William Roache as Ken Barlow
William Roache will return to Coronation Street with a comedy storyline revolving around camping.
The actor is due to return to the ITV soap next month with laugh-out-loud scenes for Ken Barlow involving a horrific caravan getaway in North Wales.
A soap source told the Daily Star newspaper: "Ken is going to come back to a really dark time at the Barlows. Tina's murder storyline won't be the only one that dominates for him. We're going to have some fun as well.
"I'm going to give Ken and Deirdre a little holiday. A caravan in north Wales, what could go wrong? Ken raises the idea of going on holiday as Deirdre scans the papers for places in Monaco or Barbados, something like that.
"Then he pulls up in a hired caravan going, 'Let's go to north Wales!' "
The holiday will come at a disastrous time for the family and offer some light relief in the wake of Tina McIntyre's (Michelle Keegan) murder and the revelation she had been having an affair with Ken's son Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne).
William visited the show's studios on May 20 so plans for his big return could be finalised, and the story of him looking after his sick grandson in Canada could be tied up.
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