Despite only coming across her body Bruce was immediately suspected of being the killer - something he said had a lasting impact on his mental health and led to the breakdown of his marriage. From a King with a lifelong passion for music, we were treated to a composition arc, from Orlando Gibbons in the Elizabethan period through William Byrd and Handel to Vaughan Williams and on to composers of today.

Fans of the show were left wondering what would become of Les Battersby, Bruce's character, who never received an on-screen exit storyline. The incident led to Bruce letting slip future storylines on the show and making inappropriate comments. In a stunning revelation, Bruce revealed that his troubles began long before he set foot on the soap opera's set.In 1953, as a little girl in Lancashire, my mum watched the coronation at the home of a family friend who had got a TV for the occasion. The show saw Bruce and three other celebrities swap fame for life on the streets, with Bruce being the most affected by the experience. He recently landed a role in the upcoming espionage thriller Cold Sun, playing Colin Rye alongside Hollywood actress Tara Reid. Now 70 years on, we watched a coronation in full colour - and the ways we interacted with the event were transformed.

She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Bad Girls (1999) and Coronation Street: Out of Africa (2008). The soap star was treated as a suspect after he discovered the mutilated body of the Ripper's victim, Jean Jordan, in 1977. Les Battersby, his onscreen wife Janice, daughter Leanne and stepdaughter Toyah quickly became soap legends when they burst onto our screens back in 1997.It turned out that Peter Sutcliffe was responsible for brutally murdering the 20-year-old and dumping her body on an allotment in Manchester. But Les didn't stay single for long, forming a new family unit with barmaid Cilla Brown, her son Chesney, and of course, their beloved pet pooch Schmeichel. Despite the hardships and tumultuous few years since his departure from the show, there was a silver lining to his story - his friendship with co-star Vicky Entwistle, who played his first on-screen wife Janice. According to stepson Chesney, Les is alive and well, living in Dublin and working as a roadie with an Irish tribute band. However, it was his appearance on the BBC One show Famous, Rich and Homeless in 2009 that proved to be a sad foreshadowing of things to come.

Following his dismissal from Corrie, Bruce tried his hand at stand-up comedy in Benidorm before making appearances on reality TV shows like Celebrity Wife Swap with singer Sinitta. In March 2007, the actor was suspended from the hit soap opera after reportedly getting drunk with an undercover journalist. He considered quitting several times, hinting at the troubles that would continue to plague him off-screen. They were the family that had us all in stitches and were notorious for causing chaos on the cobbled streets of Weatherfield. He even discussed his struggles with alcoholism and debt on Channel 5's Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim.

And who could forget that fateful night in 2014 when Les and Cilla were trying to enjoy a romantic evening in their hot tub upstairs and Schmeichel decided to join them in the water. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. A recent poll for the BBC's Panorama programme suggests there is broad support for keeping the monarchy but below the headline figures it showed shifts in attitude - with some clear popularity challenges for the new king at the start of his reign, particularly with young people. Not just TV, but live streaming online, clips turned around on social media, radio with and without commentary, memes. In 2013, Bruce discussed his struggles with booze and his poor mental health - revealing his trouble began during his time on the ITV soap.

Malone's highlights also included the "beautiful haunting harmonies" of the new composition by Paul Mealor of Kyrie Eleison, sung in Welsh (the first time that language has been heard in a coronation service) by the opera star Sir Bryn Terfel and the "timeless, spiritual" Byzantine Chant Ensemble, in Greek.We knew this would be a real spectacle, but from my front row seat (in my sitting room) much of it still felt from a bygone era.