Deidre Barlow: Last News

Corrie fans will remember Doug Murray who was a much loved character that was famous for his iconic sideburns and fling with Deirdre Barlow in the 90's.The actor who played Doug, Brian Hibbard sadly died at the age of 65 in 2012.What many people don't know is that he led a very interesting life had many weird jobs and was the lead singer of a popular 80's band.Brian was born into a working class family in South Wales and was educated at Ebbw Vale Grammar School.He tried out plenty of different jobs that included being a teacher, a steel worker, a barman and a chimney sweep but eventually realised his love for music and formed the a capella group The Flying Pickets.The band had a number one hit in 1983 with their first single - a cover version of Yazoo's Only You.It spent five weeks at the top of the chart and won the coveted Christmas number one slot that year.They hit the Top 10 again with another cover, When You're Young and in Love (1984), but only scraped into the lower reaches of the chart with their third single, the Eurythmics song Who's That Girl (1984.)Stardom coincided with the 1984-85 miners' strike, so the group staged benefit concerts and picketed pits, coke plants and power stations, leading one record chain to refuse to stock their albums as reported by The Guardian.So he began his very successful acting career and started his run in Coronation Street in 1992 where he was one of Deidre Barlow’s many lovers.He later called on bosses to modernise the show, claiming the storylines were 30 years out of date.

Coronation Street icon Amanda Barrie has shocked fans by revealing her age as she revealed she was selling a piece of soap history. The actress is auctioning off a number of things including some iconic ITV soap memorabilia as she approaches a big milestone.

Coronation Street villain Rob Donovan.Rob was introduced as the troubled younger brother of Carla Connor and began his scheming on the cobbles from the get-go.Shortly after getting engaged to Tracy Barlow, Rob bludgeoned Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan) to death to keep his crimes a secret and was later sentenced to life in prison for her murder.After his imprisonment, he returned to the popular ITV soap a handful of times but made his last official appearance exactly five years ago today. Following the anniversary of his departure, Daily Star have looked at where the Corrie star is now, from a possible soap comeback to a triumphant stage return.Most fans will know Marc as one of Corrie's biggest bad boys, however, his soap career actually began almost a decade prior.In 2005, Marc appeared in an episode of Doctors and four years later stumbled upon Albert Square in a New Years Day episode of EastEnders.

EMOTIONS ran high in Weatherfield last night as Amy Barlow opened her gifts on the morning of her birthday. The first of a double serving of Coronation Street opened with Deirdre Barlow's brief and poignant return.

Coronation Street went abroad for the very first time in 1974 - but it was far from a holiday for the cast.

Piers Morgan pleads with BBC to ask Williamson why he hasn't quit“That was the big decision-making time, but we'd already been running for a while."Bill made his debut as Ken Barlow in December 1960 and has since gone to be at the centre of many memorable storylines.The actor believes it wasn’t until 1983 when the media had started to take soaps seriously.At a Manchester United game, Bill’s character and his on-screen wife Deidre Barlow (played by Anne Kirkbride) were shown on the big screen.Recalling the moment, the actor added: “One of the papers actually took a photograph of the television screen and published that on the front page."Prior to that, soaps were not treated seriously.There were no soap reporters in papers, there were no

I'M A Celebrity star Beverley Callard has said she was visited by the ghost of Deidre Barlow actress Anne Kirkbride on the Coronation Street set. The 63-year-old has played Liz McDonald for 30 years, most of which were with Corrie legend Anne.

LOVE comes in many forms in soapland and while we don’t always understand some of these odd pairings, their entertainment value is great. From EastEnders’ Heather and Darren to Corrie’s Dev and Deirdre, here are soaps most unlikely couples that got viewers saying, “WTF?” Dev Alahan and Deidre Barlow - Coronation Street In 2001, viewers cringed as the love rat hooked up with shop assistant Deirdre Barlow behind her husband Ken's back.

Carol Vorderman has joined in the latest social media trend to share a throwback snap of yourself at the age of 20, as she sent her fans wild with the snap.

Beloved Barlow dog Eccles died tonight after 14 years on Coronation Street.