Les bins pride

Coronation Street's Les Battersby will have to bin his pride in a bid to win back his possessions in a new Street plotline.

10:46 12 July 2004

Coronation Street's Les Battersby will have to bin his pride in a bid to win back his possessions in a new Street plotline.

The unorthodox lover boy is caught in a two-way tug of war between ex-wife Janice and onetime live-in lover Cilla Brown.

Cilla, in an unlikely bid to win back her man, arrives at his front door in a sporty convertible and says she has inherited half a million.

Les, played by Bruce Jones, thinks he has struck it rich and kicks Janice to the curb to throw in his all with Cilla.

And when we say his all, we mean it. Unlucky Les bins everything he owns and quits his job, convinced that he is moving to a life of plenty.

But Cilla has foxed him yet again as there is no inheritance and the car has to go back to the hire company.

Les has to head to the dump to try and retrieve his binned things.

Corrie fans will get to enjoy the sight of him, Kirk and Cilla up to their necks in rotting rubbish. To make matters worse they had to break into the tip and - as the police arrive to investigate - they take refuge in a reeking skip.