Sir Ben Kingsley, whom we profiled here, had a brief appearance in Coronation Street in 1966. Since then, of course, he's gone on to become a world famous actor and was knighted in 2001.
But he's never forgotten the thrill of working on Coronation Street. He says it was "almost like live TV or theatre. We had huge cameras with great thick tapes, and we ran from one part of the studio to the other to keep the tapes rolling. Quite marvellous. Very exciting."
He says he wouldn't mind dropping into the Rovers for a pint one day. "I have very fond memories. I think a long-running soap is a very interesting way of looking at the social history of a time and a place. It was a marvellous show."
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Its nice to hear an actor has worked on corrie many, many years ago still talk about it even though he's world famous, great to hear.