I’m A Celeb’s Alan Halsall’s Coronation Street future revealed
I’M A Celeb’s Alan Halsall’s Coronation Street future has been revealed after bosses offered him a new deal before he went into the jungle.
The actor - who plays Tyrone Dobbs in the ITV soap - is currently wowing audiences in the jungle down under has pledged his future to the soap.
He has put pen to paper on a new contract that will take him to the end of 2025 on the soap.
A source said: “Alan is really loved on Corrie and bosses wanted him to know h had their full support.
“The jungle is going to open a lot of doors for him but they wanted to make sure he knows how important a part of the cobbles he is.
“Viewers will be seeing a lot more of him over the next year.”
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Alan’s won a legion of new fans in the ITV reality show after opening up about his relationship with his daughter Sienna and behind the scenes life on the cobbles.
Meanwhile his return to the Street will be a different one with his on-screen grandmother Dame Maureen Lipman leaving her full-time role on the show.
The star, 78, is taking a step back from her role as Evelyn Plummer to “enjoy life” with new fianceee David Turner, 78.
She exclusively told The Sun: “I’ll be absent for a while, and then coming back. I’m not going to die but I’ll be in and out of it because I want to have a bit of a life.
“David and I are thinking of having a bit of a gap year.”
And she’s got her eye on new roles, adding: “I’m waiting to see what’s out there once I’m out there.
“There’s got to be something that Lesley Manville and Brenda Blethyn and Harriet Walters don’t play that I could do.”
Coronation Street has been contacted for comment.
Coronation Street's 2024 shock exits
Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let's break down who's left the famous soap:
Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.
The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza's grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.
Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.
After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.
Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.
Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.
Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.
Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.
The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.
Simon's been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.
Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.
It looks likely she'll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.
Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.
Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.