Will Mellor’s villainous Coronation Street character Harvey Gaskell will make a dramatic return to the hit ITV soap next year. Speaking exclusively to OK! about his decision to revive the murdering drug lord, Manchester-born Will revealed it was his mum that made him "100%" sure he wanted to return to the cobbles.. Viewers last saw Harvey escape from prison in 2021 and go on to shoot and kill Natasha Blakeman in a case of mistaken identity, thinking she was Leanne Battersby.