Coronation Street’s Todd Grimshaw actor Gareth Pierce has teased one character in particular could have killed Theo Silverton, as a suspect is watched next week
21:00, 01 May 2026Updated 21:03, 01 May 2026
One Coronation Street star may have dropped a major hint about who killed Theo Silverton(Image: ITV)
One Coronation Street star may have dropped a major hint about who killed Theo Silverton.
The villain, played by actor James Cartwright, was shown dead at the end of Friday’s episode. He’d been murdered, while his exact cause of death and what lead to it have yet to be revealed.
We also do not know yet who killed Theo, but next week the suspects are revealed. As the police begin their questioning, it’s Theo’s partner and abuse victim Todd Grimshaw who is watched closely.
Actor Gareth Pierce, who plays Theo, has confessed it could absolutely be Todd that has murdered Theo. He also named a few other possible suspects, and who he thinks is capable of murdering Theo.
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Coronation Street’s Todd Grimshaw actor Gareth Pierce has teased one character in particular could have killed Theo Silverton(Image: ITV)
What are Todd’s first thoughts when he’s told Theo is dead? It must be a mix of emotions…
Upon finding it’s Theo that’s died, there must be some relief, but I think there’s also a great deal of shame. I think he definitely has all of those emotions; grief, hurt, anger, even relief. He also knows that he very much has a lens on him and his reaction for many reasons.
His friends will be watching him thinking, this man was abusing you, he was being awful to you, how can you even grieve for him? We heard Todd say that about Theo grieving for Noah earlier in the storyline. But he’s also going to know that he’s being watched by the police, by Lisa and Kit.
That leads Todd to analyse how he’s genuinely feeling about it but also what his grief should look like and what other people think it should look like. So there’s all of that going on for Todd in the aftermath. There’s no room for his genuine reaction to the news because he must feel very watched.
Could Todd have been the one who killed Theo?
I think definitely our audience will have those suspicions and actually we see that Todd certainly has plenty of motive, some might even go as far as to say justification after having to remain stoic in the face of such sustained provocation. It’s interesting to think is anyone capable of murder in extreme circumstances.
I think we all hope to think of it as far more black and white or good and evil, but I think it’s probably often much more grey in real life. Certainly in a show like ours you get a sense that, maybe Theo really did push him that far.
The villain, played by actor James Cartwright, was shown dead at the end of Friday’s episode(Image: ITV)
How does Todd react when he’s initially questioned by Lisa and Kit?
I think there’s quite a mix of emotions there as well. There’s some determination to find out who has done it on Todd’s part, because this was still someone that he loved and had a strong connection to in spite of how dangerous and horrific the abuse had become.
But I think Todd is very intelligent and he also knows that he is a likely suspect. So I think there’s also that situation where as soon as you know that you are having to convince someone that you had nothing to do with it, then you start acting in a way that could very much read as suspicious.
Who else is going to come under suspicion? Who do you think is capable of murder?
I think that [Todd’s closest friends and family] are the people that the audience will have been willing to swoop in as saviours, and they will definitely have the spotlight on them. The audience will be wondering if, rather than just save Todd from the situation, they’ve actually gone as far as taking the law into their own hands.
People like George and Summer had definitely seen Theo for who he was. George, Christina, Glenda we’ve seen become very protective of Todd. Then there’s also Carl very much in the frame having developed this rivalry with Theo and looking in a bad way himself.
Also Gary who had that bright friendship and professional partnership with Theo for a time. We’ve seen Gary starting to feel genuinely let down and hoodwinked by Theo and we know Gary’s attitude to bullies. So, yeah, you’ve got a fair few people in the frame.
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