ITV Corrie star trolled by viewers as they cruelly brand arrival 'stunt casting'

Coronation Street favourite Bill Roache reportedly has "no choice" but to continue to work on the ITV soap, despite being 91 years old, following claims he's facing bankruptcy. Actor Bill has portrayed Ken Barlow on Corrie since the soap began airing in 1960, making him the longest-serving soap star in the world. He reportedly takes home £250,000 per year for his role, making him one of the highest paid actors on Coronation Street.

Chef and Sunday Brunch presenter Simon Rimmer, 60, has accidently let slip that he's a part of this year's ITV singing competition, The Masked Singer - or has he? Fans were shocked as the host spilled the beans on air that he is in fact Dippy Egg as he chatted to Absolutely Fabulous legend Julia Sawalha, 55, after she was recently unveiled as Bubble Tea on the hit show. As the pair reflected on her time on the show, the star seemed to forget himself in the moment. He said: "I always assumed that you picked your own costumes," Simon commented.

Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver had a close call with death after a co-star noticed a worrying sign on set.The actress, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, shared her scary experience with sepsis during a chat on Loose Women. While discussing the topic 'How good are you at listening to your body?' with Ruth Langsford, Linda Robson and Brenda Edwards, Sue revealed how she was diagnosed with sepsis. "I happened to be working one day, we were filming a big party and there were about 20 people in the scene," she said.

Coronation Street fans were left devastated on Tuesday’s visit to the cobbles, when Bernie and Gemma Winters finally discovered the truth about Paul Foreman’s intention to take his own life when his illness became too unbearable. As regular viewers will know, Paul has been battling motor neurone disease, a degenerative neurological condition that will eventually stop him from speaking, eating and even breathing on his own.

Dancing on Ice viewers have claimed it's 'so frustrating' as they believe they spotted an issue with the judges comments and scoring during week two of the competition. The ITV skating show returned to screens on Sunday night (January 21) for the second week of the contest.

Michelle Keegan is among the favourites to join the next Bond film as the female lead.The former Coronation Street star, 36, recently shot to worldwide fame after starring in the Netflix thriller Fool Me Once, and is now tipped to follow in the footsteps of Eva Green, Gemma Arterton, Halle Berry, Britt Ekland, and Ursula Andress. Betting expert James Leyfield, has revealed that Michelle could be going head-to-head with Killing Eve star Jodie Comer, for the coveted 'Bond girl' role.

Dancing On Ice returned to our screens for its second instalment on Saturday night (January 21). Long-standing host Holly Willoughby reprised her role as presenter, joined by TV favourite Stephen Mulhern.

The Masked Singer UK fans are convinced that they know which celebrity is Air Fryer on the 2024 series. Air Fryer, Bubble Tea, Owl, Piranha and Eiffel Tower battled it out on the show this week, as they took on school disco week.

As the first celebrities prepare to take to the ice on Sunday’s Dancing on Ice live show, our favourite stars have all been throwing in a few last minute rehearsals to try and nail each element of their routine before the all important performance. Among those stars this year, is Coronation Street star Claire Sweeney, who jumped at the chance of taking part after falling in love with the show and the beautiful routines on screen.

Love Island: All Stars has only been on TV screens for a matter of days, but a number of dramatic twists have already aired, including many contestants coming face to face with their ex-partners. The ITV2 dating show, which is a spin-off edition of Love Island featuring Islanders from past series, began airing on Monday 15 January, with the contestants being paired together by the public. The original line-up included Liberty Poole and Jake Cornish, who previously dated on the show, as well as Georgia Steel and Toby Aromolaran, who made no secret of their romantic history outside of the villa.

Coronation Street viewers have predicted that Aadi Alahan's (played by Adam Hussain) future has been sealed on the ITV soap, which is seeing plenty of drama in the next couple of weeks, after he was rushed to hospital during the latest episode. The teenager, who was celebrating his birthday party with twin Asha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey), unfortunately fell unconscious as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning in his flat. The character had retreated with a pack of beer after it was revealed that he had kissed his sister's girlfriend Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher), leaving Asha fuming.

Coronation Street actress Jenny McAlpine, who plays Weatherfield legend Fizz Dobbs, has finally returned to the cobbles nine months after giving birth to her third child, a daughter called Doris. The 39 year old star went on maternity leave early last year, and welcomed her little girl, whom she shares with husband Chris Farr, on April 4.

Emmerdale star Lisa Riley, famed for her role as Mandy Dingle on the ITV soap, has impressed fans with her incredible weight loss journey as she has overall shed a gigantic 12 stone by turning her lifestyle on its head.

Coronation Street's Tony Maudsley is heartbroken over the loss of his close friend Michael McGarrigle, who was found dead after going missing in Glasgow. On Tuesday, Tony shared a plea on Twitter for help in locating Michael, who was considered 'part of the family' and worked as a costume supervisor on Benidorm. Later that day, Tony shared the tragic news on Twitter: "Thank you so much to everyone for all your efforts in reposting our appeal to find Michael yesterday.

Brenda Blethyn has discussed the possibility of a new season of her detective series Vera.

Coronation Street star Ciarán Griffiths, who plays bad boy Damon Hay in the soap, has revealed the brilliant three-word comeback he uses when people heckle him for playing a gay character in the past.The 40 year old actor joined Coronation Street back in 2022 and has already been involved in plenty of drama, including breaking up Sarah Barlow and Adam's marriage by getting Sarah pregnant and kidnapping Adam. TV viewers may know Ciarán from elsewhere however as before joining Corrie, he had a successful career and appeared in shows such as City Road, The Bill, Holby City, Waterloo Road, and EastEnders.

Vera star David Leon, who plays Joe Ashworth, has addressed the future of the ITV drama.The actor played Joe in the first four seasons of Vera, before Kenny Doughty's Aiden Healy stepped in to fill his place. But after Doughty decided to leave the show after almost a decade in 2023, Vera's leading star Brenda Blethyn admitted she wanted to quit as well. It seems that Leon's return might have kept Brenda on board, however, as he agreed to return for the 13th series.

The Masked Singer UK viewers are convinced they already know Piranha's true identity.The show has only just returned to our TV screens, with a new line-up of masked singing celebrities unveiled last night, 6 January – Air Fryer, Bubble Tea, Owl, Eiffel Tower, Chicken Caesar and Piranha. Already fans have been blown away by the celebrities' singing voices and they're certain they recognise Piranha's. Helping out panellists Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Rita Ora and Mo Gilligan, viewers believe Piranha's true identity was McFly lead singer Danny Jones.

Chicken Caesar became the second celebrity to be unmasked on this series of The Masked Singer - but fans say the star was 'robbed' and claim the show is a 'fix'. The hit ITV show returned to screens on Saturday night (January 6) for the second episode of the brand new series.

The Masked Singer returned on Saturday night (January 6) with six more celebrity contestants taking to the stage to perform whilst hiding their identity. The opening episode of the new series of The Masked Singer aired last week and saw six characters go head-to-head - Maypole, Cricket, Big Foot, Dippy Egg, Weather and Rat - with Weather being unmasked as soul legend Dionne Warwick.