 Show producers denied that Bradley would kill himself after becoming a suspect for the murder of character Archie Mitchell, played by Larry Lamb, who was killed off on 25 December 2009.Bradley discovered that Archie had raped Stacey and got her pregnant so confronted Archie by punching him twice in the face.At the end of the live episode on 19 February 2010, Bradley died after falling from the roof of the Queen Victoria pub while being pursued by a policeman.