Overview
- Executive producer Iain MacLeod said Roache has a job for as long as he wants and that the show will not kill off Ken Barlow.
- MacLeod praised the 93-year-old as the most professional member of the cast who remains on point with his lines.
- Roache has portrayed Ken since the first 1960 episode and holds a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous TV role.
- Multiple outlets report his contract was recently extended by a year on a six-figure deal, a detail not confirmed by ITV in these pieces.
- Roache has said he intends to keep working for years, with the pledge standing out after recent cast exits and reported budget tightening at ITV.