Overview

• Carter J Murphy has left Coronation Street after about a year in the role to take a major part in the West End and touring production of Matilda the Musical.
• ITV has quietly recast Harry Platt with a young actor named Josh, who is reported to be filming and will debut on screen in the coming weeks.
• The change marks the fourth actor to portray Harry since the character’s on‐screen birth in 2016, highlighting the soap’s common practice of recasting child roles.
• Jack P. Shepherd, who plays David Platt, previously confirmed the switch and said that Murphy was “very, very confident” about his new stage commitment.
• ITV declined to comment on the latest recast, which follows recent cast shake-ups in the Platt family, including last month’s recasting of Lily Platt.