Kym Marsh: 'I cried over Jack scenes'

Kym Marsh has confessed that she was moved to tears during filming of Bill Tarmey's final scenes on Coronation Street.

Tarmey's last appearance on the ITV soap, which aired on Monday, saw his character Jack Duckworth reunited with late wife Vera in a dream sequence as he passed away.

"It was so lovely. I think I'd have had to be a robot not to have shed a tear," Marsh - who plays Michelle Connor - told PA.

"And I loved the little dance and when she told him he looked scruffy. It was classic Jack and Vera - so it was sad but [there] was a little happy twist to it. It was classic Coronation Street."

She went on to reveal that the entire cast are struggling to cope with Tarmey's departure after three decades on the show.

"When we all found out Bill was leaving we were really upset. We'd lost Liz Dawn not long before that, she'd wanted to leave and then we were losing Jack as well. It was like, 'Oh my God, Jack and Vera, they've gone'," Marsh explained.

"It was the end of an era for Coronation Street. It was a sad day when he left and he'll be missed. He's such a nice man."