Coronation Street fans were stunned to make a 'rare sighting' just minutes into the latest episode on Wednesday night, April 27, Manchester Evening News reports.
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Coronation Street fans were left making the same demand after watching one of the show's biggest star's life and career celebrated. Happy Birthday Bill aired on ITV on Tuesday night and paid homage to William Roache ahead of his 90th birthday.
The actor has played Ken Barlow in the much-loved soap since its very first episode on December 9, 1960, making him the Guinness World Record holder for being the longest-running TV soap star. Bill, who turns 90 on April 25, featured in the one-off, hour-long documentary, taking fans and viewers behind the scenes at Corrie as well as showing them around his Cheshire home and taking the cameras with him to events away from the cobbles.
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There were also appearances from the soap star's on-screen family, Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow), Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow), and Rob Mallard (Daniel Osbourne) as well as some past faces Bill and viewers were very much familiar with. This included a surprise reunion with his first on-screen wife Valerie, played by Anne Reid, and an appearance from Evelyn Plummer star Maureen Lipman and Rula Lenska, who played Ken's girlfriend Claudia Colby in the ITV soap, who arrived in the Rovers with a gift for Bill.
But there was another appearance that caught viewers' eyes and it was that of Joanna Lumley. The Absolutely Fabulous icon appeared in Weatherfield back in the early 70s as Elaine Perkins who was a love interest of Ken's.
Previously discussing her appearance in the soap in 1973, Joanna said: "He asked me, Elaine Perkins, to marry him but being an idiot I turned him down (I had to; it was in the script). And a month later I was back in
Coronation Street fans were stunned to make a 'rare sighting' just minutes into the latest episode on Wednesday night, April 27, Manchester Evening News reports.
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Coronation Street icon Bill Roache has celebrated his 90th birthday today. Bill is renowned for being the longest-running soap actor, playing Ken Barlow on the ITV show since it first began in December 1960. In order to mark the impressive milestone, his family have released new portraits of the 90 year old taken by his son Will at their family home in Cheshire.
Coronation Street has been flooded with messages about its legendary star as he marks his 90th birthday. William Roache, who has played Barlow patriarch Ken since the very first episode of the ITV soap, is celebrating the big milestone on Monday (April 25).
Coronation Street's William Roache - known as Bill - was welcomed onto the This Morning sofa to talk to Phil and Holly about his new book, Life and Soul, and upcoming 90th birthday next Monday. And the soap icon - who has played Weatherfield icon Ken Barlow since the show’s very first episode in December 1960 admitted that despite romances with dozens of women as the bookish on-screen lothario, it’s the Queen he has a crush on in real life, dating back to a meeting in 1953. After discussing his life, work and ways he stays young in outlook as his milestone birthday approaches, Holly Willoughby turned the conversation round to the Queen, who celebrated her 96th birthday this week.
His upcoming big birthday may have been widely publicised on ITV this week but William Roache's youthful appearance is still continuing to stun fans. The Coronation Street actor is just days away from marking his 90th birthday, on April 25.
Coronation Street fans were left in awe on Monday as the ITV soap shared a picture of Bill Roache's "incredible" 90th cake.Taking to Instagram, the ITV soap shared a picture of the Ken Barlow star, whose birthday is on 25 April, posing with his birthday cake, which is a replica of his character on the famous cobbles.The cake sees a fondant version of Ken Barlow sitting outside the Rovers Return Inn complete with the cobbles and a Coronation Street sign. Corrie penned alongside the snap: "Bill turns 90! Join us tonight for a special documentary celebrating the 90th birthday of the man behind Ken Barlow.
William "Bill" Roache admitted he "fancied" the Queen and grew fonder and fonder of the 95 year old monarch every time he met her. The Coronation Street actor, who celebrates his 90th birthday this month and was named in the New Year's Honours list, has met Her Majesty an incredible eight times. And from their very first meeting, the Ken Barlow icon was attracted to her.