There’s a new face joining Coronation Street.
Actor and legendary children’s TV presenter Derek Griffiths has signed up to the ITV soap in the new year.
Derek will play retired mechanic Freddie, a motorbike loving pensioner who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Kylie Platt (Paula Lane) following the death of his wife, a client of Kylie’s at Audrey’s hair and beauty salon.
Corrie viewers may already know Derek, 69, from the children’s iconic… Read the full story