthew admitted: “It was horrible. It’s like splitting up with someone when you don’t want to. You feel sick – just like being dumped.”
A senior Corrie exec said last night: “The two outgoing actors might be a little miffed.
“I suppose the extra irony is that they are being replaced by another bookmaker.
“It’s not pleasant news – but the viewers loved Peter for being brash and cocky.
“He will be around for quite a while.”
Barlow married Rovers barmaid Shelley Unwin (Sally Lindsay, 36) while still wed to florist Lucy Richards (Katy Carmi-chael, also 36).
Chris returned briefly last year for the Tracy Barlow murder trial storyline.
He will be back on screen in October.
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