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Former Coronation Street actor Ian Bartholomew, who played the evil Geoff Metcalfe, looked unrecognisable as he appeared in ITV's Midsomer Murders. In the ITV soap, Ian played the controlling Geoff, who destroyed his wife Yasmeen Nazir and his ex-partner Elaine Jones.

Coronation Street star's Britain's Got Talent audition was reportedly scrapped from the show. Ian Bartholomew, who played Geoff Metcalfe in the ITV soap, auditioned for the talent show back in January. Ian performed his own original song, This Time It's Forever, which he released during the first Covid-19 lockdown.

Soap favourites star in a powerful video in a stand against domestic violence to mark International Women’s Day.

Coronation Street fans spotted a blunder during this week's terrifying scene between Yasmeen Nazir and Geoff Metcalfe. In the scene that fans have been eagerly waiting for, Yasmeen and evil husband Geoff had their final showdown.And Geoff, played by Ian Bartholomew, came to a gruesome end after years of tormenting Yasmeen (Shelley King).

The Sun, the 65-year-old actor shared: ‘Emotionally it’s been really quite tricky and I don’t think it was easy being around me at times, so I did approach Coronation Street for some counselling, which they very kindly gave me.‘So every week I had the opportunity to walk into a room and just off-load and say: ‘this is what I’m feeling, this is what I hate about this man, this is what I hate about this storyline, but I know I have to do it”.’Ian admitted that he dislikes playing Geoff as the

here"It's difficult to understand for people who haven't been through and don't understand it, or who are in the middle of it and think that's normal."That's the thing that upsets me most that there a lot of women, and men and children all around the world who believe that being in an abusive relationship is normal."It's terrifying and that's the motive for the song because what a horrific situation to be in, to be locked in with your abuser and not being able to get away from the everyday

Coronation Street star Ian Bartholomew may be getting all the applause for his role as the manipulative and controlling Geoff Metcalfe, but he says that portraying the character has been "horrifying" for him at times.Speaking to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford on This Morning, he said: "(Geoff) is dark. It's been fascinating, it's not been fun.

Coronation Street has been awash with teeth gritting scenes as of late, as character Geoff Metcalfe stepped up his campaign of cruelty against wife Yasmeen Nazir. The soap monster kept viewers of the ITV soap on tenterhooks for the last few months, as his controlling nature saw him continually intimidating wife Yasmeen, from forcing her to clean her home to eat her pet chicken.

It’s the moment Corrie fans have been waiting for far too long, Geoff’s evil ways are finally about to catch up with him.

Coronation Street viewers have been rocked by the horrific abuse of Yasmeen Metcalfe at the hands of her evil husband Geoff.

Geoff Metcalfe survives and blames Yasmeen for stabbing him a dramatic new Coronation Street trailer has shown.

Coronation Street’s domestic abuse storyline has hit viewers hard since the beginning - even more so now evil Geoff has cranked up his reign of terror.

With reports of domestic abuse rising during lockdown, Coronation Street’s coercive control storyline has become more important than ever for highlighting what victims are going through. At the heart of the storyline is actress Shelley King, whose character Yasmeen Nazir has been subjected to mental abuse and controlling behaviour by her husband Geoff Metcalfe, played by Ian Bartholomew.

Coronation Street fans are convinced they have worked out Geoff Metcalfe's fate, following last week's controversial scenes.

Manipulative Geoff Metcalfe showed just how vile he can be in sickening new Coronation Street scenes.