Corrie's Ernest Bishop meets his maker

[Richie_lecturer]

January 1978.

You may remember Emily Bishop coming face to face with the man who accidentally shot her husband dead 28 years earlier, back in early 2006. Oblivious factory owner Mike Baldwin accidentally knocked the gunman who pulled the trigger inadvertantly when he opened the door, killing Ernest.

Here's a clip of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWXoqkZLrYs

Look out for Elsie Tanner and Vera Duckworth in the ensuing panic....

[Chloe O'brien]

corrie at its best when they had Elsie Tanner and Ena Sharples in it

[Bryan]

I remember watching episodes from this era on Granda TV, was a great era for the show

was the bloke that come back recently played by the same bloke who shot him back then?

[Richie_lecturer]

No it was a different person.

Not sure what happened to the original 'Ed'.

[alan45]

Former Coronation Street star Stephen Hancock has died, aged 89.
The Warwickshire-born actor passed away on November 1, according to The Guardian.
Hancock was best known for his eight-year stint as Ernest Gordon Bishop in Coronation Street in the late '60s and '70s.
Ernest's time on the cobbles was dominated by his romance with Emily Bishop, and his professional partnership with the scheming Mike Baldwin.
A salary dispute between Hancock and producers led to Bishop being violently killed off in a shooting in 1978, in what would become one of the soap's most controversial moments.
Hancock also made memorable appearances on UK TV in shows like Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Sounding Brass and Agatha Christie: Poirot after leaving Coronation Street.
He was married to the actress Jocelyne Page, who died in 2012. The couple had two children, actor-turned-casting director Gemma and actress Phyllida.
Stephen's brother Christopher Hancock - who died in 2004 - achieved soap fame as well, as schemer Charlie Cotton in EastEnders.
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[tammyy2j]

RIP Stephen Hancock