ITV Corrie's Sally Lindsay stuns BBC Pointless co-host…

ITV Corrie's Sally Lindsay stuns BBC Pointless co-host Alexander Armstrong as she reveals Manchester City connections

Former Coronation Street star Sally Lindsay has replaced Richard Osman as co-host of the tea-time quiz show Pointless after he announced he was stepping away from the role in April. Sally, who played Shelley Unwin in the soap, is one of the all-star guest hosts joining regular presenter Alexander Armstrong.

On Tuesday Sally, from Stockport, had a comical exchange with Richard while viewers commented about her using the laptop in front of her. As she delivered answers and information surrounding the general knowledge questions put to the contestants some fans took to Twitter to complain about Sally 'reading' from the laptop.

@WHartley10 tweeted: "Will you please stop constantly looking down at your laptop and engage more with contestants? Not liking the new look, sorry." And @JonStone101 said: "Richard Osman always gave the appearance that he knew the information he was giving, Sally Lindsay is clearly just reading from a laptop #pointless."

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Richard jokingly shared a photo of Sally looking at the screen and asked: "Wait, the laptop WORKS NOW????" And she replied with a laughing emoji: "I don’t think you had it plugged in."

As she returned to the BBC One show on Wednesday (September 21) Sally stunned Alexander as she disclosed her personal family connections over a question about teams in the third round of the men's 2021/22 FA Cup. Sasha from Cheshire picked City and admitted: "This is the worst round. I'm rubbish at football. Don't know anything about it so I'm going to try to be really safe and go for Manchester City."

Sally amazed Alexander with her family link (BBC)

Sally, who played Shelley in Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, said: "Manchester City is actually something I do know about because all my family are obsessed with Manchester City. My grandad was the founder member of the fan club." Alexander gasped: "No." And she told him: "Yeah, back in the 30s."

Sally, who also played Lisa Johnson in the Sky One comedy series Mount Pleasant and Kath Agnew in the BBC sitcom Still Open All Hours, famously made her first TV appearance at the age of seven on Top of the Pops when her school choir, the St Winifred's School Choir, released There's No One Quite Like Grandma, which reached number one in the UK singles chart.

The star is married to The Style Council and Paul Weller drummer Steve White and they have twin boys Vic and Louie. Last year she became the interim host of the ITV quiz show Tenable.

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