Ken Morley ITV television show "Celebrity Fit Club", where he lost over two stone. Morley also appears in the adverts for Safestyle UK double glazing windows. He features as a character similar to Reg Holdsworth. Morley is a pantomime favourite and has appeared in many pantomimes including: Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and lots more. In 2010, Morley returned to "Coronation Street" in the 50th Anniversary Special "" alongside former "Coronation Street" actor Kevin Kennedy who played Curly Watts. In 2011, he appeared in an episode of the children's television show Sooty as Hurbert Fanshawe. Morley has promoted
Coronation Street achievement was the introduction of Hayley Patterson (Julie Hesmondhalgh), the first transsexual character in a British soap. Some viewers were alienated by the new "Coronation Street", and sections of the media voiced their disapproval. Having received criticism of being too out of touch, "Corrie" now struggled to emulate the more modern "Brookside" and "EastEnders". In the "Daily Mirror", Victor Lewis-Smith wrote: "Apparently it doesn't matter that this is a first-class soap opera, superbly scripted and flawlessly performed by a seasoned repertory company." One of "Coronation Street"'s best known storylines took place in March/April 1998, with Deirdre Rachid (Anne Kirkbride) being