ITV Coronation Street fans offer 'Ofcom details' over Craig as actor Colson Smith responds and reveals unknown character detail

Coronation Street fans cheekily poked fun at Craig Tinker's latest appearance as he faced another setback in trying to get to know his girlfriend's daughter. In scenes aired on the ITV soap last week, the Weatherfield police officer was in Faye Windass' bad books as he brought his mum, Beth, and step-dad, Kirk, along to meet Miley for the first time.

Miley had gone to live with dad Jackson Hodge and his family in Canada a few years ago after Faye decided she couldn't have anything to do with her little girl after falling pregnant at 12-years-old, but despite her initial reservations, Faye has reconnected with both Jackson and Miley.

With Miley's first meeting with Craig becoming too overwhelming, he tried to make it up and as viewers saw in Wednesday night's episode (April 5), he told Faye that he's like to buy Miley a present ahead of her next visit. Asking what she likes, Faye told Craig that Miley mentioned she liked books and was interested in basketball.

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She warned him not to spend too much money but the character, played by Colson Smith, couldn't contain himself. However, mishearing what his girlfriend told him, Craig bought Miley a baseball bat and mitt. He was later seen kicking himself over the mistake and as they played a game of catch, it was obvious Miley isn’t enjoying herself.

She soon sent Jackson a text asking him to pick her up early and before they headed off to get the tram, Miley asked if they could stay a little while longer, and head back to the precinct to play the game they had played with Faye the previous day. And it seemed the penny dropped for Craig that