Oscar winner Sir Ben Kingsley started his career in Coronation Street in the 60’s and has hinted that he may return to the ITV soap some day.

Kingsley played Ron Jenkins, who chatted up Ken Barlow’s then wife Valerie. He has went on to star in films like Gandhi, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and The Love Guru.

He told The Sun: “Oh I did enjoy my time on Coronation Street. I said I might go back, have a pint in the Rovers Return.

“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.

“And this took place in Salford, so it was very much my territory and my background. It was a marvellous show.”

Sir Ben said making the ITV soap was “almost like live TV or theatre”.

He added: “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.”