Deirdre's conman lover remembers Anne Kirkbride
It was a real privilege, Anne was a fantastic actor
Owen Aaronovich, who played Deirdre's conman lover Jon Lindsay in Coronation Street, talks about about the passing of Anne Kirkbride.
Love-rat Captain Lindsay first appeared on the cobbles in 1997, and it wasn't long before Deirdre Rachid fell head over heels for the man who claimed to be an airline pilot - but actually worked in a tie shop at Manchester Airport!
The storyline gripped the nation and sparked a Save the Weatherfield One campaign. Even Prime Minister Tony Blair intervened and begged Corrie writers to free Deirdre! She was eventually cleared and Lindsay jailed, while in real life, Owen was so tried of the abuse from the public that he went to live in Spain.
Tributes flood in for actress Anne Kirkbride, who has died at the age of 60