You could argue that nobody knows Beverley Callard quite as well as her Corrie co-star Charlie Lawson.They have been friends for more than 30 years, with Charlie playing her on/off husband Jim McDonald in the soap since 1989.
When we speak to Charlie, 61, he hasn’t got a bad word to say about Beverley, gushing that he “loves her dearly” and telling us he’s very proud of how she’s doing in I’m A Celebrity.
And it’s clear the feeling is mutual, as when the show’s producers asked Bev, 63, to give them the number of one of her famous pals, she chose Charlie.
Although he has no idea why they wanted it! “Maybe when they’re all going stir crazy they’ll let them all have a phone call,” he says.
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