CORONATION Street star Martin Hancock has quit the soap 26 years after making his first appearance.
The actor – who plays Spider Nugent in the ITV soap – returned last year after decades away as the former eco warrior.
Viewers watched as he reunited with former lover Toyah Battersby in the aftermath of her husband Imran Habeeb’s tragic death.
However it soon emerged that Spider was hiding a huge secret.
He was revealed as an undercover police officer working within a far right gang and he successfully brought them down.