Andrew Sachs confirms stint on Coronation Street

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There are many reasons why I love the Christmas Radio Times - great telly schedules, a fab crossword and holiday adverts for summer next year. Little did I know I'd also get a Coronation Street exclusive out of it too.

In an interview with Andrew Sachs, who's been rumoured to turn up on the cobbles as Norris Cole's brother, the ex-Fawlty Towers star says this:

"They're asking me to do Coronation Street next year. I'm a little concerned because I'm a pensioner, as the newspapers keep telling me, and it takes me longer to learn the lines. I'm going to take up the challenge anyway."

Great news so far but even better is that Andrew admits he and his wife are huge Corrie fans too. He said: "I have to watch Coronation Street. It was a condition of my marriage. My wife was such a fan that I've been watching it since 1962."

Want to see a Corrie look-a-like of Andrew Sach's grand-daughter, Georgina Baillie? Click here.

The last word on Andrew Sachs joining Corrie

This week The Mirror said that Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs would be joining Coronation Street. And they might be right, there's even been a news item on the official Corrie site.

However, it's not the first time this story has done the rounds in the press as Andrew Sachs first popped up in The Express saying he'd love to join Corrie as Norris' brother way back in May 2007. I even blogged the story back then for Corrieblog.

However, before Corrie fans get too excited about Andrew turning up on the cobbles, or indeed Norris having a brother, Ian Wylie's blog at the MEN has a direct line to the Corrie press office and the official line is: “It’s very early days," and it’s important to stress that nothing has been finalised in terms of his possible Corrie role...

...but wouldn't it be great?