{"id":553563,"date":"2026-07-17T00:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553563\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T00:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:13:09","slug":"coronation-street-star-welcomes-daughter-to-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553563\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street star welcomes daughter to set"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Coronation Street star welcomed his daughter to the set of the ITV soap in Manchester. Andy Whyment, who has played Kirk Sutherland since 2000, posted a video on TikTok<\/a> of him showing his daughter Hollie round the Corrie set.<\/p>\n

In the video, Andy gave his daughter a whistlestop tour of various locations, including Weatherfield General Hospital and Coronation Street itself. He also gave her a tour behind the scenes, taking her to the wardrobe department, the hair and makeup room, and the dressing rooms – including his own.<\/p>\n

She also got a peek at Underworld, where Kirk works in the soap, and even tried her hand at answering a few calls on Carla Connor’s desk, though doesn’t seem like anyone answered. <\/p>\n

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However, the two engaged in a bit of improv as Hollie, in character as Carla, pretended to be shocked at the quality of a garment, to which Andy said it has “nothing to do with me”. He also took her to Kirk’s flat and Roy’s cafe, with the two sets actually being adjacent to each other. <\/p>\n

This then led to another bit of acting from the pair as Hollie pretended to be a server and Andy a customer. After that, he took his daughter to a display case that showed various murder weapons used to kill certain characters over the course of the series. <\/p>\n

This includes the knife Anna Windass used to stab Pat Phelan<\/a> in 2018 and the hole punch serial killer Stephen Reid used<\/a> to murder his second victim, Teddy Thompkins, by hitting him over the head with it in 2023. <\/p>\n

As for why Hollie was brought on set, Andy revealed in the caption that he’d taken her into work with him as part of her work experience. <\/p>\n

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Not only did she get a tour, but he says she also “watched a scene be shot”, though he didn’t say which scene. He added: “Really enjoyed showing her how it all comes together by a great team of people!!
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Andy had set up his TikTok account to give fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the show, including a typical workday. This led fans to suggest that Kirk deserved a “big storyline”.<\/a> <\/p>\n

More recently, Kirk was amongst the six suspects<\/a> who’d reported Daniel Osbourne to social services; however, it was later revealed<\/a> that Bertie’s teacher had been the culprit. <\/p>\n

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

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