Corrie stars get jabs for canal fight; SOAP.

CORONATION Street stars were given tetanus injections before filming a scene where killer Tony Gordon tries to drown caf boss Roy Cropper in the canal.

Actors Gray O'Brien and David Neilson were told to have the jabs to reduce the chances of picking up the lethal disease after bacteria tests on the water.

They also had cotton wool in their ears and petroleum jelly up their noses to minimise infection from the old industrial canal.

Both David, 60, and Gray, 38, ended up knee-deep in silt while filming the scene, to be screened on ITV1 on Monday, at 2am in a chilly September.

Tony follows bat-spotter Roy to the canal after confessing to Liam Connor's hit-and-run death.

They grapple, non-swimmer Roy falls in the water before Tony jumps in to try to save him. David said: "It was horrid."

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IN SILT Street's Gray O'Brien