Coronation Street is bringing in Jacob Hay's dad Damon

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Shameless‘s Ciaran Griffiths is joining Coronation Street to play Jacob Hay’s dad Damon.

The soap has confirmed that Jacob and Amy Barlow can expect big trouble when Damon turns up on the cobbles to reconcile with his son.

Jacob has been determined to straighten out his life now that he’s with Amy, but his dad brings dark secrets that could threaten his happy life living with Amy, Summer and Aaron.

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Damon finds that his son wants nothing to do with him, but quickly sees a situation where he can thrive by getting involved in Nick and Leanne’s dire financial situation with the Bistro.

“I’m happy to be back in Manchester to see my family and friends after being away in Australia for the last three years. The city has changed so much,” Griffiths said.

“And what better way to tie it in with a stint on the Cobbles. I watched Corrie as a kid and it’s great to be back with some old friends both cast and crew. I’m loving having the opportunity to work with some quality Northern actors whose work I have long admired, particularly on such a complex character like Damon.”

Griffiths will be making his first appearance in Coronation Street from December, as the soap transitions into its winter storylines. He has previously appeared in EastEnders and Casualty.

from itvstrict embargoprint media no use before 2100hrs thursday 17th november 2022coronation street corrie new arrival damon sets the cat amongst the pigeonstrouble seems to follow jacob jack james ryan around and despite putting his drug dealing past behind him, it’s about to come knocking once more in the shape of dad damon ciaran griffithshaving cleaned up his act since escaping evil harvey’s clutches, jacob has settled into life on the cobbles, enjoying his relationship with amy barlow elle mulvaney, a job at the factory and his new found acceptance believing life to be on the up, jacob and amy have moved into a flat with friends summer harriet bibby and aaron james craven, so when damon comes looking for his son jacob is desperate to get rid of his dadbut why is jacob so intent on having nothing to do with damon what exactly is damon’s background and why has he suddenly appeared in weatherfielddamon’s quick to make out he’s here to put things right with jacob and make up for lost time but is there more to it than that as damon starts pushing for a business opportunity at the bistro should nick ben price and leanne jane danson also be watching their backs once moreciaran will make his on screen debut as damon in december, having previously worked on dramas such as the bay, shameless and waterloo roadpicture contact davidcrookitvcomphotographer danielle baguleythis photograph is c itv plc and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above, or itv plc once made available by itv plc picture desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the transmission tx date and no reproduction fee will be charged any subsequent usage may incur a fee this photograph must not be manipulated excluding basic cropping in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by itv plc picture desk this photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of itv picture desk full terms and conditions are available on wwwitvcompresscentreitvpicturesterms

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“Having Ciaran on board is so exciting and especially because the character he is playing is so interesting,” Coronation Street producer Iain MacLeod said.

“Damon is charming and likeable on the surface but we will soon see he is much more complicated than that as he goes on to have an explosive impact, both in Jacob’s life and beyond.”

Elle Mulvaney and Jack James Ryan have already hinted to Digital Spy that it will be a “dramatic” Christmas for Amy and Jacob this year.

“It’s got a good mix of the happy and nice stuff, that makes your heart feel full. But at the same time, there’s always going to be drama because it’s Christmas! Expect the unexpected,” Elle told us.

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on the ITV Hub.

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