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Coronation Street villain Reece Dinsdale returns to soap� behind the camera

He directed some of this week's eps

Coronation Street star Reece Dinsdale, best known for playing villain Joe McIntyre, has announced his return to the soap, now directing.

Joe McIntrye was killed off back in 2010 but this wasn’t the last time actor Reece would set foot back onto the cobbles again.

Switching from acting to directing, Reece has now revealed that he helped direct some of this week’s Corrie episodes.

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Joe and Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street
Reece has directed some recent eps (Credit: ITV/ Shutterstock)

Coronation Street star Reece Dinsdale returns to the cobbles

Reece Dinsdale was last seen on screen on Coronation Street in 2010. He played Joe McIntrye for two years before the character was killed off.

He then went on to join rival ITV soap Emmerdale to play the role of Paul Ashdale a decade later, between 2020-2021.

However, after taking up a passion for directing, he’s now returned to the cobbles once again but this time behind the camera.

Taking to X on Wednesday (June 4), Reece shared a picture of the cobbles while revealing that he was back working on the soap.

He shared: “

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Coronation Street's Joe McIntyre and Gail on the sofa

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Tamzin Meyer
Coronation Street Insider Editor