Blue Bill has been invited back on Corrie!
He will reprise his Coronation Street role as Gordon Clegg for Betty Turpin's funeral. Betty's son Gordon will return to screens in April, joining Weatherfield's residents as they gather to pay their last respects to his TV mother.
ITV correspondent Sharon Marshall announced yesterday that Blue Bill is back on the street. He first appeared on Coronation Street in 1968 and went on to have a number of stints on the show.
Shazza said: 'We've got a little announcement to make about Betty and the funeral plans. Betty's funeral will be screened in April.'
'There's been so many rumours in the press, but there's only one person who they've actually asked to come back - and that's Bill Kenwright, who played her on-screen son.'
Blue Bill was last seen as Gordon in 1995, but actor Geoffrey Leesley covered for Bill and has since played the role in 2002 and 2004.
Betty Driver, who portrayed Betty Turpin for 42 years, passed away in October last year aged 91.
Street bosses have promised that Betty's exit storyline will also see the revelation of a secret that the Rovers barmaid kept for many years.
Well, anything to keep the funds rolling in eh Bill?!
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