Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street has filmed the world's first socially distanced stunt, as Gary Windass is hit by a car while trying to save Sarah Platt.
Mikey North and Tina O'Brien, who play Gary and Sarah respectively, were both on set for the stunt, and behind-the-scenes photos show a mannequin (dressed in Sarah's clothes) being used in place of Tina for certain shots as social distancing guidelines prevented Mikey from physically pushing Tina away.
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The scene – which had to be reworked to take into account the restrictions – happens after Sarah finds out the truth about Gary's involvement in Rick Neelan's disappearance.
When Rick's engraved watch in the woods is uncovered, Sarah forces Gary to confess.
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Sarah runs off to call the police, but finds herself in the path of an oncoming car. Gary pushes her out of the way, although is hit in the process. In the aftermath, Sarah considers whether she will keep Gary's secret for the time being after he risked his life to save her.
"This was the very first three episodes that I have filmed after lockdown," Mikey said. "We have had to alter and change things but I don't think it has lost any of its intention, and hopefully it will be just as good as it would have been on location.
"I got to ride on the bonnet of the car and I was quite pleased to have the opportunity to do the stunt myself, because I enjoy that part of the job but I have never done a car stunt like this before. I loved it."
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Tina added: "We had such a good time filming these scenes, and I have really enjoyed being part of something so different.
"The mannequin is from the Underworld set but when I stood next to it, it was towering over me! We had to saw the bottom of the legs off to make it more realistic and more my height, but we have a very talented director and post-production team so no one will notice when it's in the show.
"I am really looking forward to seeing how it looks on screen."
Coronation Street airs these scenes on Wednesday, July 29 at 7.30pm on ITV.
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