Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver knocked out cold with uppercut in brutal fight scene

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Sue Cleaver, the veteran soap actress known for her role as Eileen Grimshaw in 'Coronation Street', has shared a shocking incident from her time on set.

In her memoir 'A Work in Progress', she recalls being accidentally knocked out during a fight scene in 2012 by co-star Judy Holt, who played Lesley, the wife of Eileen's firefighter boyfriend Paul Kershaw (Tony Hirst).Despite having a stunt adviser and practising their manoeuvres, Sue was hit with an uppercut that left her unconscious.

She said: "We had a stunt adviser and had spent some time practising our manoeuvres but unfortunately during a take Judy got a bit carried away.""An upward punch made contact with my face.

I don't remember anything else but apparently I dropped like a stone, out cold." READ MORE: Corrie star opens up on 'tragic' teen years and falling pregnant with man twice her age After being rushed to hospital for a scan, she was given the all-clear to return to work.She added: "They ended up using the sound of the real punch, so it wasn't all for nothing! " In addition to this, Sue also opened up about overcoming alcohol dependency.