Bill Tarmey: 'Final episode was delightful'

Bill Tarmey has admitted that it was sad watching his final appearance on Coronation Street.

Over 11m viewers watched saw Jack Duckworth reunited with his wife Vera as he passed away last night.

"I've never asked to be shown anything that I've done until it came out but I was given the chance to watch it and I did and I found it delightful," Tarmey told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Speaking about Liz Dawn's brief return for the dream-like sequence in which Vera reappeared three years after her own death, Tarmey said it was "strangely lovely" working with her again.

He continued: "I mean she's been gone nearly three years but it was as if she'd never been away. It was delightful. Very sad, especially for me, but delightfully done."

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