{"id":849736,"date":"2026-08-07T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849736\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:14:11","slug":"paddy-mcguinness-reflects-on-forgotten-coronation-street-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849736\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy McGuinness reflects on forgotten Coronation Street role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paddy McGuinness has reflected on his forgotten Coronation Street<\/a> role, over a decade later. While best known as a presenter these days, fans may remember that the star made a cameo on the soap<\/a> back in 2015.<\/p>\n

In it, he played a survivalist called Dougie Ryan across a few episodes, who was part of a camping storyline involving Tyrone Dobbs and others.<\/p>\n

Paddy has been co-hosting This Morning<\/a> this week, and shocked co-presenter Josie Gibson when he revealed alongside soaps expert Sharon Marshall that he was in the show.<\/p>\n

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“The glory days,” he recalled. “I was in Corrie. I did a week in Corrie. I played a survivalist called Dougie and I just did a week in the woods.”<\/p>\n

Josie joked that the star “just keeps giving and giving”, while later on in the show they brought up a clip of his appearance, before jokingly giving Paddy a BAFTA<\/a> statuette from the show’s display.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, last year Paddy confirmed that he was stepping down as host<\/a> of Channel 4 series Tempting Fortune after two seasons, and was replaced by Rob Beckett.<\/p>\n

“I am happy to be passing the baton on and the new host is in for a real treat because it’s a great show,” he shared of his decision. “I will be sad to leave it, but with other commitments and enjoying more family time, I’ve had to make some difficult choices.”<\/p>\n

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A channel spokesperson added: “Paddy has been a brilliant host of Tempting Fortune, bringing his trademark humour to both series.<\/p>\n

“We’re grateful for everything he’s brought to the show, and we totally understand that the filming commitment overseas is a big one and he is unable join us for the next series.”<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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