Tim Metcalfe 'chopped his own thumb off' in tonight's Coronation Street - but the distressing scene was inadvertently ruined by the coronavirus outbreak.
Corrie viewers watched in horror as Tim appeared to amputate his own thumb while doing the dishes. Traumatised Tim yelled out in agony, blaming dad Geoff's knife in the sink, as mortified wife Sally ran over to help.
Terrified Sally yelled at Tim to put pressure on the wound as he cried: "See if you’ve got any ice, they might be able to stitch it back on." Geoff called an ambulance and revealed his son had "amputated his own thumb" while Yasmeen searched for it in the sink.