Coronation Street star Colson Smith has revealed Craig Tinker’s pet rat Darryl has been known to bite members of the cast.

The 16-year-old actor has played the likeable youngster in the ITV soap since 2011, and admitted to Inside Soap magazine his furry friend is not always easy to control.

Colson revealed: “We’ve had a couple of funny moments with the rat!

Craig Tinker (ITV)
Craig Tinker (ITV)

“One that is memorable for me was when Darryl was on the loose in the Rovers.

“We had a scene where we were quite short for time, so we were under pressure to get it done.

Shobna Gulati was bitten by Craig's pet rat (See Li / Demotix)
Shobna Gulati was bitten by Craig’s pet rat (See Li / Demotix)

“The director called ‘Cut!’ and Shobna Gulati (who played Sunita Alahan) suddenly started shouting, ‘Ow! Ow! Ow!’

“The rat was nibbling her thumb. She’s had him nibbling on her hand the whole take!”