Coronation Street legend Bill Roache has confirmed Ken Barlow and Audrey Roberts will become a couple.
The long-term friends have been skirting around the issue for weeks, but they will finally make it official in the coming weeks.
But don’t expect to see the two veteran residents getting steamy because Bill says they are too old to be enjoying some “hanky panky”.
He told the Daily Star: “They’re going to pair me off with Audrey, which I like. She’s such a lovely person and I’m really looking forward to it.
“It’s amazing, after all these years of just being friends, but it’s going to be stretched out, there’ll definitely be problems.
“Ken has known Audrey for 30 years, she’s been married but they’ve always had a very nice respect for each other.”
“We’re getting a bit old for hanky-panky – to have it on screen, anyway! Over a certain age they don’t want to see that side of it but it will be the romantic side more cerebral than physical – I think so anyway!”