Coronation Street's Tony Maudsley says 'first time ever' as he delights in reunion with soap's former star
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCoronation Street star Tony Maudsley was flooded with comments as he was seen reuniting with a former co-star - but not from his soap role.
The actor is currently known for portraying George Shuttleworth in the ITV soap. He arrived on the street when he began doing business with Preston's Petals after taking over Shuttleworth's Independent Funeral Directors after his father, Archie Shuttleworth, died.
Then in January 2021, George and Gail Platt discovered that they shared great-great grandparents, Augustus and Fanny Page. But while many will recognise Tony for the role of Weatherfield's own undertaker, many still can't shake off his past acting credits, particularly that of hairdresser Kenneth Du Beke in the hit ITV sitcom Benidorm, a role he played from 2011 to 2018. READ MORE: Coronation Street fans spot 'crush' in 'deliberate' clue after soap icon ruled out romance READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here And over the weekend, Tony left fans thrilled when he revealed he had bumped into former Benidorm co-star Sherrie Hewson, who fans of the comedy series will know for playing Joyce Temple-Savage, the manager of the Solana Hotel, from 2012 until its end in 2018.
Posing alongside Sherrie, who also played Maureen Holdsworth in Corrie long before Tony made his Weatherfield debut as George, and Corrie's head of makeup Gillian Walsh, the soap star shared on Instagram: "Look who I bumped into in Blackpool yesterday!
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