Corrie's Fleet: 'I was sad to be killed off' VIDEO

James Fleet has described appearing on Coronation Street as a 'privilege' and admitted he was sad that he had been killed off so early. On Thursday night, viewers watched as James's character Robbie was shot dead in Underworld by evil Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien), after helping him escape prison. When asked if he was sad to have been killed off so soon, the Vicar of Dibley star said: "I am. I dropped so many hints and I was trying to rewrite the script all the way through. I thought: 'I could survive this!'. "I was trying to be a regular character - but they wouldn't have it." CLICK below to watch an interview with James Fleet

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.