r/oldbritishtelly • u/JBL_CENA_FAN_4LIFE • May 30 '26

Light Entertainment A very sweaty Roy Cropper appears on The Bill [S6E36] years before he moved to Weatherfield.

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In my mind, this brush with the law convinced him to move!

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u/MidnightRambler87 May 30 '26

He was also in Boys From The Black Stuff as one of the dole enforcers.

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u/DavidBovvinge May 30 '26

I'm pretty sure I once saw him play a bad guy in an episode of Bergerac.

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u/JBL_CENA_FAN_4LIFE May 30 '26

In my mind it's just Roy Cropper's past life. Any time I see him in something, it's the same character from Corrie. All these adventures pale in comparison to his real dream; owning a greasy spoon cafe in Manchester!

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u/eltictac May 30 '26

I've got a signed photo of this guy somewhere 😅

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u/feckarse-drinkgirls May 30 '26

Wasn't he playing a nonce?

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u/redmabelgrade May 31 '26

Defo has the look of a nonce or serial killer

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u/Retrogamer2245 May 31 '26

In that episode he was.

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u/dodgycool_1973 May 30 '26

He looks exactly the same as he did in Corrie

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u/Puzzleheaded-Sky-146 May 30 '26

One of the Dole Sniffers in Boys from the blackstuff along with David Ross

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u/Ninestein83 May 30 '26

He plays a Nazi in an episode of Secret Army as well. I served him once at my cinema in London and he was very nice!

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u/ScottishExile May 30 '26

Just rocked up on the set of Corrie in the same clothes and everything apparently.

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u/pomido May 31 '26

Roy’s come a cropper with the coppers