Les Dennis is joining the cast of Coronation Street to play a burglar.
The comic, who for years hosted Family Fortunes, will play a petty criminal called Michael Rogers.
He said: "I am so thrilled to be joining the cast of Coronation Street. It has always been my favourite television programme."
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