Ken Morley: 'Corrie! is a knock-out'

Ken Morley has revealed that he is enjoying his new role as a narrator of the stage play Corrie!.

The actor, who used to play Reg Holdsworth in Coronation Street, admitted that he was initially "cynical" about the idea of six people representing the soap.

He told the Liverpool Daily Post: "I was a bit cynical about it, to be honest. I didn't think six people could cover 50 years of broadcasting, but it's been a bit of a revelation, really."

The comedy is created by Liverpool-born Jonathan Harvey, a Coronation Street scriptwriter who also produced the comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme and the play Canary.

Corrie! takes the audience through the soap's history at a fast pace with just six actors playing all the parts.

Morley added: "It's an absolute knock-out."