"Mel Hutchwright Lionel Hipkiss, using the alias Mel Hutchwright, is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", played by Ian McKellen. He makes his first on-screen appearance on 1 May 2005 and is last seen on 22 May 2005. In March 2005, it was announced that British veteran actor, Ian McKellen, had joined ""Coronation Street"" for ten episodes as a ""dodgy novelist"". Producer Tony Wood said: ""We are delighted that an actor of Ian McKellen's calibre has agreed to appear in the show, it is a testament to the direction we have been taking the show"
"""he's unwashed, sleazy and a leading authority on ""the working man"" and his ""daily struggle"", no mean feat considering Mel's spent the past three decades in a dressing gown and flip-flops listening to the World Service."" During a feature on famous faces in ""Coronation Street"", Tom Cole of the ""Radio Times"" said McKellen's casting was ""show-stealing"" and ""one in the eye for any snobs who'd call soap operas vulgar or trashy."" Cole added ""Playing smooth-talking conman Mel Hutchwright, McKellen's performance in Corrie was as enchanting as a kaleidoscope and intoxicating as a fine single malt."" Mel Hutchwright Lionel Hipkiss, using"
"a club with red makeup around her eyes. The single reached No. 14 in the UK Singles Chart on 17 May 2009. Emma Edmondson Emma Edmondson (born 15 March 1984 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester) is a British television actress, best known for playing Mel Morton in ""Coronation Street"". She joined the soap in March 2007. Prior to this she had a small role in the first series of BBC drama ""The Street"". In 2008, it was announced that the Morton family had been axed from Coronation Street as part of a revamp by the new producer and they would no"
"three parts from 2012 to 2014. On 16 March 2002, he hosted ""Saturday Night Live"". In 2003, McKellen made a guest appearance as himself on the American cartoon show ""The Simpsons"" in a special British-themed episode entitled ""The Regina Monologues"", along with the then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and author J. K. Rowling. In April and May 2005, he played the role of Mel Hutchwright in Granada Television's long running British soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", fulfilling a lifelong ambition. He narrated Richard Bell's film ""Eighteen"" as a grandfather who leaves his World War II memoirs on audio-cassette for his"
"Emma Edmondson Emma Edmondson (born 15 March 1984 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester) is a British television actress, best known for playing Mel Morton in ""Coronation Street"". She joined the soap in March 2007. Prior to this she had a small role in the first series of BBC drama ""The Street"". In 2008, it was announced that the Morton family had been axed from Coronation Street as part of a revamp by the new producer and they would no longer feature as of August. Emma also appeared in the music video for Deadmau5's 2008/2009 hit single ""I Remember"". She appears in"
"character, even though she and her onscreen family 'failed to fit the Weatherfield jigsaw'. Various blog sites ran polls to get the public's opinion over who was the best character in the Morton clan, Corrie Blog writer stated that Mel was the character with most potential comparing her to former teenage characters Katy Harris, Lucille Hewitt and Jenny Bradley. The review centre said that Mel and her family were full of wooden actors. Mel Morton Mel Morton is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"". The character was portrayed by Emma Edmondson from the character's inception"
"Rhea Bailey Rhea Bailey (born 12 November 1983) is a British actress. She is the younger sister of singer Corinne Bailey Rae. Her father is Kittitian and her mother is English. She is best known for her roles as PC Mel Ryder in The Bill between 2008 and 2010, and Caz Hammond in ""Coronation Street"" in 2015 and 2016. Her other television roles include Chloe Simms on the soap opera ""Crossroads"", former student Yasmin Deardon in BBC school drama ""Waterloo Road"", Jade in the ""Torchwood"" episode ""Out of Time"", Jazz in the movie ""Credo"" (also known as ""The Devil's Curse"")"
"and DC Lisa Goodall in the ITV series ""Blue Murder"". Rhea Bailey Rhea Bailey (born 12 November 1983) is a British actress. She is the younger sister of singer Corinne Bailey Rae. Her father is Kittitian and her mother is English. She is best known for her roles as PC Mel Ryder in The Bill between 2008 and 2010, and Caz Hammond in ""Coronation Street"" in 2015 and 2016. Her other television roles include Chloe Simms on the soap opera ""Crossroads"", former student Yasmin Deardon in BBC school drama ""Waterloo Road"", Jade in the ""Torchwood"" episode ""Out of Time"", Jazz"
"Mel Morton Mel Morton is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"". The character was portrayed by Emma Edmondson from the character's inception into the episode airing on 18 March 2007 until her departure on 3 October 2008. Some of the character's earlier minor storylines involved David Platt developing a crush on Mel, but she stood him up. To get his revenge, he spread gossip that he had slept with Mel, but was forced to apologise by his mother. In February 2008, Mel became WPC Morton, joining her friend Abi Sharpe in the police force where"
"Victoria. Tom Hudson (actor) Thomas “Tom” Hudson (born 2 October 1986 in Salford) is an English actor. Hudson played the roles of Baz Wainwright in ""Grange Hill"" between 2003 and 2007 and of Paul Clayton, son of Terry Duckworth, in ""Coronation Street"" between 2007 and 2008. Hudson left ""Coronation Street"" in May 2008. Other roles have included a part in the film ""Love + Hate"" and a small part as Jamie Coldwell in television series ""Casualty"". He also had parts in ""Knight School"", ""Heartbeat"" and ""The Royal"". In January 2008 Hudson announced his engagement to marry his girlfriend of two"
"Bonnie Langford Bonita Melody Lysette Langford (born 22 July 1964), known simply as Bonnie Langford, is an English actress, dancer and entertainer. She came to prominence as a child star in the early 1970s before subsequently becoming well known for her role as Mel Bush, a companion of Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy's ""Doctor"" in the ""BBC"" series ""Doctor Who"" in the mid 1980s. She has since appeared on stage in various musicals in the West End and on Broadway, shows such as ""Peter Pan"", ""Cats"", ""The Pirates of Penzance"" and ""Chicago"", and more recently on TV in series 1"
"Tom Hudson (actor) Thomas “Tom” Hudson (born 2 October 1986 in Salford) is an English actor. Hudson played the roles of Baz Wainwright in ""Grange Hill"" between 2003 and 2007 and of Paul Clayton, son of Terry Duckworth, in ""Coronation Street"" between 2007 and 2008. Hudson left ""Coronation Street"" in May 2008. Other roles have included a part in the film ""Love + Hate"" and a small part as Jamie Coldwell in television series ""Casualty"". He also had parts in ""Knight School"", ""Heartbeat"" and ""The Royal"". In January 2008 Hudson announced his engagement to marry his girlfriend of two years,"
"Peter Armitage (actor) Peter James Armitage (23 October 1939 – 30 November 2018) was an English television actor best known for his role as Bill Webster on long-running soap opera ""Coronation Street"". He was a regular on British screens from the 1970s onwards. Armitage was born in Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, where he was brought up primarily by his aunt until the age of 10, when his mother married. He did not meet his father, who was German, until he was 28, and the two did not form a long-term relationship. Armitage trained as an actor at the East"
"Les Dennis Leslie Dennis Heseltine (born 12 October 1953), known as Les Dennis, is an English television presenter, actor and comedian. He was the presenter of ""Family Fortunes"" for 15 years from 1987 until 2002. He played the role of Michael Rodwell in ""Coronation Street"" from 2014 to 2016. Dennis was born in Garston, Liverpool. His father worked in a betting shop after serving in the Royal Navy during World War II, and was listed as a football player on the books of Liverpool F.C. (but did not play for the first team). His mother worked in a factory. For"
"she and Boyd had divorced. She has professed to having a passion for Thai cuisine which forms an integral part of her diet. In 2007, after over thirty years in show business, Hewson declared bankruptcy. She described the experience as like having ""a dreadful, contagious disease"". Hewson is a cousin of retired footballer Garry Birtles. Hewson's mother died in 2012. Sherrie Hewson Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson (born 17 September 1950) is an English actor, presenter, broadcaster, television personality and novelist. She is known for her roles on the ITV soap operas ""Coronation Street"" (1993–1997, 2006), ""Crossroads"" (2001–2003), and ""Emmerdale"" (2004–2006). She"
"Peter Baldwin (actor) Peter Francis Baldwin (29 July 1933 – 21 October 2015) was an English actor best known for his role of Derek Wilton in the British soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Peter was born in Chidham, near Chichester, Sussex where his father was a primary school headmaster and his mother a teacher. He attended Horsham Grammar School and then did National Service in the army. His introduction to the theatre came during World War II when his parents took him to see a Chichester Festival Theatre production of ""Peter Pan"" starring Ann Todd and Alastair Sim. After training to"
"the age of 16, died from Septicaemia at Wrightington Hospital, Wigan on 26 September 1984 at the age of 52. Peter Adamson (actor) Peter George Adamson (16 February 1930 – 17 January 2002) was a British stage and television actor. He is best known for playing the character of Len Fairclough in the long-running television series ""Coronation Street"" from January 1961 to May 1983. Born in Allerton, Liverpool, Adamson was the youngest of six children. His father was a manager of a menswear shop. Adamson left school at the age of 14 and took an office job in a solicitor's"
"Michael Le Vell Michael Robert Turner, known by the stage name Michael Le Vell (born 15 December 1964) is an English actor. He is known for his role as mechanic Kevin Webster on the ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"", a role he has played since 1983. Le Vell was born in Newton Heath, Manchester. When he was fifteen, his mother died from a brain tumour, and when he was 22, his father died of lung cancer. Le Vell began his acting career in the Oldham Theatre Workshop after taking an interest in amateur dramatics while at school. He had a"
"Jean Alexander Jean Mavis Hodgkinson (11 October 1926 – 14 October 2016), known by the stage name Jean Alexander, was a British television actress. She was best known to television viewers for her long running role of Hilda Ogden in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", a role she played from 1964 until 1987, and also as Auntie Wainwright in the long-running sitcom ""Last of the Summer Wine"" from 1988 to 2010. For her role in ""Coronation Street"", she won the 1985 Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance, and received a 1988 BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress. Alexander"
"Melanie Hill Melanie Jane Hill (born 11 January 1962) is an English actress, best known for playing Hazel Redfearn in Auf Wiedersehen Pet (1985-86), Aveline in ""Bread"" (1986–1991), Rita Dolan in Kay Mellor drama ""Playing the Field"" (1998–2002), Maggie Budgen in BBC school-based drama ""Waterloo Road"" (2012–2015), Julie Travers in popular BBC drama ""The Syndicate"" (2015) and Cathy Matthews in ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" (2015–present) Hill was educated at Monkwearmouth School before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she won the Vanbrugh award. Hill replaced Gilly Coman as the character of Aveline in the last"
"Helen Worth Helen Worth (born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth; 7 January 1951) is an English actress who is best known for playing Gail Platt in the ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" since 1974. For her 40 years on the show, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2014 British Soap Awards. Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth was born to Alfred and Gladys Wigglesworth in Ossett and grew up in Morecambe, Lancashire. She was brought up in a middle-class family and attended private school. At the age of eight her parents fostered Ghanaian-born Wilson Kpikpitse, who was sent to England as an overseas"
"include ""Salonika"", ""Twelfth Night"", ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" and ""Too Cold for Snow"". Paul Fox (actor) Paul Fox (born 20 March 1979) is an Cornish actor, known for portraying Mark Redman in ""Coronation Street"" and Will Cairns in Emmerdale and Dr Jeff Goodwin in ""The Royal"". Born in Truro, Cornwall, Fox moved to Greasby whilst still a baby. He has one older brother, Christian. He attended Hilbre high school in west kirby and the Glenda Jackson Youth Theatre in Birkenhead, and studied for a BTEC in Performing Arts and an A Level in Theatre Studies at West Cheshire College. Fox"
"(Darren), Kylie Babbington (Jodie), Nina Wadia (Zainab), John Partridge (Christian), Diane Parish (Denise), Jessie Wallace (Kat), Shane Richie (Alfie), Ricky Norwood (Fatboy), Nitin Ganatra (Masood), Shona McGarty (Whitney) and Jamie Borthwick (Jay). The stars from ""Coronation Street"" who appear are Sue Cleaver (Eileen), Antony Cotton (Sean), Julie Hesmondhalgh (Hayley), Shobna Gulati (Sunita), Beverley Callard (Liz), Kym Marsh (Michelle), Helen Worth (Gail), Jimmi Harkishin (Dev) and Ryan Thomas (Jason). Callard, Marsh, Worth, Harkishin and Thomas visited the ""EastEnders"" set, Partridge, Hawkins, Brett, Wadia and Babbington visited the ""Coronation Street"" set, while the other cast members remained on their respective usual sets."
"that he is. Mel's real name is in fact Lionel Hipkiss and he has pulled scams like this at book clubs all over the country. Emily, Blanche, Roy, Rita, Audrey and Norris are shocked and demand their money back. Norris manhandles Mel out of the door after he insults them all. None of the Book Club members report Mel to the police, embarrassed that they were taken in by a conman. ""The Guardian"" critic Grace Dent described the character as ""a pretentious bore,"" and praised ""Coronation Street"" for being ""streets ahead."" In the same article Dent went on to say"
"of Nick Cotton"" in 2000; ""Crimewatch""; ""Heartbeat"" and ""A Touch of Frost"". In 2005, Millea was cast as the father of the new Ashworth family in ""Hollyoaks"", once remarking that he envied the life of his on-screen son, Rhys. He left the show in 2010. He has also played Carl Armstrong and Jeff Rayner in ""Coronation Street"" in 1994 and 2013 respectively. Jim Millea Jim Millea (born 25 November 1958) is an English actor who played small businessman and publican Neville Ashworth in the Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks"". Millea trained at the Rose Burford College of Speech and Drama,"
"David Jason. Armitage lived in Cross Hills, North Yorkshire and subsequently in Cononley near Skipton. Armitage died of a heart attack on 30 November 2018, aged 79. He is survived by two adult children. Peter Armitage (actor) Peter James Armitage (23 October 1939 – 30 November 2018) was an English television actor best known for his role as Bill Webster on long-running soap opera ""Coronation Street"". He was a regular on British screens from the 1970s onwards. Armitage was born in Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, where he was brought up primarily by his aunt until the age of 10,"
"Katherine Kelly (actress) Katherine Kelly (born 19 November 1979) is an English actress. A 2001 graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she played Becky McDonald in the ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" from 2006 to 2012, for which she won Best Actress at the 2009 British Soap Awards and Best Serial Drama Performance at the 2012 National Television Awards. From 2013 to 2016 she played Mae, Lady Loxley in the ITV drama series ""Mr Selfridge"". Kelly's theatre credits include ""Othello"" at the Royal Exchange Theatre in 2002, playing Kate Hardcastle in the 2012 National Theatre revival of ""She"
"Ashley Boettcher Ashley Boettcher (born September 3, 2000) is an American teen actress. Boettcher has acted since the age of five and is best known for her role as Mel Fuller in the Amazon Studios Original Series ""Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street"". Boettcher was born in Texas, United States. She began acting at the age of five. She describes her start in acting as ""a long story, but the short answer is that all the right doors opened and I was born to do it."" She has been in multiple television shows and movies, and is mainly recognized for"
"Dramatic Art, the Drama Centre London, the Method Studio, London, and the City Literary Institute. In 2011 he took to the stage to play John Proctor in Arthur Miller's ""The Crucible"" at the York Theatre Royal. In 2013, he joined the cast of Channel 4 soap opera, ""Hollyoaks"" playing Danny Lomax. Stephen Billington Stephen Billington (born 10 December 1969) is an English actor, best known for playing Greg Kelly in ""Coronation Street"" (for which he won the 1999 British Soap Award for Villain of the Year). Born in Farnworth, Lancashire, Billington trained at the Drama Centre London, and was an"
"house in Florida, USA. He is a keen golfer. Johnny Briggs (actor) John Ernest Briggs, (born 5 September 1935) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mike Baldwin in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", in which he appeared from 1976 to 2006 and again in 2012 in the Text Santa special as a ghost. He received a lifetime achievement award at the 2006 British Soap Awards for his thirty years of contribution to the soap. A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, where he was a contemporary of Lorna Fendall and Anne Hart,"
"later in Southport Hospital. Jean Alexander Jean Mavis Hodgkinson (11 October 1926 – 14 October 2016), known by the stage name Jean Alexander, was a British television actress. She was best known to television viewers for her long running role of Hilda Ogden in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", a role she played from 1964 until 1987, and also as Auntie Wainwright in the long-running sitcom ""Last of the Summer Wine"" from 1988 to 2010. For her role in ""Coronation Street"", she won the 1985 Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance, and received a 1988 BAFTA TV Award nomination"
"Alec Gilroy Alec Gilroy is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", played by Roy Barraclough. The character made several appearances in the show as a small-time talent agent, the first in 1972, and later as a series regular from 1986 to 1992. He reappeared briefly in July 1995, and returned for a longer stint between April 1996 and December 1998. Alec is best known for his tempestuous marriage to long-running character Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear). Alec is introduced as the manager of a Working Men's Club, but soon progressed to being a theatrical agent with"
"Cheryl Murray Cheryl Murray (born Cheryl Frayling-Wright 13 July 1952 in Liverpool, Lancashire) is an English actress, best known for her role as Suzie Birchall on the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", which she played from 1977 to 1979 and again in 1983. She played the eldest daughter of Billie Whitelaw and sister of Smiths fan Lucette Henderson in the video ""Everyday Is Like Sunday"" by Morrissey - which was filmed in and around Southend-on-Sea and Westcliff. She also appeared in the fourth series of David Croft's ""Hi-de-Hi!"" as Joan Wainwright and alongside Ronnie Corbett in an episode of Sorry!. Murray"