Johnny Briggs: 'Corrie has no one star'

Former Coronation Street actor Johnny Briggs has claimed that the soap has survived because no one person has been allowed to become the star.

The Weatherfield drama will celebrate its 50th anniversary next month and Briggs - who played Mike Baldwin for 30 years - told Hello magazine that there is only one true star.

"The true strength of the Street is that there isn't a star," he said. "The star of the show is The Rovers.

"People come and go, and the show still carries on."

Briggs was reunited with five other cast members for a shoot for the magazine, including William Roache (Ken Barlow), Bill Tarmey (Jack Duckworth), Barbara Knox (Rita Sullivan), Betty Driver (Betty Williams) and Julie Goodyear (Bet Lynch). The six have clocked up an impressive 215 years on the ITV soap between them.

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