The Road to Coronation Street a Londoner most famous for her role as Kat Moon in "EastEnders", "religiously" watched YouTube footage of early episodes to master the "old-fashioned Mancunian" accent as she described it. Wallace also briefly had sessions with a dialect coach before filming commenced. James Roache plays his father William Roache in the drama. The elder Roache has played Ken Barlow in "Coronation Street" since its inception. As well as acting in "The Road to Coronation Street", James was filming scenes for "Coronation Street" in a non-regular role as Ken Barlow's grandson at the same time. Celia Imrie played Doris Speed, who played
Grease Is the Word & Lauren Danny B & Susan McFadden Anthony & Allison Michael & Vicky On Saturday 7 April 2007, the first day of the shows airing, "The Sun" newspaper revealed that 1990s popstar Kavana had reached the live final stage. On 22 April 2007 it was announced that Hayley, one of the final 16, is the daughter of the actor, Michael Starke who starred as Sinbad in "Brookside" and also appeared in "Coronation Street". Susan is also the younger sister of former Westlife member and current solo artist Brian McFadden. David Ian gathered the finalists at the Picadilly Theatre in London's