ITV Coronation Street's Norris Cole actor Malcolm Hebden breaks silence on soap's Rita news as fans say 'jaws are on floor' birminghammail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from birminghammail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How Corrie's Rita went from exotic dancer to longest running female soap character in the world ok.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ok.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ITV celebrates Coronation Street queen Barbara Knox with one off television special filmed in Blackpool blackpoolgazette.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from blackpoolgazette.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After landing the part of Rita in 1964, the soap legend admits she thought would be 'forever' - but producers quickly axed the character and Barbara did not return for eight years