Bill Roache has witnessed the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 62 years as Corrie’s evergreen Ken Barlow.
Yet he reveals today that his record as the world’s longest-serving soap star could have been shot to pieces had he pursued his dream of starring in the Westerns.
Bill, 90, loved cowboy films and admits he thought of hanging up his TV hat and trying on a stetson alongside the likes of Clint Eastwood, 91.
