ITV to launch Coronation Street special to fill void?

ITV is reportedly getting \'Coronation Street\' icons back together for a new series looking at the show\'s favourite characters.

\'Corrie\' legends such as Ken Barlow, played by William Roache, and Bet Lynch, portrayed by Julie Goodyear, are being eyed to star in the upcoming four-part series, which could help to fill the programming void caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

A TV source told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: "During these difficult times, ITV bosses thought, \'What better to lift the spirits than some of the most memorable moments in \'Corrie\' history?\'

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"It also gives them the chance to ­celebrate their many stars, including Ken Barlow - the longest-running soap star in the world.

"With filming suspended, this is a way of getting around the current restrictions as a lot can be pulled from archives and interviews at home."

Meanwhile, Kym Marsh recently called on ITV bosses to air old episodes of the show amid the pandemic.

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The 43-year-old actress - who starred as Michelle Connor on the ITV soap - suggested television could offer the British public an "escape" from the current situation.

She said: "There will be no \'Coronation Street\' on screen for a while, which is weird!

"During this time, we all look to television for our escape. I\'m thinking of those elderly people that have watched the soap for years and now have to go without it. I hope they run old episodes and revisit famous bits.

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"But taking the show off air is the right decision for the cast and the crew. How can you act in close proximity or do a love scene being two metres apart?"