{"id":523229,"date":"2026-07-03T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/523229\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:37:10","slug":"sally-lindsay-reveals-faux-pas-with-iconic-coronation-street-co-star-i-couldnt-breathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/523229\/","title":{"rendered":"Sally Lindsay reveals faux-pas with iconic Coronation Street co-star: “I couldn’t breathe”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street<\/a> legend Sally Lindsay<\/a> has recalled a faux-pas she suffered on her first day with an iconic co-star. The actor famously played Shelley Unwin on the soap between 2001 and 2006, and has since had a wider career in shows such as Scott & Bailey and The Madame Blanc Mysteries.<\/p>\n

However, Sally admitted she was full of “nerves” when she started on Corrie<\/a>, revealing an awkward moment she had in front of Barbara Knox.<\/p>\n

“On my first day, one of my first scenes was with Barbara Knox, who plays Rita,” she shared on the Once Upon a Time<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n

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“I went over to give her a drink \u2013 my character had to go over and give her a drink and say a line. [She’d say] ‘Oh, who are you then?’ ‘I’m Shelley…’ Or whatever. And she went, ‘Oh, who are you then?’<\/p>\n

“I went to say it and I just froze. I couldn’t breathe. The nerves. ‘Cause obviously when you’re northern, Coronation Street is such a part of the fabric of our… if anybody rings you after half seven [and interrupts Corrie], somebody’s dead. They’d have to be dead. Not even on the verge!<\/p>\n

“I couldn’t speak, because I was so in awe. I just froze. I said, ‘I’m so sorry, I’m terribly embarrassed, I’m just a bit overwhelmed by everything and you’.”<\/p>\n

Sally said that Barbara was “so lovely” in response, recalling her telling her “don’t worry darling, I did exactly the same to Doris Speed”.<\/p>\n

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“And after that, we were mates,” the star added. “We used to take cuttings in from our gardens… I got on with them all, loved them all. I miss them all. I had a wonderful experience there, best job ever.”<\/p>\n

Sally most-recently appeared<\/a> in Channel 5 series Number One Fan, which follows a daytime TV host (played by Jill Halfpenny) who is stalked by an obsessive fan (Lindsay).<\/p>\n

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

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