A Nice little role...

'Barbara' to appear on the Street

Comic Janice Connolly is to appear on Coronation Street - playing Peter Kay's mum.

The comedian, who plays the circuit as Mrs Barbara Nice, will take the role of Dolly Garside.

Kay will play a bungling romeo in two episodes of the long-running soap, next year.

He plays Eric, a brewery drayman who falls for Rovers landlady Shelley Unwin - and takes her on a disastrous date.

This is not the first time Connolly has worked with Kay; she appeared in Phoenix Nights as Holy Mary.

Published: 7 Dec 2003

Live comedy picks

We see you are using AdBlocker software. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so it’s free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Help keep Chortle viable.