Coronation Street News

There was a very familiar face mingling with the evening rush hour throng in Manchester's Piccadilly this week - and judging by his distant expression one can only assume Roy's Rolls was the last thing on his mind.

Blinded by such glamorous tat as Bet in Coronation Street , most southerners swallow the stereotype and ignore the artifice.

Cheryl Cole and Michelle Keegan, who plays the character of Tina, on set at the Rovers Return after filming a TV sketch in Coronation Street.

He has been trying to fight his feelings and in last Tuesday's episode, viewers saw the almost caught out when Peter's fiancee Carla returned Corrie's bad boy bookie Peter Barlow takes a huge gamble by snogging babysitter Tina McIntyre on his wedding day.

Cilla Black and the cast of the West End musical Once join Paul O'Grady for more teatime chat and music.

Richard Bacon hosts the television archive quiz show. A team of TV lovers take on Chris Tarrant and his TV legends, Denise Van Outen and Coronation Street star Michelle Collins.

East is East star Jimi Mistry is coming to Weatherfield to get the men of Coronation Street into shape.

Stephen Mulhern shakes up Sunday mornings with a live show for the whole family, packed with celebrity guests, showbiz chat, games and surprises Stephen Mulhern is joined on his live family entertainment show by Off the Beaten Track's Christine Bleakley, comedian Brian Conley, and former X Factor contestant Diana Vickers.

Is Coronation Street the most indestructible road in Britain? It has survived the real world's slum clearances, not to mention countless fictional calamities such as tram crashes, fires, even an attempt to tarmac over its famous cobbles.

Headed by one-eyed Caucasian crime-buster Nick Fury, the comic tapped into the same love for espionage and acronyms that dominated 1960s offerings such as James Bond and The Man from UNCLE.

Samia Ghadie, Kim Marsh and Sue Nicholls, who play Michelle, Maria and Audrey in TV's longest-running soap, were among the Corrie favourites on hand to launch their new home, based on a 7.7 acre site on Trafford Wharf Road.

He may already have a demanding job as host of the Radio 1 breakfast show, not to mention his penchant for partying but busy Nick Grimshaw managed to pack in another starring role this week.

But it appears that Helen Flanagan can't get enough of life down under as she returns to the antipodean outback for more adventures on the popular reality TV show.

The 40-year-old actor, who plays Marcus Dent, will be making his final appearances in the award-winning ITV soap next summer after a three-year run.

Coronation Street stars past and present have been talking about their memories of working at the soap's soon-to-be-former central Manchester base.

Anna receives a call from the school after Faye gets into a fight and smashes up Grace's phone, while Mary is shown a video that has gone viral among the pupils.

The Breakfast Show host will play five different characters in his cameo appearances in EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Coronation Street and Home and Away.

It's nearly Christmas... and to celebrate in this week's Radio Times we've got a bumper preview of all the great programmes coming to television screens over the festive period.

West Side registrar Mona Walterson will be hanging up her pen after 19 years working as registrar from her home at Modesty, West Burrafirth, when all Shetland mainland rural registries close at the end of the year.

Stephen Mulhern is joined on his live family entertainment show by Off the Beaten Track's Christine Bleakley, comedian Brian Conley, and former X Factor contestant Diana Vickers.