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Coronation Street's Sue Johnston has said it is a 'privilege to grow old' after losing some of her friends of her peers over the years.  She added that she has no plans to retire and while she does lament feeling 'tired', acting still 'excites' her 'after all this time'. During her 40-year acting career, the star has played two different roles in much-loved Coronation Street, once in 1982 when she appeared as Mrs Chadwick and then returning in 2012 as Gloria.

Coronation Street star Claire Sweeney has been supported as she shared 'previous memories' of herself and her late co-star Dean Sullivan following his sad death. The actress was devastated back in November when it was confirmed her Brookside co-star had died following a short illness.

The Royle Family star Sue Johnston has opened up on how difficult it is to watch the once hugely-popular comedy series in the years since fellow star Caroline Aherne sadly died. Sue, who played family matriarch Barbara Royle in the iconic show from 1998 to 2012, was on-screen mum to daughter Denise (played by Caroline), and the pair joined show star Ricky Tomlinson as Jim Royle. Sadly, Caroline, who also created the sitcom, died of cancer after a short battle with the disease in 2016.

Bob Odenkirk As part of Variety‘s 100 Greatest Television Shows of All Time issue, we asked 12 of our favorite creators of television to discuss the series that inspire and move them. Check out all the essays, and read our full list of the best TV shows ever made. Almost nothing happens in “The Royle Family.” Over the course of 25 episodes, we occasionally pop into two other rooms of the central family’s house in Manchester, England — the dinner table, and a tiny kitchen loaded with dirty dishes. But most of the action takes place in the TV room, as everybody sits around, enabling each other’s weaknesses and shortcomings.

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Brookside was a staple part of many people's childhoods in the 80s and 90s. So when news recently came out that episodes are on STV to watch again, viewers were delighted.The show, which was set in Liverpool on a specially made street, first aired in November 1982 and produced a number of iconic and memorable moments. One of these was the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss.

The Grant family was one of the first fictional clans to step onto Brookside when the soap first aired on Channel 4 in 1982.The much-loved drama quickly became an '80s and '90s classic as it told the stories of the residents of Brookside Close in Liverpool for 21 years across 2,915 episodes. Although the series had a long and successful run, Brookside finally came to an end in 2003 after being axed due to low ratings. But there were some TV gold moments along the way many of which included the Grant family, consisting of mum and dad Bobby and Sheila, daughter Karen and sons Barry and Damon.

Witness Number 3 is currently the most-watched TV series on Netflix UK, leading fans to wonder whether a season two might be coming out.The Channel 5 show first came out on July 18, 2022, but is now available on Netflix and has gone straight to the number one UK TV spot on the streaming service.The four-part crime drama stars Nina Toussaint-White – who plays a single mother and salon owner who is targeted by a gang when she becomes a key witness in a murder case – alongside Sion Daniel Young, Sue Johnston, Clare Dunne and Ruaridh Mollica.A synopsis for the show reads: “As Jodie’s paranoia mounts she becomes a target, but can the police protect her? One day at work, Jodie glances out of the window and in a split second her life descends into freefall. It was just two men walking on the far side of the road – but she’s actually witnessed a killer and his victim moments before a murder.”Below is everything we know about whether or not there will be a season two.

Celebrity Gogglebox was back on our screens tonight and the show reunited TV royalty. Sitting down to watch the telly was none other than The Royle Family stars Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston.

Gogglebox. The Lionheart hitmaker, 28, has signed up to the hit Channel 4 show alongside his dad. The father and son duo will make their first onscreen appearance on Friday 16 June alongside celeb favourites Rylan Clark and his mum Linda and Shaun Ryder and his Happy Mondays bandmate Bez.

Legendary soap Brookside is making a return after it was announced that all episodes of the Liverpool drama are going to be streamed on STV Player. It's been 20 years since the 13 houses on Britain’s most famous cul-de-sac were boarded up, and iconic families such as the Corkhills, Dixons and Grants said their last goodbyes.

Manchester’s LGBTQ+ community will be celebrated in a new exhibition focusing on two iconic moments of the city-region’s history.

Remember how we all used to gather on the sofa to laugh, cry and truly identify with The Royle Family? This hugely-loved show really was one of those once-in-a-blue-moon sitcoms that managed to unite the generations - from your comedy-disliking grandma all the way through to that surly uncle who usually only watches sport. Shot through with a real warmth and easy-going humour, audiences instantly just clicked with this most down-to-earth of familes.Tuning in to follow their trials and tribulations almost became something of a ritual, helping propel the programme from strength to strength through the late 90s and beyond.

Simon O'Brien got fans talking last month what he made a return to the small screen as Coronation Street's newest character. The actor made his debut in the ITV soap on May 27 as Frank Bardsley.

Julie Walters (National Treasure) and Clarke Peters (The Wire) are fronting a dark, irreverent drama based around a death pact for broadcaster Channel 4.

Set in a Manchester council house, The Royle Family ran for just three seasons plus specials, but had a massive cultural impact.

Congratulations to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford, who are celebrating their 11th wedding anniversary! The couple married on 26 June 2010 after a 13-year relationship and shared their big day – hosted at The Elvetham hotel in Hampshire – exclusively with HELLO! magazine.In honour of the couple's special anniversary, take a look back at their wedding, which was attended by stars including Zoe Lucker, Gloria Hunniford, Jeremy Kyle and Sue Johnston…RELATED: The most memorable HELLO! celebrity

The last time they appeared on screen together, Sue Johnston and Sean Bean were lovers. Now, 30 years on, they have been cast as mother and son – prompting the actress to hit out at the sexism facing older women in showbusiness.

Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, who are celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary! The couple married on 26 June 2010 after a 13-year relationship and shared their big day – hosted at The Elvetham hotel in Hampshire – exclusively with HELLO! magazine.In honour of the couple's milestone anniversary, take a look back at their wedding, which was attended by stars including Zoe Lucker, Gloria Hunniford, Jeremy Kyle and Sue Johnston…RELATED: The most memorable HELLO! celebrity weddings Eamonn

Royle Family star Sue Johnston was so heartbroken by co-star ­Caroline Aherne’s death that she couldn’t bring herself to delete her number from her phone. And the thought of watching an episode of the hit comedy – in which they played mum and daughter for 14 years – was a definite no-no.