Coronation Street, Bye, bye Jack Duckworth

Jack Passes Away, Almost exactly 31 years after he first appeared in Coronation Street -- on a two-episode contract as a guest at a wedding

[@julianlinsel4346]

I pretty much cried buckets at how well the scenes were portrayed. A beautiful and fitting send off for Jack Duckworth.

[@saltshakerannie]

The only time I ever cried while watching Corrie.

[@jonnyhaw]

This is spectacularly good. Soaps may be sneered at, but this is a depth of emotion earned over decades of an audience engaging with these characters.

[@slammercj]

Best send off in a UK soap history ever. Well done to the writers, the CGI editors and the actors playing Jack and Vera. Very touchy stuff!

[@andrewjoyce9038]

English soap

[@bowler8]

what cgi?

[@sourishbanjo5037]

CGI? They were both very much alive then, and when you wrote that comment.

[@benburns1180]

CGI? The actors were still alive you muppet.

[@dementednun1175]

Wow CGI there really is one born every minute, I'm 12 years too late lol

[@babybobs6]

I love when Tyrone said "goodnight dad"!!! Sob! I was bawling!!

[@jeffiner1892]

Corrie definitely know how to do deaths. As soon as I saw him and Vera dancing that was me gone, watched the rest through blurry eyes. RIP Jack Duckworth.

[@LIVERNIL723]

I definitely cried even as a 33 yr old grown up ! There clearly was affinity between Jack and Tyrone - well over a decade - a son Terry Duckworth never was !! RIP Jack.

[@sierraandpeppersmum]

Possibly the most moving part of Corrie history rivaled only by when Hilda is holding Stans glasses after his funeral. Brilliant, simply brilliant.

[@nicholc7300]

I cried my heart out watching this it reminded me of my gran and grandad, I bet and I believe that when it's my grandads time to go that my gran will be there waiting to see him again 🙏❤️

[@lamsy1]

I have tears rolling down my face, I know my grandparents will be waiting for me x

[@bonniescott6470]

How sad now knowing they are both gone 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@WilliamMorris]

Wonderful and touching

[@sbrocksman]

Such a moving scene, brings a tear to my eye. :(

[@carolnichol2721]

😢😢😢😢😢 I cried bucket loads watching this it reminds me of my gran and grandad true love lasts a lifetime when they'll be reunited again one day xxx ❤❤❤

[@maccafan10]

Knew it was coming but it still caught me out to tears (not ashamed to admit either). This is exactly how I imagined my Mum and Dad being reunited when she went over 20 years after missing him for that long. Them meeting up again and dancing happily to the old tunes they loved. Mum also told us that it was the way my brother went, he sat up when seeing my late Dad at the end of his bed and then went. Nice ending touch for Jack u Corrie writers, a lot of peeps report the same thing happening.

[@balin2k]

it gets me each time i hear him say 'goodnight dad'

[@TheHarmonicWheel]

I've never seen the show before, but that scene really got to me!

[@Bridgitte_01]

This is the first time I've seen this since I watched it that time on TV, & I'm as much in tears now as I was then.

[@DocShan]

I have my students screening 2010 episodes of Corrie now and we just got through this episode last night... Crying buckets! Beautiful close to an amazing screen relationship!

[@TheRobAllen77]

Tastefully done and nice to see Liz Dawn looking so healthy despite her real life health issues

[@emmacoundley9444]

I sobbed like a baby

[@alexanderjones9572]

How Tyrone said "Goodnight, Dad." 😪😪😪

[@cartmelyfc]

I cryed my favourate charicter in the whole show finest peice of television ive ever seen he will be missed!

[@hallsterr]

I'm not a big corrie fan, but this was just brilliantly done....brings a tear to my eye, and i'm a 25 yr old bloke.

[@MegaDeansy]

Probably one of the saddest moments in TV history - tho admittedly, extremely well done !. Jack dying was the end of me being a Corrie fan, they just dont have characters like him & Vera any more !

[@taylorriley5167]

What a beautiful song to die to

[@galaxy74656]

its amazing how the death of a soap character can effect us so much. I've been weeping away through this, think I've gone soft!

[@MRSMORRIS74]

TRUE LOVE!I WISH I AM ONE WHO IS THAT LUCKY!

[@lukedaley17]

RIP Jack Ducky

[@Seanmystaa]

I would like to think that this how it happens for us all! A treasured loved 1 waiting. . at the time of passing. EPIC script writing.

[@philstrachan]

😢 so well done

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

Vera : " 'ere Jack yer late"

[@shaun9454]

❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@booth2710]

who couldn't be moved by that?

[@LH-ko1il]

No idea why this was shown to me. But I'm glad it was. Heartbreaking and wonderful tv.

[@JohannaLeigh]

Lovely end.❤

[@TheWalrusWasDanny]

Come with me Jack come with me, Kiss my lips and you will see, We'll walk the cobbled Streets again, I'll set you free. It's OK Jack close your eyes, It's not like it was a big suprise, Last pint in the Rovers Now it's time to set you free. The ghost of Vera's there to wrestle you from your despair, The Ghost of Vera's here to set you free. Hold my hand Jack, celebrate, Feel the warmth of my embrace, Leave them all behind, and walk with me.

[@nellybean01]

Brilliantly played by Bill Tarmey Jack Duckworth a soap opera Legend Just one criticism..... ITV when a legend such as Jack dies do you not think it would have been better to have had his name first on the end credits and not third like they were Bad Mistake ITV

[@mosquito1958]

A perfect ending , how else could it have ended ?

[@imedi]

time waits for nobody

[@mareahmom]

Cried and cried!

[@shnooksterino]

Aww Poor Tyrone!

[@Lushgirl81]

Is that you my little swamp duck 😢

[@missemmit90]

Are you waiting for me, my swamp duck? ♥️💔😢

[@stephenhorscroft9875]

Class.

[@slammercj]

@AidanLunn The meant the scene when their is a birdseye view of Jack and Vera dancing in the studios and they edit or mask it together to fit with the outside view which is still in a birdseye view. For all I know ,it couldn't be CGI but anything minor or groundbreaking now a days uses a bit of CGI or a tiny spec of graphics. Who knows??

[@tonyjenkins3937]

Rip Legends

[@martinsteve]

@caimin Well said/written! Sums it up nicely.

[@Bigbaz86]

Every time

[@talcumpowder1000]

Diabolical acting by the young ones

[@123WelshDan321]

@speke1989 AH okay - it's just that the producers said that she wouldn't be a ghost - I guess she was in the end. It was a very touching scene.

[@jiggarypokery]

VERY touching scene. But no, not ex cast members coming back as their dead character, not on Coronation Street PLEASE. Home and Away, or an Australian Soap, yeah I could imagine but not Coronation Street. In my opinion,Its gradually loosing that every day 'realism' its been loved for and its a shame, the 50th Anniversary, yeah brilliantly done but over the top. You could actually believe this fictional street actually existed at one time, but not any more, storylines are becoming far fetched.

[@robinnes2662]

jiggarypokery I agree for the most part but let's be fair, there's not one modicum of proof that someone doesn't come fetch us when we die.

[@kevinlongman007]

Did Vera come back for him or was Jack dreaming she had?

[@michaelmayoh656]

This was a marvellous scene

[@thomasjones6216]

@@kevinlongman007 open to interpretation I think, beautifully done though

[@Trek001]

@jiggarypokery I think this was a one off because Jack and Vera were a much loved part of the show. They loved each other - even if they didnt show it a lot! I think Corie can play the "get out of jail free" card on account of the fact they were the longest married pair on the street, and much loved by fans.

[@dublinbusdude]

Jack was a Father to Tyrone and who will be still there after the Manchester Metrolink crashes

[@creamclassic]

Thanks for uploading this clip, but hopefully the dicks at ITV don't bring it down. Reminds me of the Family Guy clip " Bring this wall down Mr. Gorbachev" lol.

[@TheWalrusWasDanny]

Genius...wrote a song "The Ghost of Vera" tried to attach it but YT wouldn't let me attach the vid...visit my channel or do a search : the ghost of vera danny mcevoy.

[@danielwilkins4748]

Is that the lady from Children's Ward/The Ward?

[@slammercj]

@AidanLunn Cheers AidanLunn, "now needs to buy a Mac to do over the top editing" lol.

[@RoboRoboticRobot]

Hmmm...Mrs Morris was my teachers name in 2nd class

[@tonybaines3332]

how did vera find him dead when he found vera dead ?

[@stillirise9705]

Um its basically her ghost coming back for him

[@speke1989]

@123WelshDan321 she was a ghost mate jack een herashe was nearin death

[@quest1931]

Gees I hope my x-wife isnt waiting for me!

[@MrRavewolf]

@123WelshDan321 complete bullshit, but jack had died and was reunited with his wife

[@jamie7708]

7

[@123WelshDan321]

So had Vera faked her death?

[@will_levitt926]

No that was her ghost waiting for him

[@thomasjones6216]

The actress was alive and they asked her to do a return scene where as the above poster said, they reunite in the afterlife - somewhat unusual for a show based in reality but it was amazingly well done

[@peter0010]

No one really knows what happens when you die, some say your life flashes before you, others say that your loved ones "come back for you", that was this occasion. They marked the poignant passing of Jack by reuniting him with his on screen partner of 30 years, as they had the ability to - considering actress Liz Dawn was still alive at the time this was filmed.