Coronation Street star Antony Cotton is set to star in his own ITV1 daytime chat show.
That Antony Cotton Show will broadcast across the summer from ITV Productions in Manchester. The series will run for an hour, weekdays over a five week period.
Antony, who won best actor at the British Soap Awards last month will present this brand new comedy chat show from the Granada Studios in Manchester, whilst still appearing in the soap. It will be filmed in front of a studio audience and will reflect the world through the host’s light hearted look on life with a combination of celebrity chat and topical humour.”
Antony said “I’m delighted to have been given this opportunity. I love working on Coronation Street and the producer has been kind enough to allow me to leave the cobbles earlier in the day to get into the studio next door to make the show. It’s going to be gossipy, light hearted, chatty and irreverent but most of all fun with lots of tea and cake.”
Executive Producer Rachel Ashdown said: “Antony has a fantastic sense of humour and the show is very much going to reflect that.”
Since joining Coronation Street in 2004, Antony has become a firm favourite with viewers winning a Soap Award for Best Actor earlier this year, both the National Television Award and Inside Soap Award for Most Popular Newcomer in 2005 and Funniest Performance at the Inside Soap Awards in both 2005 and 2006. He was also crowned winner of this year’s Soapstar Superstar.
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