Coronation Street star Cait Fitton has paid an emtoional tribute to her co-star Calum Lill as he officially left to soap. The actor joined the cast back in September 2023 as Joel Deering. The character appeared as a charming solicitor who Dee-Dee Bailey soon fell head over heels in love with.

Coronation Street star Calum Lill has spoken about the outcome of the Joel Deering murder mystery for the first time. Friday's special flashback episode brought the whodunit storyline to a head, as viewers discovered that Lauren Bolton was responsible for striking the killer blow that ended Joel's life.

Coronation Street star Calum Lill was seen trying to fight back his tears as he was seen bowing out of the show for good - even though fans aren't buying that it's really the end of Joel Deering. Weatherfield's biggest-ever whodunnit was seen coming to a dramatic end during the latest edition of the ITV soap on Friday night (November 15) as Joel's killer was finally revealed - and it was a joint effort to off the dastardly solicitor between Max Turner and Lauren Bolton,

The soap will stray from its usual 7am streaming releases for tonight's (November 15) episode, in favour of premiering it at 8pm on ITV1 so everyone can find out Joel's killer at the same time. Viewers will see Kit Green's interviews intercut with more flashback scenes from the night of Joel's death until the killer is finally unmasked.

Coronation Street pulled out all the stops for Calum Lill's exit as evil Joel Deering, with the actor revealing he filmed the huge showdown with a major piece of Hollywood technology