Categories October Surprise 2024 Coronation Street’s Jude Riordan shares ‘sad’ family update Post author By Post date October 29, 2025 Coronation Street star Jude Riordan has shared a sad family update. The actor has played the role of Sam Blakeman on the Cobbles for a number of years, he has been a familiar face on our screens years after joining the soap in late 2020.