Morrisssey has revealed that he almost played Dot Cotton's son Nick in EastEnders.

The singer recalled in his recently-published autobiography that he was approached to play Dot Cotton's 'so far unmentioned son' at the height of The Smiths' fame.

"I would arrive unexpectedly in Albert Square and cause births, deaths and factory fires every time I open my mouth," he wrote.

Morrissey also went on to reveal that he was offered a role on Emmerdale, saying: "The most fascinating aspect of both offers is that somebody somewhere thought it a good idea".

The book also reveals that Morrissey persistently asked the producers of Coronation Street to make him a writer on the show, offering them a plot 'wherein young take on old as a jukebox is tested in the Rovers Return'.

Actor John Altman eventually took on the role of Dot's son Nick Cotton. He appeared intermittently in the soap between 1985 and 2009.

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