A CORONATION Street legend is set to quit the cobbles during the soap's 10,000th episode next month.
The milestone instalment of the ITV soap will entertain viewers in a "funny, poignant and characterful" way, and the show's boss has promised it will be a "great exhibition" of the programme's classic qualities.Comedy actor John Henshaw will star in the special episode The programme will see "memories shared, secrets aired and tensions rise as it starts to look as though they won't make it to Blackpool before nightfall, if at all", according to ITV.
Corrie producer Iain MacLeod said: "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.'MOST READ IN TV & SHOWBIZCorrie's Jack P.