DJ Martin's Corrie prison break

A Shropshire DJ will appear in the dramatic final scenes of one of the most gruesome storylines Coronation Street has seen for years. A Shropshire DJ will appear in the dramatic final scenes of one of the most gruesome storylines Coronation Street has seen for years. Martin Childs, 31, of Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, plays a prison officer in tonight's episode and takes murderess Tracy, played by Kate Ford, to attend boyfriend Charlie Stubb's funeral. Mr Childs, who is a drive-time presenter for The Severn, based in Abbey Foregate, was challenged by a listener to get himself on TV and, as an experienced extra who has appeared in various programmes including Casualty, Dalziel and Pascoe and Doctors, he was certainly up for the challenge. The episode is on ITV1 tonight at 7.30pm. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star