'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' star lands Corrie role

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet actor Tim Healy has joined the cast of Coronation Street.

Healy - who starred as Dennis Patterson in the BBC comedy - is to play Brian Tully, the father of Rovers barman Sean (Antony Cotton). The pair will finally be re-united at the funeral of Sean's aunt.

A show insider said: “Sean’s forced into making contact with his dad and it opens a whole can of worms. Brian doesn’t even know Sean is gay.”

Of his role, the actor said: “I am thrilled to be joining the cast of Coronation Street. I have already been in to meet Antony.

“I appeared on the show in 1976 as a bingo caller in a scene with Hilda Ogden, so to come back 30 years later is fantastic.”

A spokesman for the show added: "We're delighted that Tim will be working with us."

Healy, who starts filming next week, will be on-screen from Monday, June 5 and has provisionally signed for a seven episode stint.