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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 237398" data-attributes="member: 23">Killing Alan off has always seemed very wrong-footed to me. Especially with it being done without the actor's consent and offscreen. I know the writers need to push the boundaries and take some risks, but this always seemed particularly gung ho. Perhaps it seems more so with the benefit of hindsight. He was killed to bring back Sandra Gough, which was very short-lived due to her lack of professionalism. Corrie has now run for such a long time and has brought back a number of characters from earlier decades, so there's no reason David couldn't have returned a few years down the line. He and Darren could still be in it now. I always associate Alan Rothwell with the character of Nick Black on Brookside, as he arrived around the time I became a regular viewer. That was another role where he was killed offscreen. Though far more appropriately so.</blockquote>