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Jennie McAlpine, who plays Fiz in Coronation Street, met the teenagers and staff from the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. Jennie was joined by Nichols plc, the company behind Vimto. The visit marked the start of an exciting new partnership between Nichols and Teenage Cancer Trust.
Teenage Cancer Trust supporter Jennie McAlpine said: “It has been fantastic to meet all the kids at the Christie and see the incredible work the Teenage Cancer Trust are doing every day. It is great to hear that the teenagers get a chance to have fun even during difficult times and that the support from Nichols will help this to continue.”
Coronation Street boss Phil Collinson has revealed he would "love" Julie Walters to appear in the soap.
Speaking to Matt Johnson for This Morning, Collinson also named his favourite characters and storylines from rival soaps.
When asked for which "dream" cast member from the past he would bring back, he replied: "I'm a massive fan of Hilda Ogden. You loved it when she was in an episode. I'd love it if Jean Alexander decided to come back."
On which "fantasy" actor he would like to recruit for the soap, Collinson said: "Julie Walters keeps saying she'd like to be in the show.
"I have phoned her agent and I have asked. It's not ever come off, but I'd love it if she would, and be Audrey's sister. They'd be a great double act."
On choosing a character from another soap to switch to Coronation Street, he said: "I'd love to see Dot [Cotton, from EastEnders, played by June Brown] in the Rovers Return. That would be brilliant.
"Probably having a chat with Rita and Betty."
Collinson chose the recent 'right to die' storyline from Emmerdale as his favourite plot from another soap. He said: "It was so carefully and beautifully handled. It was very strong and a great moral dilemma, and something that genuinely got the nation talking."
Julie Walters has previously spoken of her ambition to appear in Coronation Street on a number of occasions.
Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan has spoken of her excitement at becoming engaged to boyfriend Max George.
The Wanted star proposed to Keegan on the set of the ITV1 soap earlier this month, just before she celebrated her 24th birthday.
Keegan wrote in her Love It! magazine column: "Bleedin' heck! I can't believe I'm engaged to Max.
"It's dead exciting because I really didn't see it coming and I seriously can't wait to spend my future with him."
However, Keegan - who plays Tina McIntyre in the Weatherfield serial - confirmed that the couple, who have been dating for seven months, will not rush to tie the knot this year.
"The ring's gorgeous, but we won't be marrying this year - we've got so much going on with our careers," she said. "And I've got my hands full with my cute seven-week-old chihuahua Pip. Max bought me her as an engagement pressie - she's gorgeous!"
Keegan previously revealed the moment the couple declared their love for each other, adding: "It just felt so natural."
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MICHELLE Keegan flashed her engagement ring for the first time today - after gushing about how she couldn't wait to marry Max George.
The gorgeous Corrie star looked ecstatic as she was snapped smooching her fiancé after trip to a supermarket in Manchester.
And Michelle, who plays Weatherfield's feisty Tina McIntyre, revealed her £10,000 sparkler during the outing to Tesco.
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She told this week how Max - who is in boy band The Wanted - popped the question before her 24th birthday by presenting her with a ring and a puppy.
Michelle had only been dating The Wanted star for seven months before he proposed to her.
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She wrote in her Love It! magazine column: "Bleedin' heck! I can't believe I'm engaged to Max!
"It's dead exciting because I really didn't see it coming and I seriously can't wait to spend my future with him.
"The ring's gorgeous, but we won't be marrying this year - we've got so much going on with our careers.
"And I've got my hands full with my cute seven-week-old chihuahua Pip.
"Max bought me her as an engagement pressie - she's gorgeous!"
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A hard-hitting Coronation Street scene that was axed amid controversy in 1963 is to finally be broadcast, a report has claimed.
Forthcoming documentary The Corrie Years will feature the moment that factory worker Sheila Birtles attempted to commit suicide while suffering from depression, according to The Mirror.
Sheila, played by actress Eileen Mayers, was to be seen swallowing a number of tablets before vomiting into a bin and being rescued by her neighbours in the episode in question.
However, ITV received complaints when details of the storyline leaked to the press, prompting a last-minute rewrite and reshoot as the scene was deemed too harrowing.
The Corrie Years is expected to examine some of the most memorable moments from Coronation Street's history and will take a look back at the Sheila controversy when it airs later this year.
A source told the newspaper: "At the time it was deemed too controversial. But compared to what goes on in soaps these days, I don't think the scene will very shocking."
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital charity and St Ann’s Hospice are inviting adventurous fundraisers to saddle up and take to the streets for ‘Moon Ride’, Manchester’s first night time 100k cycling event, raising money for these two major charities.
Coronation Street actor Antony Cotton, who plays Sean Tully, launched the event outside Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
Moon Ride is set to take place on Saturday 10th September at 11pm, and promises participants spectacular night time views of the city. A dedicated support team will be on hand for all taking part in the ride throughout the night, ensuring participants have all the assistance needed to take part in and complete the ride, how to make the most from this fabulous fundraising opportunity, and most importantly how to enjoy the experience.
Registration costs £25 and participants will be asked to pledge to raise minimum sponsorship of £150. Sponsorship will be divided equally between Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital charity, which helps to provide additional resources that support excellence in treatment, care and research improving the lives of patients at the largest children’s hospital in the UK and St Ann’s Hospice, which cares for thousands of patients with life-threatening illnesses every year, while supporting their families and carers in Greater Manchester.
For more information regarding Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital charity please call 0161 276 4522 or visit http://www.rmchcharity.org.uk/
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Beverley Callard, who played Liz McDonald on Corrie, will be turning up in panto this year as the Wicked Queen. Boo, hiss, oh yes she will, etc. Bev will be taking to the stage at the Sheffield Lyceum Theatre in Sleeping Beauty.
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Actor Steve Huison might have left Coronation Street as Eddie Windass but we'll see him back on TV soon on a new CBBC show called The 4 O'Clock Club. Steve plays the role of Mr Byron the headtacher, so keep your eye out for him appearing on that show very soon.
Simon Gregson has described the effect high-profile actors on Coronation Street had on him when he joined the show.
Gregson, who has played Steve McDonald since 1989, said that he was "in awe" of William Roache (Ken Barlow) and Johnny Briggs (Mike Baldwin).
"I was in awe of people like William Roache and Johnny Briggs when I started.You knew you were joining something big with those types of actors," he told Inside Soap.
The 36-year-old highlighted the now-retired Bill Tarmey as a particular inspiration for his characterisation of his hapless alter ego.
"Bill Tarmey often gave me advice. He did that with a lot of the younger cast members. He'd advise me how to think differently about a scene, or see something I'd done and praise me by saying, 'keep that up'," the star added.
Earlier this week, Gregson also outlined his hope that Steve would stay celibate following his messy break-up with wife Becky.
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Coronation Street bosses are reportedly planning to offer Michelle Keegan a huge pay rise to keep her at the soap.
Producer Phil Collinson is said to be worried that she will quit when her contract ends in August to join fiancé Max George in London.
The actress, who plays Tina McIntyre, will apparently be offered a £130,000-a-year deal, matching co-stars Kym Marsh and Samia Smith. She is currently earning £90,000.
"Michelle's been a huge hit with Corrie fans since she joined the show," a source told the Daily Star Sunday. "But now she's engaged she's obviously got to look at her situation.
"With Max living in London, we're worried she may want to head down there to be with him. We're determined to keep hold of her and have been told we're fine to get out the cheque book."
A friend added that deciding to stay could be "really tricky" as the couple only see each other at weekends.
Keegan recently described her engagement as "dead exciting".
Ben Riachrds has admitted that he would consider taking a role in a soap.
The actor, whose previous credits include The Bill and Footballers' Wives, revealed that he had missed out on a role in Coronation Street due to his "shocking" Northern accent. :D
"I remember conversations with the casting agent and I literally did a tour of England and ended up in Pakistan which is quite interesting," he told RTÉ Ten. "She said, 'Ben, if ever you are in this show, we'll have to make it a London family coming in!' I read for a character who's not in it anymore, I can't remember and the lad that got it had a good, nice, strong Northern accent.
Asked if he would consider a role in EastEnders, Richards commented that he would make a decision based on the character.
"We'll see, the most important thing - and I know a lot of actors say this - but it's the character. Is that going to inspire me, is that going to push me as an actor? And if not, then I'm not really interested.
"I probably would have earned a lot more money if I was more interested in money, but it's the characters that interest me. We'll see, if there's something in a soap and they want me and it's an interesting role, then who knows, maybe."
Richards, who is currently rehearsing for his role as Captain Hook in a stage production of Peter Pan, revealed that he hopes to expand his career in America.
"I've started developing relations now in America with an agent and a manager out there, so again I'm trying to diversify and add that to the mix to see if we can build a career that is bouncing over the Atlantic," he said. "That would be my ideal, to be doing theatre and television here as well as theatre and television in America."
FORMER Corrie star Iain de Caestecker has been cast as the young James Herriot in a new BBC drama about the vet's early life.
Iain, 23, who played the young Adam Barlow in Coronation Street, will take on the role of the Yorkshire Dales' vet during his time as a student at the Glasgow Veterinary College in the 1930s.
Glaswegian Iain will be joined in the drama - to air in the autumn - by Amy Manson, who was in Outcasts, and Tony Curran, whose credits include The Pillars Of The Earth.
Christopher Timothy played Herriot in the popular long-running TV series All Creatures Great and Small.
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Snoop Doggm has revealed that he would consider setting up a home in the UK at some point in the future.
The American rapper said that he could definitely see himself moving if the right situation ever presented itself.
"Would I live in the UK? I wouldn't mind living here," Snoop Dogg told Q magazine recently. "I think I could really enjoy myself here.
"You know what, I'm going to say this and I mean it. If all else fails and I've got to shake, rattle 'n' roll and get on the woo-wop, this is going to be my heeyah zone," he continued.
The 'Drop It Like It's Hot' rapper also commented on long-running rumours that he may film a cameo in UK soap Coronation Street.
"I've still got to see if they're going to have me on Coronation Street," Snoop Dogg added. "I'd love to be on there. What are you waiting on? It's Snoop Dogg, I'm here again."
Snoop Dogg also took a shot at rival soap EastEnders, by saying that he wouldn't be interested in a cameo on the BBC programme.
The rapper previously admitted that he has been a fan of Coronation Street for the past 12 years, and claims to have been in talks about a guest appearance for some time.
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Coronation Street’s Todd Grimshaw is pulling pints... but he’s not doing it in the Rovers Return.
This is actor Bruno Langley working behind a bar – for real.
Bruno, 28, is now a barman at The Cellars, a trendy boozer in Newington Green, North London, as he struggles to find full-time acting work. Dad-of-one Bruno said: “Things have been a bit difficult but I like it here.”
A regular said: “He fits right in, is friendly and popular. It’s hardly The Rovers, but you wouldn’t think he was a soap star from the way he just gets on with things.”
Bruno built up a huge fanbase when he played Corrie’s first openly gay character from 2001 to 2004. Todd’s kiss with Nick Tilsley (Adam Rickitt) in 2003 caused a sensation and paved the way for further gay storylines.
Bruno has since taken on roles in Doctor Who and appeared on stage in Romeo and Juliet and Sleeping Beauty.
He returned to Corrie for a one-off Easter special this year. Talking of life after the soap, Bruno has said: “I’m glad I left... I’ve experienced different things. I’ve learned a lot.”
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Coronation Street star Brooke Vincent has confirmed that she is dating footballer Josh McEachran.
The actress, who plays Sophie Webster in the ITV1 show, was introduced to the Chelsea star at a Manchester City game six weeks ago - but Vincent has insisted that she isn't a WAG.
"Yes, he's my boyfriend but it's early days and I want to keep it quiet so he can get to know me for me and not for my job," she told The People. "We get on really well and have a laugh and I enjoy being with him, so we'll see how it goes.
"I've been called worse things than a WAG but it's not right people label me just because my boyfriend happens to be a footballer. I have been in Coronation Street for eight years and I have worked for everything I've got *without Josh."
The soap star also brushed off claims that she was dating footballer Jack Wilshere, saying that she has lots of male friends.
"Jack is just a friend," she said. "There really wasn't anything going on. I have loads of friends who are boys because I'm a lads' kind of girl - I play FIFA football video games and I'm quite a tomboy."
Vincent has signed a new 12-month contract to stay at Coronation Street.
Kerry Katona has revealed that she would like to land a role in Coronation Street.
The 30-year-old TV personality, who has recently spoken about her desire to move into acting, left her management company last month, prompting tabloid speculation as to the reasons behind her exit.
"I'm really good," Katona told Star magazine of her current situation. "Even though I keep seeing stories saying, 'Kerry's gone off the rails again!'"
On leaving Can Associates, she admitted to feeling "freer", commenting: "It was a big decision to take, but it was for the best. I think the reason I cried was more due to whoever spread the 'Kerry is back on drugs and she's been dropped because she went on a six-hour drinking binge' story.
"That's a load of b*llocks. I left because it's just time to move on. I wanted to do more acting and Claire's not an acting agent. For goodness' sake, if that was really the case, I've been on longer drinking sessions with Claire herself!
> Peter Andre, Amy Childs won't comment on Kerry Katona management exit
> Kerry Katona not evicted yesterday, says Max Clifford
"The only thing that has got me down is people thinking that I'm back on drugs. I feel that stigma is always going to stick with me and that's something I have to live with."
Katona added: "Claire's a manager, she's not a celebrity, and it should not be this big a deal about changing your management team. It's like getting a new boss at work."
Discussing her acting ambitions, Katona explained that she would love a "comical" role: "For me, acting is just dead easy. You're somebody else and you leave your world behind. I'd love to be in Waterloo Road or a psycho in Coronation Street!"
Hitting back at claims that drug use had prompted her exit from Claire Powell's company, Katona told the magazine: "I've not touched drugs in 18 months and I never will again. God, I'm 30. I'm not a p*sshead - I wish I was but I can't afford it! I don't even have alcohol in my house.
"As for my drinking, I'm not going to apologise for going to Marbella and having a drink on a girlie holiday. I work my **** off. I play mum and dad to four little babies. I go out and earn a living, I get no maintenance - I'm entitled to go on holiday and let my hair down. I got pissed and enjoyed every minute of it! I woke up with some stonking hangovers, but I loved it. Next year I'm going to Ibiza!"
THere were some photos of this sla**er but I didnt want to make you throw up your Brekkie
Coronation Street bosses have warned Brooke Vincent to stop plugging products on Twitter, according to a report.
The actress, who plays Sophie Webster in the ITV1 serial, has over 76,000 followers on the micro-blogging website. According to The Mirror, a show producer reminded Vincent of the strict guidelines cast must adhere too when using the social-networking forums.
Vincent had allegedly named a number of products while also posting photographs plugging brands including McDonalds, Domino's Pizza and Nando's. However, the paper adds that it is unclear if the 19-year-old received free items in return.
"Brooke is keen on Twitter but there are strict *guidelines about what actors and actresses can post online," a source said. "Brooke's recent tweets have crossed the line by endorsing so many products. A producer gave her a serious ticking-off. Other cast members may be dragged in for a few stern words too."
An ITV spokesperson commented: "Cast are advised to consider tweets carefully."
Responding to the tabloid report this morning, Vincent tweeted: "There Has GOT2Be A Point That A Journalist Comes To Wen They Realise That There's A lot More IMPORTANT Things Going On In The World Than ME (sic).
"Write About Things That Matter!!! No Ones Arsed Wow!!!!"
The BBC yesterday denied that it was banning staff, talent and writers from using social-networking websites, insisting that it had "clear guidelines in place for both the personal and professional use" of such facilities.
"As for my drinking, I'm not going to apologise for going to Marbella and having a drink on a girlie holiday. I work my **** off. I play mum and dad to four little babies. I go out and earn a living, I get no maintenance - I'm entitled to go on holiday and let my hair down. I got pissed and enjoyed every minute of it! I woke up with some stonking hangovers, but I loved it. Next year I'm going to Ibiza!"
Poor Kerry she's the only single parent who's had a hard life. yeah right. She will never get a role on Corrie or any other drama, She can beg as many times as she wants. Until she sorts herself out no-one will enterain her.
CORONATION Street has been blasted for being too gay.
Telly critics say the show *has abandoned “homely, *traditional values” to cash in on controversial storylines.
The ITV1 soap currently has a raft of gay characters including lesbians Sophie *Webster and Sian Powers (Brooke *Vincent and Sacha Parkinson, both 19) and homosexual barman Sean Tully (Antony Cotton, 35) who is set to marry his boyfriend Marcus Dent (Charlie *Condou, 38).
And factory worker Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh, 41) was the first transsexual in a British soap when she *appeared on the Street in 1998.
But bisexual media commentator Brian Sewell said: “There’s too much. Not only of gay men – who are estimated to make up just 6% of the population but who dominate storylines – but also of lesbians, *bisexuals, the trans-gender community, cross-dressers and everyone else with some sexual quirk or fetish.
“TV is far too politically correct. It fosters all minorities and gives them a disproportionate amount of air time.”
Recently Corrie fans have been introduced to cross-dresser Marc Selby (Andrew Hall, 57), who has been leading a double life as Marcia.
There have also been a number of *minor gay characters, including Gail Platt’s dad Ted, Ken Barlow’s long-lost grandson James (James Roache, 25) and clean-cut Todd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley, 28).
Sewell, 70, claims the PC show bosses have ruined the working-class image the soap has always portrayed. But last night Antony Cotton hit back on Twitter: “Who gives a flying ******* what he thinks?
“Some people are gay, get over it. Young people couldn’t care less.”
And pointing to Sewell’s own attraction to men as well as women, he added: “The irony of him talking about LGBT people in Coronation Street. This coming from the biggest, spineless Mary Ellen in town.
“Enough with the naff, ridiculous, archaic, bigoted anger toward a community that forms such an important and essential part of society.”
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Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel has reportedly agreed that there are too many gay characters in the soap.
Daily Mail critic Brian Sewell slammed the ITV serial for having too many male cast members earlier this week, saying that they are "showered, prinked and perfumed".
Charlie Condou, who plays Marcus Dent, later hit back at the "barely-veiled homophobia".
"I wouldn't have thought four characters out of a cast of about 65 regulars was excessive," the actor said. "Sewell seems to suggest there's something morally reprehensible in being gay, and that there's some kind of promotion of a gay agenda at work (led by a sinister-sounding 'mafia')."
However, Condou's co-star Lancel - who portrays Underworld boss Frank Foster - is said to have branded the number of gay characters in the show "disproportional", during a speech at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire.
"I believe there are too many gay people on Coronation Street," the 40-year-old actor is quoted as saying by the Daily Star. "If you walked down any street in Manchester you wouldn't see so many. It is disproportional."
Coronation Street boss Phil Collinson reportedly called an emergency meeting with scriptwriters last month to demand new storylines for 15 characters.
The producer is said to have made a list of characters he thinks are "urgently in need of attention" to avoid viewers forgetting about them.
Newcomer Stella Price (Michelle Collins), husband Karl (John Michie) and their *daughter Eva (Catherine Tyldesley) are top of the list. They need a big storyline so that they're "*accepted" by the audience, The People reports.
Chesney Battersby-Brown (Sam Aston) and his *pregnant girlfriend Katy Armstrong (Georgia May Foote) were also *highlighted as being in need of attention. Collinson apparently insisted that the pair can't simply disappear until Katy's baby is due around Christmas time.
Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth) and son Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) - who beds Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly) later this year - will get new storylines. "Nick is a character that definitely needs work. We need a big story for him that will take him in a different direction," Collinson told scriptwriters.
"Previous ideas put forward for the character are not really appropriate. And where are we going with Gail? Does anyone have a story idea that will see her take centre stage?"
Meanwhile, Sean Tully (Antony Cotton) and Marcus Dent (Charlie Condou) will see their relationship under threat in the coming months when Dylan returns home to mum Violet Wilson.
Collinson also requested "fresh" plots for Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden), Mary Taylor (Patti Clare), and Roy (David Neilson) and Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh).
The producer also suggested a change in direction for Gary Windass (Mikey North) and girlfriend Izzy Armstrong (Cherylee Houston), who is mugged in the coming weeks.
"Collinson really didn't pull any punches," a source said. "The team of scriptwriters was told in no uncertain terms that they *needed to do much more."
Beyoncé has reportedly become a fan of EastEnders and Coronation Street following her recent visits to the UK.
The singer shunned a night out in London this week in favour of catching up with the soaps, The Sun reports.
The 'Best Thing I Never Had' star wanted to thank her crew for their recent hard work on her upcoming ITV music special.
However, instead of taking them out to dinner, she hosted a party in Simon Cowell's luxury X Factor dressing room, where she has apparently been watching the British shows between takes. Her personal chef cooked food for the group.
A source said: "Beyonce finds the accents on EastEnders really funny. She spends half the time mimicking what they're saying in her fake British accent."
CORONATION Street star Charlie Condou is to be a dad again.
It will be a second child for the 38-year-old gay actor, who plays male nurse Marcus Dent, and his best friend, actress Catherine Kanter.
Corrie castmate Kym Marsh said in her New! column: "I'm delighted for him!"
Condou brings up two-year-old Georgia Mae with Catherine and his partner Cameron Laux. In Corrie, Marcus is set for his own same-sex parenting plotline.
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Coronation Street manager Phil Collinson has admitted that there have been too many criminals on the soap.
The producer of the ITV1 programme, which has recently been criticised over some of its storylines, said that they are going to cut down on crime in the future.
In an interview with OK magazine, he defended actress Michelle Collins who, as Rovers Return landlady Stella Price, has been attacked over her northern accent.
He also responded to criticism over a supposed influx of gay storylines, saying: "I haven't introduced any gay characters."
However, Collinson admitted that there is some room for improvement on the long-running show.
Asked whether there were too many criminals in Coronation Street, Collinson replied: "Maybe I can take that one on the chin. I agree… we have been at the police station and the court room a little bit too much.
"As we move ahead, we will shift away from serial killers and crime storylines."
Recent killers have included psychopath John Stape and murderer Tony Gordon.
Former castmember Johnny Briggs recently said that the soap has become "boring and humourless".
Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh has dismissed rumours of a ratings crisis at the soap, describing recent press reports as "incorrect".
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ITV is to charge viewers for internet episodes of popular soaps such as Coronation Street.
From January, users of the online ITV Player will pay if they want to see certain programming such as archive material.
Among the first shows which may be subject to the new charges are web-only episodes, or ‘webisodes’, of series such as Coronation Street and ITV2 hit show The Only Way Is Essex.
Sources at ITV stressed that normal episodes of its shows would remain free if viewed online.
But archive material – including hit series such as Cold Feet, Inspector Morse and Cracker – could be the subject of charges.
A series of web episodes of Coronation Street following character Rosie Webster’s journey to London have already been made for ITV’s online service.
Last year the broadcaster also put online an alternative ending to the final ever episode of A Touch Of Frost, which saw the character killed off instead.
In 2010, Coronation Street fans had the chance to view both possible endings to Gail McIntyre’s murder trial on itv.com before the real one was screened.
Last year ITV chief executive Adam Crozier made it one of his priorities to make more money by exploiting ITV’s content across different platforms.
Channel 4’s ‘On Demand’ service offers a comprehensive archive, which it does not charge for.
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Coronation Street star Antony Cotton has revealed that he has signed a new contract with the soap.
The actor, who has played the role of barman and factory worker Sean Tully since 2003, announced the news on Twitter last night while watching ITV1's The Corrie Years.
Cotton told his online followers: "Sat watching The Corrie Years and I'm not ashamed to say that I am shedding a tear watching Hayley and Roy's story. And I have to say how proud I am to be in a show that has not only supported but celebrated characters like Hayley and Sean.
"I have just signed my 9th contract with the show and I couldn't be prouder to be in the show. Thank you Coronation Street, you are amazing!"
Sean's current storyline sees him raising his son Dylan with partner Marcus Dent as the child's mother Violet is currently recovering from an accident.
However, Coronation Street insiders recently suggested that Sean and Marcus's relationship will come under threat when Dylan returns home to Violet later in the year.
Samia Smith also recently confirmed that she had landed a new deal to stay on as Weatherfield's Maria Connor.
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Coronation Street star Helen *Flanagan has apparently been warned by bosses to stop promoting products on Twitter.
The actress, who plays Rosie Webster in the ITV1 soap, has mentioned various brands over the past fortnight, including a luxury hotel and spa, a cosmetic surgery clinic and a dry cleaning chain
She also recommended a Manchester *hairdresser to her 19,888 followers. Brooke Vincent, who plays on-screen sister Sophie, had already been warned over endorsing products on Twitter.
"People start to wonder if she has a vested interest if she starts naming the place." a source told The Mirror
A Coronation Street spokesman said: "All cast members are given *guidelines to assist them with Twitter."
Flanagan, who was recently told by producers to go back to her old hairstyle, has now stopped naming brands on her Twitter account, recently praising a white chocolate yoghurt but adding: "I can't say the brand coz it's advertising."
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Katherine Kelly, who plays Coronation Street's Becky McDonald, attended the Royal Wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's grand-daughter, and Mike Tindall, the England rugby captain.
Katherine is a friend of the royal couple.
The wedding was held at Edinburgh's Canongate Kirk
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Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas has revealed that he loves being a dad.
The actor, who plays Jason Grimshaw in the ITV1 soap, welcomed daughter Scarlett in 2008 with his former co-star and now ex-girlfriend Tina O'Brien.
"Scarlett's the best thing that's ever happened to me," he told The People. "I'd always wanted kids but I never thought I'd be a dad so young and I was terrified when I first found out I was going to become one. I remember thinking to myself, 'Ryan, this is it, you've got some serious growing up to do'.
"I'm far more conscientious than I used to be because when you've got a little 'un you have to constantly keep an eye on them. She's only coming up to three but she's wise beyond her years in some of the things she says. She's like a little old woman.
"I spent a week with her on holiday in Spain earlier this year which was really special. It was great being able to have that time together to bond. We had a little villa near Marbella and, to be honest, we barely left it. We just sat and played and enjoyed the sunshine, it was really special."
Thomas added that he isn't looking for a girlfriend at the minute because his daughter is his number one responsibility.
CORRIE'S Chris Gascoyne has plunged filming schedules into chaos after being signed off sick for a week.
The star, who plays boozy bookie Peter Barlow, is currently embroiled in the soap's controversial rape plot.
Filming was due to begin last Wednesday but 43-year-old Chris was sent home by the show doctor shortly after arriving at the studio.
A source said: "It means all the schedules must be changed. Other actors due to film with him will have their shifts rearranged.
"Obviously it can't be helped and everyone wants Chris to get better but it's a worry when someone is signed off for a week and nobody is sure when they will be back.
"Working on the soap can be very long hours and very high-pressured. Everyone hopes it's not serious."
Soaps are filmed six weeks in advance but run on notoriously tight schedules.
The major storyline - which bosses still hope will be screened in September - sees Barlow arrested for affray after Carla Connor (Alison King) is attacked by her sex beast fiancé Frank Foster (Andrew Lancel).
Under current plans, he will then rescue Carla after she takes an overdose of prescription sleeping pills.
Chris's character is a reformed alcoholic and earlier this year - after being pictured staggering around at the Broadcast Awards - the actor admitted he has had "problems with drink" in real life too.
But he denied ever being addicted to boozing, and added: "There are low times in everybody's life, mostly when we're overcoming problems."
Last night Street bosses were quick to insist that Chris's absence was a private matter and had nothing to do with alcohol abuse.
A spokeswoman said: "Chris has been signed off for a week."
Coronation Street star Chris Fountain passed out naked outside a holiday villa, according to his girlfriend.
The actor, who plays Tommy Duckworth in the soap, was found naked against a wall while other holidaymakers passed by.
Fountain's girlfriend Jessica Derrick tweeted that she woke up alone after the pair partied in the Maldives while on holiday.
"Nearly everybody has seen his willy-wonka, including our holiday rep," she wrote. :eek:
"I was horrified to wake up without him only to find him naked, still drunk and asleep outside the villa for all to see. We got a lot of funny looks later around the pool."
Fountain could have been fined or jailed if he was found by police.
A friend of the actor's added: "Chris is mortified. Knowing so many people in the resort have seen his todger is punishment enough."
Chris Fountain recently revealed that he is nothing like his alter ego Tommy Duckworth in real life.