Coronation Street actor Connor McIntyre, who played villainous builder Pat Phelan, has been cast in Channel 4 secondary school drama Ackley Bridge.
With the show returning for its fourth series this week, Connor will be playing Cooper, grandfather of Johnny, a new character from a Romany Gypsy family.
Johnny is described as a "cheeky, confident" character, but he may just be putting ip a front, and he finds it hard to trust in the school system.
It remains to be seen how his relationship with Cooper will play out on screen, but we can be sure to expect drama as Johnny navigates through deep family secrets as well as trying to get a grasp of how to impress the opposite sex as he catches the eye of both Kayla and Fizza.
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